ition.

CHAPTER X

THE END

Paragraphs 163-189.

163, 164. RETURN TO JERUSALEM. Prophecy of
Approaching Imprisonment.
165-168. ARREST. 166. Tumult in Temple; 167. Paul
before the Sanhedrim; 168. Plot of Zealots.
169-172. IMPRISONMENT AT CAESAREA. 170.
Providential Reason for this Confinement. 171.
Paul's later Gospel. 172. His Ethics.
173-176. JOURNEY TO ROME. 173. Appeal to
Caesar. 174. Voyage to Italy. 175. Arrival in
Rome.
176-182. FIRST IMPRISONMENT AT ROME. 176.
Trial delayed. 177-182. Occupations of a Prisoner.
178. His Guards Converted; 180. Visits of Apostolic
Helpers; 181. Messengers from his Churches; 182.
His Writings.
183-188. LAST SCENES. 185. Release from Prison;
New Journeys. 186. Second Imprisonment at Rome.
187, 188. Trial and Death.
189. EPILOGUE.

163. Return to Jerusalem.--After completing his brief visit to Greece
at the close of his third missionary journey, Paul returned to
Jerusalem. He must by this time have been nearly sixty years of age;
and for twenty years he had been engaged in almost superhuman labors.
He had been traveling and preaching incessantly, and carrying on his
heart a crushing weight of cares. His body had been worn with disease
and mangled with punishments and abuse; and his hair must have been
whitened, and his face furrowed with the lines of age. As yet,
however, there were no signs of his body breaking down, and his spirit
was still as keen as ever in its enthusiasm for the service of Christ.

His eye was specially directed to Rome, and, before leaving Greece, he
sent word to the Romans that they might expect to see him soon. But,
as he was hurrying toward Jerusalem along the shores of Greece and
Asia, the signal sounded that his work was nearly done, and the shadow
of approaching death fell across his path. In city after city the
persons in the Christian communities who were endowed with the gift of
prophecy foretold that bonds and imprisonment were awaiting him, and,
as he came nearer to the close of his journey, these warnings became
more loud and frequent. He felt their solemnity; his was a brave
heart, but it was too humble and reverent not to be overawed with the
thought of death and judgment. He had several companions with him, but