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This week on #tgnsuk what are you "a martyr to" #martyrsyndrome and a look at a real martyr
— The Good News Show (@tgnsuk) May 15, 2014
Do you know the phrase "I'm a martyr to it", it sometimes refers to bad feet or poor memory or any other ailment that's irritating.  But would you ever be a true martyr, we look a this in the Good News Internet Radio Show.

There was a large group of people who’d gathered from all over the world, from different countries. And had come to that one place in Jerusalem. There were religious leaders, there were people of great philosophical learning and they all heard the disciples of Jesus getting up and appearing to be drunk early in the morning, 9am in fact. That’s first thing.
They accused the disciples of this. Of just being drunk. And Peter replied to them, ‘men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you and give ear to my words. For these people are not drunk as you suppose since it is only the third hour of the day. But this is what was uttered to the prophet Joel.’
Then he went on, to quote from the prophet Joel. The prophet from our old testament and he applied this prophesy of Joel to what was happening right then. In fact, he applied it to what had happened to them that made them appear drunk. This was what he quoted: ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I …