Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-02
Paul a Prisoner
The Arrest
Srndsy School Lesson for Oct. }. lees
Specially Arranged for This Payer

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| 'rIME.-Pnul arrived at Jerusalem FIJI
| day. May o. The feast OF PenteCost was
| Saturday, May %. The mob was dur
Ing the following week. about june !.
| PLACE -JcrusalCm. at the home OF
| James. or the meeting place Of the
church, and In the Temple Courts
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
The Reception TO Paul by the
Church OF jerusalem VS. 1920 Paul
and Ills Company. Paul did not come
alone to Jerusalem, but was accom-.
panied by Luke, his beloved physician
! C"wo'D, Trophimus ~ Tphesus (Acts
21:29), and probably Aristarchus Of
Thessalonlca (Acts 27:2). Kendall
thinks that all who are mentioned as
beginning the Journey with Paul (Acts
20:D continued with him TO the end
at jerusalem thus adding to those
mentioned above. Sopater Of Berea.
Secundus OF Thessalonica, Gaius cs
Derbe. Timothy of Lystra, ant Tych-
i.us Of Ephesus O-ph. G:2D. Tho
number and character OF these men
have made an impression on the Chris
tians OF Jerusalem.
The Gifts from the Gentle Churchea
were probably presented at this time
(Acts PAIN.
Tho First Welcome on the day they
arrived was one Of private and per.
sonal greetings. which were express
slons Of gladness, after so long a sep
0raton. II was seven years since
Paul had made any prolonged stay st
Jerusalem tActs 15).
The Impending Crisis.-Vs 2026
The settlement, seven or eight years
before, by vote of the whole church
At Jerusalem, OF the great question
bother the Ccn'i'c8 must keep the
b .eU'ah laws and ceremonies in order
20 belong to the Christian churcs, did
rot change the opinions of al the
Jewish Christians Large numbers Of
hom were intensely Jealous for the
coping Of the law for II wcs divine.
hey had heard vague rumors of
'arrs teaching and condrct that he
ayght that not only the Gontles, bit
wen the Jews, need not keep the
I lw Of Moses
Tarl refused to st up his opinion
| 3D. iI.' lan lAh ~ AsaNt " MN Ath AiNl
laNo principle.
rul Nohbcd in the Tempe Court
-vs 27.3i
. So1o Jews from the region Of Eph
sens wto I'D been IN conflict with
ri' there. or at least knew OF his
rig there. saw Paul in the inner
rt where the Cenules were for
Zen to come They had also seen
Of Tie Erheadn Gentle Chris
0s walking with Paul around tho
~. Putting these two facts togeth
they imagined that Paul had
rovght this Greek Gentle within the
1rh'ddcn court; contrary to fact
trvone could enter the outer court
G q the Gentles. This cry aroused the
. hole Jewish crowd in the tempt,
: purts. The Jews laid violent hands
O Paul, dragged him out of the cour
@ 3 the women, through the Gate Beau
Tu'. then down the steps into thu
'ourt OF the Gontiles, where the.
II rlcd to kill him.
The Rescue.-Vs 31.39 81. Tn,
-, chief captain" was equivalent to on
~ olonel. Le., captain over a regimen
= " a thousand men. His name wa
: lardius Lysias acts 23;26). "Of tn
and" Roman cohort, the tent
Il oart OF legisn. or about six hundre
y nca.
J, "Centurions" Captains of hun
=, lrod
:, Round with two chains" On
, from each OF his arms to a soldie
on each side of him compare Ac.
t2.6l. This secured the prisoner, yt
II lert him free TO walk away with hi
VI ,uards when the detachment wa
y marched OF
r, lie was borne OF the soldiers" y
4 .ooner had he got on the stairs tina
NJ he mob made rush for him, bu
owing 10 his fetters he was carrie
= dong with the soldiers. When ia
~ top Of the stairs had been reached
T, Paul asked. and was granted permiI
M sion to speak.
Pauls Address from the Castl
Stairs. 49, Acts 21:4O-22:23. Pa,
ID stood on the castle stairwas, chalne
TO soldier.
He spoke in Hebrew with which a
Of Jews were familiar.
pd Pauls address was courteous an
ri conciliatory. He showed how stron
m aud active a Jew he had been. II
:. then gave the arguments and reason
which convinced himself. and uupr
: to convince them.
" lie had found the Messiah whom a
" Jews longed for,
ST The Jews listened to Paul tiil =
spoke of his mission to the Cent e
and then the flames OF thcir wra,
AZ burst forth like the fires OF volcan'
ch They cried out in their rage. they lei
t. their clothes, they threw dust into th
air
- Within the Castle The Soldier
~ About to Torture Paul TO Compel Hi
z to Confess.
Paul Saved by His Roman CitiScl
ship,-Acts 90: 2i;29, The Roma
commander ordered that Paul shoul