{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61f2dc1ac97b4d0014c3f6da/67983000dc087d2d2949c573?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Acts 21:37-22:29","description":"<p>s1e97 Acts 21:37-22:29</p><p><br></p><p>Observations:</p><ul><li>Context? Paul on the steps of the barracks wanting to talk with the violent Jewish crowd who were just beating him...why?</li><li>Why did the tribune think Paul was the Egyptian insurrectionist?</li><li>What does citizen of no obscure city mean?</li><li>The Hebrew spoken by Paul shushed the crowd - why? Did they not think he was a Jew? Was the crowd influenced without knowing exactly what was going on?</li><li>Gamaliel - pretty big credentials</li><li>Why are they so upset with him? Misleading Jews? Greeks in the temple? All these things?</li><li>v 22 - sen to the Gentiles - is this the phrase that really set them off?</li><li>What significance is there to the tribune admitting he bought citizenship? Is Paul somehow higher than him in the social caste at the time?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Meaning:</p><p>Paul's testimony sought to save persecutors, as he once was, to bring them to the truth. The world needs to know...despite the objections.</p><p><br></p><p>Application:</p><p>Inward: I have fear when it comes to opposition - paralyzing and I don't want to engage.</p><p>Outward: I don't engage the angry lost.</p><p>Upward: Praise Jesus for the martyrs, who faced opposition so that the world might know the gospel.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to all of our podcasts on the New Hope Podcast Network at www.newhopechurch.cc/listen</p>","author_name":"Darin Hansen and Ty Griffith"}