New Testament, episode 9 - The Final Letters of Paul: The Prison Epistles and the Pastoral Epistles

The Blue Collar Scholar · Oct 15, 2026 · 1h 55m

As the Book of Acts draws to a close, the Apostle Paul is under house arrest awaiting trial before Caesar. It is during this time that he writes "the Prison Epistles," which are Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon, & Philippians. (Some scholars like N.T. Wright advance the idea that these books were written during an otherwise undocumented imprisonment in Ephesus about a decade earlier.) After the close of Acts, Paul apparently is released, and he returns to ministry. It is during this time that he writes "the Pastoral Epistles" (1 Timothy & Titus, as well as 2 Timothy) to two of his missionary…