Thursday, September 29, 2016

Rumor may kill a man

Acts 21:27-34
Some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, shouting, "Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and our law and his place...."
The commander came he asked who he was and what he had done, the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.
But garbles(斷章取義) tales are circulating, that Paul teaches Jews to abandon circumcision and the law. If he openly identifies with a group of men under a strict vow all will see that he respects and observes the law. But before the week-long term of the vow is over, a group of conservative Jews from the province of Asia create such a ferment(發酵) that soldiers from the fort step in to prevent a lynching(處以私刑).
Brought Greeks into the Temple: Anyone might go into the outer court, but notices in Greek and Latin forbade Gentiles, on pain of death, to enter the inner courts.
The barracks/fortress: The cohort(隊列) was stationed in the Fort of Antonia. Two flights of steps led down from the fort(堡) to the outer court of the Temple.
Why?
Most men in the crowd came by the rumor, they did not know the truth, so they could not said what Paul was wrong.
We should not kill one without any reasonable evidence or just from the rumor.
Do not be affected by the rumor and news from internet, we need to identify the truth.
How?
Make decision by the truth! Don't trust in rumor and transfer rumor to others!

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