Citizenship

Paul’s Roman Citizenship On Trial - Acts 18:12 – 18:17 (commentary)

This passage is not the first time the fanatical Jews tried to prove Paul was breaking the Roman law (refer to Acts 16:19-24 and 17:6-7). They accused him of propagating an illegal religion. Judaism was a recognized religion of the empire, and was given the protection of th …

Paul–A Roman Citizen - Acts 22:22 – 22:30 (commentary)

The crowd listened until Paul made this last statement (v. 22). Then they started shouting, “Get rid of this man! He doesn’t deserve to live.” For Paul’s sake, it was probably good that the courtyard was paved. Had there been stones lying around the Jews may have …