At the end of the book of Acts, Paul finally arrived in Rome where he was placed under house arrest. Just three days after his arrival, Paul called the leading men of the Jews and told them of his arrest because of Jews in Jerusalem, but mainly to tell them that he was wearing his […]

Acts 26 tells of one last hearing that Paul received in Caesarea of Syria before he was sent to Rome to be tried by the Emperor. The hearing was before a local governor named Festus, and a visiting king named Agrippa who apparently had knowledge of the Jewish Scriptures and customs. Paul proceeded as on […]

Paul the apostle wrote to the Thessalonians (1 Thess. 5:24): Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. That’s a major theme of the last section of the book of Acts, Chapters 23-28. After Paul’s testimony of Jesus before the Jews in Jerusalem caused an uproar – twice – […]

After bidding farewell to the elders at the church at Ephesus (Acts 20), Paul determined to go to Jerusalem despite being warned very strongly twice that he would meet danger there if he went. Indeed, while in Jerusalem, some Jews from Asia Minor spotted Paul and aroused a mob who dragged him out of the […]