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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold is as pictures of silver.(Prov.25:11) It is so important to speak the right words to people at the right time to produce the right results. When you think of apples of gold in pictures of silver, then you are thinking of wealth and excellence. When we speak wisdom into the lives of others we are making them wealthy. Therefore we must seek God for He is the source of all wisdom and He will give us just the right words needed at the right time.
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#And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. Acts 22:4
The Greek word for persecuted is Dioko which means to put to flight, pursue. That is exactly what Paul did when he was Saul before his conversion. He was zealous as a Pharisee and persecuted men and women throwing them in prison and holding the garments of the first martyr of the Church, Stephen. He did all these things ignorantly as he said he was the chief of sinners but he obtained mercy of the Lord Jesus on the Damascus road conversion. I pray for the LGBTQ people who are being persecuted by Christians today, as we must love the sinner while hating the sin. Pray that the Lord Jesus will open their eyes to the gospel and receive saving faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord. For no sin is too difficult to forgive and all one has to do is cry out Lord Jesus save me, and he will just like he saved Saul and changed his name to Paul. If any man is in Christ Jesus he or she is a new creation, for old things are passed away and all things have become new. So instead of gossiping and blaspheming pray to the Lord for their salvation.
#I am verily a man which is a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. Acts 22:3
The Greek name for Cilicia is Kilikia which was a province of Asia Minor, bounded on the north by Pamphylia, Lyesonia, and Isauria on the south by the Mediterranean, and on the east by Syria. It is the capital of Tarsus and was the birthplace of Paul. Gamaliel was a renowned teacher of the law and Indeclinable. He was of Hebrew origin (i.e.Gamliel), an Israelite. He was a Pharisee and doctor of the law, son of R. Simeon, grandson of Hillel, and teacher of the apostle Paul. He is said to have had a very great influence on the Sanhedrin and to have died eighteen years before the destruction of Jerusalem. A man of permanent renown among the Jews. So as Paul tells this story the zealous Jews knew he had been taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers and he too was zealous toward God as ye all are to this day. This is a great pedigree and we can see why the Lord God chose him to be an apostle. When people know where you come from and how you were raised they have respect for you and that is what the Holy Spirit is using to appease the people toward Paul.
#Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept more silence and he saith,) Acts 22:1,2
The Greek word for defense is Apologia which we get a speech in defense. From the same as Apologemai; a plea (apology) answer for self, clearing of self. So Paul uses the Hebrew tongue to make his self-defense against the Jews who were trying to kill him and gives his pedigree. This is just what the Lord Jesus had told him on the road to Damascus, that he was a chosen vessel that would suffer many things. God places us in situations in life where we will have to suffer many things for His glory and our good. Never be ashamed to give an apology to someone who may have apparently been wronged by your words. Paul said that he stands for the defense of the gospel and we will too in this pluralistic society that we live in. So study Apologetics so that you will be well versed in the scripture on how to apologize. Be willing to forgive those who despitefully use you and call you everything but a child of God. Jesus told us to love our enemies and pray for them. By doing these things we prove that we are children of the Highest God.
#And when he had given him a license, Paul stood on the stairs and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, Acts 21:40
Thank the Lord God that the House of Representatives passed the interracial marriage protection Act under the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court Ruling which says marriage is a constitutional right. Praise God Pastor Gray is out of the hospital and home as God answered our prayers. Just like Paul is given license to speak in the Hebrew tongue. The Greek word for the license is Epitrepo which means to turn to, entrust, and permit. From epi and the base trope; to turn over i.e. Allow give leave, let or permit. So Paul uses the Hebrew tongue. Which in Greek is Hebrais Hebrew, the Aramaic vernacular of Palestine. The Lord Jesus spoke this language as the Jews learned it in their Chaldean captivity. We should study these languages as it brings the Bible to life and helps us to get to the true meaning of the scriptures. Abba Father is an Aramaic expression used for daddy, as a term of endearment that we use when we address our Heavenly Father who loves us with everlasting love.
#And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? Acts 21:37
The Greek word for the castle is Parembole which means to put in beside or between, an army, or camp. from a compound word of para and emballo; a throwing in beside, i.e. battle-array, encampment or barracks such as the tower of Antonia. This reminded Paul of the camp of the Israelites in the desert (Exodus 29:14) hence used for the city of Jerusalem, inasmuch as that was to be of the sacred congregation or assembly of Israel, as that had been gathered formerly in camps in the wilderness. So Paul asked the chief captain May I speak? Then the captain responds can you speak Greek? He does not know the pedigree of Paul, as he could speak five languages. Then the captain said art, not thou that Egyptian, which before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? But Paul said, I am a man which is a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. What a blessing how God places Paul in just the right place to defend his faith. Just as the scripture teaches that God works all things to the counsel of His will.
#Then the chief captain came near and took him and commanded him to be bound with two chains and demanded who he was, and what he had done. Acts 21:33
The Greek word for chain is Halysis which is a fetter or manacle specifically used of a manacle or handcuff, the chain by which the hands are bound together. Just as the prophet Agabus had told Paul what would happen to him when he went to Jerusalem. And the chief captain came near and demanded who he was and what he had done. And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. This is truly miraculously how the Lord delivered Paul in the midst of this trial. The scripture tells us many are the afflictions of the righteous, and that the Lord delivers us from all of them. What a blessing to know that when we are in the absolute will of God He moves in a providential way to preserve us just like He is doing for Paul. So if God is for us, then who can be against us? The answer is no one. For we are more than conquerors through Jesus Christ our Lord.
#And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. Acts 21:31
The Greek word for the uproar is Syncheo it means to pour together, to throw into confusion. Or its alternate to commingle promiscuously; to perplex the mind. This is what the prophet Agabus had warned Paul about with the girdle testimony. So the chief captain who immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down unto them and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. God works in mysterious ways as He uses the chief captain and the centurion soldiers to stop them from killing Paul. God always can save to the utmost those that call on Him for salvation as Paul had done. We too need to cry out to God to save us in the midst of this heat wave from climate change that is killing many people with the excessive temperatures. It is time to be serious about carbon pollution and pressure the leaders to take climate change seriously before it is too late for our children and grandchildren. May the Lord impress upon the leaders to stop these greenhouse gases from being exhausted into the atmosphere. We must save the Rain forest that saves the environment from these methane gases.
#(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) Acts 21:29
The Greek name for Trophimus is Trophimos which means a Christian. He was an Ephesian Christian and a great friend of the apostle Paul. II Tim. 4:20 Paul had left Trophimus sick at Miletum. So these Zealots are desperate to accuse Paul of all sorts of things. Let us give thanks to God for the new number that the mentally ill can call: 988 which is a direct link to the suicide hotline 1-800-273-8255 So all the city was moved, and the people ran together and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple and forthwith the doors were shut. It has been said people do not care how much you know until they see how much you care. The city was moved by the compassion that Paul shone on Trophimus, so they were moved to show compassion to him and took Paul out of the temple so the Jews could not harm him.
#Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the Law, and this place and further brought Greeks also into the temple and hath polluted this holy place. Acts 21:28
The Greek word for polluted is Koinoo which means to make common, defile, or consider profane. In Biblical use to make levitically unclean. This is a serious charge that has been rendered against Paul, and as he had been warned of the consequences of going to Jerusalem would be thus he is falsely accused by these Zealots of bringing Greeks into the holy place which was not allowed by the Law. Acts 10:15 They did not understand the New Covenant in the Lord Jesus Christ that there are neither Jews nor Greeks, but we are one in the Spirit, all baptized into one body the Church. Hence this is why Paul was given the task of being the apostle to the Gentiles to bridge this chasm. Most of my trouble in the ministry has come from religious Zealots like Paul is dealing with and this is why Paul wrote the epistle to the Galatians to address this issue in the church. Jesus warned us in the Sermon on the Mount except our religion exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees, we would not enter the Kingdom of God. And now brothers and sisters the only way we get to heaven is to be clothed in the righteousness of Christ that comes by faith, and not the keeping of the Law. The purpose of the Law was to be our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ so that we could be saved by grace through faith in the shed blood of Jesus on the Cross.
#And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people and laid hands on him, Acts 21:27
The Greek word for stirred up is Syncheo which means to pour together, to confuse, and throw into confusion. This is what the Jewish people were doing to Paul by saying false things about Paul. God is not the author of confusion, but Satan is thus he is using these Jews to spread confusion about Paul. What do we do when we find ourselves in a similar situation? We must do what Jesus did when He was tempted by the devil in the wilderness and quotes scripture. It is written thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. These are the spiritual swords that God gives us to overcome all the schemes of the devil. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you can stand in the evil day. Having done all to stand put on the shield of faith to withstand all the fiery darts of the evil one. We are living in the days of apostasy just before the Lord returns to call His children home in the rapture. So comfort one another in these words for we will not all sleep but we will be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump, so shall we all be caught up in the clouds to forever be with the Lord.
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