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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