Hebraic Insights in the Gospels

Acts 26:12-18

“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests, (13) at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me. (14) When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ (15) “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am YESHUA, whom you are persecuting. (16) But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you; (17) delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, (18) to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to ELOHIM, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Acts 25:23-27 So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. (24) Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Judeans petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. (25) But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him. (26) Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my master. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write. (27) For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”

Acts 24:2-5 When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent measures are coming to this nation, (3) we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness. (4) But, that I don’t delay you, I entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words. (5) For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Acts 23:11

The following night, ADONAI stood by him, and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”

Acts 22:3-4 “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the Torah (teaching and instruction) of our fathers, being zealous for ELOHIM, even as you all are this day. (4) I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.