Go Paul!!! I must admit that I've always had a hard time dealing with Paul....and reading Acts this month seems to have helped a lot. I find he can be quite sanctimonious and there are parts of his letters that rub against the grain. He is a man of his time - and I am a woman of mine. And the Holy Spirit is active and always teaching us new stuff as we learn to bear witness to God in an ever-changing world.
But today he stood up for himself to the crowd, he confonted the man who was about to flog him...in general he's proven he's got a spine. I like this sort of attitude. I suppose it would take that much spirit to carry the word of Christ into some of the hostile territory he's been in. And I suppose his experience in that hostile territory has given him some of the strength he exhibits in Jerusalem.
An interesting aside - I notice that my NRSV begins by saying that Paul addressed the crowd in Hebrew. The NIV says that he addressed the crowd in Aramaic.
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