Thought for the Week

Scriptures to Read:

Acts 21:37-40

Acts 22:1-3

Acts 22:4-11

Acts 22:12-21

Acts 22:22-23

St. Matthew 7:1-6

St. Matthew 23:33-39

Way back on Nov. 21 I said: "We will pick up this portion of Scripture next time (Lord willing)" This is the time we pick it up. The passage is Acts 22. Remember, Paul had come to Jerusalem to bring a gift to the Jews suffering famine, from the congregations Paul had planted among the Gentiles on his missionary journeying. Paul was attacked by a mob who had seen him in the city talking with a Gentile Christian, named Trophemus, from Ephesus. They assumed Paul took Troph...