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After the dramatic boat trip to Malta when God saved Paul and the 275 fellow passengers from the shipwreck, Paul stayed on Malta for three months during the winter of 60 AD. He preached about Jesus and God healed many people who were sick. – Slide 1
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The people of Malta loved Paul and when he was ready to travel on to Rome they gave him many gifts to help him on his way. – Slide 2
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A good wind carried the new ship out of the port of Malta ... – Slide 3
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… and Paul and his guard named Julius got along well together. Julius understood that Paul was not an ordinary prisoner but completely innocent of any crime. (Note: In Acts 28:14 it says that Paul and Julius stayed seven extra days with some Christian friends, which would not have happened if Julius had not wanted it. Julius therefore enjoyed their company because may have become a Christian himself.) – Slide 4
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The sea voyage to Rome ended for Paul and Julius in the city of Puteoli, which was then Rome's port city. Paul and Julius began to walk towards Rome. It was a walk along a road called the Via Appia. (It is the first and most famous of the ancient roads that stretches from Rome and went 560 kilometers south.) Paul now felt tired and sad … – Slide 5
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… but suddenly he met several Christian friends from Rome who had walked about 70 kilometers out of Rome to meet Paul. (The place was called the Forum Appi and was a marketplace.) When Paul saw his friends, he thanked God and took new courage. – Slide 6
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It took several days for Paul and his friends to get to Rome, which was a large city with several hundred thousand inhabitants. – Slide 7
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Paul was not taken to prison, but allowed to rent an apartment in Rome while awaiting trial before Emperor Nero. The apartment was probably near the military barracks that were located northeast, outside the city walls of Rome. – Slide 8
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Under house arrest, Paul was chained to a guard the whole time, even when he prayed to God. – Slide 9
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Paul was very happy that he could tell all the soldiers about Jesus and what God had done to save him. – Slide 10
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He also wrote several letters, including one to the large congregation in Ephesus. – Slide 11
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He probably thought of the many people who had come to Tyrannus's lecture hall in Ephesus to hear his sermons. – Slide 12
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He also remembered, with joy, the great book bonfire in Ephesus when those who had just become Christians burned all their bad books. <br/>The total value of these bad books was worth 50,000 daily wages for an ordinary worker. – Slide 13
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Onesimus was a slave who had run away to Rome from his owner Philemon. Paul knew Philemon well as he had become a Christian and the church in Colossae met in his house. At first, Onesimus was very happy when he ran away ... – Slide 14
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... but after a while, Onesimus felt very sorry for all the wrong he had done. – Slide 15
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Somehow, Onesimus got in touch with Paul who was under house arrest. Paul spoke to Onesimus about God's love and Jesus' forgiveness. Onesimus really wanted to start a new life together with Jesus – Slide 16
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Paul wrote a letter to Philemon, appealing to his friend to forgive Onesimus and not punish him for running away. He promised to pay Philemon anything that Onesimus owed him. Then he sent Onesimus back to Philemon with the letter. Paul was sure that Philemon would forgive his runaway slave and welcome him as a Christian. – Slide 17
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One day, Paul was greatly pleased to receive a visit from his friend Epaphroditus, who had come all the way from the city of Philippi in Greece. He had brought with him a large gift of money from the church there. – Slide 18
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Epaphroditus made sure that Paul was well cared for as a prisoner in the house. The soldiers guarding Paul must have been very surprised by everything that happened to Paul. – Slide 19
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But one day, while Epaphroditus was staying with Paul, he became very sick and thought he would die. But God heard the prayers of Paul and Epaphroditus and made him completely well again. – Slide 20
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When Epaphroditus was ready to return to Philippi, Paul wrote a letter to the church there, encouraging them and thanking them for their gift. – Slide 21
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Paul probably thought of his visit to Philippi a few years earlier and of the girl God freed from the spirit of divination. And then there was the jailer and his family and Lydia and her family who became Christians and were baptised. – Slide 22
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When Paul had become a Christian in Damascus many years earlier, he learnt he had been chosen by God to tell, Jews, Gentiles, leaders and Kings about Jesus. – Slide 23
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On the boat before the shipwreck, God had sent an angel from heaven who told Paul that he would stand before Emperor Nero. (Although it is not written in the Bible that Paul actually came before Nero, we can be fairly certain that he did.) – Slide 24
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The emperor in Rome at this time was Emperor Nero, who was a very evil and a terrible ruler. – Slide 25
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After about 2 years under house arrest in Rome, Paul had to appear before Emperor Nero. Paul would have told the Emperor about Jesus. Most people think Paul was acquitted since he had done nothing criminal and then travelled to Spain to preach about Jesus. – Slide 26
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Around the year 65AD there was a big fire in Rome when many houses burned down. – Slide 27
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The cruel emperor Nero then completely wrongly blamed the Christians, saying that they were the ones who had set fire to the city and that they should therefore be captured and killed. – Slide 28
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It may have been that Paul was also captured and killed. We do not know. But Paul knew that if he was killed, Jesus would save him and take his spirit and soul to heaven. – Slide 29
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Paul had travelled and preached to many people about Jesus and about His death and resurrection. He told people that Jesus lives forever and wants to forgive us our sins so we can have eternal life. – Slide 30
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In the Bible we can read 13 of the letters that Paul wrote. And in the book of Acts we can read about many of his adventures. – Slide 31
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