<p>22:18<i>And saw him saying to me:</i> <em>Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not welcome your testimony concerning me-</em> And yet Paul always appealed first of all to the Jews, despite his emotional turning unto the Gentiles at one stage. Even by Acts 28:17, he started preaching &ldquo;to those that were of the Jews first&rdquo; (RVmg.). The principle of &ldquo;to the Jews first&rdquo; was paramount and universal in the thinking of Paul. And despite the Holy Spirit repeatedly warning him not to go to Jerusalem (Acts 20:22,23; 21:11), he went there. He hoped against hope that even in the light of the foreknowledge that Israel would reject the Gospel, somehow they might change.</p>