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Category: Jesus’ Life
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Paul’s Arrival In Rome
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 23 – Paul’s Journey To Rome And Imprisonment Having wintered on Malta for three months, Paul, his guards and companions set sail for Italy. They stopped over at Syracuse in Sicily and Rhegium before arriving at Puteoli (Pozzuoli), the great Roman centre for Alexandrian grain ships. Paul remained in Puteoli for seven…
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Paul In Malta
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 23 – Paul’s Journey To Rome And Imprisonment Paul’s ship had been tossed around on the Mediterranean Sea in the winter storms for more than two weeks. It finally succumbed to the forces of nature in pieces on the coast of Malta, approximately 575 miles west of its origin, Fair Havens in…
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Paul Is Shipwrecked
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 23 – Paul’s Journey To Rome And Imprisonment Before Paul was handed over for transfer to Rome, Festus sought the advice of King Agrippa, at a further hearing, on the suggested charges Paul was allegedly guilty of. He said to him, “I found that he had done nothing that deserved death…, But I have…
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Paul’s Imprisonment And Trial By Festus
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 23 – Paul’s Journey To Rome And Imprisonment When Felix was replaced as Governor by Festus, he left Paul in prison as a favour to the Jews at their request! However, within days of his arrival, Festus arranged a trial for Paul. The chief priests and elders maliciously asked for the trial to…
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Paul’s Imprisonment And Trial By Felix
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 22 – Paul’s Return To Jerusalem & Imprisonment in Caesarea After five days of imprisonment in Caesarea, Paul was brought before the Roman Governor Felix. The main charges placed against him by representatives from the Jewish Sanhedrin were that: In his answer to the two charges, Paul said: Paul added, after several…
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Plot To Kill Paul
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 22 – Paul’s Return To Jerusalem & Imprisonment in Caesarea When some people don’t get what they want by lawful means, they revert to evil and often draw others into their wretched plans! A group of forty Jews, probably Sadducees, took an oath “not to eat or drink until they had killed…
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Paul’s Trial In Jerusalem
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 22 – Paul’s Return To Jerusalem & Imprisonment in Caesarea Paul was put on trial three times in Jerusalem: Firstly, before a crowd of Jews outside the soldier’s barracks: As Paul was being led to the soldier’s barracks, he asked the commanding officer, in Greek, to be allowed to speak to the baying…
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Paul’s Arrest In Jerusalem
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 22 – Paul’s Return To Jerusalem & Imprisonment in Caesarea Paul was advised by many of his disciples not to return to Jerusalem. Why? The Holy Spirit had revealed to them the immense dangers that awaited him! A prophet named Agabus even came from Judea to Caesarea to forewarn him. He took…
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Paul’s Third Journey With Timothy
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 21 – Paul’s Missionary Journeys The focus of Paul’s first and second missionary journeys was to spread the Gospel of Jesus to Jews and Gentiles beyond Jerusalem, establish Churches and appoint disciples to take charge. In contrast, the purpose of his third journey was pastoral in nature, revisiting established Churches and “strengthening…
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Paul’s Second Journey With Silas
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 21 – Paul’s Missionary Journeys After the Jerusalem Council, Paul and Barnabus returned to Antioch in Syria to share its outcome with the Gentiles namely, circumcision was unnecessary to convert to Christianity. There they remained for some time, “teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord,” before embarking on new missionary journeys to…