INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS
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COMMENT Keith L. Brooks DAILY READINGS Dr. F. W. Farr ELEMENTARY - Mabel L. Merrill -
NOVEMBER 13, 1921 PAUL. BEFORE THE ROMAN GOVERNOR
H erf “ do I exercise myself to 'h a v e always a conscience void of
onence tow ard God, and tow ard men. Ac. 24:16.
LESSON TEX T Ac. 24:10-27. (Bead Lu. 12:4-12.)
(10) T hen Paul, after th a t the gov ernor had .beckoned unto him to speak, answ ered, Forasm uch as I know th a t thou hast been of m any years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully an swer for myself. (11) Because th a t thou m ayest understand, th at there are yet but twelve days since I w ent up to Jerusalem for to worship. (12) And they neither found me in the tem ple disputing w ith aQy m a?» neither raising up the peopje, the synagogues, nor in the city. (13) N either can they prove the things wherepf they now accuse'm e. (14) But th is I confess unto thee, th at a fter the w ay which they call heresy, so w orship I the God of my fathers, believing all things w hich are w ritten in the law, and in the prophets. (15) And have hope tow ard God, w hich they them selves also allow, th at there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the ju st and unjust. (16) O u tlin e: ' (1) The Accusation, vs. 1-9. (2) The Answer, vs. 10-23. (3) The Address, vs. 24-27. In tro d u c tio n : For five days P aul had been kept a pris oner in H erod ’s judgm ent hall. Then Ananias, the high priest, w ith the elders and Tertullus, came down to Caesarea to prosecute the prisoner. (1) The Accusation, vs. 1-9, “ Tertullus began to accuse him .’’ The scene opens in the court room. Felix is the judge. Tertullus, a hired orator, is the prosecuting attorney. The elders and
And herein do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence to w ard God, and tow ard men. (17) Now after m any years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. (18) W here upon certain Jew s from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither w ith m ulti tude nor w ith tum ult. (19) Who ought to have been here, before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. (20) Or else let these sam e-here say, .if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council;. (21) Except it be for this one voice, that. I cried standing among eI? ’ Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. (2 2 ) And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of th at way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the utterm ost of your m atter.
other Jew s are specta- tors. Tertullus opened w ith fulsome flatteries Now, Felix was an exceedingly bad of Felix.
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man. Tacitus says of him th a t “ in the practice of all kinds of lust, crime and cruelty, he exercised the power of a king w ith the temper of a slave.’’ The Jew s hated him w ith great intensity, b u t they are now interested in th e conviction of Paul, so they consent to the praises of th eir enemy, the ruler, if only they may get th eir hands upon Paul. The prosecutor laid three charges against Paul. F irst, sedition; stirrin g up an in-
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