Paul wo peibolou gbaa akị Sanhedrin bọọ boloukọntimi otubo pịrị mị
1, 2. Paul tetuu ki duonị waị Jerusalem amú ma o, anịa te bụụdọọnyeama kị ụ laa a paa emi a o?
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“Amịnị Ọkpọnanaowei Tokoni Mị” (Acts 21:18-20a) 3-5. (a) Paul Jerusalem bọọ te otu kị bẹnịịmọ ma o, bá amịnị teeki ẹrẹtei ma o? (b) Paul Jeruselem bọọ itukosu-otubo mọ bẹnịị yọmị te ka kị wó tolumọ ma?
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Biin Kịmịama Mọkpọ “Moses Oloko Kẹrịkụrọmọ Wẹrị Mị” (Acts 21:20b, 21) 6. Paul te bụụdọọnye kị naa ma o?
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7, 8. (a) Paul Judea bọọ timi ifiebị zụa Christtuuduo-otuama te kịrịgha iroroye kị nana ma o? (b) Anị iroroye mị teeki mịẹgaan ma o?
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“Ámịnị Kịrịgha Egberiama Kị Naa Mị” (Acts 21:22-26) 9. Moses oloko gbelemọ yọmị, Paul te ka kị kịmịama tolumọ ma o?
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10. Oloko mọ benikoro egberi mọ gbelemọ yọmi, Paul teeki mịẹdịa ma o?
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11. Itukosu-otubo teeki gbaa Paul dịa ma o, teeki bịsẹye mịẹmụ bolou bọọ sụọ emi a o? (footnote kpọ dii.)
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12. Paul tebara ka kị Jerusalem bọọ timi itukosu-otubo gbaa egberi kẹrịakị ma o?
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When no Scriptural principles were violated, Paul yielded. Do you?
ROMAN LAW AND ROMAN CITIZENS Roman authorities usually interfered little in local government. Generally speaking, Jewish law governed Jewish affairs. The Romans got involved in Paul’s case only because the riot that erupted upon his appearing in the temple was a threat to public order.
The Roman authorities had considerable power over ordinary provincial subjects. Things were different, however, when the authorities dealt with Roman citizens. Citizenship afforded a person certain privileges that were recognized and honored throughout the empire. It was illegal, for example, to bind or beat an uncondemned Roman, since such treatment was considered fit for slaves only. Roman citizens also had the right to appeal the decisions of a provincial governor to the emperor, in Rome.
Roman citizenship could be obtained in a number of ways. The first was by inheritance. Emperors occasionally awarded citizenship to individuals or to the free populations of whole cities or districts for services rendered. A slave who bought his freedom from a Roman citizen, a slave who was set free by a Roman, or a veteran of the auxiliary forces who was discharged from the Roman army would himself become a Roman. Apparently, under certain circumstances it was also possible to purchase citizenship. The military commander Claudius Lysias thus told Paul: “I purchased these rights as a citizen for a large sum of money.” Paul responded: “But I have them by birth.” (Acts 22:28) Hence, one of Paul’s male ancestors must somehow have acquired Roman citizenship, although the circumstances remain unknown.
“Omịnị Inyenrin Agbẹịgha!” (Acts 21:27–22:30) 13. (a) Tetuu kị duonị zụa Jew-otuama karịwarị bọọ akpotu mịẹpaamọ ma o? (b) Zụọbụọmọye tebara ka kị Paul laa ma o?
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14, 15. (a) Paul teeki gbaa akị Jewotubo pịrị ma o? (b) Jewotubo boloukọn kụrọmọtimi ifie mị, Rome sụụbọlọu-daa owei mị teeki mịẹ ma o?
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MODERN-DAY LEGAL BATTLES Like the apostle Paul, Jehovah’s modern-day Witnesses have sought every legal recourse open to them to combat restrictions imposed on their preaching work. They have been zealous in “the defending and legally establishing of the good news.”—Phil. 1:7.
During the 1920’s and 1930’s, hundreds were arrested for distributing Bible literature. For instance, by 1926, there were 897 cases pending in German courts. So much litigation was involved that it became necessary to establish a Legal Department at the Germany branch. During the 1930’s, arrests for house-to-house preaching in the United States alone ran into the hundreds every year. In 1936, that number rose to 1,149. To provide needed counsel, a Legal Department was also established in the United States. From 1933 to 1939, Witnesses in Romania faced 530 lawsuits. However, appeals to the Romanian High Court won many favorable decisions. Similar situations have developed in many other lands.
Legal challenges have arisen when Christians could not conscientiously agree to take part in activities that would violate their neutrality. (Isa. 2:2-4; John 17:14) Opposers have falsely accused them of sedition, which has sometimes resulted in a complete ban on their activities. Over the years, however, many governments have acknowledged that Jehovah’s Witnesses present no threat to them.
“Ịmịnị Pharisee-Owei” (Acts 23:1-10) 16, 17. (a) Paul Sanhedrin bọọ ẹrẹtimi ifie mị teeki paa ma o? (b) Paul tebara ka kị angọ-iyerimọ wẹrị emi bara mịẹdịa ma o?
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Like Paul, we seek common ground when speaking to those of a different religious background
18. Paul tetuu kị duonị, Pharisee-owei akị angọ tịịn ma o, omịnị tebara ka kị Paul mịẹbara dimịẹ a paa emi a o?
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19. Tetuu kị duonị, Sanhedrin bọọ bẹnịị wẹrị otubo zọzọnaagha o?
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THE SADDUCEES AND THE PHARISEES The Sanhedrin, the national administrative council and high court of the Jews, was dominated by two rival sects—the Sadducees and the Pharisees. According to first-century historian Flavius Josephus, the main difference between these parties was that the Pharisees sought to impose a great number of traditional observances on the people, whereas the Sadducees considered obligatory only what was found in the Law of Moses. Both schools of thought were united in their opposition to Jesus.
It appears that the Sadducees, who were basically conservative, had close ties to the priesthood and that Annas and Caiaphas, both of whom had served as the high priest, belonged to this powerful sect. (Acts 5:17) Josephus says, however, that its teachings could “persuade none but the rich.”
The Pharisees, on the other hand, had great influence over the masses. Yet, their views, which included insistence on extreme ceremonial purity, made observing the Law burdensome for the people. In contrast with the Sadducees, the Pharisees attributed great importance to fate and believed that a soul survived death, after which it received a just reward or punishment for its virtues or its vices.