Tag: trials of Jesus
April 24th: Numbers 21 and Mark 14:53-72
Good Friday: Lamentations 3:1-36 and John 18
March 26th: Exodus 33 and Matthew 26:57-75
February 5th: Genesis 35 and John 18:28-40
February 4th: Genesis 34 and John 18:1-27
Led Up Into the Wilderness (Matthew 4)
Jesus is tempted in the wilderness and calls his first disciples.
The Trials of Paul
I am wondering what you think about Luke’s purpose in dedicating so much of his writings at the back end of the book of Acts to the legal proceedings involving Paul. What is he wanting to highlight by giving essentially a quarter of the book (chapters 21-28) to the details around these matters, including a very detailed account of the shipwreck (cf. Acts 27). One thought could be that Luke wants us to see Paul in the strain of the OT prophets. Similar to Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc. Luke shows Paul speaking truth to power, and repeats his calling moment (Damascus Rd experience) twice more in these final chapters. Is that it or is there more to it.
