{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Acts Daily Devotional Podcast","title":"Day 121 — Permission to Speak (Acts 21:33-40) | August 24 ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0faaf13e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":451,"description":"The soldiers carry Paul up the steps because the mob keeps surging at him, screaming the same words a different crowd had screamed at Jesus on these same streets: get rid of him. Halfway up, Paul turns to the commander and asks a question in flawless Greek. Am I allowed to say something to you? Three things just happened in one sentence. Paul kept his composure after a beating. He spoke a language the tribune didn't expect. And he did it with the courtesy of a diplomat. Lysias agrees. Paul stands on the stairs of the Antonia Fortress, raises his hand, and the crowd goes still. Luke calls it a great hush. The same crowd that wanted his blood thirty seconds earlier is leaning in to listen. Boldness isn't the same thing as belligerence. The boldest Christians in Acts also tend to be the most respectful. God just took a riot and turned it into a podium. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mDCSf6VLcVTj9DA1o6CKS_loTRTZ8WlreJzhCflj8BA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84M2Mw/NjZlMTQ5MDE0MmYw/M2Q3Y2YwZmZkM2Fm/N2M4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}