Paul is in the middle of making a tremendous sacrifice. American prisons are country clubs compared to Roman prisons. But Paul is a messenger and all he cares about is the message. Even being in prison will work out for good in the grand scheme of things; Paul will do some great writing in prison.
Acts 22:17–22 (ESV)
“When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance and saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you. And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’ And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.”
Paul’s testimony has the audience spellbound. Everything’s going great right up until he quotes the Lord as saying to him, “Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.”
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