e the same
testimony to the Sanhedrin (Matt. 26:63, 64; Mark 14:61,
62; Luke 22:67-69), and the Roman tribunal (John
18:33-37). The testimony of Paul was further carried to
imperial Rome, the capital of the world (Acts 28:17-24).

+The Seven Speeches.+--The last recorded addresses of
the Great Apostle are a striking feature of this period.
They show his faith after it had been tried and tested in
his toilsome years of missionary labors. They reveal the
courage and character of the man in that they were given
when he was in bonds and in imminent peril of his life.

1. The speech before the Jewish mob in the temple
(Acts 22:1-29) in which Paul tells the Jews how he was
changed from a persecutor to a believer in Christ. He
relates also the story of his conversion.

2. The speech before the Jewish council (Acts 22:30;
23:1-10) in which he creates confusion by raising the
question of the resurrection. But the provocation was
great for the high-priest had commanded that Paul be
smitten on the mouth when he began to speak.

3. The speech before Felix, the Roman governor
(Acts 24:10-22) in which he makes his defense against
Jewish accusers, and affirms his belief in the new "Way"
and in the resurrection.

4. The speech before Felix and Brasilia, his wife,
(Acts 24:24-27). Paul, being sent for by Felix to tell
him of his faith in Christ, reasons "of righteousness,
temperance, and judgment to come."

5. The speech before Festus the Roman governor
(Acts 25:7-11) in which Paul appeals to Caesar.

6. The speech before Festus, the Roman governor,
and King Agrippa and his wife, Bernice, (Acts 25:13;
26:1-32). Here Paul again relates the story of his
conversion and shows that Jesus is the Christ.

7. The speech before the chief Jews in Rome (Acts
28:17-31) showing that Jesus is the Christ.

+The Writings.+--During the two years' imprisonment
of Paul in Caesarea we have no account of any Epistles
written by him. But when he arrives in Rome he again
begins to indite those writings which have made his name
so famous. From his prison in Rome he sent out four
letters which have been called, "The Epistles of the First
Imprisonment"; Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians, and
Philippians (See Chapter 9). For profound expositions
of the Christian doctrines, lofty ethical teaching, and
mellowness of feeling they stand unequalled.

+Time and Extent.+--Paul arrived in Jerusalem in 58
A.D. He was imprisoned two years