Acts 21:40-22:21
⁴⁰ And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, ¹ Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. ² (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) ³ I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. ⁴ And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women…
TRANSCRIPT
I greet all of you in the blessed name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Our text for tonight’s message is taken from Acts chapter 21 verse 40 all the way to chapter 22 verse 21. It has been three weeks since we last visited the book of Acts. So allow me to recap what we have learnt in our previous message. The apostle Paul had arrived at Jerusalem, and the Jews from Asia had accused him of three fundamental things.
Firstly, they had accused him of being anti-Jew – that he was an enemy of the Jewish people. Secondly, they accused him of opposing the Law. They knew that the Jewish people esteemed the Law very highly, especially in a Jewish celebration like Pentecost. So to accuse Paul of opposing the Law in such a time like this, would certainly stir up the people’s hearts. And thirdly, they accused Paul of speaking against the temple – that he had blasphemed against the temple by bringing in Gentiles.
In a sense, they knew which buttons to push that would stir up the people’s hearts. Indeed, the people were very angry. They caught Paul, attacked him. They could have killed him if not for God’s intervention. God sent the Roman soldiers, the Roman commander Claudius Lysias. He thought Paul was an Egyptian terrorist. But when he heard Paul speaking Greek he was surprised because, at that time, Greek was the language of the cultured and educated man, not criminals and terrorists. And Paul explained to him that he was actually a citizen of Cilicia which was a significant city. Cilicia was a well-known cultural centre. It had very good universities like the ones in Athens and Alexandria.
At this point, Paul was already beaten, injured, bound in chains, yet he did something very remarkable. He said to the Roman commander – instead of running away – he said, ‘Please allow me to speak to the people.’ To who? To those who had attacked him. So that was where we ended our last message. Today we will continue with where we have stopped 3 weeks ago. The title of our message is: “Paul’s Response to His Arrest.”
I. The Life Before His Conversion
The first thing Paul did was share his testimony. So the first point is: “The Life Before His Conversion.” Let us begin with verse 40 of chapter 21. “And when he” – the Roman commander – “had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,” verse 1 of chapter 22, “Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)”
The Roman commander gave him the permission to speak to the people. So Paul stood on the stairs and, using his hands, he motioned to the people to quieten down and allow him to speak. You can imagine the chaotic situation. People were screaming from one end to the other end, ‘Kill him! Kill him!’ And Paul motioned for them to quieten down to give him this opportunity to speak. All of a sudden there was a great silence because the people were surprised, how this man was not afraid. He still had the courage to speak to them. They almost killed him. But they were even more surprised when he could speak in their own Hebrew dialect, mostly likely Aramaic. So all of them was even more quiet.
Then Paul went on to say in verse 3, “I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.” He refuted the accusations that he had opposed the Jewish people, that he had rejected the Jewish tradition and heritage. He declared emphatically that ‘I am a Jew myself. I was born in Tarsus a city of Cilicia.’ “I sat at the feet” means ‘I was a student of Gamaliel, the most respected teacher at that time, and as a student of Gamaliel, I was strictly taught according to the perfect manner of the Law of the fathers.’ Which means he was carefully, completely instructed in the Old Testament laws. And according to the Jewish traditions he was once a Pharisee. He was blameless. His knowledge of Old Testament laws and also the Jewish traditions caused him to be zealous for Judaism. In other words, Paul was saying to them, ‘I was just like you. I was just like all of you!’
In fact his zeal far surpasses that of the multitude. Every one of them could not be compared to Paul. Because his zeal took him one step further. He went on to say in verse 4, “And I persecuted this way,” referring to Christians, or to Christianity, “unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.” His reputation as a persecutor of Christianity was well known. Everyone knew that this student of Gamaliel, his name was Saul. He was a great persecutor of the Christians – the people known as “this way”.
In Galatians chapter 1 verse 13, Paul said this, “For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion,” that means in Judaism, “how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:” ‘You all know my life, my conduct, my behaviour, how I persecuted the church of God and destroyed it.’ That was the Apostle Paul before his conversion. If the people were still doubtful of his zeal for Judaism, Paul said in verse 5, you look at verse 5. “As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate” – in other words, all the counsel – “of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.” In other words, ‘The high priests and elders, they could testify that I was very zealous for Judaism. If you do not believe me, you ask the high priests and the counsel of the elders. They knew how I tried to obtain a letter to go to Damascus to bring the Christians back to Jerusalem to be punished.’
In other words, Paul was trying to prove to the people that their accusations of him were far from being true. Rather than being an enemy of the Jewish people, he was standing together with them. In fact he was even more zealous than any one of them, in regards to Judaism. But that was before his conversion. Something had happened. Something had happened that turned him from being the worst Christian persecutor to the most passionate Christian preacher. And that was because of God’s sovereign and powerful intervention in his life. God turned his life one hundred and eighty degrees around.
II. The Circumstances Leading to His Conversion
This brings us to our second point, that is: “The Circumstances Leading to His Conversion.” Now you may see this repetition of Paul’s conversion. It was repeated three times in the book of Acts. In chapter 9 you read of his conversion, here in this passage, and later on again in chapter 26. Paul’s conversion was very significant because you can really see God’s hand working in his life. No man can ever do that to such a person as Paul. From being the worst Christian persecutor to being the most passionate Christian preacher.
If there’s one thing that could convince or could point the people to the gospel, outside of Scriptures, that would be his testimony. As Paul thought that the Jews would know him, how he was so zealous for Judaism, so he repeatedly shared his testimony with his own people. ‘I was just like you, in fact I was even more zealous than you for Judaism, but God has intervened in my life. Turned my life one hundred and eighty degrees around.’
As you all know, I just returned to Melbourne this morning from Singapore. Thank God for journey mercy. Two days before I left Singapore, I had this opportunity to meet up with a group of friends. This was a group of ex-prisoners. They invited Timothy and myself out for dinner. Many of them were ex-secret society leaders. They were very notorious in the past. And as we sat around the table, we joked about how prison used to be their second home. In other words, they go in and out of prison so many times that they call it ‘my second home’.
But today they are all successful businessmen. Most importantly, they are all Christians. And they invited me because they wanted to discuss how to reach out to other prisoners and their former gang members. They wanted to do something like the Gethsemane Care Ministry. Rent a property, invite as many prisoners as possible to come into this ministry. Because this group of people had the resources, so they could easily rent a building. But I advised them not to do so, because the drug and gang culture in Singapore changed tremendously. So I said to them that rather than trying to reach out to a large group of people, you reach out to one at a time. All of you focus on one gang member at a time. A bit like the way we do personal evangelism. You evangelise to one person, and then you all focus on this person. Help this person to be discipled.
But the point is this: what caused this group of people who were so notorious, who were leaders of different secret societies – enemies with each other! They were fighting in the streets in those days, attacking one another. And now they are able to sit at the table to discuss with others. Very amazing. As I sat there watching them discuss among themselves, I could not help but wonder how God is so amazing, able not just to turn their lives around, but to cause them to sit together, and discuss how to do His work.
God had sovereignly and powerfully intervened in their lives, turned their lives one hundred and eighty degrees around just like He did to Apostle Paul. Your life might not be dramatic in that sense, but, my friends, it is still God’s divine intervention. God has sovereignly and powerfully intervened in your life and turned your life one hundred and eighty degrees around too. So don’t look down on your own testimony. We all have a testimony in the Lord Jesus Christ. For Paul, he had a powerful testimony, and he shared his testimony with the Jews.
Look at verse 6. Then he explained, “And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.” So he was on his way to Damascus to arrest the Christians. But take note that it was about noontime, which means the midday sun was shining brightly. But there was another light that outshone this afternoon sun, far outshone this afternoon sun in its brightness and glory. And that was the glory of the risen Lord Jesus Christ. So bright that, Paul said, “it shone from heaven a great light around about me at midday noon time.” Amazing, right?
And what happened to him? Verse 7, “And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.” Obviously, Paul was blinded by the brightness. And he must have been shocked and horrified to know that he was terribly wrong. The One whom he had rejected, blasphemed, despised. The One whom he had blatantly proclaimed to be a false Messiah, was in fact the Lord of Glory.
Can you imagine how frightened he would be? Some of the people listening to Paul at this point in time when he was speaking to them, explaining his testimony, they could be present at Jesus’ crucifixion, because this was not far a period after Jesus’ crucifixion. They could be the same ones who cried out, ‘Crucify Him! Crucify Him!’ So they could all be the same ones who rejected, blasphemed and despised the Jesus of Nazareth. Knowing that some of the crowd would question whether Paul was making up this story – you know sometimes when you hear something like this, you will always question: Is it true? You may be making up this story.
Paul went on to say that he was not the only one who saw the light. Look at verse 9. “And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.” If you can turn with me to Acts chapter 9 verse 7. Allow me to read to you. “And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.” Some people say that there’s a contradiction between these two passages because in Acts 9 verse 7, it says, “they heard a voice.” But here in Acts 22 verse 9, it says, “they heard not the voice of him.”
So did they actually hear or not? Is there a contradiction? Most certainly not. The original word for “hear” can mean hearing with understanding. You see, Jesus was speaking directly to Paul, so those people around him, they only heard the sound, but they did not understand what was being spoken. Heard the sound with no understanding. In other words, they saw the light, they heard the sound, only Paul alone saw the risen Saviour Jesus Christ and heard the sound with understanding, His voice which spoke to him. Just like someone listening to a physical gospel message but without understanding a single spiritual word being spoken. You know, two persons can be sitting in a congregation listening to the same gospel message. One walks away convicted, cried out to God for forgiveness of sin, embrace Jesus as the Lord and Saviour. The other walks away, heart still cold, like a stone. Hearing those physical words but not understanding a single spiritual word.
So those men there, they heard the sound, but they did not understand. Without any understanding. So there’s no contradiction. Verse 10, “And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.” This phrase, “What shall I do” does not mean, ‘What shall I do to be saved?’ God had already miraculously saved Paul. That was why Paul acknowledge Jesus as “Lord”; “What shall I do, Lord?” This phrase “What shall I do” is a response to salvation.
After God has saved you, you want to know what He wants you to do. You want to know where He wants you to serve Him. “What shall I do?” My friends, perhaps this is the same question we need to ask God. God has saved us. All of us here who profess to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, He has saved us. ‘What shall I do, Lord? You are my Lord. You are my Saviour. You have saved me. What shall I do, Lord? Do you want me to serve in this ministry? Or do you want me to serve in that ministry? Do you want me to be a missionary? A preacher? A pastor? An elder? A deacon? A fellowship leader? An usher? What shall I do, Lord?’
Many who are saved – they think that – ‘Well God saved me, now I can go to heaven.’ That’s it. A true believer who really knows God would be just like Paul. The next question he would ask is, ‘You who have saved me, who died on the cross shedding Your precious blood. The One whom I rejected blasphemed and also despised. Now that You have saved me, what shall I do, my Lord?’ I pray that all of us in our own quiet time will ask the Lord, ‘What shall I do, my Lord?’
For Paul there was something God wants him to do. He was instructed to go into Damascus. Now this time to go into Damascus was not as the Lord’s enemy but as the Lord’s servant. The first time he wanted to go to Damascus, remember, was to arrest the Christians, to bring them back to be punished – he went there as God’s enemy. But this time around he was sent as the Lord’s servant.
And the Lord said to him, “in Damascus you will be told by Ananias what I have appointed for you to do.” Look at verse 11. “And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.” He was blinded by that bright light, not the rest of the people – they still could see. So they led him by the hand as he made his way to Damascus. So Paul obeyed the Lord’s call. As the Lord says, “Go to Damascus”, he went.
Verse 12. “And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there”. Notice Paul did not identify Ananias as a Christian – Ananias obviously is a believer – because if Paul did that, the multitude surely would be suspicious of his testimony. So instead, he identified him as a devout member of the Jewish community, someone who was well respected by the Jews, someone who actually lived his life according to the Law. Verse 13. Ananias “Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight.” Notice he called him “Brother Saul”, which means even Ananias knew that Paul was a believer at this point. “Brother Saul”. “And the same hour I looked up” unto him, or, “upon him.” He was given back his sight – he was able to see.
Verse 14. “And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.” Paul’s salvation was by God’s sovereign choice. God was the One who chose him. God had appointed for Him to know His will, to see “the Just One”, a reference to Jesus Christ, the righteous One. And to hear His voice – the voice of the Shepherd. “Faith cometh by hearing, hearing by the Word of God.” God had also sovereignly chosen Paul to be his servant. Verse 15 says, “For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.”
My friends, what can we learn from here? Our lives, and everything is appointed by God. Do you believe that? Everything about us is appointed by God: that we are able to hear the message of the gospel, that God would bring us to a service like this where hearts will be convicted, whereby some would cry out to God to save him or her and receive Jesus as his or her Lord and Saviour, and then from then on, we are to be witnesses of our Lord Jesus in this unbelieving world. Our lives – our Christian lives – everything about us is all appointed by God.
You know when I was in Singapore, two brethren from True-Life BP Church died. Two of them, within a week. Both were faithful brethren whom I knew. One was a former manager of the FEBC book room. So when I was a student, I used to buy books, textbooks, from him. And when I got married, my wife knew him too. He was the one who did the video for us – those days, you know, they used the video recorder. He was a very kind brother. He died because of COVID. He collapsed. He had, I think, some heart issues too. Another brethren was a deacon from True-Life BP church. Some people said to me, ‘How tragic.’
Do you think God does not know? God knows. Everything about us is appointed by God, including our deaths. We cannot stay on this earth for one second more than we should, according to God’s appointed time. No more, no less. We have an appointed time. Just like Paul. He was called to know God’s will, to hear “the Just One” – Jesus Christ – hear His voice, believe in Him, and then to go forth and serve Him as His witness, even unto the Gentiles.
So at this point in time, Paul was already saved. Therefore Ananias said to Paul in verse 16, “And now why tarriest thou?” – which means ‘why do you delay?’ – “Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” Some people have mistakenly used this verse to teach baptismal regeneration. Baptismal regeneration is a teaching that baptism is required and necessary for salvation. The Bible does not teach that. Nor does this verse advocate Baptismal regeneration. We all know that baptism is an act of obedience required of all Christians, but it does not save us. We are not saved by baptism; we are saved by grace through faith.
Baptism always occurs after salvation. Once you believe you’ll be baptised. Paul had already believed God, so he ought to be baptised. So Ananias said to him, ‘Why do you delay? Arise, be baptised! You were washed of your sins after you called on the Lord Jesus Christ.’ That was what this verse means. So this verse does not teach baptismal regeneration. Paul was already a believer. Ananias even called him “Brother Saul”. And he cried out to God, “What shall I do, Lord?” He believed the Lord Jesus Christ. Indeed, sometimes we cannot understand why some people would profess to believe and yet would not want to be baptised. Perhaps you want to be baptised, but there is something holding you back. Maybe your parents are objecting to your baptism. Your parents may be unbelievers. Whatever be those reasons – pray. Remember: God who has saved you, He knows everything about you. Pray and ask the Lord to help you, so that you will be able to publicly declare your faith in baptism.
III. The Life After His Conversion
Now we move on to our final point: “The Life After His Conversion.” Look at verse 17. “And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;” After his conversion, Paul remained to minister at Damascus very briefly, and then he went to Arabia. After that he returned to Damascus. You can read about that in Galatians 1 verse 17 to 18. After three years he returned to Jerusalem. The very moment he stepped foot into Jerusalem, he went to the temple to pray. So contrary to those accusations that Paul had rejected his Jewish heritage, he was actually very Jewish in his practices, because the Jews would often go to the temple to pray. So Paul when he stepped foot into Jerusalem – where did he go to? He went to the temple to pray.
While he was in the temple he fell into a trance. Now, this is not the kind of trance that you see in the pagan temples. The word “trance” is used to describe the unique apostolic experience of being transported beyond the physical normal senses into the spiritual supernatural realms to receive divine revelation. So it is not for nothing. It is to receive divine revelation. So while Paul was in a trance Jesus spoke to him, the Lord. Paul “saw him” – Jesus – “saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.” Notice Jesus said to Paul, “they” – the Jews – “would not receive your testimony about me.”
Paul’s shocking turnaround from being a Christian persecutor to the most passionate Christian preacher had stirred up the unbelieving Jews. So much so that they now looked at Paul as a traitor, betrayer, as a blasphemer. They were so angry with him, so stirred up, they wanted to kill him. Even then, Paul was reluctant to leave the city. He protested to the Lord, verse 19. Okay, look at verse 19 to 20. “And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.”
See, the Apostle Paul thought that his dramatic transformation would convince the unbelieving Jews of the truth of the Gospel. ‘They knew me! How I was also present when Stephen was martyred. They knew me. How I used to arrest and beat-up the Christians. They knew about me. How I was the worst Christian persecutor. And all of a sudden, I became a preacher. There’s only one possibility: it is the Lord’s work.’ Right? That was Paul’s thinking.
So he was trying to convince the Jewish people using his testimony. But, my friends, our testimony, no matter how dramatic it is, cannot convince anyone of the truth of the gospel. To a certain extent, it may point the people to the gospel. But it can never convince nor convict any man’s heart. Only the Word of God can transform and convict hearts, not our testimonies. If the Jews would not listen to the Word of God, how much less would they listen to the testimony of Paul? If our friends will not listen to the Word of God, how much less would they listen to our testimony? No matter how dramatic it is, only the Word of God can transform and convict hearts.
Obviously, the Lord knew that, that is why the Lord said in verse 21, “And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.” And amazingly, whenever Paul preached to the Gentiles, you notice that he did not share his testimony. It is unnecessary because the Gentiles did not know him. And when he preached to the Gentiles, God powerfully, sovereignly convicted their hearts through his faithful preaching, and they were saved.
So my friends, though it is a long chapter, a long passage, I hope we are able to draw some valuable lessons that we may apply into our lives. This is our approach to studying the book of Acts. So the Lord continue to minister to us, and let us look to Him in prayers. Let us pray.
Father in heaven, we thank Thee for Thy precious Word. We thank Thee for how Thou has enabled us to consider this long passage tonight of Paul’s response to his arrest. Indeed, nothing happens by chance nor coincidence. Everything about us – our lives – is by Thy appointment. Thou art in control of all things, but that does not mean we are not responsible. We are responsible to respond in a manner that would be faithful. Oh Lord, we thank Thee for how Thou has saved us, called us, how Thou has opened doors for us to serve Thee. May each and every one of us be faithful to Thee, just as Paul was faithful to Thee.
Thou who has called him to go to Damascus, he obeyed Thee and he went, though he wanted to remain and minister to the Jewish people. But Thou who knoweth all things, knows that the Jewish people would reject him. And Thou has opened the door for him to go to the Gentiles. Thou has called him to be an apostle to the Gentiles. And Paul obeyed Thee too, and he went. Oh Lord, we want to draw valuable spiritual lessons from Thy beloved servant, the Apostle Paul. And help us to learn that we who have been called and saved by Thee, we also want to serve Thee and glorify Thee. So help us that in our own quiet time with Thee – that as we speak to Thee – Thou will also reveal to us what shall we do, oh Lord, for Thee? And teach us, empower us by Thy Spirit, that we will rise up to do Thy sovereign will. We give Thee thanks, and we pray all this, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
SERMON OUTLINE
- I. The Life Before His Conversion
- II. The Circumstances Leading to His Conversion
- III. The Life After His Conversion
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The Beginning of the Third Missionary JourneyThe Beginning of the Third Missionary JourneyActs 19:1-7
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Paul's Arrest at JerusalemPaul's Arrest at JerusalemActs 21:27-39
Paul's Response to His ArrestPaul's Response to His ArrestActs 21:40-22:21
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