The Jews send a delegation to Caesarea to bring their charges against Paul before Felix the Governor. In response, Paul denies that he is guilty of inciting violence or any of their other false charges. “But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are…
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Although the scribes of the Pharisees admit, “We find no evil in this man” (Acts 23:9 NKJV), the dispute among the Pharisees and Sadducees becomes so heated that the Roman commander forcibly removes Paul from the gathering “fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them” (Acts 9:10 NKJV). While incarcerated in the barracks, Paul learns about the plot to assassinate…
Outline and Bible verses for this study are linked below Having declared that he stands before them with a clear conscience before God, Paul begins his defense before the Jewish leaders. After accepting a rebuke for unwittingly challenging the high priest for commanding him to be struck, Paul then intentionally creates a division among the Pharisees and Sadducees in the crowd by proclaiming…
Facing a scourging, Paul claims his right as an uncondemned Roman citizen to be spared this fate, informing the Roman commander, who had purchased his citizenship at high cost, “But I was born a citizen” (Acts 22:28b NKJV). The next day, the Romans assemble the Jewish leaders and bring Paul before them to discover why the Jews were accusing him. “Then Paul, looking earnestly at…
After the Roman soldiers save Paul from certain death at the hands of the angry Jews, he quiets the mob by addressing them in Hebrew. In his defense, Paul recounts his history as a religious Jew and zealous persecutor of the early Christians, his conversion upon meeting Jesus on the road to Damascus, and up to the present day. However, the crowd…