{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Acts Daily Devotional Podcast","title":"Day 122 — Paul's Defense: My Conversion (Acts 22:1-11) | August 25","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6c7c5e5b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":450,"description":"Paul has the floor. The mob is quiet. Whatever he says next will either save him or get him killed. He doesn't argue the false charges. He doesn't quote Roman law. He tells them his story. Three Aramaic words lower every shield in the courtyard: brothers, fathers, listen. Then he lays out the credentials this specific crowd respects most. Born a Jew. Raised in Jerusalem. Trained at the feet of Gamaliel. Then comes the hammer: I persecuted this Way to the death. He's telling them, you think I'm your enemy, but I used to be your most violent ally. Then he describes a road outside Damascus. A noon-day light. A voice calling him by name twice. Saul, Saul. The same doubling God used with Abraham, Moses, and Samuel when He was about to reroute someone's life mid-journey. And Jesus didn't ask why are you persecuting my church. He asked why are you persecuting me. ","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}