ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

PAUL AND JAMES ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM

• Paul tells them what God has accomplished through
• Gentiles through his ministry
• Paul and the others were warmly welcomed by the brothers
• The brothers give Paul four men who vowed their life
• to God to purify them

PAUL ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM

• The Gentiles chose to abstain from meat sacrifice to idols,
• from blood, from meat of strangled animals, and
• from unlawful marriage
• Paul took the men after purification to the temple

PAUL IS ATTACKED

• Paul was accused of going against the law
• and beliefs and for bringing Greeks into the temple
• And for defiling the sacred temple
• Paul was then seized by the people and was dragged from
• the temple. People then attempted to kill Paul

PAUL'S ARREST

• Paul was being attacked, until they
• saw the commander and soldiers come
• They then arrested Paul and secured him with
• two chains
• Paul was then sent to the compound to be held

PAUL SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE

• After Paul talks to the guards he
• resolved the problem
• The guards then let him talk to the crowd
• Paul then goes and preaches to them in Hebrew

VERSE 39

• Paul answered, “I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia,
• a citizen of no mean city,"
• I request you to permit me to speak to the people.

VERSE 40

• When he had given his permission,Paul stood on the steps and
• motioned, with his hand to the people; and when
• all was quiet he addressed them in Hebrew.

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