1. Acts 28
Arrival in Rome

2. Complete dark (20)
14 nights (27)
276 people
Struck sandbar
Saved by the Centurion

3. Shipwrecked
Island of Malta, off the coast of Sicily

4. Shipwreck on Malta (28:1)

5. Shipwrecked Islanders (2) (barbaros)
Islanders showed unusual kindness (philanthropy)

6. Snakebite! While gathering wood (3) Bitten by viper
No poisonous snakes on Malta today!

7. Snakebite!
Murderer! (4)
A god! (6)

8. Excursus: Problem of Evil
Job & Habakkuk
Luke 13:1-5
John 9:1-3
What did I do to deserve this?

9. Somewhere in my youth or childhood, I must have done something good.♫ ♫
Somewhere in my youth or childhood, I must have done something good.

10. When it comes to the problem of evil, we may be closer to the islanders on Malta than we at first think.

11. Winter on Malta Healed all the sick people on the island (9)
Stayed 3 winter months (11)

13. So we came to Rome (14) Brethren met him
Forum of Appius (40 miles south of Rome)
Three Taverns (30 miles south of Rome)

14. Paul in Chains Lived by himself in his own rented apartment (16, 30)
A soldier to guard him (16)
Probably chained in 4-hour shifts

15. Meeting with Jews in Rome
I have done nothing against our people (17)
Handed over to the Romans (paradidōmi)

16. Meeting with Jews in Rome
The Jews had received no word on Paul (21)
Rome was typical of the Jewish response – mixed

17. For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 28:30-31)

18. Luke does not tell us the result of Paul’s trial before Caesar.?
Luke does not tell us the result of Paul’s trial before Caesar.

19. During the 2 years in Rome Paul wrote the 4 Prison Epistles

20. During the 2 years in Rome Paul wrote the 4 Prison Epistles
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
Philemon

21. Perhaps a circular letter, sent to churches throughout Asia
Ephesians
Perhaps a circular letter, sent to churches throughout Asia
The “whole armor of God” is the response to the “spiritual forces of evil” (6:10-18).

22. Response to spiritual confusion – lift up Christ (1:15-20)
Colossians
Sent to a church Paul hadn’t visited – started during his ministry in Ephesus
Response to spiritual confusion – lift up Christ (1:15-20)

23. A church that had a special 10-year relationship with Paul
Philippians
A church that had a special 10-year relationship with Paul
Financially supported Paul
Letter deals with how to unite in the face of conflict (4:2)

24. Name of a Christian slave owner in the Colossian church
Philemon
Name of a Christian slave owner in the Colossian church
Written on behalf of Philemon’s slave, Onesimus
Very public, private letter

25. Acts 28
Arrival in Rome