The apostle paul in prison
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But it seems to me that probably Paul went to Spain and conducted a ministry in the Aegean area from about 62 to 64 or 65 AD.
10.4. He claimed, “The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. .
What thrilling times these must have been.
But there were disappointments as well. Then on to Puteoli (present-day Pozzuoli), the Roman port for the Alexandrian grain ships. There's an old African American spiritual that catches our great hope of death in Christ:
"Come and go with me to my Father's house,
To my Father's house, to my Father's house.
Come and go with me to my Father's house.
There is joy, joy, joy."
Another hymn chorus captures our hope:
"It will be worth it all when we see Jesus!
Life's trials will seem so small when we see Christ.
One glimpse of his dear face, all sorrow will erase.
So, bravely run the race till we see Christ."[497]
Lessons for Disciples
Lots to think about.
And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place” (Acts 21:28). In Acts 9 the Jews reject the gospel, and persecution begins, led, ironically, by Paul himself. and not only to me, but also to all who have longed[476] for his appearing." (2 Timothy 4:8b)
You have an award of victory waiting for you, too.
He was eventually transferred to Caesarea, where he remained imprisoned for two years under the governorships of Felix and Festus (Acts 24:27). Later, she becomes the mistress of Emperor Titus, creating a scandal in Rome. He has already settled the matter of death (Matthew 16:25). Eusebius, writing around 300 AD says:
"After pleading his cause, he is said to have been sent again upon the ministry of preaching."[454]
Jerome writes in 392 AD, that at the end of his first imprisonment,
"Paul was dismissed by Nero, that the gospel of Christ might be preached also in the West."[455]
I think Paul's release in 62 AD is likely.
They reach as far the port of Cnidus. Since King Agrippa II has the right to appoint high priests, the Romans consult him on religious matters. Nashville, TN: Nelson.
"I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far." (Philippians 1:23, NIV)
Endnotes
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Wilson. Paul resisted and a contention so sharp developed between the two that these friends went their separate ways (Acts 15:36-39).
But time passes and people change. Will we be condemned at that judgment? A demon-possessed slave girl kept following Paul and Silas and shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved” (Acts 16:17).
During his imprisonment, Paul delivered a series of defenses, asserting his Roman citizenship and his mission to preach the Gospel. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth. In the last of Paul’s “prison epistles,” his tone is weary, and he realizes the end of his earthly ministry is coming soon (2 Timothy 4:6–8).