Introduction: Paul at the temple (21:27–40) • Jews from Asia stirred the crowd & laid hands on him (21:27) • False accusations (21:28) • Dragged him out of the temple & closed the gates (21:30) • They were seeking to kill him (21:31) • Ironically "Saved" by the tribune of the cohort by arresting him & binding him with two chains (21:31–36) • Paul requests to address the crowd (21:37–40)...Paul's "defense" (Greek: ἀπολογία / apologia) (22:1–2) ... HIS PRE-CONVERSION: THE IMPOTENCE OF THE LAW (22:3–5) • Born in Tarsus in CiliciaØ brought up in JerusalemØeducated by Gamaliel in the strict manner of the law (v. 3) o Galatians 1:14 o Philippians 3:4–6 o Romans 3:19–20 o Galatians 3:10–14
HIS CONVERSION: THE INVINCIBILITY OF CHRIST (22:6–11) • A great light from heaven (v. 6) ... I fell to the ground and heard a voice: "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" (v.7) • I answered, "Who are you Lord?" (v. 8) • He said, "I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting" (v. 8) • I said, "What shall I do, Lord?" (v. 10)
HIS COMMISSION: THE MISSION TO THE GENTILES (22:12–21) • "The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to his a voice from his mouth" (v. 14) • "For you will be a witness to him to everyone of what you have seen and heard" (v. 15) • "Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name" (v. 16) • I fell into a trance (v. 17) and saw him saying to me, "Make haste and get out of Jerusalem (v. 18).. Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles" (v. 21)
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Rev. Daniel R. Hyde (B.A., M.Div., Th.M.) is the church planter and pastor of the Oceanside United Reformed Church in Carlsbad/Oceanside, CA. Rev. Hyde is the author of over 100 articles as well as 8 books: Jesus Loves the Little Children (Reformed Fellowship, 2006), The Good...
