Psalms 119:133 Order my steps in Your Word; and do not let any iniquity rule over me.
Bible Reading for June 10 (ONPP)
Acts 23 – 25, Psalms 138
Acts 23:6 – Paul struck the unbelievers in the place that would put them against each other.
Acts 23:12 – Okay, let’s think this thing through. You are going to overpower a Roman cohort and kill Paul?
Acts 23:15 – Now they are planning deception to get Paul “out in the open” to attack him with little resistance.
Acts 23:20 – God does not let the assassination plan go unnoticed. If the chief captain allowed someone to hurt a Roman citizen when he knew the danger was imminent he would be delinquent in his duty.
Acts 23:23 – This captain decided not to take any chances. He sent Paul with four hundred and seventy–five soldiers to Caesarea in the middle of the night.
Acts 23:27 – Oh yeah, now you build yourself up protecting a Roman that you were going to give lashes to two days ago.
Acts 23:35 – It seems that Roman law required that leadership from the home of a Roman citizen accused be present to make judgement upon the citizen. This also was the case when Jesus was in front of Pilate and was sent to Herod for judgement.
Acts 24:10 – Paul was quietly worshiping in the temple yet it was the foreign Jews themselves started the disturbance by bearing false witness.
Acts 24:25 – Many people reject Christ in this manner. Later I will call for you. But their hearts are numbed by the place they put their treasure. Not in God but in carnal success.
Acts 24:26 – Felix is showing what his heart was fixed on, silver. For two years he kept Paul and denied him freedom. Yet Paul was not kept from seeing those that came to see him.
Acts 25:3 – Were the men that made the vow to not eat or drink still alive after two years?
Acts 25:10 – As a citizen of Rome Paul was entitled to have Caesar make the judgement of the matter. Neither Felix or Festus had the courage to judge fairly because they were too ready to please the Jews instead of using the sword of Rome to keep the peace.
Acts 25:27 – A statement with a very deep meaning. A prisoner without charges should not be a prisoner.
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