Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of

redemption and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to finish, and exploring how all of it

points to Jesus. Hi friends and welcome back to a year in the Bible with daily grace. My name is

Shelby Turner. I'm one of your hosts for this podcast and today we are going to

conclude the book of acts with

chapters 25 through 28. When we left off yesterday the Roman governor Felix who

had kept Paul in prison for two years was replaced by Festus. Paul imprisoned their plea against Paul to Festus.

Paul is afraid that when they do this,

Festus is going to send him back to Jerusalem

for his fate to be decided by the High Priest.

And we know that if he does that Paul is probably not going to

farewell so he appeals to Caesar now appealing to Caesar was a right Roman

citizens had to request to elevate their case to the highest leader of Rome.

Vestus grants his request, but he has no idea what he should write to Caesar about the charges against Paul.

Luckily, a Jewish king, Agrippa, and his sister, Bernice, are coming to town and

Festus believes maybe they can help him sort out what Paul has done wrong. In Chapter

26, Agrippa hears Paul's case and he determines

that he's innocent. There is no crime to report. However, because Paul has already appealed

to Caesar, he has to go before Caesar.

He cannot be acquitted at this point.

Chapter 27 details Paul's journey from Cessaria to Rome to appear before Caesar and this was a journey that was

taken by boat. It is a horrendous journey. In fact it's so rough that at one point

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