'Ac 23:12-35

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Sent to Caesarea (Ac 23:12-35)

The Jews were not finished yet. They decided to ask Lysias to send Paul to the Sanhedrin for a fresh trial the next day, so they could attack and kill him on the way (Ac 23:12-15).

Unfortunately for the Jews, the plan was discovered and reported to Lysias (Ac 23:16-22).

Knowing that the Jews would carry out their plan if at all possible, Lysias thought it better to remove Paul from Jerusalem altogether. He decided to send Paul to the provincial capital, Caesarea, where he would come under the direct control of the provincial governor (Ac 23:23-24).

In sending a letter to the governor, Lysias carefully rearranged the story to make sure that no blame could be placed on him (Ac 23:25-30).

As Paul left Jerusalem for the last time, he had still not seen the fulfilment of his lifelong wish of unity between Jerusalem and the Gentile churches. But he did not give up his fight against Jewish misunderstandings (Ac 23:31-35).