by Will | Nov 27, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 26:1-11 (NIV) Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense: “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today as I make my defense against all the...
by Will | Nov 21, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 25:23-27 (NIV) The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high ranking officers and the leading men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are...
by Will | Nov 20, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 25:13-22 (NIV) A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed Paul’s case with the king. He said: “There is a man here whom Felix left as a...
by Will | Nov 18, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 25:6-12 (NIV) After spending eight or ten days with them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him. When Paul appeared, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many...
by Will | Nov 14, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 24:23-26 (NIV) He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs. Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he...
by Will | Nov 14, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 24:27-25:5 (NIV) When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison. Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, where the chief...