Paul and Jesus Compared

Below is a list of similarities between the Apostle Paul in Acts and Jesus in the Gospel accounts of the last week before He was crucified:

• Both were told by a crowd of Jews to 'take him away';
  • Christ - John 19:15; Luke 23:18
  • Paul - Acts 21:36; 22:22
• Both were falsely accused by the Jews;
  • Christ - Mark 14:57,58,64 (of blasphemy)
  • Paul - Acts 21:28 (of profaning the temple)
• Both appeared before the Sanhedrin;
  • Christ - Luke 22:63-71
  • Paul - Acts 23:1-10
• Both appeared before the Roman Governor who ruled Palestine at that time;
  • Christ - John 18:28-38 (Pilate)
  • Paul - Acts 25:6-27 (Festus)
• Both were declared innocent of death by the Governors;
  • Christ - John 18:38
  • Paul - Acts 25:25
• Both could have been released;
  • Christ - John 19:10-12
  • Paul - Acts 26:32
• The public ministry of both ended when they were seized by the Jews;
  • Christ - John 18:12
  • Paul - Acts 21:27-30

Reference used:
The Fall of Israel
by Robert C. Brock
p.83

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