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Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Friday, February 7, 2025
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Plot to Kill Paul [2] Bible Verse:Acts 23:17-35 (ESV) "Then Paul called one of the commanders. He said to him, “Take this young man to the commanding officer. He has something to tell him.” So the commander took Paul’s nephew to the officer. [Abridged — Paul’s nephew tells the commander of the plot.] Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night. Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor.” And he wrote a letter to this effect: “Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency the governor Felix, greetings. This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen. And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council. Wolf reading, from an illuminated Bible. I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment. And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.” So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to [the town of] Antipatris. And on the next day they returned to the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him. When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him. On reading the letter, he asked what province Paul was from. And when he learned that he was from Cilicia, he said, “I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive.” And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod’s praetorium. " Message:
Today’s Scripture is a straightforward account of the commander of the Jerusalem garrison removing Paul, a Roman citizen, from the danger of being killed by a colonial mob. He sends Paul under guard to the comparative safety of Caesarea, the capital of Roman Judea. (Some repetitive text has been removed; you can read it by clicking the “Abridged” link, above.)
Do not think that Roman law had anything resembling the fair-mindedness or dedication to justice that one associates with our own legal system. It was primarily political. The Roman commander (Claudius Lysias) and the governor (Felix) have only a modicum of interest in treating Paul fairly. Their first concern is Roman dignity. Even though Ananais is the highest-ranking Jewish leader, the Jews are a conquered and subjugated nation; Paul is a Roman citizen. The Romans simply will not allow one of their citizens to be tried and punished by a Jewish court.
Notice how different this is from the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. There, Pontius Pilate, who seemed reasonably fair-minded, considered Jesus to be innocent; nevertheless, Jesus had no status in Roman eyes. So Pilate was willing to let the Sanhedrin convict him as they saw fit, and even carried out the execution for them.
Meditation : Prayer : The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, this day and evermore..........Amen |
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