[As a result] … it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
Summary: It requires some imagination to open up the mind to what Paul means when he describes the “whole palace guard” being aware that he is in chains for Christ.
Meditations are the playground of theology. When we meditate on a passage like this, it is okay to have some fun. For example, let’s imagine that one of the palace guards is a man named Ralphus. Ralphus is married to Salina, and the two of them live near the palace in a small apartment.
Our scene opens late one evening as Ralphus gets home from work.
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