Neville Goddard on Acts 23:25-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 23 in context

Scripture Focus

25And he wrote a letter after this manner:

26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

27This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

29Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

Acts 23:25-30

Biblical Context

Acts 23:25-30 recounts Lysias writing to Felix to explain that Paul was rescued and found not guilty of any crime deserving death or bonds. The letter also signals that the accusations against him did not reveal a real charge.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the outer scene is a demonstration of your inner governor at work. Lysias’s letter to Felix is not history alone; it is the I AM, the inner witness, issuing a shield around what you think is threatened. The army that rescued Paul is the vigilance of awareness that interrupts the dream of destruction as soon as a sense of danger arises. When the captain says Paul was believed to be accused on matters of their law, yet nothing worthy of death or bonds was found, he is telling you that the true nature of your mind bears no real condemnation. The passage that they laid wait for the man is your habitual thoughts plotting a fall. Your inner court, the council, is the part of you that asks for the real cause, and the result is a decision that releases Paul from the charge. There is no justice in fear that can prevail against the one who understands his true sovereignty. Let this letter teach you to examine every charge against you, expose its false roots to the light of your awareness, and grant yourself release into your authentic freedom.