Acts 22
While talking to the crowd in Jerusalem, Paul used what language to get their attention?
Aramaic
After the high priest Ananias ordered him to be struck on the mouth, Paul boldly called the leader a what?
whitewashed wall
After five days, the high priest Ananias arrived in Caesarea with some elders and this specific lawyer to present their case against Paul.
Tertullus
Who was Festus
He was the new Roman governor who inherited Paul as a "legal mess" left behind by the previous guy, Felix.
How did Paul start his "big speech"?
He didn’t start with legal jargon. He basically said, "King Agrippa, I’m actually glad it’s you, because you actually get Jewish culture". He then reminded everyone that he used to be the strictest Pharisee in the room—the guy who hated Christians more than anyone else.
Paul talked about being Jewish and were did he say he was from as proof of this?
Gamaliel
Paul cleverly divided the Sanhedrin by declaring himself a Pharisee, causing a dispute with this other group that denied the resurrection, angels, and spirits.
Sadducees
During the trial, the prosecution accused Paul of being a troublemaker and a "ringleader" of this specific group.
Nazarene sect
What was the Jewish leaders’ plan?
They tried to play the "new guy" by asking him to move Paul's trial to Jerusalem. Their real plan was to jump Paul on the road and kill him.
What was Paul’s "mic drop" moment about his past?
He admitted he didn’t just arrest Christians; he actively voted for their executions. He was so "obsessively angry" that he even chased them to foreign cities. It was his way of saying, "Look, I was on your side once, so you know I didn't change my mind for no reason".
Paul said when he neared Damascus a voice from heaven spoke to him and said a specific name, which was?
Jesus of Nazereth
While Paul was in the barracks, the Lord appeared to him and told him to "Take courage," promising he would testify in this city just as he had in Jerusalem.
Rome
While making his defense, Paul stated he had come to Jerusalem for these two primary reasons: to present offerings and to do this for his people.
How did Paul react when Festus almost gave in?
Paul saw the writing on the wall. Instead of letting himself be handed over to a lynch mob, he dropped the ultimate legal card: "I appeal to Caesar!". As a Roman citizen, that meant his case had to go straight to Rome.
How did he describe the Damascus road this time?
He added a specific detail: Jesus told him, "It is hard for you to kick against the goads". A "goad" was a sharp stick used to move stubborn oxen. Jesus was basically telling Paul, "You're only hurting yourself by fighting against Me".
After his sight was restored, Paul was told by Ananias to "Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away," while doing this specific action.
Calling to Jesus
This unnamed relative of Paul saved his life by overhearing a plot by more than forty men to ambush and kill him.
Paul's nephew
Governor Felix was terrified and sent Paul away after Paul spoke to him and his wife, Drusilla, about righteousness, self-control, and this future event.
The judgement to come
Why was Festus confused about the case?
He expected to hear about actual crimes like theft or murder. Instead, the whole fight was over Jewish religious laws and "a certain Jesus" who died, but Paul claimed was alive.
What was the "insanity" interruption?
Right as Paul was talking about Jesus rising from the dead, Festus (the Roman governor) lost it. He shouted, "Paul, you're crazy! All that studying has made you lose your mind!". To a Roman politician, a dead man coming back to life sounded like a fairy tale.
The crowd listened to Paul's speech until he mentioned that the Lord had commanded him to go "far away" to this specific group of people.
Gentiles
To protect Paul from the assassins, the commander Claudius Lysias ordered an escort of 470 soldiers to take him by night to this provincial governor in Caesarea.
Felix
Felix kept Paul in prison for this many years, partly because he was hoping for a bribe and partly because he wanted to do the Jews a favor.
Two years
Who were Agrippa and Bernice?
They were local royalty who came to visit the new governor. Agrippa was an expert on Jewish customs, so Festus used him to help figure out what to write in the report to Caesar.
How did Paul put King Agrippa on the spot?
After Festus called him crazy, Paul turned to the King and asked, "Do you believe the prophets? I know you do". It was a brilliant move. If Agrippa said "no," he’d look like a bad Jew; if he said "yes," he’d have to admit Paul’s message made sense.