SCRIPTURES

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 Paul said, “Men, brothers, fathers, please listen to me! Let me explain myself to you!" 2 And when the Jews heard Paul speaking in Hebrew, they all shut up and Paul said, 3 “I'm a Jew, born in Tarsus, in the country of Cilicia. I grew up in this city. I was a student of Gamaliel, who carefully taught me everything about the Law of our fathers. I was very serious about serving Alahim, the same as all of you here today. 4

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 Paul looked intently at the council members and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before YAHUSHA. I have always done what I thought was right.” 2 Ananias, the high priest, was there, and when he heard this, he told the men who were standing near Paul to hit him in the mouth. TO SHAME HIM, FOR IN THE MIDDLE EAST THEN, AS NOW, A MALE BEING STRUCK ON THE FACE CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS HONOUR - AN EX

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 Five days later Ananias, the High Priest, went to the city of Caesarea. He brought with him some of the Jewish Elders and a hired speaker named Tertullus ... (A HIGHLY TRAINED & TALENTED SOPHIST OF PHILOSOPHY & POETRY ETC). WITHIN THE ROMAN LEGAL SYSTEM HIS JOB WAS NOT TO PRESENT A FORMAL LEGAL CASE TO THE JUDGE (IN THIS CASE THE JUDGE WAS FELIX) IN THE PROPER PROTOCOL COMPLETE WITH LAVISH PRAISE HEAPED UPON THE JUDGE. The

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 Festus became Governor, and three days later he went from Caesarea to Jerusalem. 2 The Chief Priests and the important Jewish leaders made charges against Paul before Festus. 3 They asked Festus to do them a favour. They wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem because they had a plan to kill Paul on the way. 4 But Festus answered, “No, Paul will be kept in Caesarea. I will be going there soon myself, 5 and your leaders

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You may now speak to defend yourself.” Paul raised his hand to get their attention and began to speak. 2 He said, “King Agrippa, I feel fortunate that I can stand here before you today and answer all the charges these Jews have made against me. 3 I am very happy to talk to you, because you know so much about all the Jewish customs and the things the Jews argue about. So please listen to me patiently

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 So when it was decided that we would sail for Italy, an Army Officer named Julius, who served in the emperor’s special Army, was put in charge of guarding Paul and some other prisoners on the trip. 2 We got on a ship from the city of Adramyttium that was ready to sail to different places in Asia. Aristarchus, a man from Thessalonica in Macedonia, went with us. 3 The next day we came to the city of Sidon. Julius was very go

Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ... 1 When we were safe on land, we learned that the island was called Malta. 2 The people who lived there were very good to us. It was raining and very cold, so they built a fire and welcomed all of us. 3 Paul gathered a pile of sticks for the fire. He was putting the sticks on the fire, and a poisonous snake came out because of the heat and bit him on the hand. 4 When the people living on the island saw the snake hanging from