Acts 24:1-27 - Corps Notes - January 6, 1977
Acts 24:1-27 January 6, 1977 Acts 24:1 “descended” - came down orator” – advocate; like a barrister; a lawyer. I believe, to the best of my recollection, he must have been Roman. It sort of surprises me that the top Jewish leadership of the Sanhedrin, would get an unbeliever to front for them. But, you know, if you want to pull the strings on anybody then it doesn’t make any difference who you put in bed. Hire the mafia or anybody. Acts 24:2 “when he was called forth” – i.e. Paul “saying” - this is what he said to Felix “great quietness” - he’s talking about the kind of quietness that you enjoy under a dictatorship, because Felix had been chopping off heads, shooting people, hanging them, murdering them, getting rid of them. And anybody that said anything against the government got shot, now. And, of course, you shoot a few extra hundred to keep the rest of them; so we don’t have anything but quietness. It is so quiet that everybody walks around with a long face, because if you smile they may execute you cause they think you’re hiding something or you‘re tricky. You just watch situations in countries that are enslaved. People do not smile. “very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by the providence” - boy, it’s typical savvying-up. Total lies, but, you know, it’s nice politics. Acts 24:3 Boy, oh boy. This Tertullus is working for an assignment in Rome, because in that day advocates; lawyers; barristers were sent into different parts of the Roman empire to develop them. It was their “interim year.” I think now you understand. Acts 24:4 “notwithstanding” - but “that I be not further tedious unto thee” - it’s what you and I would say, “I don’t want to take any more of your time; I only want a two minute appointment.” “pray” – ask - he didn’t do any praying. He asked. Acts 24:5 “a pestilence” - He’s a real pest; ought to get the exterminator. That’s # 1. “a mover of sedition” – sedition is in the plural – “seditions” This means; a rebel and one who incites, as well a
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