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Pomp Changes With Circumstances
2023-04-27 10:02 Acts 25:23-27. Festus has promised the Jewish king, Herod Agrippa, a meeting with Paul, who Festus still has in his custody. The next day, Agrippa and Bernice enter the audience hall with great pomp a...
Another Herod Enters the Story
2023-04-26 13:32 Acts 25:13-22. Paul is still in the custody of Governor Festus in Caesarea when the Jewish king Herod Agrippa and Bernice* pay Festus a visit to welcome him as governor. Festus discusses Paul with the...
To Caesar We Shall Go!
2023-04-25 10:41 Acts 25:6-12. After about ten days in Jerusalem, Festus returns to Cesarea and calls Paul before him. The Jews who had come from Jerusalem to accuse Paul bring against Paul "many serious charges which...
There's a Disturbance in the Force
2023-04-24 09:26 Acts 25:1-5. Festus has just succeeded Felix as Governor in Cesarea. After three days, he goes to Jerusalem where the chief priests and other powerful Jews inform him against Paul. They ask him, as a ...
Paul Offers Felix Much More than a Bribe
2023-04-22 09:46 Acts 24:22-27. After Paul's hearing, the Roman governor, Felix, keeps Paul in custody saying he wants to wait until the tribune can come to Caesarea. Felix has "a rather accurate knowledge of the ...
Defending Oneself Against a Case Built on Feelings
2023-04-21 08:48 Acts 24:10-21. Paul begins his defense cheerfully, pointing out that it has been less than twelve days since he went to worship in Jerusalem, and he was never found disputing with anyone or stirring u...
Feelings Can Distort Truth
2023-04-20 10:06 Acts 24:1-9. Paul has been sent to the governor in Caesarea, Felix. The high priest, Ananias, along with some elders and a spokesman named Tertullus arrive five days later to make their case against P...
A Little Roman Law and Order May Be in Order
2023-04-19 09:55 Acts 23:25-35. The Roman tribune in Jerusalem, Claudius Lysias, is sending Paul to the governor, Felix, in Caesarea, with horsemen and soldiers as guards because the Jews are trying to kill Paul. Clau...
Stand By Me
2023-04-18 11:50 Acts 23:11-24. Back in the barracks, the Lord appears again to Paul, stands by him and says "Take courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also at Rome." Mean...
Persistent Shoots and Branches
2023-04-17 08:27 Acts 23:6-10. Having been brought by the Roman tribune before the Jewish council, Paul is testifying on his own behalf. The mob that had wanted to kill him prior to this was enraged when he said Jesus...