Thankfully, Paul knew his rights! Is it important to know your rights? Absolutely! The Jews were still planning to kill Paul if they could get Festus to agree to send him to Jerusalem. But Paul, knowi...  Read More

As a reminder, Governor Felix left Paul in prison as a favor to the Jews, and now Festus was in charge. While Festus was in Jerusalem, the Jewish leaders, who still had it out for Paul, asked him to t...  Read More

Luke, the author of Acts, tells us that Governor Felix was familiar with the Way. An interesting side note about his wife, Drusilla, is that she was the great-granddaughter of Herod the Great, the one...  Read More

Paul’s defense is short, simple, and to the point. Funny how the group of Jews from Asia didn’t show up. Space would not permit me to go further, but we will see in verse 22 that Governor Felix adjour...  Read More

Five days later, the high priest and some of the Jewish elders arrived in Caesarea, along with a lawyer named Tertullus, to present their case against Paul. I am guessing they used at least some of th...  Read More

Citizenship has its privileges. As we discussed before, the fact that Paul was a Roman citizen afforded him certain protections that non-citizens were not entitled to. It very well may have been the t...  Read More

Talk about protection! Thank God for this Roman commander, who made a decisive decision to get Paul to safety by acting so quickly. A total of 470 men were called into action to transfer Paul to Caesa...  Read More

There is a serious amount of hatred being directed toward Paul. What drives people to go to such extremes to silence a voice of truth? As Jesus warned His disciples, there would come a day when people...  Read More

As mentioned yesterday, Paul took a quick scan of his audience and realized that he had a mixed crowd of Pharisees and Sadducees. Working that to his advantage, he appealed to those who shared his bel...  Read More

The end of Acts 22 closes with the commander of the Roman guard ordering the leading priests and the Jewish high council into session to find out what all the uproar was about. Paul begins his defense...  Read More

This is an interesting twist in the plight of Paul. Arrested by the Roman guard, Paul was about to be whipped and interrogated to confess his “crime” when he asked a simple question: “Is it legal for ...  Read More

Everything seemed fine until Paul mentioned the word “Gentiles.” Why would the fact that God wanted to take the message to the Gentiles upset them so?Remember, Paul is in this predicament because the ...  Read More