Why does Paul address the Jews in Jerusalem in Acts 22?
Paul addressed the Jews in Jerusalem to convince them that the one they crucified was the same one who had sent him to the Gentiles. After returning from his Gentile journeys, he rehearsed his Damascus road experience and temple vision so they would see Christ had sent him.
Les connects this to Romans 9:24, where Paul says God called “not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles.” Paul had been out on his journeys to the Gentiles, then came back to Jerusalem and addressed a great crowd of Jews. He was trying to get them to see that the one they crucified had sent him to the Gentiles. In Acts 22 he rehearses his tremendous experience on the road to Damascus, then comes to verses 17 and 18, where he says that when he had come again to Jerusalem and prayed in the temple, he was in a trance and saw Jesus speaking to him.
More Questions
Where had Paul been before returning to Jerusalem in Acts 22?
Paul returned to Jerusalem after his journeys to the Gentiles.
What experience does Paul recount in his speech in Acts 22?
In Acts 22 Paul rehearses again his tremendous experience on the road to Damascus as part of his address to the crowd.