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THE APOSTLE OF THE RECONCILIATION
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Summarizing the recorded speeches, we have the following samples of how Paul preached under varying
circumstances:
1. Missionary.
(a)
To the dispersion (13:16-41).
(b)
To the heathen
1. Ignorant (14:15-17).
2. Learned (17:22-31).
2. Christian Assembly.
Pastoral charge (20:18-35).
3. Apologetic.
(a)
Jews
1. Crowd (22:1-21).
2. Sanhedrin (23:1-6).
3. Elders at Rome (28).
(b)
Roman Officials
1. Felix (24:10-21).
2. Festus (25:10-12).
3. Agrippa (26:2-29).
4. Various Places.
1.
Jerusalem (20; 23).
2.
Antioch in Pisidia (13).
3.
Ephesus (20).
4.
Athens (17).
5.
Caesarea (24 to 26).
6.
Rome (28).
5. Value of these Speeches.
1. They indicate Paul's missionary method.
2. In conjunction with the personal element of the Epistles, they provide us with a full portrait of the
apostle.
3. They demonstrate his peculiar fitness for his work.
4. They reveal the three great factors in the spread of the gospel:
(a) Judaism in Land and Dispersion.
(b) Hellenism.
(c) Roman Empire.
5. Also Paul's social fitness:
(a) Jew.
(b) Tarsian.
(c) Roman.
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See Paul the Orator (Jones) for more elaborate analysis.