s1e97 Acts 21:37-22:29
Observations:
- Context? Paul on the steps of the barracks wanting to talk with the violent Jewish crowd who were just beating him...why?
- Why did the tribune think Paul was the Egyptian insurrectionist?
- What does citizen of no obscure city mean?
- The Hebrew spoken by Paul shushed the crowd - why? Did they not think he was a Jew? Was the crowd influenced without knowing exactly what was going on?
- Gamaliel - pretty big credentials
- Why are they so upset with him? Misleading Jews? Greeks in the temple? All these things?
- v 22 - sen to the Gentiles - is this the phrase that really set them off?
- What significance is there to the tribune admitting he bought citizenship? Is Paul somehow higher than him in the social caste at the time?
Meaning:
Paul's testimony sought to save persecutors, as he once was, to bring them to the truth. The world needs to know...despite the objections.
Application:
Inward: I have fear when it comes to opposition - paralyzing and I don't want to engage.
Outward: I don't engage the angry lost.
Upward: Praise Jesus for the martyrs, who faced opposition so that the world might know the gospel.
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