Acts 21:37-39

Things are not always as they are portrayed! Study and educate yourself to know the truth. Biblical knowledge is power and as we know better, we can do better. there is  power in the name of Jesus. Just as Paul was enlightened on the road to Damascus which changed his religious, cultural  views…we can also be changed. Jesus stood for the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized of society. Satan seeks to divide and conquer. Do not let him. The battle is spiritually won!

Be as wise as the serpent but as gentle as the Dove.

Acts 21:37-39

37 Then as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?” He replied, “Can you speak Greek? 38 Are you not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a rebellion and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”

39 But Paul said, “I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I implore you, permit me to speak to the people.”

When Paul spoke Greek, the commander realized that he was not the Egyptian assassin who had come to Jerusalem in a.d. 54 claiming to be a prophet. This Egyptian had led four thousand fanatical Jews up to the Mount of Olives, promising that at his word the walls of Jerusalem would fall and the Roman Empire would be destroyed. Felix, the governor of Jerusalem at the time, ordered his men up the Mount of Olives, where they killed some four hundred Jews and captured another two hundred. However, the Egyptian and some of his followers slipped away into the desert. These followers were called sicarii, meaning “dagger men.” They would mingle with the crowds in Jerusalem during festivals and murder pro-Roman Jews. NKJ Bible.

Acts 5:36 | For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody. A number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was slain, and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to nothing.

Acts 22:3 | “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.

2 Corinthians 11:22 | Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.