The Mississippi enterprise., 1960-03-05

for as thou hast testified OF
me in Jerusalem, so must thou
bear witness also at Rome" -
Paul had had a longing to 60
to Rome for some time, and
now he was assured of the
Lord that he would get the op-
portunity he had longed for.
His Imprisonment, his rescue,
and his eventual appeal to
Augustus were all contributing
factors to the trip of Paul to
Rome.
CONSPIRACY AGAINST
PAUL DISCLOSED:
"And when Paul's sisters
son heard of their lying in
wait, he went and entered into
the castle, and told Paul.
The ambush had planned to
lie in wait and kill Paul while
he was en- route to the coun,
Gil. This is the plot that Paul's
nephew learned of and went
into the castle to inform Paul.
"Then Paul called one of the
centurions unto him, and said,
Bring this young man unto the
chief captain: for he hath a
certain thing to tell him"-He
determined therefore to have
the message delivered to the
chief captain so that he could
take care of matters in the
most satisfactory way. $50 he
took him, and brought him
to the chief captain, and said,
Paul the prisoner called me
unto him, and prayed me to
bring this young man unto
thee, who hath something to
say unto thee" AS vet
only Paul knew that the boy
had knowledge of, for neither
Paul nor his nephew told the
centurion what the message
was that was intended for the
chief captain. "Then the chief
captain took him by the hand
and went with him aside pri-
vately, and asked him. What
is that thou hast to tell me-.
1t was evident that the young
mans message was of a con-
fidential nature and was in
tended for the chief captain
only. "And he said, The Jews
have agreed to desire thee
that thou wouldest bring down
Paul to morrow into the coun-
Gil as though they would en-
quire somewhat of him more
perfectly" Without some
prior knowledge of what the
Jews intended the request
would have seemed reasonable
enough, for everyone knew
that the hearing on Paul had
not been completed before
confusion broke out and the
chief captain took Paul away
by force. But do not thou
yield unto them: for there lie
in wait for him of them more
than forty men, which have
bound themselves with an
oath, that they will neither
eat nor drink till they have
killed him: and now are they
ready, looking for a promise
from thee"
1t was easy enough to be-
lieve that the nephew's words
were true after witnessing the
uproar and confusion the
Jews had created during the
past two days. They had the
reputation of being capable of
stopping to any sort of vio-
lence that would assist them in
carrying out their end.
$50 the chief captain then
let the young man depart, and
charged him, See thou tell no
man thou hast showed these
things to me- The matter
was still to be kept a secret,
for any disclosure thereof
would upset future plans of
the chief captain. In sense
Paul's safety was that Of the
chief captain'e also, for a fana-
tic could risk his life 10 kill
both of them from ambush.
PAUL SENT TO CAESA-
REA:
"And he called unto him
two centurions, saying, Make
ready two hundred soldiers to
60 to Caesarea, and horsemen
three score and ten, and spear
men two hundred, at the third
hour of the night" The
chief captain did not aim to
take any chances with the emo
tionalism Of the Jews. He did
not even refer the matter to