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65 S.D. L. Rev. 317 (2020)
Saint Paul's Trial Narrative in Acts: Imperium Romanum vs. Vasileia Tou Theou

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SAINT  PAUL'S  TRIAL  NARRATIVE IN ACTS: IMPERIUMROMANUM
                     VS. VASILEIA TOU  THEOU

                        THOMAS  E. SIMMONSt

   I. AN INTRODUCTION........................................................................... 318
   II. BACKGROUND: ROMAN PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS....... 320
   III. DISCUSSION: THE NARRATIVE AND THE PSEUDO-NARRATIVE
      ............................................................................................................... 331
      A. LUKE, THE THIRD GOSPEL, AND HIS ACTS......................................... 331
      1. A ddressing Theophilus.................................................................... 331
      2. Acts' Themes ................................................................................... 335
      3. Roman Persecution of Jews ............................................................ 337
      B . PAUL'S  TRIAL   (A CT  I)........................................................................ 341
      1. Prelude to Arrest ............................................................................. 343
      2. Before Lysia (in Jerusalem) ............................................................ 345
      3. Before the Sanhedrin (Still in Jerusalem) ....................................... 347
      4. Before Felix (in Caesarea).............................................................. 349
      5. Before Festus (Again in Caesarea) ................................................. 351
      6. Before Herod (in Caesarea Yet Again) ........................................... 352
      7. Before N ero (in  R om e)  .................................................................... 353
      C. THE PSEUDO-PAULINES: FIRST TIMOTHY, ETC (ACT II)..................... 357
   IV. AN ANALYSIS................................................................................... 359
   V. A CONCLUSION................................................................................. 367
   VI. AN APPENDIX................................................................................... 369
   A.   AN APPROXIMATE TIMELINE............................................................. 369
   B.  THE PAULINE CORPUS  ....................................................................... 369


Copyright © 2020. All rights reserved by Thomas E. Simmons and the South Dakota Law Review.
? Professor, University of South Dakota School of Law. Thank you to Professor Clayton Lehmann for his
help with Greek translations. His assistance does not imply endorsement. All errors are my own.

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