PAUL GOES TO ROME
Acts 28:11-31
I. Sailing from Malta (vs. 11-16)
a. How long do Paul and company spend in Malta?
b. What Clues may help us know why they stayed so long? (Acts 27:9-12)
c. By what means and route do they travel?
d. In most of the port cities visited, what does Paul find?
e. How closely controlled does Paul (the prisoner) seem to be?
f. While it is impossible to know exactly how many days passed until they
arrive in Rome…does it seem like a long or fairly short journey?
g. What impact did seeing the brethren that came to see him, have on Paul?
h. How does vs. 16 and Paul’s letter (Romans 1:9-11) reveal God’s will
fulfilled?
II. In Rome
a. Was there anything unique about how Paul was handled in Rome?
b. How was Paul accommodated?
c. Was there a ministry advantage for Paul to have his own place and be
able to receive visitors?
III. Paul Meets with the Leaders of the Jews (vs. 17-31)
a. Who does Paul contact first in Rome?
b. Paul explains to the Jewish leaders in summary about who he is and why
he is there. What had they heard about Paul?
c. When Paul had opportunity to speak the Gospel to the Jews how did they
respond?
d. Paul quotes Isaiah 6:9-10, and then declares salvation has been sent to
the Gentiles and that they would hear it! Did this message upset the Jews?
e. How long is Paul kept as a prisoner in Rome?
IV. Application: Why is Paul persistent in trying to share the Gospel with the
Jews?
Are there people to whom we also need to witness as persistently?
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