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To: Luis Gonzalez

In your own words (I assume you have some, no cheating) tell me what you have against paul, and why.


553 posted on 01/22/2006 8:56:55 AM PST by xmission
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To: xmission
In your own words (I assume you have some, no cheating) tell me what you have against paul, and why.

If I were asked to read his mind (and I wasn't) then I'd say Paul gets dissed because of the very same reason as
when he was alive on earth:

those who think you need to follow the LAW!!!!



NIV Acts 13:47-51
 47.  For this is what the Lord has commanded us: "`I have made you  a light for the Gentiles, that you  may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' "
 48.  When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
 49.  The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.
 50.  But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
 51.  So they shook the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
 

NIV Acts 15:1-2
 1.  Some men came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the brothers: "Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved."
 2.  This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
 

NIV Acts 16:19-22
 19.  When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.
 20.  They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar
 21.  by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."
 22.  The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.
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 35.  When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men."
 36.  The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace."
 37.  But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out."
 

NIV Acts 17:4-8
 4.  Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women.
 5.  But the Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.
 6.  But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting: "These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here,
 7.  and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus."
 8.  When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.
 

NIV Acts 18:12-16
 12.  While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him into court.
 13.  "This man," they charged, "is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law."
 14.  Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you.
 15.  But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law--settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things."
 16.  So he had them ejected from the court.
 17.  Then they all turned on Sosthenes the synagogue ruler and beat him in front of the court. But Gallio showed no concern whatever.
 

NIV Acts 18:28
   For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
 

NIV Acts 19:8-9
 8.  Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
 9.  But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
 
NIV Acts 20:19
   I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, although I was severely tested by the plots of the Jews.
 

NIV Acts 21:27-32
 27.  When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
 28.  shouting, "Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple area and defiled this holy place."
 29.  (They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple area.)
 30.  The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.
 31.  While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.
 32.  He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
 

NIV Acts 22:19-25
 19.  "`Lord,' I replied, `these men know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.
 20.  And when the blood of your martyr  Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.'
 21.  "Then the Lord said to me, `Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"
 22.  The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, "Rid the earth of him! He's not fit to live!"
 23.  As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air,
 24.  the commander ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and questioned in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this.
 25.  As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn't even been found guilty?"
 

NIV Acts 23:12-15
 12.  The next morning the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
 13.  More than forty men were involved in this plot.
 14.  They went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
 15.  Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him before you on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here."
 

NIV Acts 24:5-9
 5.  "We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect
 6.  and even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
 8.  By  examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all these charges we are bringing against him."
 9.  The Jews joined in the accusation, asserting that these things were true.

 
It's still true TODAY!!!
 
NIV Acts 24:8
  By  examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all these charges we are bringing against him."


570 posted on 01/22/2006 1:35:34 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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