Text: Acts 21:27-22:29<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I. Rumors broke out that Paul was in the Temple, spread by Jews from the Asian provinces.<\/p>\n A. We already know that these Jews hated Paul and were envious of the crowds that\nlistened to Paul. These were the Jews that had chased Paul out of many towns.\n B. It was known that Paul had Gentile friends, so they began telling people that Paul\nbrought Gentiles into the Temple.\n
1. They didn’t actually see this happen.<\/p>\n 2. They saw a Gentile with Paul in the city and just assumed he went with\nPaul into the temple.\n
C. They managed to stir up a riot.<\/p>\n
1. The mob dragged Paul out of the temple.<\/p>\n 2. The doors of the temple were shut, probably more to keep the mob out\nthan anything else.\n D. While they were trying to kill Paul, word reached the Roman authorities that a riot\nwas taking place.\n
1. The local commander and several men ran down to the temple area.<\/p>\n
2. The thugs beating on Paul stopped when they saw the “police” arrive.<\/p>\n
3. Interestingly, Paul was the one arrested.<\/p>\n a. The commander wanted to make sure Paul didn’t escape and\nordered two chains on him.\n
4. The commander then began to inquire what happened.<\/p>\n
a. Not very good tactics<\/p>\n
b. The crowd started shouting all sorts of things<\/p>\n
c. The commander finally gave up and ordered Paul to the barracks.<\/p>\n d. Paul had to be carried because the mob continued to try to attack\nhim and they were shouting “away with him!”\n E. After returning to the barracks, the commander asked if Paul spoke Greek so they\ncould communicate.\n 1. He then wanted to know if he was the Egyptian that had stirred up a revolt\nseveral days ago.\n
2. Paul said he was a Jew from the major city, Tarsus in Cilia.<\/p>\n
3. Paul asked permission to address the mob<\/p>\n 4. The commander gave him permission, probably hoping to find out what\nwas going on.\n
F. Paul stood on the stairs and waved his hands for silence<\/p>\n
1. Once they quieted down, he spoke to the Jews in Hebrew.<\/p>\n
II. Paul’s Defense to the Jews<\/p>\n
A. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tActs of the Apostles\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paul Arrested in Jerusalem Text: Acts 21:27-22:29 I. Rumors broke out that Paul was in the Temple, spread by Jews from the Asian provinces. A. We already know that these Jews hated Paul and were envious of the crowds that listened to Paul. These were the Jews that had chased Paul out of many towns. B. It…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10021,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10223","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10219,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/acts-of-the-apostles\/pauls-return-to-jerusalem\/","url_meta":{"origin":10223,"position":0},"title":"Paul\u2019s Return to Jerusalem","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Paul\u2019s Return to Jerusalem Text: Acts 21:1-26 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Paul and his companions left Miletus and continued their journey by boat. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The ship continued its course along the Asian coast until they reached Pataca where they found a ship sailing directly to Tyre. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They spent a week in Tyre visiting with\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36938,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/liberty-a-study-of-galatians\/those-in-jerusalem-agree-with-paul\/","url_meta":{"origin":10223,"position":1},"title":"Those in Jerusalem Agree with Paul","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Those in Jerusalem Agree with Paul Galatians 2:1-10 Paul's Visit to Jerusalem\u00a0(Galatians 2:1-3) There is some debate when Paul gives a time interval as to what period of time he was measuring. 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