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same charges against these accusers? Matt. 23:15; Acts 17:13, 21 . How did Paul meet the charges? v. 8 . What would have been Festus’ immedi ate sentence? 26:31, 32. What was, his motive in suspending sen tence? Mark 15:15; Acts 12:3. What would Moses have said o f such judges? Deut. 27:19. What prayer o f the psalmist suited Paul .now? Psa. 140:4-8. For what was Paul now ready? Rom. 1:15. What was Jehovah’s plan for Jerusalem how? 13:46, 47. What word o f Paul killed the plot and filled the plan? v. 11 . How could Paul appeal from Festus to Caesar ? Acts 16:35-37. What capital safeguards served Paul now? v. 11 . -------------- O
Did the planners laugh at the plotters? Psa. 2:4. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) The Jewish liers-in-waiting were bet ter at lying than waiting. (2) Festus was too wary a bird to be snared in a foul net. (3) When pious men ask impious favors, beware! (4) Clamorous persecutors are likely to be infamous prosecutors. (5) Those who prefer charges must prof fer proof. ( 6 ) Give no credence where there is no evidence. (7) It is an evil under the sun when men must appeal from the church court to the civil court. ( 8 ) Many and grievous complaints are made against Paul which his critics cannot, to this day, prove.
Paul’s Defense Before Agrippa OCT. 22, 1916. LESSON IV. Acts 26:1, 24-32. (Read the whole chapter. Commit vs. 28, 29). G olden T e x t : “I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision.”—Acts 26:19.
DA ILY P lBLE READINGS
Mon., Oct. 16—Acts 26:1-11. Tues., Oct. 17—Acts 26:12-22. Wed., Oct. 18—Acts 26:23-32. (The Lesson).
Thurs., Oct. 19—Acts 9:10-22. Fri., Oct. 20—2 Cor. 5 :1-13. Sat., Oct. 21—1 Peter 4:12-19. Sun., Oct. 22—Isaiah 50:5-11.
EXPOSIT ION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
v. K “ Then (And) Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thy self. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and answered for himself (made his defence)." This is one o f the great occa sions o f one o f the greatest lives ever lived upon this earth. It was not merely that Paul was preaching to a king and to a woman o f great influence. His sermon
accomplished little in them. They were wedded to their infamy and put from them his offer o f eternal life upon this which, as far as we know, was the only occasion upon which they ever heard it. But Paul was preaching a sermon that would go on echoing through thé world for more than eighteen centuries, and that would result in the conversion o f countless thousands in
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