Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Jason welcomed them. They all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. Verse ConceptsdefianceKingship, DivineTreasonFalse Accusations, Examples OfWelcoming BelieversDifferent Personacting

We have found this man to be a troublemaker who stirs up sedition (resists lawful authority) among all the Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. Verse ConceptsHeresiesPersecution, Forms OfSectsFalse Accusations, Examples OfDissension

They said: This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. Verse ConceptsIntoleranceInciting To EvilHow Not To WorshipBreaking God's Law

When the accusers took the stand they produced no charge of the wicked things I supposed about him. They had questions against him about their own superstition. They had one about Jesus, who is dead, but Paul affirmed to be alive.

I have no certain thing to write to my lord. I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, O king Agrippa, that, after examination I might have something to write. It seems unreasonable to send a prisoner and not signify the crimes charged against him.

A few days later king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus. While they were there Festus declared Paul's cause to the king. He said, There is a man that Felix left a prisoner. When I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him. They desire to have judgment against him. read more.
I told them it is not the Roman practice to deliver any man to die before his accusers face him. He should answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him. When they came before me, without any delay I sat in judgment, and commanded the man to be brought in. When the accusers took the stand they produced no charge of the wicked things I supposed about him. They had questions against him about their own superstition. They had one about Jesus, who is dead, but Paul affirmed to be alive. Since I doubt such manner of questions, I asked him if he would go to Jerusalem to be judged there of these matters. Paul appealed to be reserved to the hearing of Augustus. So I commanded him to be kept until I might send him to Caesar. Then Agrippa said to Festus: I would also hear the man myself. Festus replied: Tomorrow, you will hear him. The next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived with great elegance. They entered the place of hearing with the commanders and important men of the city. Festus gave the order for Paul to be brought in. Festus said, King Agrippa and all men who are present with us, you see this man, about whom all the crowds of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he should not live any longer. I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death. He has appealed to Augustus and I have determined to send him. I have no certain thing to write to my lord. I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, O king Agrippa, that, after examination I might have something to write. It seems unreasonable to send a prisoner and not signify the crimes charged against him.

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the nations. Verse ConceptsLight, SpiritualResurrection, Of BelieversPreaching Gospel To ForeignersChrist The BeginningThe Light Of ChristChrist Would RiseThe Gospel To Jew And GentileLight As A Symbol Of Salvation

They had questions against him about their own superstition. They had one about Jesus, who is dead, but Paul affirmed to be alive. Verse ConceptsChrist's LifeThe Fact Of Christ's Deathconnection

he said, I will hear you fully when your accusers arrive. He commanded him to be kept in the praetorian of Herod. Verse ConceptsGuardsPalacesPunishment, Legal Aspects Of

I told them it is not the Roman practice to deliver any man to die before his accusers face him. He should answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him. When they came before me, without any delay I sat in judgment, and commanded the man to be brought in. When the accusers took the stand they produced no charge of the wicked things I supposed about him. read more.
They had questions against him about their own superstition. They had one about Jesus, who is dead, but Paul affirmed to be alive.