{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Acts Daily Devotional Podcast","title":"Day 90 — Released With Honor (Acts 16:35-40) | July 24 ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f88ab970\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":464,"description":"Morning came, and the magistrates sent word: let them go quietly. Paul refused. \"They beat us publicly without a trial, although we are Roman citizens.\" Three Roman laws had been violated in a single night, and the magistrates who broke them were suddenly very exposed. So why did Paul play this card now instead of before the beating? Because he wasn't thinking about himself. If he slipped out of Philippi in the dark, every new believer in the city would be marked as guilty by association. Paul demanded a public apology and a personal escort out of the prison. The officials who ordered the beating now had to walk in, acknowledge the wrong, and clear the record in front of the whole city. It was legal leverage spent entirely on behalf of a fragile church. In this episode, Paul trades his Roman rights for the protection of the people he leaves behind. ","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}