Paul's Address on the Castle Stairs

(Acts 22:1-22.)

1. 1.Relate the circumstances of Paul's arrest.
2. 2.Tell how he received permission to address the crowd.
3. 3.In what language did he speak?
4. 4.With what words did he begin his speech? Verse 1.
5. 5.What was the effect of his using the Hebrew language? Verse 2.
6. 6.What did he say as to his birth and training? How and what had he been taught? What about his zeal? What admission did he make as to the zeal of his persecutors? Verse 3.
7. 7.How had he himself in time past showed his zeal for God? Verse 4.
8. 8.What witness did he have to his zeal as a persecutor of Christians? What did he then proceed to relate? Verse 5.
9. 9.Tell again the story of Paul's conversion. Verses 6-13.
10. 10.What did he say about the reputation of Ananias? Verse 12.
11. 11.For what did this devout Jew say that God had chosen Saul? Verse 14.
12. 12.What did he tell Paul that he should be? Verse 15.
13. 13.Repeat the exhortation of Ananias to Saul. Verse 16.
14. 14.What came to pass when Paul had returned from Damascus to Jerusalem? Verse 17. How long was this after his conversion?
15. 15.What did the Lord say to him in this trance in the temple? Why was he to leave Jerusalem? Verse 18.
16. 16.What plea did Paul urge as a reason why he should stay and preach in Jerusalem? Verses 19, 20.
17. 17.Nevertheless, what did the Lord say to him? Verse 21.
18. 18.What word in Paul's speech was the signal for an uproar among the listening Jews? What did they cry out? Verse 22.

Additional Questions and Suggestions

1. 1.Paul acknowledged that the Jews who were clamoring for his blood had a zeal for God; quote a text in which he tells what was lacking with their zeal. Give reference.
2. 2.Note the tact that Paul displayed in addressing the Jews in their own tongue instead of in the Greek, which even among them was commonly used. See also how he shows that the one man who had any part to act in his conversion was a Jew who was in good repute among all his fellow-countrymen.
3. 3.When the Lord appeared to Saul on the way to Damascus, why did he not tell him what he was to do instead of sending Ananias to him?

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