2.57 Paul's Arrest and Trial

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 June 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

After decades preaching to the gentiles in Asia Minor and Greece, Paul returns to Jerusalem for a final time. James the Just humiliates Paul by demanding Paul demonstrate his adherence to the Jewish law. The story is unlikely. James suddenly vanishes from the narrative when the Romans save Paul from a Jewish lynching. They place Paul into protective custody. Paul surprises the Romans when he declares his Roman citizenship. In a confusing series of trials, Paul is dragged before the Jewish council, defends himself against charges that no one has laid against him, is rescued by his nephew, and is tried twice by Judean procurators. He is dispatched to Rome for trial on vague charges.

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0:00.0	Gide. I'm Gary Stevens.
0:08.0	And welcome to the second series of the History in the Bible podcast.
0:13.1	More of the history in more of the books in all the Bibles.
0:19.8	Episode 2.57, Paul's Arrest and Trial.
0:26.1	In episode 2.55, Paul's third mission to the Galatians, Paul concluded his final mission
0:33.7	with a valedictory speech in the Asian city of Miletus.
0:38.4	Paul dreads his future.
0:41.3	Quote, Acts 2022.
0:45.0	And now, as a captive to the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen
0:52.4	to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city
0:57.8	that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
1:02.6	And now I know that none of you will ever see my face again.
1:08.1	End quote.
1:10.0	Paul took ship on a voyage that disembarked him at Tyre in the province of Syria.
1:15.6	A few days later he was back in Jerusalem.
1:19.6	Most scholars place Paul's return to the year 57.
1:24.6	The final act in Paul's life occupies almost a third of the book of Acts.
1:31.7	According to Paul himself, this is his third visit to Jerusalem.
1:37.2	Acts declares it to be his fifth.
1:40.4	Paul must have expected a frigid welcome from James.
1:45.0	Paul complains endlessly about missionaries from the Jerusalem Club of James,
1:49.9	the circumcision party, interfering with his own clubs.
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