25 - The Prison Epistles -The Itineraries Of Paul
The Prison Epistles Before we go into Paul’s last itinerary, we’re going to study some of the things that he did before he started on that itinerary. What he did was that he wrote a few epistles. It was while Paul was at Rome in Acts 28 that he spent two years in his own hired house. Prior to getting to Rome, he wintered in Malta. After the winter was over he sailed up to Sicily to Syracuse, from there to Rhegium and from there to Puteoli. From there he walked up to Appii Forum and from there to the Three Taverns. Then he followed what we would call the Appian Way into Rome. When he first came to Rome the Jews didn’t even know that he was accused of anything. Finally after a little period of time there he was released and spent two years there. If he arrived in the spring when would it be that two year period would be up? Spring or possibly early summer, therefore he could have set out on his last itinerary sometime in the late spring or early summer. This sort of fits with some of the records, as we’re going to see later on. While he was in Rome, he wrote some epistles that are commonly called the prison epistles because they were written while Paul was in prison or shortly after his release. Three of these epistles are Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. They all deal with one great subject, the mystery. The first two that were written were Ephesians and Colossians. They were written while Paul was in prison. After his release Philippians was written and then Philemon. If you go to Rome today to see where Paul spent his time in prison, they show you the Mamertine prison. It’s very cold with stone walls and a little hole in it. It’s very dark and damp. To imagine that this is where Paul may have written the great epistle to the Ephesians is unbelievable. How he could get inspired in a place like that is unbelievable. It’s cold, damp, dark and that is where he wrote the epistle to the Ephesians and probably the epistle to the Colossians if that was the prison. It
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Tweet Topic: logospedia Format: Mp3 Publication Date: 1976-1977 Walter J. Cummins graduated from the Power for Abundant Class in 1962. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Ohio State University in 1968 and his Master of Education degree in Secondary School Administration in 1978 from Wright State University. He was ordained to the Christian by The Way International in 1968. He has studied at The Way International under Victor Paul Wierwille and K.C.Pillai. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he was director of the Research department of the Way International and served as assistant to the president. PDF AUDIO