After Acts 22
He
tells his story
at
the temple, and
they
listen attentively,
even
respectfully, until
he
says what God told him
to
do: go to the Gentiles. Then
follows
the familiar uproar, as
it
always does when truth
is
spoken. They pick up
their
stones, the soldiers prepare
to
lacerate his back, until he asks,
do
you flog a Roman citizen who
has
committed no crime?
In
fear, in shock,
they
stop at this brandishing
of
a weapon they did not expect.
Illustration via The Dore Bible Gallery.
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