Paul's final journy to Jerusalem

One of the most tragic events in the Book of Acts must be Paul's final journy to Jerusalem. It had been foretold by many that ill awaited him there, but he chose to go regardless. We have learned in our class this semester that Luke's purpose in writing Acts was to show how the Gospel made it to Rome and was preached there by Paul. In spite of warnings of his friends (some went so far as to beg him not to go) Paul decided to continue on his mission to Jerusalem to deliver the funds he had gathered for the poor Saints there. When he got there, the zealous Jews who had converted to Christianity conspired against him because they said that he taught against the Law of Moses. These early converts believed that all Christians had to adhere to the Law of Moses because they did not understand that it had been fulfilled by Christ. In the end, Paul was saved by the Roman soldiers from the mob in the temple (they were ready to kill him), and eventually asked for a trial in Rome. Thus Paul's journy to Rome began with his journy to Jerusalem, and so Luke fulfilled his purpose in it.