From Jerusalem to Caesarea
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The CommanderThe Commander• Commander
Claudius Lysias released Paul and called a meeting of the Sanhedrin
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SanhedrinSanhedrin• Ruling Council of Jews• 71 in number• Ancients of the People• Both Pharisees &
Sadducees
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My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience
to this day. (23:1)
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AnaniasAnanias• High priest (47-58)• Bribes, stole tithes,
assassinations (Josephus)
• Murdered by Zealots in Jerusalem, A.D. 66
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AnaniasAnanias• Ordered Paul to be
struck on the mouth• Paul, “I did not
realize that he was the high priest.”
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When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby struck him in the face. “Is this the
way you answer the high priest?” he
demanded.(John 18:22)
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Pharisees & SadduceesPharisees & Sadducees• Immortality of
soul• Resurrection• Oral Traditions• Angels &
Demons• Common People
• No Immortality of the soul
• No Resurrection• No authority of
oral traditions• No spirits• Rich & Powerful
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StrategyStrategy• Divide &
Conquer!• I am a Pharisee!
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StrategyStrategy• I am on trial
because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead. (6)
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StrategyStrategy• The Pharisees
defended Paul!• (The enemy of my
enemy is my friend.)
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The Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in
Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.
(23:11)
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• Occurred at a low time for Paul – much like Corinth (Acts 18:9)
• “Take courage!” is spoken only by Jesus in the N.T.
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ConspiracyConspiracy• More than 40 men• Vow – Not to eat or
drink till Paul was dead• Took plan to the chief
priests and elders
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ConspiracyConspiracy• Plan was discovered by
Paul’s nephew who lived in Jerusalem
• Told Paul• Told Claudius Lysias
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Go Tonight!Go Tonight!• 1,000 soldiers
were stationed in Jerusalem
• 470 were sent to protect Paul
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Governor FelixGovernor Felix• Procurator of Judea
(A.D. 52-59)• A freed slave• Freedman Rank (a
Proconsul was of Senatorial Rank)
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Governor FelixGovernor Felix• Immoral (married 3
times), cruel• Tacitus – indulging in
every kind of cruelty and lust, exercised the power of a king in the spirit of a slave.
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Claudius Lysias,
To His Excellency, Governor Felix:
Greetings
This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I came…
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…I came with my troops and rescued him, for I had learned that
he was a Roman citizen.
☺(A little bit of re-writing history!)
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Governor FelixGovernor Felix• Felix agreed to hear
Paul’s case when his accusers from Jerusalem arrived.