This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. v.27
Read chapter 23
So Claudius sends this letter to Governor Felix about Paul. No doubt God was definitely using him to help Paul in Rom as well (v.11). We see in Claudius' words that he's building himself up to be the big hero. Yes what he says is mostly true but we know from chapter 21 that Claudius was going to scourge Paul after having arrested him and only stops once Paul speaks up as being a Roman citizen (21:33, 22:24). How often that happens that when we've done something wrong we try to cover it up or not tell the whole story trying to make ourselves look good. Even if it's not anything done wrong, we want to be seen as the hero or the perfect, good, righteous one when maybe in our heart we know we're not! This especially happens when we're trying to impress someone. When was a time you've made yourself to be the hero when you knew that wasn't exactly how everything played out?
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