pel and Intellectual
Curiosity.
" xviii. 1-3. _Corinth_. Paul's earthly Home.
" " 4-17. The Missionary's Discouragements
and Encouragements.
" " 23-28. A polished Shaft in God's Quiver.
" xix. _Ephesus_. See the text. Also, Conflict of
Christianity with Vested Interests and
Mob Violence.
79. Howson's _Companions of St. Paul_.
81. A minute inspection of Acts xiii. 9 will confirm the view here
given of the change of name, though it is difficult to get rid of the
idea that the conversion of the governor, who bore the same name, had
something to do with it.
84. On the worship of the synagogue see Farrar's _Life of Christ_, i.
220.
89. On the Council of Jerusalem, which took place between the first
and second journeys, see ch. ix.
93. What is here said of the plan of the Acts explains still more
strikingly the meagerness of the record of the third journey.
97. Beroea was to the south of the Via Egnatia.
99. Subject of class essay: The Influence of Christianity on the Lot
of Woman.
103. Subject of class essay: Paul at Athens.
104. Subject of class essay: Paul and Socrates.
113. A strong argument against the mythical theory of the miracles of
our Lord may be constructed from the paucity of the miracles attributed
to Paul. If that age naturally wove miraculous legends round great
names, why did it not encircle Paul with a continuous web of miracle?
and why does the New Testament admit that the Baptist worked no miracle?
114. See Ramsay, _Letters to the Seven Churches_.
79. _Give a list of Paul's companions and friends mentioned in the New
Testament._
84. _What were the charges generally brought against him before the
authorities?_
91. _Where in his writings does he mention Barnabas and Mark?_
93. _Give the places in Acts where the items of this catalogue are
recorded._
94. _Mention other classical associations of this region._
98. _What two kings of Macedonia are famous in history?_
102. _Expand these allusions to Greek history._
103. _Give a number of the names associated with the golden age of
Athens and mention what they were famous for._
108. _Find out all the visions mentioned in Paul's life, and prove
that they were given him at the crises of his history._
110. _Distinguish our Asia and Asia Minor from the Asia of the New
Testament._
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