{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Acts Daily Devotional Podcast","title":"Day 124 — Paul Claims Citizenship (Acts 22:22-29) | August 27","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":418,"description":"The crowd had been listening respectfully until Paul named the Gentiles as fellow recipients of God's love. Then the courtyard exploded. They tore at their clothes, threw dust in the air, and screamed for his death just like a different mob had screamed at Pilate a generation earlier. The tribune orders Paul taken into the barracks for the flagellum, the most brutal interrogation tool in the Roman arsenal. Men routinely died under it. The soldiers stretch Paul out and the lash is in the centurion's hand when Paul asks one quiet question. Is it legal for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen without a trial? The whole procedure stops cold. Paul knew the difference between rights you possess and rights you use. The fact that you can defend yourself doesn't always mean you should. He had absorbed every blow until this moment, because suffering was serving the gospel. The flagellum would have ended that. So he played the card. Not for comfort. For the mission. ","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}