Study Desk

After the Festival of Thin Bread, we sailed from Philippi. Five days later we met them in Troas and stayed there for a week.

Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, because he did not want to spend too much time in Asia. He was in a hurry and wanted to be in Jerusalem in time for Pentecost.

From Miletus, Paul sent a message for the church leaders at Ephesus to come and meet with him.

I tell you today that I am no longer responsible for any of you!

Be on your guard! Remember how day and night for three years I kept warning you with tears in my eyes.

You know how I have worked with my own hands to make a living for myself and my friends.

We looked up the Lord's followers and stayed with them for a week. The Holy Spirit had told them to warn Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.

We sailed from Tyre to Ptolemais, where we greeted the followers and stayed with them for a day.

We had been in Caesarea for several days, when the prophet Agabus came to us from Judea.

But Paul answered, "Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus. I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!"

Join with them and prepare yourself for the ceremony that goes with the promises. Pay the cost for their heads to be shaved. Then everyone will learn that the reports about you are not true. They will know that you do obey the Law of Moses.

The next day Paul took the four men with him and got himself ready at the same time they did. Then he went into the temple and told when the final ceremony would take place and when an offering would be made for each of them.

When the period of seven days for the ceremony was almost over, some of the Jewish people from Asia saw Paul in the temple. They got a large crowd together and started attacking him.

I made trouble for everyone who followed the Lord's Way, and I even had some of them killed. I had others arrested and put in jail. I didn't care if they were men or women.

What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized, and wash away your sins by praying to the Lord."

Stephen was killed because he spoke for you, and I stood there and cheered them on. I even guarded the clothes of the men who murdered him."

You and everyone in the council must go to the commander and pretend that you want to find out more about the charges against Paul. Ask for him to be brought before your court. Meanwhile, we will be waiting to kill him before he gets there."

Get a horse ready for Paul and make sure that he gets safely through to Felix the governor."

and learned that the charges concern only their religious laws. This man isn't guilty of anything for which he should die or even be put in jail.

The governor said, "I will listen to your case as soon as the people come to bring their charges against you." After saying this, he gave orders for Paul to be kept as a prisoner in Herod's palace.