Sketches from the Life of Paul (1883) — PDF Scan 256
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PAUL APPEALS TO CESAR . 249 and that,rightlyunderstood,therewas nothing inthechargesagainstPaul,couldtheybeproved, thatwould renderhim worthy of death,or even imprisonment. Yet he saw clearlythe stormof ragethatwould be createdifPaul werenot tobe condemned or delivered into theirhands . He looked with disgustupon the scenebefore him, theJewish priestsand rulers,with scowlingfacesand gleamingeyes,forgettingthedignityof theiroffice,eagerlyreiteratingtheiraccusations,in tonesthatgrew louderand louder untilthetribunalrangwiththeircriesofrage. Heartilydesiringtoend itall,he turnedtoPaul, who stoodcalm and self-possessedbeforehisadversaries, and asked ifhe was willingto go to Jerusalem under his protection, to be triedby the Sanhedrim . Thiswould virtuallytransferthematterfrom Roman toJewishjurisdiction. Paul knew that he couldnot lookforjusticefrom thatpeople who were by theircrimesbringingdown upon themselvesthewrath of God . Likethe prophet Elijah, he would be saferamong the heathen than withthosewho had rejectedthelightfrom Heaven,and hardened theirheartsagainstthe truth. When his lifehad been imperiledby the wrath of hisenemies, it was heathenmagistratesthathad been hisdeliverers. Gallio,Lysias, and even Felix, had not hesitatedto proclaimhisinnocence,whileeveryJewish tribunal had condemned him,withoutprovinghisguilt. Paul was weary of strife, weary of the fierce reiterationof charges, again and againrefuted, and as often renewed . His activespiritcould illenduretherepeateddelaysand wearing suspenseof histrialand imprisonment. How repulsiveto him had been thedailycontactwith