Sketches from the Life of Paul (1883) — PDF Scan 220
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MEETING WITH THE ELDERS . 213 Sanhedrim was doing its utmost to hinder the progressof thegospel. Men were chosenby this bodytofollowup the apostles,especiallyPaul, and in every possibleway opposethem in their work . Should the believers in Christ be con demned before the Sanhedrim as breakers of the law,theywould bringupon themselvesswiftand severepunishment as apostatesfrom the Jewish faith . Here is a decisive refutation of the claims so oftenmade ,thatChristand hisapostlesviolated the Sabbath of the fourth commandment . Could the sinof Sabbath breaking have been fastened upon Christor Stephen or otherswho died for theirfaith, men would not have been suborned to bear false witness against them to furnish some pretextfor theircondemnation. One such instanceof transgressionof thelaw would have placedthe Christiansin the power oftheirenemies: Their carefulnessto show the utmost respectforcustomsand ceremoniesofminor importance is an evidence that it would have been impossiblefor them to violatethe Sabbath of the fourthcommandment withoutsufferingthe severestpenalty. The disciplesthemselvesyetcherisheda regard fortheceremoniallaw,and were too willingto make concessions,hopingby sodoingtogain the confidenceof theircountrymen, remove their prejudice, and win them to faithin Christas the world'sRedeemer. Paul'sgreat objectin visitingJerusalemwas to conciliatethe church ofPalestine. So longas theycontinuedto cherishprejudiceagainsthim,theywere constantly working to counteracthis influence. He felt thatifhe couldby any lawfulconcessionon his