The case of Paul was not the first in which a servant of God had found among the heathen an asylum from the malice of the professed people of Jehovah. In their rage against Paul the Jews had added another crime to the dark catalogue which marked the history of that people. They had still further hardened their hearts against the truth and had rendered their doom more certain.

Det var ikke første gang, at en af Guds tjenere ligesom Paulus fandt et fristed hos hedningerne mod Jehovas ejendomsfolks raseri. I deres had mod Paulus føjede jøderne endnu en forbrydelse til den sorte liste, som kendetegnede folkets historie. De havde nu end yderligere forhærdet deres hjerter mod sandheden og havde gjort deres fordømmelse mere vis.