"The Spirit of the Apostles is not a guide equal or greater than the Lord, thus Paul within his letters does not have as much authority as has Christ" (Carlstadt, Canonicis Scripturis (1520)
"The Spirit of the Apostles is not a guide equal or greater than the Lord, thus Paul within his letters does not have as much authority as has Christ" (Carlstadt, Canonicis Scripturis (1520)
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Jul 5, 2022
Luke in Acts 17:24-31 reveals Paul’s Mars Hill Speech. It reveals Paul is Biblically false and pagan -- saying our Creator does "not live in temple made of human hands."
Paul says "God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands." (Acts 17:24)(Greek cheiropoietois - hand-made).
However, Jesus said in a correction of Pharisees: "And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it." (Matt. 23:21.) Jesus elsewhere referred to the Temple at Jerusalem as a "Temple made with hands." (Mark 14:58)(Greek cheiropoieton, 'made with hands.')
Paul also in Acts 17:25-31 quotes several pagan poets to prove pantheism, and we are all God's offspring, as well that God is not worshipped by means of human hands. The latter is certainly contrary to the Bible.
Why does Luke allow this Mars Hill Speech to come off as a pagan-minded man, ignorant of the Bible's most fundamental truths -- God dwells in a temple made of human hands, and God does accept worship by our hands, e.g., holy hands, hands built the temples, etc.
Because this helps win the pending case upcoming in front of Nero due to Paul's appeal to Caesar. To a pagan, this Mars Hill Speech is consistent with paganism, and it also supports the Romans dismissing the importance of imposing death upon Paul for his friend, Trophimus' defilement of the Temple at Jerusalem. Paul was on trial for bringing this Gentile into the Temple who then "defiled the Temple." Paul said he was in a ceremonial bath washing himself when this happened. But what better defense could Luke offer is words years earlier by Paul that inform the Roman court for Nero that God does not even live in a Temple made of human hands. If that is true, Trophimus did not defile the Temple because the Jewish God does not even live at the temple. Hence, Paul's Mars Hill speech was included because it matched pagan's view of temples. Pagans do not have their gods actually dwell at their temples - they visit for brief ceremonies and depart -- but the gods dwell on Mount Olympus in both Greek and Roman pagan religions. Thus, this confirms what Mauch's 2001 book entitled Paul on Trial that Acts was written for Theophilus because he was a Roman magistrate who would use this information to help defend Paul in the pending trial of Paul.
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