Persecution of
St. Paul and
God’s care
Grade 4-5 Sunday-School Lesson
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?” (Rom 8 : 35)
Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ
Tribulation or Distress
Persecution
Famine or Nakedness
Sword
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” (Rom 8 : 35)
St. Paul’s Persecution
After St. Paul
preached to the
gentiles.
He decided to return
to Jerusalem.
Many people warned
him that he will be
persecuted by the
Jews over there.
St. Paul’s Persecution
St. Paul was not afraid of
persecution, prison or even
death for Jesus Christ’s
name. he left for Jerusalem.
When he entered the
temple and people
recognize him, they started
shouting and gathering
around him and many
started to beat him.
St. Paul’s Persecution
The roman guards took
him to their camp and
started whipping him.
Then the Roman prince,
who knew about a
conspiracy by the Jews to
kill St. Paul, sent him to
the governor to decide
what to do.
St. Paul’s Persecution
The governor wanted to give
St. Paul to the Jews because
he was afraid of them.
But, St. Paul shouted that
he, as a roman citizen, wants
to present his case in front of
Augustus Caesar.
So the governor ordered that
St. Paul to be sent to Caesar.
In the ship to Rome
While they were sailing
towards Rome, there was
a big storm and everyone
became afraid.
St. Paul had faith in God
and did not fear. He even
encouraged everyone in
the ship and assured
them that God will
deliver them all.
At the island
The ship came very close to
an island and all of them
swam to the shore and they
were all safe.
When they arrived to the
island shore, its people
were very nice and gave
them food and shelter.
No harm from a serpent’s bite
St. Paul was gathering a
bundle of sticks for the
fire, a serpent bit him in
his hand but he shook it
off and felt no harm.
The barbarians thought
he would die but later on
thought that he was a
God because nothing
harmed him.
God’s care and protection
God protected St. Paul
through all these persecutions.
He brought him safely to this
island then to Rome where he
testified in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ there at the
Capital of the world at that
time.
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?” (Rom 8 : 35)
Questions:
 TRUE OR FALSE?  St. Paul was afraid to go to
Jerusalem
 TRUE OR FALSE?  St. Paul was beaten and
whipped in Jerusalem
 What happened in the way to Rome?
 What happened at the island?
 "Who shall __________ us from the ______ of Christ?
Shall _________, or distress, or _________, or
_________, or nakedness, or peril, or ________?”
(Rom 8 : ____)