Last week on Thomas in the Bible. We hear of Paul's journey from Greece back to Jerusalem and all the people he pisses off along the way. Mostly old school Jews who don't like hearing that all this time they've been chopping off their foreskins for nothing. They also don't buy the whole concept of resurrection and aim to prove it by ripping Paul into pieces. Paul once again plays the I'm a Roman card, which saves him from a flogging, but doesn't get him out of jail free. In fact, Felix the governor keeps him safely locked up, hoping for a bribe. Felix retires after two years, leaving us wondering, will the new governor set Paul free? Will Paul die? Will Thomas die? Will any of the patrons die? Let's find out this week on

Thomas and the Bible. Boy, that was a hell of an intro. Thanks, Kevin. Wow, that was like a

professional job, really, seriously. All right.

So the page numbers work out well.

We are going to finish acts.

Our final, final acts.

The final act of acts.

Acts 25 through 28 today.

And that should just about do it for acts.

Unless there's any surprise acts later on in the Bible. Uh, let's just get into it. Now, when Festus, who should be named Festivus, so close,

so close, just the I, V, I think, would be the letters you'd need, depending on how that's

spelled. When Festivus was coming to the province, although Festus,

I think is a person, obviously. After three days, he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. Then the high

priest, and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul and besought him, and desired favor

against him that he would send him for Jerusalem, laying in the

way to kill him. But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would

depart shortly thither. Let them, therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me and accuse this man if there be any wickedness in him.

And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea,

and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood roundabout and laid many

and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

While he answered for himself, neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the

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