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Paul taught Jesus to everyone he could! The printable for this lesson is a Foldable Book that can be used for any preschool Life of Jesus review. I created it as a discussion starter/review and is an easy print, fold and use. Paul was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and then taken to Caesarea during the night. When they arrived at Caesarea, the soldiers turned Paul over to Felix the governor. Felix was not a nice man. After five days of waiting, Paul went before Felix to explain why he was a prisoner. Paul said that he had gone to Jerusalem to worship God. He didn’t preach in the temple or synagogue or anyplace in the city. Paul said he did what God wanted and was quietly worshipping God. Felix knew Paul didn’t do anything worth punishing, but thought, maybe, he could use this to his advantage. So, he didn’t release Paul. Felix turned Paul over to a centurion. Paul was still a prisoner, but Felix let Paul’s friends visit him. Felix met with Paul and talked to him about God. He knew Paul was innocent, but Felix kept Paul in prison for two years. Then, finally, Felix was sent to Rome and Festus took over. Festus asked Paul if he would go to Jerusalem for a trial. But Paul told Festus “I haven’t done anything wrong. I appeal to Caesar.” Festus couldn’t deny Paul, because of his Roman citizenship. Festus agreed to send Paul to Rome to be tried in Caesar’s court. As Festus wondered what kind of report to send to Caesar, King Agrippa and Queen Bernice visited from Galilee. They stayed with Festus for many days and Festus told them about Paul. When Festus told them about Paul, King Agrippa wanted to talk to Paul. The next day, Paul had another hearing. King Agrippa and Queen Bernice came in to see Paul. Paul talked about Jesus. He told them that Jesus is the Savior. King Agrippa told Paul that he almost convinced him to be a Christian. Paul knew that ALMOST was not enough. King Agrippa didn’t want to give up his lifestyle. King Agrippa didn't want to live like Jesus wants us to live. He knew Paul was right, but just wasn’t willing to change his life. The guards took Paul back to his prison, while King Agrippa, Queen Bernice and Festus talked about Paul. They knew Paul didn’t do anything wrong, but since he appealed to Caesar, they decided Paul had to go to Rome for a trial. Lesson found in Acts 23-26. This Foldable Book can be used for any discussion of Jesus, but I created this because Paul taught about Jesus to everyone. This is a basic discussion starter for preschool about the Life of Jesus. You can use visuals to elaborate if you decide to. This includes the color and black & white. Just print, fold and use. Click here to print. They do love their crowns, so here is one for King Agrippa! This includes color and black & white. Click here to download. Click here to print the lesson. Click here to download the updated visuals. This file contains all visuals for Acts 24-27. All are not shown. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Click here to see the lesson and more for early elementary ages. Click here to see the lesson and more for Festus and King Agrippa for early elementary ages.

We are coming the final (and interesting) lessons for the book of Acts and studying Paul. I have a simple Accordion for the kids to cut and fill in the blanks to review some of the people we have been studying. It is a great conversation starter and for remembering our study. Agabus warned Paul not to go to Jerusalem. When he did, Paul was beaten by the crowd and the chief Captain, Lysias, put him under protection. When Paul’s nephew heard that 40 of the Jewish men plotted to kill him, he went to the prison to tell Paul. When Paul’s nephew informed Lysias of the plot, Lysias told 2 centurions to gather 200 soldiers, 200 spearmen, 70 horsemen and a beast for Paul, probably a donkey, to ride. They left Jerusalem at about 9 P.M. and started to Caesarea which was a 60-mile trip. About halfway to Caesarea, the soldiers returned to Jerusalem and the horsemen continued with Paul. The soldiers thought Paul was far enough away from the angry Jews. Today's scripture is Acts 23:23-35; 24:1-27. When they arrived at Caesarea, the soldiers turned Paul over to Felix. He was the governor. They also gave Felix a letter from Lysias, explaining that Paul would have been killed and Lysias didn’t think Paul was worthy of death since he didn’t break any Jewish religious laws. Felix was dishonest and a lot of people detested him. He was cruel and was an unjust Roman ruler. After five days, the religious leaders came from Jerusalem. They brought a lawyer named Tertullus. He started his speech by saying things that made Felix feel good. He said that Paul had caused riots and violence. Paul said that what really happened was that he had gone to Jerusalem 12 days ago to worship. He didn’t preach in the temple or synagogue or anyplace in the city. “I did what God wanted me to do and was quietly worshipping God.” Felix knew Paul didn’t do anything worth punishing, but thought, maybe, he could use this to his advantage. So he didn’t release Paul. Felix turned Paul over to a centurion. Paul was still a prisoner, but Felix let Paul’s friends visit him. Paul was given some freedom, but the Roman custom was that food and personal needs were supplied from friends. Felix met with Paul and talked to him about God and sin, but Felix didn’t want to change how he lived, so he brushed aside what Paul told him. He thought he could get money from Paul’s followers, so he didn’t release him. He knew Paul was innocent, but wanted to keep the Jews happy, so he kept Paul in prison. After Paul was there for two years, Felix was sent to Rome and Festus took over. Since this is a shorter lesson, I like to spend some time reviewing some of the people that we have discussed in our study of the book of Acts. This is an easier version of the Lift-the-Flap you can see here. It is black & white and a simple question and answer worksheet, but fun for the kids because they get to cut and glue and fold! Click here to download it. Click here to print today's worksheet. You can find all the Acts worksheets here. Click here to download these posters. Click here to see all the updated posters. Bible Verse: Acts 24:23 Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. Passport: Caesarea of Judea Click here to download the updated visuals. This file contains all visuals for Acts 24-27. All are not shown. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Lesson

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