Löydetty 202 Tulokset: conversion of Paul
instead they quarreled with him about religion and about a certain Jesus who has died but whom Paul asserted to be alive. (Acts 25, 19)
I did not know what to do about this case, so I asked Paul if he wanted to go to Jerusalem to be tried there. (Acts 25, 20)
But Paul appealed to be judged by the emperor. So I ordered that he be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar." (Acts 25, 21)
On the following day, Agrippa and Bernice arrived with great ceremony and entered the audience hall with the commanders and the elders of the city. Festus ordered that Paul be brought in and said: (Acts 25, 23)
Agrippa said to Paul: "You may speak in your own defense." So Paul stretched out his hand and began in this way: (Acts 26, 1)
on the contrary, I began preaching first to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and throughout Judea, and then to the pagan nations, that they should repent and turn to God, showing the fruits of true conversion. (Acts 26, 20)
As Paul came to this point of his defense, Festus said in a loud voice: "Paul, you are mad; your great learning has deranged your mind!" (Acts 26, 24)
But Paul answered: "I am not mad, Most Excellent Festus, but everything I have said is reliable and true. (Acts 26, 25)
Paul answered him: "Whether little or more, I would that not only you but all who hear me this day may come to be as I am - except for these chains." (Acts 26, 29)
When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and the other prisoners into the care of an officer of the Augustan battalion, named Julius. (Acts 27, 1)
We arrived at Sidon on the next day. Julius was very kind to Paul, letting him visit his friends and be cared for by them. (Acts 27, 3)
Then Paul said to them: "Friends, I believe that it would not be very wise to proceed with our crossing for we could lose not only the cargo and the ship but also our lives." (Acts 27, 10)