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• Islanders (2) (barbaros)
• Islanders showed unusual kindness (philanthropy)
ShipwreckedShipwrecked
Snakebite!Snakebite!
• While gathering wood (3)
• Bitten by viper• No poisonous
snakes on Malta today!
Excursus:Excursus:Problem of EvilProblem of Evil
• Job & Habakkuk
• Luke 13:1-5
• John 9:1-3
• What did I do to deserve this?
Somewhere in Somewhere in my youth or my youth or childhood, I childhood, I must have must have
done done something something
good.good.
♫ ♫
When it comes to the problem of evil, we may be
closer to the islanders on
Malta than we at first think.
Winter on MaltaWinter on Malta
• Healed all the sick people on the island (9)
• Stayed 3 winter months (11)
So we came to Rome (14)
• Brethren met him
• Forum of Appius (40 miles south of Rome)
• Three Taverns (30 miles south of Rome)
Paul in ChainsPaul in Chains• Lived by himself in
his own rented apartment (16, 30)
• A soldier to guard him (16)
• Probably chained in 4-hour shifts
Meeting with Meeting with Jews in RomeJews in Rome
• I have done nothing against our people (17)
• Handed over to the Romans (paradidōmi)
Meeting with Meeting with Jews in RomeJews in Rome
• The Jews had received no word on Paul (21)
• Rome was typical of the Jewish response – mixed
For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who
came to see him. Boldly and without
hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Acts 28:30-31)
During the 2 years in Rome Paul wrote the 4 Prison Epistles
• Ephesians• Philippians• Colossians• Philemon
• Perhaps a circular letter, sent to churches throughout Asia
• The “whole armor of God” is the response to the “spiritual forces of evil” (6:10-18).
• Sent to a church Paul hadn’t visited – started during his ministry in Ephesus
• Response to spiritual confusion – lift up Christ (1:15-20)
• A church that had a special 10-year relationship with Paul
• Financially supported Paul• Letter deals with how to unite in
the face of conflict (4:2)
• Name of a Christian slave owner in the Colossian church
• Written on behalf of Philemon’s slave, Onesimus
• Very public, private letter