Good morning. Then all the city was provoked, and the people
rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple,
and immediately the doors were shut. While they were seeking to kill him, a
report came up to the commander (in command of 1000 troops) of the Roman cohort
that all Jerusalem was in confusion. That was a big deal - that a non-Jew would
come into the part of the temple that was for Jews only. The commander brought
troops with him; and when they saw him and the soldiers, they stopped beating
Paul. They bound Paul with two chains; and the commander began asking who he
was and what he had done. Everyone being upset, they shouted out their reasons;
and as is normal, there was disagreement concerning what the fuss was all
about. The commander ordered him to be brought to the barracks where it would
be quieter. Paul said to the commander, may I say something to you? He said, do
you know Greek? Then you are not the Egyptian who stirred up a revolt?
Obviously it was not a normal thing for a common person to speak Greek. It was
probably reserved for the highly educated, whose parents had been well off. I
am a Jew of Tarsus. Allow me to speak to the people. The crowd was quieted, and
Paul spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect (Jewish Aramaic). To the crowd, that
probably meant that he was one of them and not some outsider. Next time we will
see what Paul had to say to them. Father thank You for all the people who gave
their lives to obtain or to defend our freedom. We especially thank You for
that One who gave His life for our freedom!
Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Good morning. Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. (Kind of like Egypt with the grasshoppers). They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, not any green thing, nor any tree (normally these are the things that the locusts would be interested in), but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads (most likely the 144,000 - possibly the only believers left on earth). They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months [My Bible says it is a limited period of time suggested by the lifecycle of the locust.]; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. Add in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them. I guess the stings were so painful that they got to the point where they wished they were dead. We will see what the locusts looked like tomorrow. Father just like You will pro...
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