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.{LP 229.1}

Paulus sag var ikke den første hvor Guds tjener fik asyl iblandt hedningene fra Jehovas bekendende folks ondsind. I deres vrede imod Paulus, havde jøderne tilføjet endnu en forbrydelse i den sorte liste, som markerede dette folks historie. De havde forhærdet deres hjerter endnu mere, og fik gjort deres dom endnu mere sikker.