The tribune wants to know the truth, so he ordered the council to meet (22:30). Luke's account of Paul before the Sanhedrin begins to shift the story away from Paul in Jerusalem to Paul in Roman custody. Luke's report in Acts 23  is sometimes thought to be inaccurate. When soldiers learned that Paul was a citizen, they would immediately remove his chains.

When Paul says God sent him to the Gentiles, the already angry crowd begins to demand that he be killed. Why does Paul's prophetic vision receive such a violent reaction? Because they shout and throw dust cloaks into the air, it appears that they take Paul’s speech as blasphemy. Rather than accomplishing his goal (reconciliation with the Jewish crowd), he has angered them even more.  

Although Longenecker says there is no evidence to indicate Paul grow up with “a silver spoon in his mouth” (Thinking through Paul, 26), John Polhill speculates Paul may have been wealthy for several reasons (Paul and His Letters, 9). First, Paul was born a citizen, so his father or grandfather obtained citizenship. In order to “buy” a citizenship, one might need to spend 18 months wages or more on necessary gifts in order to receive the honor.

This account of Paul’s vision in the Temple is new information that was not found in the earlier part of Acts. In Acts 9, Ananias tells Paul that God is sending him to the Gentiles. But in Acts 22, Paul does not say Ananias told him about his commission, but God himself tells Paul this while Paul was worshiping in the temple.

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There are several differences between Luke’s narration of Saul’s encounter with the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus in Acts 9 and Paul’s version in Acts 22. For example, he omits Paul's bold preaching in Damascus and his flight from Damascus after preaching Jesus as the Messiah in the synagogues there. In Acts 22:17-21, Paul says he received his call to go to the Gentiles in a vision while worshiping in the Temple, something Luke did not mention previously in Acts.

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At the end of chapter 21, the Roman soldiers rescue Paul from an angry mob in the temple courts. It was rumored that Paul brought a Gentile into the temple, an act so offensive that it was likely that Paul would be killed if the Roman commander had not stepped in and rescued Paul. This was no humanitarian act; the Romans suspected Paul was either a Sicarii or…

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After a riot breaks out on the Temple Mount, a Roman commander (the Tribune) sees the trouble and takes Paul to the barracks (Acts 21:31-36), thinking that Paul is a terrorist known as “the Egyptian.” The crowd followed the Romans, maybe thinking that they were going to have him killed. There was a Roman fortress at the NW end of the Temple Mount that overlooked the Temple (the Antonia).

Paul was seen on the Temple Mount when he sponsored a vow for some young men. Jews from Asia spread the misunderstanding that Paul was preaching against the Law and the Temple, and accused him of bringing a Gentile into the temple. Who are these Jews from Asia? Asia refers to the Roman province, so they are most likely from Ephesus.

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What is a good book for studying Paul's missionary journeys? A review of Journeys of the Apostle Paul (Lexham 2019).

What is a good book for studying Paul's missionary journeys? A review of Journeys of the Apostle Paul (Lexham 2019).

When Paul arrives in Jerusalem to deliver the collection, he learns that there are some Jewish Christians who think he is teaching Jewish people to abandon the law, specifically circumcision. To respond to this rumor, James proposes that Paul sponsor a vow to prove his loyalty by submitting to the Nazarite vow along with a few men (21:22-25). Dunn rightly observes that James does not deny the rumor: “The advice of James and the elders is carefully calibrated.

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The next day after arriving in Jerusalem, Paul meets with James, who appears to be the leader of the Jerusalem church (21:8-19). Paul “reports in detail” what God has been doing, and this report brings joy to the Jewish community, and they praise God. What is missing here is any mention of the delivery of the collection. Luke ignores the whole thing.

After Agabus warns Paul of the troubles he will face in Jerusalem, believers from Caesarea escorted Paul to Jerusalem. This stage of the journey might take two days, depending on how long he stays with a Christian named Mnason. Paul’s goal is to arrive in Jerusalem by the time of Pentecost. At this point, he is close enough to Jerusalem to arrive in time for the festival.

While he is staying with Philip, the prophet Agabus approaches Paul and performs a prophetic action (21:10-11). Like Philip, Agabus was mentioned earlier in the book of Acts. He prophesied a famine in Jerusalem (Acts 11:27-30), prompting the Antioch church to send Barnabas and Saul to deliver relief funds to the Christians there. Agabus took Paul’s belt and bound his hands and feet to demonstrate what the Jews would do to him when he got to Jerusalem.