Pauls Trials Acts 25:1 28:31

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Pauls Trials(Acts 251 2831)

• Trefor Bacon

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Pauls Trials

• CHAPTER 25
• Paul Appeals to Caesar (251-12)
• Paul before King Agrippa (2513-27)
• CHAPTER 26
• King Agrippa Hears Paul (261-23)
• Reaction to Pauls Speech (2624-32)

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The Voyage to Rome

• CHAPTER 27
• Departure for Rome (271-5)
• Storm and Shipwreck (276-44)
• CHAPTER 28
• Winter in Malta (281-10)
• Arrival in Rome (2811-16)
• Testimony to Jews in Rome (2817-31)

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Parallels between Paul and Jesus

• Both are seized by Jewish mobs and later turned
  over to Roman procurators for trial
• Paul (Acts 261-32)
• King Agrippa Hears Paul
• Jesus (Luke 231-5 and 236-17)
• Jesus before Pilate
• Jesus before Herod

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Parallels between Paul and Jesus
continued

• Both take bread, gives thanks, and break it...
• Paul (Acts 2735)
• When he said this, he took bread, gave thanks to
  God in front of them all, broke it and began to
  eat.
• Jesus (Luke 2430)
• And it happened that, while he was with them at
  table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke
  it, and gave it to them.

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Parallels betweenPaul and Peter

• Both give witness to the risen Christ
• Peter (Acts121-22)
• Therefore, it is necessary that one of the men
  who accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus
  came and went among us, beginning from the
  baptism of John until the day on which he was
  taken up from us, become with us a witness to his
  resurrection.
• Paul (Acts 2311 2616)
• Get up now, and stand on your feet. I have
  appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you
  as a servant and witness of what you have seen
  (of me) and what you will be shown.

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Parallels betweenPaul and Peter
continued

• Both are accused of acting against Moses
• Peter (Acts 613-14)
• They presented false witnesses who testified,
  This man never stops saying things against
  (this) holy place and the law. For we have heard
  him claim that this Jesus the Nazorean will
  destroy this place and change the customs that
  Moses handed down to us.
• Paul (Acts 2120-21)
• They praised God when they heard it but said to
  him, Brother, you see how many thousands of
  believers there are from among the Jews, and they
  are all zealous observers of the law. They have
  been informed that you are teaching all the Jews
  who live among the Gentiles to abandon Moses and
  that you are telling them not to circumcise their
  children or to observe their customary
  practices.

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Parallels betweenPaul and Peter
continued

• Both succeed in preaching God's word
• Peter (Acts 1224)
• But the word of God continued to spread and
  grow.
• Paul (Acts 2830-31)
• He remained for two full years in his lodging.
  He received all who came to him, and with
  complete assurance and without hindrance he
  proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about
  the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Paul's Autobiographical Speech Parallels
Pauls Defense before King Agrippa (Acts
2612-13) With this in mind, I was traveling to
Damascus with the authority and commission of the
chief priests, when at midday along the road,
your Excellency, I saw a light from heaven,
brighter than the sun, shining around me and my
companions.

• Lukes Initial Narrative Account
• (Acts 93)
• Now as he was going along and approaching
  Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed
  around him.

Pauls Speech to the Jews in Jerusalem (Acts
226) While I was on my way and approaching
Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven
suddenly shone about me.
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Paul's Autobiographical Speech Parallels
continued
Pauls Speech to the Jews in Jerusalem (Acts
227-8) I fell to the ground and heard a voice
saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you
persecuting me? I answered , Who are you,
Lord? Then he said to me, I am Jesus of
Nazoreth whom you are persecuting.
Pauls Defense before King Agrippa (Acts
2614-15) When we had all fallen to the ground, I
heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew
language, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting
me? It hurts you to kick against the goads. I
asked, Who are you, Lord? The Lord answered, I
am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

• Lukes Initial Narrative Account (Acts 94-5)
• He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying
  to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? He
  asked, Who are you, Lord? The reply came, I am
  Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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Paul's Autobiographical Speech Parallels
continued
Pauls Speech to the Jews in Jerusalem (Acts
2210) I asked, What am I to do, Lord? The
Lord said to me, Get up and go to Damascus
there you will be told everything that has been
assigned to you to do.
Pauls Defense before King Agrippa (Acts
2616) But get up and stand on your feet for I
have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint
you to serve and testify to the things in which
you have seen me and to those in which I will
appear to you.
Lukes Initial Narrative Account (Acts
96) But get up and enter the city, and you
will be told what you are to do.
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Paul's Autobiographical Speech Parallels
continued

• Differences
• Lukes Initial Narrative Account (Acts 93-30)
• - An initial account of his story
• Recounts Sauls story from a Narrative view.
• Pauls Speech to the Jews (Acts 226-21)
• - An Autobiographical Speech to Jews
• More descriptive
• Pauls Defense before King Agrippa (Acts
  2612-18)
• - An Autobiographical testimony to the King
• More incentive to embellish in the story
• Leaves out the fact that he was blinded by the
  light and then healed by Ananias

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THE END