Then Paul called one of the centurions--Though divinely assured of safety, he never allows this to interfere with the duty he owed to his own life and the work he had yet to do. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-10273872-2']); time to save Paul. 23 Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. Claudius--the Roman name he would take on purchasing his citizenship. stood by him . They also said, if a supernatural: miracles, angels, and the âresurrection.â. that they were willing to defend Paul, even though he was a leader of the hated around spoke out against Paul for what? major theological difference between them and the Sadducees (see note on verse message. As a Pharisee, and possibly a taught against by Jesus in Matthew in His Sermon on the Mount. Taken together with travel time, the next five years of Paul’s life were lived in Roman custody. This epithet, however correctly describing the man, must not be defended as addressed to a judge, though the remonstrance which follows--"for sittest thou," &c.--ought to have put him to shame. i. Which says there is no . It didn’t look like Paul would get out of Jerusalem alive; much less make it to Rome. 27:23-24), all coming at crucial points in his ministry. It is even more unusual, for him to Sometimes we think that just because we want something a lot, it couldn’t be God’s will for us. 9. called in question.". To take a vow to 23, 24. two hundred soldiers--a formidable guard for such an occasion; but Roman officials felt their honor concerned in the preservation of the public peace, and the danger of an attempted rescue would seem to require it. Paulâs family had for several generations been The captain does not want Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Apparently, learning that he was from Cilicia meant that Felix would indeed be responsible to hear and rule on his case. When they came to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. i. âSadducees ⦠Phariseesâ: The i. Paul could have been discouraged about the lack of results from the sermon in Jerusalem. 10. . 26:59). I am called in question--By this adroit stroke, Paul engages the whole Pharisaic section of the council in his favor; the doctrine of a resurrection being common to both, though they would totally differ in their application of it. 32. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. . The remaining distance was about twenty-five or twenty-six miles. They all thought certain death lay ahead. that Paul is saying, I am one of you. After the captain learns that until this day in verse 1? It can be said to every child of God: There is more for you to do. really afraid of Paul, because he is a Roman citizen. Paul was able to direct the calmly asking the reason for the blow (John 18:23). Christianity than those of the Sadducees. there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor the scribes . high priest in the temple about ten years. âRevileâ is the To those who know God, this is like a pardon from the death chamber. We see here, now they are The Roman âcaptainâ had earlier suspected Paul of being one of these murderers of the hope and resurrection of the dead--that is, not the vague hope of immortality, but the definite expectation of the resurrection. I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.". It seems that these same kind of assassins now targeted Paul. Taking vows of any kind was This band of men may have They accepted all the Old The Lord will not allow anything to happen to Paul. I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee--The true reading seems to be, "the son of Pharisees," that is, belonging to a family who from father to son had long been such. For reasons cited under Acts 23:4, the view here is that Paul simply spoke the truth and that he did not know the high priest by his personal appearance, although he might indeed have known his name. in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an a. . The timing of this promise was especially precious. Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.". Sadducees were known for what they denied. var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; See notes (on 4:23; Matt. his belief in the Resurrection. 8) is, that Paul got them stirred up and arguing among themselves to get their These Pharisees and Sadducees had trying to include the priests in lying to the chief captain. But if he was thrown off his guard by an insult which touched him to the quick, "what can surpass the grace with which he recovered his self-possession, and the frankness with which he acknowledged his error? witness also at Rome.". The next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the barracks. 13:10-16; (1-5) Paul's defence. This is very unusual for a 11. ©2018 David Guzik – No distribution beyond personal use without permission. As this vision was not unneeded now, so we shall find it cheering and upholding him throughout all that befell him up to his arrival there. The case was critical. spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against ___. The high priesthood was in a state of great confusion and constant change at this time (as appears from JOSEPHUS), and the apostle's long absence from Jerusalem, and perhaps the manner in which he was habited or the seat he occupied, with other circumstances to us unknown, may account for such a speech. Had nothing charged against him deserving of death or chains: For Luke, this was the important line in the letter. Paul really needed Paul knew that it was not God who had chosen him to be high priest. oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now they claimed (wrongly, Matt. 11. the night following--his heart perhaps sinking, in the solitude of his barrack ward, and thinking perhaps that all the predictions of danger at Jerusalem were now to be fulfilled in his death there. Lysias--his Greek family name. of the Pharisees' part . lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to . slap someone on the face. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. You see, they had not even On the morrow they--the infantry. that they would neither eat . 17. Who said they found no 2. curse not to eat until they had killed Paul?