And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied:“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defence. You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem, and they did not find me disputingContinue reading “Acts 24: 10-21…..Paul’s self defence.”
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Acts 23: 32 – 24: 9…..The trial begins.
And on the next day they returned to the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him. When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him. On reading the letter, he asked what province he was from. And when he learned that he was fromContinue reading “Acts 23: 32 – 24: 9…..The trial begins.”
Acts 23: 23-31…..Immediate Dispatch.
Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night. Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor.” And he wrote a letter toContinue reading “Acts 23: 23-31…..Immediate Dispatch.”
Acts 23: 12-22….Ambush and murder discovered.
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste noContinue reading “Acts 23: 12-22….Ambush and murder discovered.”
Genesis 34: 27-31…..The bigger picture.
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they capturedContinue reading “Genesis 34: 27-31…..The bigger picture.”
Genesis 34: 18-27…..Nasty, nasty!
Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem. And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father’s house. So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men ofContinue reading “Genesis 34: 18-27…..Nasty, nasty!”
Genesis 34: 8-17…..A social dowry – proposed.
But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife. Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell andContinue reading “Genesis 34: 8-17…..A social dowry – proposed.”
Genesis 34: 1-7….. Jacob’s (Israel’s) Daughter Dinah Defiled.
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. And his soul was drawn to Dinah theContinue reading “Genesis 34: 1-7….. Jacob’s (Israel’s) Daughter Dinah Defiled.”
Genesis 33: 9-20….Safely home!
But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.” Jacob said, “No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me. Please accept myContinue reading “Genesis 33: 9-20….Safely home!”
Genesis 33: 1-9…..On the surface all is well!
And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.Continue reading “Genesis 33: 1-9…..On the surface all is well!”
As I read it! 