ORIGHO 27

Wiwowo Iyẹn Rire We Gẹrẹrẹ

LU U

Pọl kpe wowo iyẹn rire we, o wu gin won wi use ni Rom

Ti a gba kuri iwe Uṣe 28:11-31

1. Nikọ Pọl, Liuk biri Aristakọs man ti o mu ẹkọ gbẹ aghan, kẹnrẹn teri nikọ?

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2, 3. Ọgọna bokọ wun ọkuna ti Pọl gha gua bọghọ, kẹnrẹn nesin re winọrọn mu utiẹyin gbẹ Pọl kọkọ?

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“Pọl . . . Ka Dọkpẹ gbẹ Oriṣẹ, Ẹdọn Ro Ka To Alẹ” (Uṣe 28:14, 15)

4, 5. (a) Bokọ a te yọle Pọl biri aghan olukun ro ni Puteoli, kẹnrẹn nikọ ọja-ogun we teri ro mu ayẹ gbẹ ẹ gba biri aghan omere kalẹ? (b) Bokọ aghan Olele Kraist te nemi jẹ ere kuri ọrọnrọn uṣe ti aghan nẹ, o wu gin aghan wi use?

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6, 7. Bokọ aghan omere ti o wi Rom te mughan gin aghan fẹ ọfọ Pọl gidigbo?

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8. Nikọ Pọl teri ro dọkpẹ gbẹ Oriṣẹ ti won “gba ri aghan” omere ro?

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9. Bokọ ẹnẹ te nemi yẹn uṣe aghan omere ti o wa gba wa ri Pọl?

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“Ubokubo Wun Irẹye Kele Fọ Sin Aghan” (Uṣe 28:16-22)

10. Ukalẹ bokọ wun Pọl gha ni Rom, kẹnrẹn nikọ won ṣe ti won gba to uwẹrẹ gege?

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11, 12. Ti Pọl gba biri ira Ju ti o wi Rom fọ, nikọ won gin ti o wa lẹghẹ aghan gba fẹ jọlọ rentin ro?

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13, 14. Bokọ Pọl te mu arun ni ọfọ ni ubara Oye Oriṣẹ, kẹnrẹn bokọ ẹnẹ te nemi yẹn ewe ro?

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Pọl Mu Ọrọnrọn Ewe Ṣi gbẹ Ẹnẹ Ti Ubara Wiwowo Iyẹn Rire We Gẹrẹrẹ (Uṣe 28:23-29)

15. Urun mẹẹrẹn bokọ wun ẹnẹ nemi kọ gbẹ kuri ewe biri Pọl te wowo iyẹn rire we?

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16-18. Nikọ re ṣe ti ẹbobo ee gba kpa Pọl ti ira Rom ti o ṣe Ju gba kọkọ iyẹn rire ti won wowo gbẹ aghan, kẹnrẹn nikọ re yẹle di ẹnẹ ṣe ni irẹye ma kọkọ iyẹn rire ti ẹnẹ wowo?

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“O Ka Fọ Ọfọ Ni Ubara Ẹri Oye Oriṣẹ” (Uṣe 28:30, 31)

19. Nikọ Pọl ṣe ti a gba tin man uli?

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20, 21. Nesin biri nesin wun Pọl mu utiẹyin gbẹ ti won gba wi Rom?

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22. Nikọ mirẹn wun Pọl ṣe ti won gba wi Rom?

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THE FIVE LETTERS OF PAUL’S FIRST ROMAN CAPTIVITY

Five of the apostle Paul’s letters were written about 60-61 C.E., during his first captivity in Rome. In the letter to Philemon, a fellow believer, Paul explains that Philemon’s runaway slave Onesimus had become a Christian. Paul was Onesimus’ spiritual father and was sending the “formerly useless” slave back to his owner as a Christian brother.—Philem. 10-12, 16.

In his letter to the Colossians, Paul indicates that Onesimus was “from among” them. (Col. 4:9) Onesimus and fellow Christian Tychicus had the privilege of delivering both of the aforementioned letters as well as the one that Paul wrote to the Ephesians.—Eph. 6:21.

When writing to the Philippians, Paul mentions his “prison bonds” and again speaks of the situation of the letter carrier—this time, Epaphroditus. The Philippians had sent Epaphroditus to assist Paul. But Epaphroditus had become ill almost to the point of death. He had also become depressed because the Philippians “heard he had fallen sick.” Hence, Paul told them to treasure “men of that sort.”—Phil. 1:7; 2:25-30.

The letter to the Hebrews was addressed to the Hebrew Christians in Judea. Although the letter does not specifically identify the writer, evidence suggests that it was Paul. The writing is in his style. Paul sends greetings from Italy, and he mentions Timothy, who was with him in Rome.—Phil. 1:1; Col. 1:1; Philem. 1; Heb. 13:23, 24.

23, 24. Ṣiṣi Pọl, bokọ aghan Olele Kraist gidijẹ ni ira ẹnẹ we te mughan gin aghan nẹ ọyọ, o wu gin aghan wi use teri ukpeọrọnfọ aghan?

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25, 26. Ni eleko ira ti ee to ọgban (30) ọdọn, ejuriri ti o ṣe ẹbobo bokọ wun Pọl ri ti o ṣe kọn rẹn, kẹnrẹn bokọ ejuriri we te ṣe kọn ni ira ẹnẹ we?

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PAUL’S LIFE AFTER 61 C.E.

Likely in about 61 C.E., Paul appeared before Emperor Nero, who apparently pronounced him innocent. We do not know much about the apostle’s activities thereafter. If he made his planned trip to Spain, it would have been during this time. (Rom. 15:28) Paul traveled “to the extreme limit of the W[est],” wrote Clement of Rome in about 95 C.E.

From Paul’s three letters dated to the period after his release—1 and 2 Timothy and Titus—we learn that Paul visited Crete, Macedonia, Nicopolis, and Troas. (1 Tim. 1:3; 2 Tim. 4:13; Titus 1:5; 3:12) Perhaps it was in Nicopolis, Greece, that he was again arrested. Whatever the case, in approximately 65 C.E., he was back in prison in Rome. This time, however, Nero would show no mercy. Indeed, when a fire devastated the city in 64 C.E., Nero—according to Roman historian Tacitus—had falsely blamed the Christians and initiated a brutal campaign of persecution.

In his second letter to Timothy, Paul, expecting imminent death, asked him and Mark to come quickly. Noteworthy is the courage of Luke and Onesiphorus, who risked their lives to comfort Paul. (2 Tim. 1:16, 17; 4:6-9, 11) Indeed, to profess Christianity publicly was to risk arrest and death by torture. Paul likely suffered martyrdom soon after writing his final letter to Timothy in about 65 C.E. Nero himself reportedly came to a violent end about three years after Paul’s martyrdom.

THE GOOD NEWS “PREACHED IN ALL CREATION”

In about 61 C.E., while the apostle Paul was a prisoner in Rome, he wrote that the “good news” had been “preached in all creation under heaven.” (Col. 1:23) How should we understand that statement?

It appears that Paul was describing in broad terms how far the “good news” had reached. For example, Alexander the Great had penetrated Asia to the borders of India in the fourth century B.C.E. Julius Caesar had invaded Britain in 55 B.C.E., and Claudius had subjugated the southern part of that island, making it part of the Roman Empire in 43 C.E. The Far East was also known, for it was a source of fine silk.

Had the good news been preached in Britain, China, and the Far East? That seems unlikely. Indeed, when Paul wrote to the Colossians, he still had not realized his own goal, stated in about 56 C.E., of preaching in the then “untouched territory” of Spain. (Rom. 15:20, 23, 24) Still, by about 61 C.E., the Kingdom message was widely known. At the very least, it had spread as far as to the homelands of the Jews and proselytes who were baptized at Pentecost 33 C.E. as well as to the lands visited by Jesus’ apostles.—Acts 2:1, 8-11, 41, 42.

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