Sketches from the Life of Paul (1883) — PDF Scan 222
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PAUL A PRISONER . 215 fourpersonswho were under the Nazarite vow ,* the term of which had nearlyexpired. Certainsacrificesfor purificationwere yet to be offered,which were socostlyas tobe impossible fora very poor man . It was consideredby the Jews a piousactfora wealthyman todefraythe necessaryexpensesand thus assisthis poorer brethrento completetheirvow . This,Paul had consented to do for the four Christian Nazarites . The apostlehimselfwas poor,working withhis own hands forhisdailybread,yet he willingly incurredthis expense, and accompanied the Nazaritesto the temple to unitewith them in theceremoniesof thesevendays of purification. Thosewho had counseledPaul toperformthis act of concessionhad not fully considered the greatperilto which he would be exposed. At this season, strangers from all regionsof the world thronged the streetsof Jerusalem, and delightedto congregatein the templecourts. As Paul, in the fulfillmentof his commission, had bornethe gospeltotheGentiles,he had visited many of the world'slargestcities,and was well known to thousands who came from foreignparts to attend the feast. For him to enter the templeon a publicoccasionwas toriskhislife. For severaldays he passedinand outamong theworshipers, apparentlyunnoticed; but beforethe closeofthespecifiedperiod,as he was conversing with the priestconcerningthe sacrificesto be offered,he was recognizedby some of the Jews from Asia . These men had been defeated in theircontroversywithhim inthe synagogueat Ephesus,and had become more and more enraged againsthim as they witnessedhissuccessin *Numbers 6 .