So I have been reading in Acts this past week. Last night I read chapters 21-25. Now, I'm no Bible scholar, so this is my interpretation of what has happened, so bear with me. During these passages, Paul has been arrested in Jerusalem for speaking about Jesus. They hate him so much that while he is awaiting a decision for punishment, the population plans have him moved and to kill him while he is en route. This doesn't happen, but Ananias does move him to Caesarea to see Governor Felix and keep him safely out of harm's way. So he goes there, tells his case to Felix, Felix can't really decide what to do with him, so he decides to keep him in Caesarea until his case can be heard by some other commander. Then I come to this verse:
27After two years went by in this way, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And because Felix wanted to gain favor with the Jewish people, he left Paul in prison.
Are you kidding me?! Two YEARS? And the guy just sits in prison, wasting away the day? Does that seem crazy to anyone else, that it was possible back then to let something like this happen? And from what I know of Paul, I don't think he was just sitting there quietly either. It just blows my mind that this was part of God's plan for Paul, to sit in a prison waiting in limbo for two years.
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