6/11/12

Time to cut a deal!!!


Captain Jean Luc Picard of the starship Enterprise was assimilated into the Borg collective and subsequently became its representative to the Federation.  Picard, now Locutus, attempted to assimilate The Enterprise, but failed and himself was restored to humanity (although he was somewhat psychologically affected).  So the tale goes anyway!!!  Interesting!!!  There has been a lot of talk about unions in the news lately, so the topic of bargaining seems like a timely one.  As Christians, we have someone who intercedes for us, someone who knows our every need and deepest wish....

Romans, Chapter 8
 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.  3 For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;  4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.  6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;  7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.  8 Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.  9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.  10 If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.  11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.  12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.  13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.  14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.  15 For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

  16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.  18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us. 19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.  20 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope  21 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.  22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.  23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?  25 But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.  26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.  27 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

The life empowering Spirit of God intercedes for us; imagine that???  God dwelling with us and intertwining with both us and the other two parts of the Godhead.  Someone who knows us better than ourselves and really CARES ABOUT US!!!  Now, THERE is COLLECTIVE BARGAINING!!!  What a negotiated contract we have; eternal blessings and the best of company, all paid for by the precious blood of Jesus.  It doesn't get better than this!!!!!!!!











June 11 1 Samuel 15, 16


June 11
1 Samuel 15, 16

1Sa 15:1 Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen you to the voice of the words of Yahweh.
1Sa 15:2 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
1Sa 15:3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
1Sa 15:4 Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
1Sa 15:5 Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
1Sa 15:6 Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
1Sa 15:7 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
1Sa 15:8 He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
1Sa 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
1Sa 15:10 Then came the word of Yahweh to Samuel, saying,
1Sa 15:11 It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
1Sa 15:12 Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.
1Sa 15:13 Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you by Yahweh: I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.
1Sa 15:14 Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear?
1Sa 15:15 Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
1Sa 15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to me this night. He said to him, Say on.
1Sa 15:17 Samuel said, "Though you were little in your own sight, weren't you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;
1Sa 15:18 and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, 'Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.'
1Sa 15:19 Why then didn't you obey the voice of Yahweh, but flew on the spoil, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?"
1Sa 15:20 Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
1Sa 15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.
1Sa 15:22 Samuel said, Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
1Sa 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king.
1Sa 15:24 Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
1Sa 15:25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.
1Sa 15:26 Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.
1Sa 15:27 As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul laid hold on the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
1Sa 15:28 Samuel said to him, Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
1Sa 15:29 Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
1Sa 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, Please, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.
1Sa 15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
1Sa 15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
1Sa 15:33 Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women. Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
1Sa 15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
1Sa 15:35 Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1Sa 16:1 Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1Sa 16:2 Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.
1Sa 16:3 Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.
1Sa 16:4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Do you come peaceably?
1Sa 16:5 He said, Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
1Sa 16:6 It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.
1Sa 16:7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Yahweh sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
1Sa 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this.
1Sa 16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this.
1Sa 16:10 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, Yahweh has not chosen these.
1Sa 16:11 Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? He said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he come here.
1Sa 16:12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.
1Sa 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
1Sa 16:14 Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.
1Sa 16:15 Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
1Sa 16:16 Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.
1Sa 16:17 Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.
1Sa 16:18 Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.
1Sa 16:19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.
1Sa 16:20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
1Sa 16:21 David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
1Sa 16:22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.
1Sa 16:23 It happened, when the evil spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Jun. 11, 12 John 14


Jun. 11, 12
John 14

Joh 14:1 "Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many homes. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
Joh 14:4 Where I go, you know, and you know the way."
Joh 14:5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"
Joh 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Joh 14:7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him."
Joh 14:8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us."
Joh 14:9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?'
Joh 14:10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
Joh 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake.
Joh 14:12 Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.
Joh 14:13 Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Joh 14:14 If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
Joh 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,-
Joh 14:17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.
Joh 14:18 I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
Joh 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
Joh 14:20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
Joh 14:21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."
Joh 14:22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?"
Joh 14:23 Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
Joh 14:24 He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.
Joh 14:25 I have said these things to you, while still living with you.
Joh 14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
Joh 14:28 You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.
Joh 14:29 Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe.
Joh 14:30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.
Joh 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

"ACTS OF THE APOSTLES" Chapter Twenty-Five by Mark Copeland


                         "ACTS OF THE APOSTLES"

                          Chapter Twenty-Five

OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THIS CHAPTER

1) To consider the circumstances in which Paul appealed to Caesar

2) To observe Paul before King Agrippa

SUMMARY

Shortly after Festus arrived in Caesarea, he went to Jerusalem.  The
high priest and chief men informed Festus of Paul.  They petitioned him,
asking Festus a favor, to bring Paul back to Jerusalem.  The Jews
planned an ambush to kill Paul along the road as he traveled.  Festus
indicated that he would shortly be traveling back to Caesarea, and
invited those Jews in authority to travel there as well.  They could
accuse Paul there.  After remaining in Jerusalem about ten days, Festus
returned to Caesarea.  He called Paul before the judgment seat the next
day.  The Jews attended and laid serious complaints against Paul;
however, they could not prove them.  Paul answered, "Neither against the
law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I
offended in anything at all."  Festus then asked Paul if he would go to
Jerusalem with him.  He suggested that he would judge Paul there.  This
was recommended to Paul because Festus wanted to do the Jews a favor.
Paul responded that he stood at Caesar's judgment seat, "where I ought
to be judged."  He told Festus he had done no wrong to the Jews, "as you
very well know."  Paul was willing to die, if he had committed anything
worthy of death.  But, he had no guilt of the things for which the Jews
accused him.  Paul was not going to be delivered to the Jews - he was a
Roman citizen.  Paul then appealed to Caesar.  Festus replied, "You have
appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!"  (1-12)

A few days later, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet
Festus as the new governor, replacing Felix.  Festus laid Paul's case
before Agrippa.  He noted that Felix had left Paul a prisoner with his
case not resolved.  He recalled that the chief priests and elders of the
Jews informed him about Paul during his recent visit to Jerusalem.
Festus recounted to Agrippa that he had told the Jews that it was not
Roman custom to deliver the accused for "destruction" without the
accused having the opportunity to answer the charges face to face.  Upon
Festus' return to Caesarea, he had Paul come before the judgment seat.
He discovered nothing wrong in Paul, other than there were some
questions about "their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had
died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive."  Festus asked Paul to go to
Jerusalem, since he was "uncertain" about these matters.  At that point,
Festus noted that Paul appealed to Caesar.  After Festus' explanation of
Paul's case, Agrippa requested to hear Paul himself.  Festus said to
Agrippa, "Tomorrow you shall hear him."  Paul was brought before King
Agrippa the next day, following much pomp upon the entry of Agrippa and
Bernice into the auditorium with the commanders and other prominent men
of the city.  Festus explained the situation to Agrippa and the others.
He reported that the Jews claimed Paul was not "fit to live any longer."
However, Festus stated that he found Paul had committed nothing
deserving death.  He noted that Paul had appealed to Caesar, and he was
going to send him.  Festus indicated that he had nothing to write to
Caesar about Paul.  He hoped that after Agrippa's examination of Paul,
he may have something to write.  He thought it was unreasonable to send
an appeal to Caesar without specifying the charges.  (13-27)

OUTLINE

I. PAUL APPEALED TO CAESAR (1-12)

   A. THE JEWS PETITIONED FESTUS TO RETURN PAUL TO JERUSALEM (1-5)
      1. Shortly after Festus arrived, he went to Jerusalem
      2. The high priest and chief men informed Festus of Paul
      3. They petitioned him, asking a favor, to bring Paul back to
         Jerusalem
         a. The Jews planned an ambush to kill Paul along the road
      4. Festus invited those Jews in authority to travel to Caesarea
         with him
         a. They could accuse Paul there

   B. PAUL STOOD BEFORE FESTUS IN CAESAREA (6-9)
      1. After remaining in Jerusalem about ten days, Festus returned to
         Caesarea
         a. He called Paul before the judgment seat the next day
      2. The Jews laid serious complaints against Paul
         a. They could not prove them
         b. Paul answered, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor
            against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended in
            anything at all."
      3. Festus asked Paul if he would go to Jerusalem with him
         a. Festus wanted to do the Jews a favor
         b. Festus suggested that he would judge Paul there

   C. PAUL APPEALED TO CAESAR AND AVOIDED A RETURN TO JERUSALEM (10-12)
      1. Paul stated that he stood at Caesar's judgment seat, "where I
         ought to be judged"
         a. He said he had done no wrong to the Jews, "as you [Festus]
            very well know"
      2. Paul was willing to die, if he had committed anything worthy of
         death
         a. He had no guilt of the things the Jews accused him
         b. He was not going to be delivered to the Jews - he was a
            Roman citizen, and he then appealed to Caesar
      3. Festus stated, "You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you
         shall go!"

II. PAUL'S CASE WAS HEARD BY KING AGRIPPA (13-27)

   A. FESTUS PRESENTED PAUL'S CASE TO KING AGRIPPA (13-22)
      1. A few days later, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to
         greet Festus
      2. Festus laid Paul's case before Agrippa
         a. He noted that Felix had left Paul a prisoner
         b. The chief priests and elders of the Jews informed Festus
            about Paul
         c. He told the Jews that it was not Roman custom to deliver the
            accused for "destruction" without the accused having the
            opportunity to answer the charges
         d. Festus had Paul come before the judgment seat
         e. Festus discovered nothing wrong, other than there were some
            questions about "their own religion and about a certain
            Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive"
         f. He asked Paul to go to Jerusalem, since he was "uncertain"
            about these matters
         g. Then Paul appealed to Caesar
      3. Agrippa requested to hear Paul himself
         a. Festus said to Agrippa, "Tomorrow you shall hear him"

   B. PAUL STOOD BEFORE AGRIPPA AND BERNICE (23-27)
      1. Paul was brought before King Agrippa the next day, following
         much pomp upon the entry of Agrippa and Bernice
      2. Festus explained the situation to Agrippa and the men gathered
         a. Festus reported that the Jews claimed Paul was not "fit to
            live any longer"
         b. Festus stated he found that Paul had committed nothing
            deserving death
         c. He noted that Paul had appealed to Caesar, and he was going
            to send him
         d. Festus indicated that he had nothing to write to Caesar
            about Paul
         e. He hoped that after Agrippa's examination of Paul, he may
            have something to write, for he thought it unreasonable to
            send an appeal to Caesar without specifying the charges

REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAPTER

1) What are the main events in this chapter?
   - Paul appealed to Caesar (1-12)
   - Paul's case was heard by King Agrippa (13-27)

2) After arriving in the province, how many days was it before Festus
   went from Caesarea to Jerusalem? (1)
   - Three days (1)

3) Of what did the high priest and chief men inform Festus? (2-3)
   - Informed him against Paul and petitioned him (2)
   - They asked a favor for Festus to send Paul to Jerusalem (3)

4) What was the real plan of the Jews for Paul? (3)
   - They were laying an ambush to kill him on the road (3)

5) How did Festus respond to the Jews' request?  (4-5)
   - Paul would be kept in Caesarea; he was going there shortly (4)
   - The Jews with authority were to go to Caesarea to accuse him (5)

6) When did Paul come before the judgment seat of Festus? (6)
   - Festus returned to Caesarea after about 10 days in Jerusalem (6)
   - He called Paul to the judgment seat the next day (6)

7) The Jews laid many serious complaints on Paul.  Were they able to
   prove them? (7)
   - They were not able to prove any of them (7)

8) List the three things Paul had not offended against. (8)
   - He had not offended against the law of the Jews, nor against the
     temple, nor against Caesar (8)

9) Why did Festus ask Paul to go to Jerusalem? (9)
   - He wanted to do the Jews a favor (9)

10) Where did Paul believe he should be judged? (10)
   - Where he was - at Caesar's judgment seat (Caesarea) (10)

11) Did Paul recognize that Festus found no wrong in him? (10)
   - Yes, he stated that to Festus; "as you very well know" (10)

12) What was Paul trying to avoid by appealing to Caesar?  (11)
   - None of their accusations had been proven; therefore, he did not
     want to go back to Jerusalem before the Sanhedrin (11)

13) How did Paul have the right to appeal to Caesar?  (11)
   - Paul was a Roman citizen (11; cf. Acts 22:25-28)

14) How did Festus respond to the appeal? (12)
   - He conferred with the council and then said, "You have appealed to
     Caesar? To Caesar you shall go!" (12)

15) Why had Agrippa and Bernice come to Caesarea? (13)
   - To greet Festus (13)
   - He was the new governor, replacing Felix (cf. Acts 24:27)

16) What did Festus tell Agrippa about, after they had been there many
    days? (14-15)
   - He told them about Paul's case (14)
   - He told them how the Jews had informed him about Paul (15)

17) How did Festus describe his response to the Jew's request? (16)
   - It was not the Roman's custom to delivery any man to destruction
     with allowing the accused to answer his accusers face to face (16)

18) What questions was Festus uncertain about? (18-20)
   - Questions "about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who
     had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive." (19-20)

19) What was Agrippa's response to Festus? (22)
   - "I also would like to hear the man myself" (22)

20) While before Agrippa, what did Festus state that the Jews cried out
    about Paul in Jerusalem? (24)
   - He was "not fit to live any longer" (24)

21) What was Festus' finding in Paul's case? (25)
   - He had committed nothing deserving of death (25)

22) What was Festus' dilemma in which he found himself? How was he
    hoping Agrippa could help? What did he find unreasonable? (26-27)
   - Paul appealed to Caesar, but no charges were against him (26)
   - He hoped to have something to write based on Agrippa's examination
     of Paul (26)
   - It was unreasonable to send Paul to Caesar without charges (27)