1. Paul looked straight at the council members and said, “My friends, to this day I have served God with a clear conscience!”
10. The argument became fierce, and the commander was afraid that Paul would be pulled apart. So he ordered the soldiers to go in and rescue Paul. Then they took him back into the fortress.
11. That night the Lord stood beside Paul and said, “Don't worry! Just as you have told others about me in Jerusalem, you must also tell about me in Rome.”
12-13. The next morning more than forty Jewish men got together and vowed that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.