Acts 25

“They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way” (3). Paul’s unwavering testimony about Jesus had provoked a severe reaction. Some of the “chief priests and Jewish leaders” wanted to kill him, just as Paul himself had breathed out “murderous threats” against believers before his own conversion. Although Paul was not involved in violence or rebellion (18-19), his allegiance to Jesus threatened religious and government authorities.

The truth about “a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive” (19) is enough to change our lives and turn the world upside down. Jesus is King above all powers.