Paul's Presence in the Jewish Council

29 minutes

5 February 2025

In order to find out on what charge the Jews of Jerusalem were seeking to kill Paul, the Roman commander requested that the members of the Sanhedrin convene a meeting to determine the charges against him, but the meeting was inconclusive. When the Roman commander realised that Paul’s life was in danger, he returned him from the meeting to his soldiers’ barracks. When the Roman commander learned of the plot hatched by forty Jews to kill Paul, he no longer considered it advisable to keep him under his guard, because if Paul, a citizen of the Roman Empire, were killed as a result of a plot by the Jews, he would be held accountable for his failure to protect him. Therefore, he ordered his soldiers to take Paul with full security to Caesarea and hand him over to Felix, the Roman governor.

Acts 23: 1-35