Neville Goddard on Acts 25:3-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 25 in context

Scripture Focus

3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

5Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

6And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.

7And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

Acts 25:3-7

Biblical Context

Paul stands in Caesarea as Jewish accusers press charges that cannot be proven. The outward drama points to an inner conflict between fear and truth, which only the inner judge can resolve.

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul at the judgment seat is a mirror of your own inner courtroom. The Jews descending from Jerusalem are your lingering thoughts, fears, and judgments seeking to prove you guilty by external appearances. Festus represents the decision-maker in your consciousness, inviting appearances of danger and delay. Yet the line 'they could not prove' reveals that truth is not established by proofs in the world, but by the unwavering state you assume. In this drama the outer events are movements of consciousness guiding you to revise belief. When you refuse to react to appearances and assume the state of innocence—Paul as your higher self—you cannot be condemned. You linger in the inner space where law and justice arise from I AM, not from evidence. The whole scene invites you to acknowledge that you are the authority of your own life, and you can command the next scene by maintaining the state of freedom. So practice: dwell in I AM; let the inner judge declare the truth of your being, and let external appearances follow your realized consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, sit in the inner courtroom, and declare 'I AM the truth of my being.' Revise every fear by affirming you are already free in God, feel the truth in your chest.