{"id":7027,"date":"2018-07-03T10:21:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T14:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=7027"},"modified":"2018-07-03T10:21:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T14:21:05","slug":"brothers-and-esteemed-fathers-paul-said-listen-to-me-as-i-offer-my-defense-when-they-heard-him-speaking-in-their-own-language-the-silence-was-even-greater-ac","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/brothers-and-esteemed-fathers-paul-said-listen-to-me-as-i-offer-my-defense-when-they-heard-him-speaking-in-their-own-language-the-silence-was-even-greater-ac","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBrothers and esteemed fathers,\u201d Paul said, \u201clisten to me as I offer my defense.\u201d When they heard him speaking in their own language, the silence was even greater” (Acts 22:1-2 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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PAUL SAW HIS PERSECUTION AS A PLATFORM<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When a riot broke out in Jerusalem concerning Paul’s presence there, many in the crowd tried to kill Paul. However, the Roman guard was alerted and intervened, putting Paul in chains and taking him away. Paul considered the great crowd still following and asked the Roman Commander for permission to speak to them. This was an unusual request. Yet even more unusual was that after Paul spoke to the commander in fluent Greek, which clearly impressed him, the commander gave Paul permission. At this, Paul began to give his Damascus road testimony in Aramaic, calling those that sought to murder him, “brothers and esteemed fathers.” When the crowd heard Paul speaking in their own language they stopped yelling and shouting and grew silent as Paul gave his testimony.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When most would be concerned about defending their own life, Paul was focused on defending the faith. He saw the great crowd gathered to persecute him as a platform, an opportunity, to share the gospel with them<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PAUL SAW HIS PERSECUTION AS A PLATFORM
\nWhen a riot broke out in Jerusalem concerning Paul’s presence there, many in the crowd tried to kill Paul. However, the Roman guard was alerted and intervened, putting Paul in chains and taking him away. Paul considered the great crowd still following and asked the Roman Commander for permission to speak to them. This was an unusual request. Yet even more unusual was that after Paul spoke to the commander in fluent Greek, which clearly impressed him, the commander gave Paul permission. At this, Paul began to give his Damascus road testimony in Aramaic, calling those that sought to murder him, “brothers and esteemed fathers.” When the crowd heard Paul speaking in their own language they stopped yelling and shouting and grew silent as Paul gave his testimony.<\/p>\n

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