What did Paul appeal to when he gave his final word to the Jewish leaders in Rome?
Paul appealed to the Holy Spirit speaking through the prophet Isaiah, turning to the Old Testament Scriptures. After the Jewish leaders in Rome could not agree, he gave them Isaiah's warning that hearing they would hear but not understand. So his final word rested on the Old Testament.
Les explains that Paul, while under house arrest in Rome, had earlier appealed to Caesar because the Jews spoke against his message of salvation, though he had nothing to accuse his nation of. When the Jewish leaders in Rome came to meet with him, they could not agree among themselves and departed. After Paul had spoken one word to them, he said the Holy Spirit spoke well through Isaiah, going back to the Old Testament. Les points out that Paul never lost his love for his kinsmen according to the flesh, even though they constantly tried to kill him and upset his ministry.
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
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What word did Paul speak to the Jewish leaders in Rome?
The one word Paul spoke to the Roman Jewish leaders was the word of the Holy Spirit spoken through Isaiah, showing Paul goes back to the Old Testament.