Session 16: Redefined Identity
Preparation Resources
1) Primary text: Acts 25:10-11
2) Extended text (optional): Acts 20:7 - 26:32
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 13: Jerusalem Again
4) Tim Keller sermons
Discussion Topics
1) How does Prof. Wright suggest Paul and his companions transported the gift to Jerusalem and why did they need to do it this way?
2) Why does Paul decide not to go through Ephesus but rather asks the Ephesian elders to meet him in Miletus instead?
3) What does Prof. Wright say is the significance of Paul’s having completed his Epistle to the Romans several months before arriving in Jerusalem?
4) Describe the kind of resistance that Paul faced upon his arrival in Jerusalem. What did Paul find himself having to do about it?
5) Why, according to Prof. Wright, does Paul appeal to Caesar?
Session 16 Notes
1) Primary text: Acts 25:10-11
2) Extended text (optional): Acts 20:7 - 26:32
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 13: Jerusalem Again
4) Tim Keller sermons
Discussion Topics
1) How does Prof. Wright suggest Paul and his companions transported the gift to Jerusalem and why did they need to do it this way?
2) Why does Paul decide not to go through Ephesus but rather asks the Ephesian elders to meet him in Miletus instead?
3) What does Prof. Wright say is the significance of Paul’s having completed his Epistle to the Romans several months before arriving in Jerusalem?
4) Describe the kind of resistance that Paul faced upon his arrival in Jerusalem. What did Paul find himself having to do about it?
5) Why, according to Prof. Wright, does Paul appeal to Caesar?
Session 16 Notes