GRIEVOUS COMPLAINTS AGAINST PAUL ACTS TWENTY-FIVE
God wanted Paul's innocence to be proven before the world. The only
thing he was guilty of was having faith in Jesus as the Christ and
preaching the resurrection from the dead. The Jews seemed to increase
in their hatred of Paul. They desired Festus... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE JEWS DESIRED TO KILL PAUL ACTS 25:1-6:_ Nero, the Roman emperor,
made Festus governor of Judea. Judea was a Roman province._ _ Three
days after Festus became governor, he traveled from Caesarea to
Jerusalem. When he reached Jerusalem the Jews took advantage of a new
opportunity to renew their c... [ Continue Reading ]
_PAUL APPEALED TO CAESAR ACTS 25:7-12:_ As soon as Paul was brought
into the court the Jewish leaders crowded around him and laid many and
grievous complaints against him. These were complaints which they
could not prove. The reason that they could not prove their charges
was that after his conversi... [ Continue Reading ]
_KING AGRIPPA LEARNED ABOUT PAUL ACTS 25:13-21:_ King Agrippa and
Bernice came to Caesarea to visit Festus. After they had been there
for several days Festus told King Agrippa about the charges against
Paul. He said Felix had left him in jail at Caesarea. Paul had been in
jail for over two years and... [ Continue Reading ]
_AGRIPPA DESIRED TO HEAR PAUL ACTS 25:22-27:_ Agrippa was a Jew by
profession. He desired to hear Paul in order to gain information about
the dispute between the Jews and Christians. Festus was happy to
arrange for him to hear Paul. The next day when the meeting was
arranged "Agrippa and Bernice mad... [ Continue Reading ]