I Appeal To Caesar!

writing implements and send letters to his friends. This visitor, whose name is Tychicus, is from Ephesus and would be willing to supply the papyrus, quills, ink, oil lamp, and arrange for delivery of the letters. Is there any problem with this?” Justus quickly replies, “No problem, that is permissible during ‘house arrest’; however, it will not be permitted once an execution has been set. Give him what he needs and see that his parchments are not confiscated.” * * * * * After two years of waiting and “prison ministry,” Paul is declared innocent by a lower magistrate. Since he has broken no law and no witnesses came from Jerusalem to contest his plea (the two-year time limit on filing a complaint had closed), Paul no longer needs an actual pardon from Nero. visit his churches and charges in the Aegean Basin area. * * * * * Meanwhile, Nero, the Emperor of Rome, finally returns home after an exhilarating, extended interlude in Greece. He has been publicizing his poems and writings, and, of course, lapping up the compliments of the eager-to-please Greek sages who dote on his recitations and singing. He is indeed in high spirits, ego-bloated to capacity. Nero is ill-prepared for the situation he finds in Rome! The neurotic emperor becomes furious! Oh, how these problems make his head ache! A new situation, like a boil, festers not only in his city but the whole Empire! Making quick exit from Rome, Paul heads eastward to