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  READING THE BOOK OF ACTS: CHAPTER 22 Wednesday, January 18, 2023   INTRODUCING ACTS, CHAPTER 22 Paul came to Jerusalem to tell the church of his ministry’s success with Gentiles. The leaders are more worried about a rumor that Paul no longer respects the Jewish law. Paul agrees to perform a very Jewish ritual, but in the process is falsely accused of bringing a Gentile into the temple. A mob assaults him, and the Roman tribune arrests him. The tribune tries to uncover the truth by letting Paul speak to the crowd, then almost flogging him. Next they will bring Paul to the Sanhedrin, to no avail. Chapter 22 records the speech that Paul gave to the crowd. He makes an attempt to defend why he traveled with a Gentile from Ephesus. He reminds them of his strict education by the Pharisee rabbi Gamaliel and how violently he had, at first, persecuted Christians. Paul recounts his conversion, and explains that when he returned to Jerusalem after his conversion, the Jews rejected him so strongl

   READING THE BOOK OF ACTS: CHAPTER 21 Wednesday, January 11, 2023   INTRODUCING ACTS, CHAPTER 21 Acts 21 fulfills the fears of many of Paul’s friends. Throughout the last part of his third missionary journey the Holy Spirit has been telling him he will be arrested in Jerusalem. We was this in Acts 20: 23-25. When Paul reacts to the dire personal prophecy, the Jesus-followers in Caesarea try to stop him from going on. We will see this here in chapter 21, verses 8-14. Through a complicated trail of rumors, lies and wrong assumptions, things go according to the Holy Spirit’s foreknowledge and Roman solders arrest Paul. He will face the next 5 years in custody in Caesarea and Rome, but he will spread Jesus’ story the entire time he is imprisoned.   ( https://www.bibleref.com/Acts/21/Acts-chapter-21.html ) 1) Verses 1-16, On to Jerusalem, JEANNIE After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patar