WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.799 So, Jeff, remember yesterday how I said the Gladiator quote 2 00:00:03.799 --> 00:00:04.879 about Roman citizenship. 3 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:07.599 Yes, I might have gett a little ahead of myself. 4 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:09.439 Well, this is a very exciting story and it's all 5 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:10.080 running together. 6 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:11.599 Yeah, I thought we were going to actually include that. 7 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.439 Well today the only thing that the really crowd knows 8 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.879 is that he's a Jewish person, right, that's right, And 9 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:19.839 now today he's going to actually launch into the Roman 10 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:20.960 citizenship part of. 11 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:22.600 His Yeah, but as soon as he brings that up, 12 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:24.519 he turns into a hot potato. Nobody wants to touch 13 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:26.879 you after that point. So that's what we're talking about. 14 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:28.719 He's Chris and I'm Jeff, and we're the Bible guys. 15 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:46.439 So, mister Jeff, we have given to us. They're calling 16 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:47.200 it this or. 17 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:48.039 That, this or that. 18 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:49.439 What would you rather pick? 19 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.280 Okay, so here's the first question, fun and then we 20 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:54.399 just needed to talk about it, you know, whether we 21 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:55.479 have commonality or. 22 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:57.799 I haven't read any of these I have not ever 23 00:00:57.840 --> 00:00:58.719 seen them, so either. 24 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:01.520 The first one said, when visiting a new place, would 25 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:04.159 you rather have a tour guide or be your own 26 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:07.280 tour guide and then find things slash places yourself. 27 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:12.319 I'd rather be my own tour guide. Yeah, I think. 28 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:15.359 It depends on where you are. I think in Israel, 29 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:17.959 like we're going to Israel in a couple of months, 30 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:20.920 I think that it's absolutely necessary to have your own 31 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:23.959 tour guide. I saw the value of it last time when. 32 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:24.680 I went in nine. 33 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:29.000 Yeah, but I would say other than that, I would 34 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:30.680 probably want to be my own tour guide. 35 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:32.280 Yeah. It depends on how much time you have. Like 36 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:35.239 I love to when I travel, I like always everywhere 37 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:38.159 we go by a lonely planet guide. So there's a 38 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:40.200 guide there, and it's time to eat at these restaurants, 39 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:42.079 check these places out, here's how much it costs for 40 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:47.000 that museum, whatever. But I would rather not have somebody 41 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:49.319 because the other side of it is those guides always 42 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:51.000 want to take you to their cousin's shop to go 43 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:55.480 buy souvenirs. Right, there's kind of this thing so frustrates me. 44 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:58.799 But I was just in Luxor, Egypt, about a month 45 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:00.760 and a half ago, and you know, there's the Valley 46 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:02.840 of the Kings where King Tut's tomb is, and there's 47 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:06.000 Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple all that kind of stuff. 48 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:08.840 But we only had one day, Right, we only had 49 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:11.000 one day. Well, at that point, there's so much to 50 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:15.000 cover that we decided let's hire a professional guide. And 51 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:16.800 he just gave us the height We said, hey, we 52 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:19.280 want to do these five things, just give us the highlights. 53 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.000 And it was perfect because he had a very precise 54 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.439 knowledge of how far away things were and how much 55 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:26.319 time we could spend in each place. And he did 56 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:28.560 a great job. That was fantastic. So on that day 57 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:31.159 when we were really tight, using a guide was good. 58 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:31.800 That's cool. 59 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:33.439 Yeah, but normally I'd rather do it myself. 60 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:33.759 Okay. 61 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:36.479 Number two, if you had a free cruise, would you 62 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:38.639 rather go to Alaska or the Caribbean? 63 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:40.080 Alaska? 64 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:40.840 Me too? 65 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:43.759 Yeah, well only because I've been to the Caribbean several times. 66 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.719 Oh I haven't, and and it's a bucket list for 67 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:47.919 me to see the northern lights. 68 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:50.719 Oh yeah I have. I haven't. I haven't been to Alaska. 69 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:51.520 Yeah, and I would. 70 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:53.479 I mean I haven't been to Caribbean either. Yeah. 71 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.879 Yeah. So number three, well, hey, hey I've been somewhere 72 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:57.240 you haven't. 73 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:58.000 Yeah, yeah, I haven't. 74 00:02:58.039 --> 00:02:59.800 No. I love that. Number three. 75 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:03.639 Would you rather live on the East coast or live 76 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:05.800 on the West coast? 77 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:06.719 Two? 78 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:08.840 Right, right? 79 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:15.159 So all of our listeners in California and in Jersey 80 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:21.120 are like, oh, thanks, man, man, I would rather. 81 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.120 It's like asking all that, would you rather live in 82 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:24.199 Michigan or Indiana? 83 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:30.000 Right, it's true, you're right, okay, but you got to choose. 84 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.599 Would you question East Coast? I think so too, But 85 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:36.879 it's only because I feel like everybody who lives in 86 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:37.560 the West Coast. 87 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.120 It's in another way if I feel like they're on 88 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:44.080 a different planet. I really do. I feel like it's 89 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:45.080 like it's like I love it. 90 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:47.719 I've been to California several times, but it seems so 91 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:52.000 far removed from the reality in which I love and live, right, 92 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:54.080 it just seems like, you know, I know it's only 93 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:56.840 a plane ride away, but still all right, how about. 94 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:59.919 This one number four? If you could time track? 95 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:02.840 Oh this is a good Would you rather be able 96 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:06.840 to experience the past or to experience and see the 97 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:14.240 future the past? Why you can get a sports almanac. 98 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:19.600 That you give it yourself? Yeah, yeah, exactly. Uh No, 99 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:24.000 I think, uh the future is an adventure to me, 100 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:26.399 But I've read so much about the past I'd like 101 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:29.240 to go see it. So I like the mystery of 102 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:30.240 what's happening tomorrow. 103 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:33.639 Okay, all right, I think I think my answer is 104 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:37.720 also the past, but not because I'm fascinated with all 105 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.319 of my reading and information of the past. I think 106 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:45.800 it's because I I would want to affect the future. 107 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:47.199 But that's really not the question. 108 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:48.439 Was It's not the question. 109 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:51.759 Oh yeah, okay, would you rather just experience experiencing them? 110 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:53.800 Okay, then I'm. 111 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:55.519 Sorry, I'm changing my answer. Yeah, I'm going to go 112 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:55.959 to the future. 113 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.360 Go to the future, yeah, okay, okay. 114 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.720 Yeah, just just to know it's and then I can 115 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.839 come back to the president and be like invest in. 116 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:11.519 Crypto. Right, So there it is, So here we go. 117 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:13.040 So I think I think we can put that one 118 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:16.319 to Ben. I like that. I like the would you rather? 119 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:18.319 Yeah? Those are fun? Those are fun? So those are 120 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:19.480 those are the four questions? 121 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:21.959 That's it. So, I mean, I could invent my own 122 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:23.000 if you want. You ready for this? 123 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:25.959 I was when I was a youth pastor. We actually 124 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.360 had a book put out by Doug Fields called. 125 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:28.720 Would you Rather? 126 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:31.120 And I only remember a few of them, but I 127 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:33.920 would ask my youth group, which is high school students 128 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:36.839 in middle school all the time these questions. You know, 129 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:38.399 there's also like you know, would you rather freeze to 130 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:39.319 death or burned to death? 131 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:40.519 Those kind of. 132 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:42.959 Questions we have to die, right right? 133 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:45.600 But my, but my, one that I always asked was 134 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.560 would you rather have your hand nibbled on by a cannibal? 135 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:55.079 Or would you rather eat a Hamberger in front of 136 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:55.920 a starving child? 137 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:57.879 That's terrible. 138 00:05:58.120 --> 00:05:59.399 This is a terrible question. 139 00:05:59.480 --> 00:05:59.879 Terrible. 140 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:01.839 That's probably why I remember them. 141 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:06.879 Yeah, man, well both of those are bad choices. Yes, 142 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:11.759 I think if nobody is watching I eat a hamburger. 143 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:16.519 Terrible, Jeff, terrible. I know. No matter no matter what 144 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:18.160 you choose, you lose, right Yeah. 145 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:20.560 Yeah, So I mean if if you have to choose 146 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:22.879 between hurting somebody or hurting yourself, well then you choose 147 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:24.680 to let the cannibal nibble. 148 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:28.279 Actually I messed that question up, not that anybody cares, 149 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:29.199 but I'm going to tell you anyway. 150 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:30.879 Okay, I mixed two of them up. 151 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:32.560 Oh no, no, it was supposed to be would you 152 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:34.879 rather eat a hamburger in front of a starving child? 153 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:35.759 Or kick a puppy? 154 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:37.319 Oh yeah, you asked me that one before. 155 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:39.600 Yeah, yeah, And then the hand on the cannibal? 156 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:43.480 Uh? One was would you rather get your hand nibble 157 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:45.759 by a cannibal or get poked in the eye with 158 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:46.439 a hot poker. 159 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:50.519 Oh yeah, nibbled, yes, an easy one. Yeah yeah, Okay, 160 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:51.560 it's so weird. 161 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:54.079 I can't help what I read. 162 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:55.920 I'm glad the desert is the one who picks these 163 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:56.680 normal questions. 164 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:59.879 I agree. I agree. So we're nine chapter twenty two. 165 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.360 Okay, yeah, and Paul has you know again, he's been 166 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:06.720 carried away from the mob by the Romans. He pleads 167 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:09.199 to the crowd, he gives them his story, slips in 168 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:12.600 the gospel, yeah, and identifies and builds common ground. And 169 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:13.720 then he's continuing. 170 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.360 So you know, we've spent some time in some of 171 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:19.399 the letters Paul wrote, and they're pretty theological, right, So 172 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:21.879 we've had a lot of these daily devotions where it's 173 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:25.079 just theology. And then you know, we pivot. Now we're 174 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:28.480 in this narrative. There's this storyline going, and the stories 175 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:32.199 are for our example. So then what we're looking for 176 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:34.959 when you read a story in the Bible is not 177 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:37.439 what is the theology of that story. What you're looking 178 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:39.920 for is what is the example to me in this story? 179 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:42.759 And so we'll just pick up in verse twenty four 180 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:47.240 and read on through chapter twenty three, verse eleven, He 181 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:50.240 says the commander brought Paul inside and ordered him lash 182 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.519 with whips to make him confess his crime. He wanted 183 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:55.839 to find out why the crowd had become so furious 184 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.240 when they tied Paul down to lash, and Paul said 185 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:00.759 to the officer, standing, there is for you to whip 186 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.639 a Roman citizen who hasn't even been tried. When the 187 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.879 officer heard this, he went to the commander and asked, 188 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:07.959 what are you doing? This man is a Roman citizen. 189 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:10.560 So the commander went over and asked, Paul, tell me, 190 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:13.839 are you a Roman citizen. Yes, I certainly am, Paul replied, 191 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.879 I am too. The commander muttered, and it cost me plenty. 192 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:20.720 Paul answered, but I am a citizen by birth. The 193 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:24.240 soldiers who were about to interrogate Paul quickly withdrew when 194 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:26.240 they heard he was a Roman citizen, and the commander 195 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:29.120 was frightened because he'd ordered him bound and whipped. The 196 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:32.600 Next day, the commander ordered the leading priests into session 197 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:35.080 with the Jewish High Council. He wanted to find out 198 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:37.320 what the trouble was all about, so he released Paul 199 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:40.480 to have him stand before them, gazing intently at the 200 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:43.840 High Council, Paul began, brothers, I've always lived before God 201 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:47.480 with a clear conscience. Instantly, ANNONI as the high priests, 202 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.559 commanded them those close to Paul to slap him in 203 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.559 the mouth. But Paul said to him, God will slap you, 204 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:55.879 you corrupt hypocrite. What kind of judge are you to 205 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:58.480 break the law yourself by ordering me struck like that? 206 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.840 Tho was standing. Paul said to him, do you dare 207 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.879 to insult God's High Priest? I'm sorry, brothers, I didn't 208 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:07.120 realize he was the high priest. Paul replied, for the 209 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:10.080 scriptures say you must not speak evil of any of 210 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:13.159 your rulers. Paul realized that some members of the High 211 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:16.200 Council were Sadducees and some were Pharisees, so he shouted, brothers, 212 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:19.159 I'm a Pharisee, as were my ancestors, and I am 213 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:21.360 on trial because my hope is in the resurrection of 214 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:25.799 the dead. This divided the council, the Pharisees against the Sadducees, 215 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:28.159 for the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angels 216 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.399 or spirits, but the Pharisees believe in all these things. 217 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:32.919 So there was a great uproar. Some of the teachers 218 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:36.320 of religious law, who were pharisees, jumped up and began 219 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:38.840 to argue forcefully, we see nothing wrong with him, and 220 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:41.519 they shouted, perhaps the spirit and Angel spoke to him. 221 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:44.759 As the conflict grew more violent, the commander was afraid 222 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:47.320 they would tear Paul apart, so he ordered his soldiers 223 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:49.279 to go and rescue him by force and take you 224 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:51.919 back to the fortress. That night, the Lord appeared to 225 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:54.679 Paul and said, be encouraged, Paul. Just as you have 226 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:57.000 been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you must 227 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:58.639 preach the good news in Rome as well. 228 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:03.759 Right as if as if there wasn't enough ruckus going on. 229 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:06.080 Here that you know that he just rolls a grenade 230 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:07.240 in the middle of the room. Oh, by the way, 231 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:08.039 I'm a pharisee. 232 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:11.799 Yeah, and uh, you know it's so great because if 233 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:15.120 you think about what Paul is doing here, Paul is 234 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:20.679 first of all, he let himself start to get whipped, right, 235 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:24.039 so Paul could have easily said I'm a Roman citizen 236 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:26.279 before they threw the first lash. 237 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:27.720 So what is he doing. 238 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:30.919 He's putting them in the spot on purpose. Yes, he's like, oh, 239 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:32.799 by the way, I'm a Roman citizen. So now it 240 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:35.759 says the commander's fearing. The commander is fearful. 241 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.559 And then and then then he's when he notices that 242 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:40.799 some are Pharisees and Sadducees. What does he do? 243 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:44.679 He says the perfect sentence to cause uproar and so 244 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:47.759 that they're divided. And he knew their theology and he 245 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:50.039 knew by saying what he said, it was going to 246 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:51.399 cause them to be divided. 247 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:52.840 So Paul is throwing. 248 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:57.799 Grenades everywhere, which is great, and he calls Anonius a 249 00:10:57.879 --> 00:11:00.720 hypocrite until he finds out that he he's Antonius. 250 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.720 And then I think there's a big lesson there for 251 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:05.039 us when he finds out the Anonius is the high priest. 252 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:08.799 At that point he backpedaled just a little bit, you know. 253 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:10.720 So he thought this was just some common guy that 254 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:13.440 was being a jerk to him, right, and so he 255 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:17.480 was kind of infuriated by the bad treatment. But then 256 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:19.759 he realized this is the high priest who has authority, 257 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:22.360 and then he backpedaled, Oh wait, I should have been 258 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:25.639 more respectful. And you know, sometimes we can we don't 259 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:28.840 respect the person, but we should always respect the office, right, 260 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.799 And that's that's what you guys talked about it in Romans. 261 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:34.840 You know, God is the one who ordains our leaders, 262 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:37.039 and so hey, if that's the leader that's in charge, 263 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:38.960 then we should at least respect that office. And he 264 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.600 does that. But he's perpetually just stirring the pot. And 265 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:45.279 it was I think he did that with the with 266 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:47.679 the Pharisees and the Sadducees because he knew this wasn't 267 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:50.679 going to go anywhere. This is not the goal anyways, right, 268 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.559 He's trying to get to Rome. And so there's not 269 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:57.720 a sense that hey if this, if I go through 270 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:02.759 a full trial with these With the Sanhedrin, he was 271 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.200 a member probably of the Sanhedron, or at least he 272 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:08.840 was probably at least a clerk for the Sanhedrin, and 273 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.320 so he knew the ins and outs. This is like 274 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:15.120 trying to take a defense attorney to trial. It's going 275 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:17.399 to be a month, two months. This is gonna be 276 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:19.120 a long thing, and it's going to be useless. It's 277 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:21.879 probably gonna be a hung jury anyways. Because he knows 278 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.759 the intricacies of this court and he knows it's not 279 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:27.200 going to get him what he needs. And so that's 280 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:29.080 why he appeals and goes, hey, by the way, I'm 281 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:31.799 a Roman citizen. Roman citizens could not be punished without 282 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.120 a trial, and not not only without a trial, without 283 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:37.720 being convicted in the trial, and the whole process for 284 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:40.919 a Roman citizen was much more complicated than it would 285 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:43.519 have been for a subject of Rome. And so then 286 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:46.759 this soldier says is Commanders goes, oh, yeah, I'm a 287 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:49.320 citizen too. I bought my citizenship. Paul goes, yeah, I 288 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:52.519 was born a citizen. And the difference in the quality 289 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:55.320 of citizenship between a guy who buys it versus a 290 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:58.399 guy who was born it was this really intimidated this guy. 291 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:02.200 And so the whole thing's just the mess for everybody involved, right, 292 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.440 which really kind of lets you know, none of this 293 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:07.240 should have ever happened anyways, right, right, This is just 294 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:11.080 the This is just evil that's happening, and Paul's trying 295 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:12.360 to navigate through as best you can. 296 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:14.799 Yeah, well, Paul, I mean, what's Paul's crime. Preaching the 297 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:18.240 Gospel and inviting gentiles and Jews to receive the good news? 298 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.840 That's his crime. 299 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:19.879 That's right, that's right. 300 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:20.320 And so. 301 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:24.559 I want to point out also that I'm going to 302 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:26.120 ask you a question, Jeff, put you on the spot. 303 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:29.879 Verse number eleven, it says that night the Lord capital 304 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:33.679 l appeared to Paul and said, be encouraged, Paul, just 305 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:35.679 as you've been a witness to me and jerusalemus preaching 306 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:36.679 good news in Rome as well. 307 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:38.559 What it says the Lord appeared to him. 308 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:41.320 It's the same question I have and acts chapter number 309 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:44.679 whatever it is, you know, eighteen or so or whatever, 310 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:48.399 during the plagues of Egypt, where it says, you know, 311 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:50.919 people always say the Angel of Death came down and 312 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.080 went through and killed the firstborns and the land of 313 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:56.080 the post, but the scripture doesn't say that. The scripture 314 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:59.279 actually says the God said. 315 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:01.519 I will come down. I will come down and come through. 316 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:03.600 And so it says when it says the Lord appeared, 317 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:06.440 I'm thinking, Okay, is this God the Father? Is this 318 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:09.840 the Lord as in Jesus has appeared before him again, 319 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:13.799 or or is it him sending an angel And he's 320 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.559 just saying the Lord appeared, But it's as if the 321 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:18.120 Lord appeared because he's sending an angel. 322 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:23.159 Yeah, I think uh luke is pretty because remember this 323 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:25.600 isn't Paul telling the story. This is Luke telling the story. 324 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.639 Luke is pretty tight on when it's an angel, right, 325 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.440 an angel came and sat Peter free while he was 326 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.159 in the in the jail. He's really tight on that. 327 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:39.480 And then when it's not, then I think he would 328 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.879 have said it was an angel if it was an angel. 329 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:43.879 So here I think he's talking about Jesus, is what 330 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:45.919 I think I think Paul is said. I think Luke 331 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.200 is saying that Paul spent time with Jesus there and 332 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:51.240 that Jesus came and told Paul You're going to go 333 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.600 to Rome. 334 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:55.399 So if you think about that, that's pretty awesome, Yeah, 335 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.600 because it doesn't normally we would just hear that and 336 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:00.320 be like, oh cool, he heard a word from the Lord. 337 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:03.200 But he didn't say that. It says he appeared to him. 338 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:06.840 And so just the idea that Paul would go through 339 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:09.799 all of that and then spend time face to face 340 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:11.200 with Jesus is pretty incredible. 341 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:15.200 You know, it changes the whole visual, doesn't it. 342 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.399 Yeah? Yeah? 343 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:18.639 And uh, and by the way, Luke was a doctor 344 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:21.759 by profession, right, right, so he was very he was 345 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:23.120 precision oriented. 346 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:23.799 Uh. 347 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:26.039 You know when you say he was pretty tight. It's 348 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.200 because his whole life was that way. 349 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:29.600 Right, right, he was very detailed. 350 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:34.759 Yeah, and one of the just as an aside, archaeologists 351 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:37.320 and historians would say Luke is one of the most 352 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:43.399 precise ancient historians that exist. Even even we're talking about 353 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:46.720 historians that aren't Christians, would say, there aren't very many, 354 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:50.000 if any Oh, this is two days in a row. 355 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:53.799 Yeah, very exciting. Wow, I think it's Dusty in here? 356 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.600 Is this a new segment? 357 00:15:54.639 --> 00:16:01.399 Now, I'm just kidding, it's not Dustin there. I don't 358 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:02.000 know why. It's easy. 359 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:08.879 Yeah. So anyways, he's a very precise historian, and that 360 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:11.240 kind of I think is one of the reasons why 361 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:15.840 it Also it refers to be encouraged Paul. Just as 362 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:18.200 you've been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you 363 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.200 must preach the good news in Rome as well. But 364 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:23.960 he says, you've been a witness to me, right, So 365 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:27.000 he's saying, this is I think Jesus talking, because Paul 366 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:30.720 never was, you know, testified of an angel. He always 367 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.399 was testifying of what Jesus did in his life. So yeah, 368 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:35.679 and this is a unique moment. We don't see this 369 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:38.360 happening in Paul's life all the time, right, right, Paul 370 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.840 had the engagement with Jesus on the road to Damascus. 371 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:44.399 He spent three years in the Arabian Peninsula being taught 372 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.600 by Jesus according to the Book of the Galatians, and then 373 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:49.519 this encounter here they seem to be the three with Jesus. 374 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:51.519 So it wasn't all the time, but this was. And 375 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:54.240 this is a pretty big deal because Jesus is basically saying, 376 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:58.120 you are going to Rome, right, and you know, all 377 00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:59.960 those prophecies are going to come true. Right. 378 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:04.119 And by the way, it's also the timing is hilarious 379 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:07.039 because after all of that, after having gone through this, 380 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:09.599 you know, big ordeal, Jesus like. 381 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:13.359 Hey, good job, do it again, right, which is great? 382 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:17.079 Yeah, you know, now it's interesting. You know how we 383 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:20.640 always talked about how much we love the Life Affication Bible. Sure, 384 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:25.119 sometimes Life Affication Study Bible has, you know, just a 385 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:28.759 great insight into Hey, it connects this passage to that 386 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:30.680 passage when you read the study notes at the bottom. 387 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.200 But sometimes they'll give you some really great historical pieces 388 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.519 and verses two through five and chapter twenty three it 389 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:39.960 says Josephus. We already referenced Josephus before, Right, he was 390 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:42.359 the one who wrote about the Egyptian guy that led 391 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:47.640 four thousand assassins. Right. So Josephus, a respective first century historian, 392 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:51.599 described to Anonius this high priest as profane, greedy, and 393 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:55.480 hot tempered. Right, So that's what it tells us about 394 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:58.480 Anonius that this is a pretty bad guy. He wasn't 395 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:04.000 a good religious leader. And so in that context, now 396 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:06.480 this is a secular historian. This isn't some Christian guy 397 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:09.079 who goes, we don't like Anonis because he's vain and 398 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:14.599 hot tempered and greedy. This is a secular Roman historian saying, 399 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:18.359 this is a pretty bad guy. And you know, this 400 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.920 happens within all organized organizations in the world, whether you're 401 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:26.440