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it's<00:14:51.639><c> at</c><00:14:51.940><c> the</c><00:14:52.440><c> stoning</c><00:14:52.759><c> of</c><00:14:53.019><c> our</c><00:14:53.200><c> brother</c>

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Stephen.<00:14:57.059><c> Do</c><00:14:57.299><c> you</c><00:14:57.299><c> remember</c><00:14:57.720><c> the</c><00:14:58.779><c> last</c><00:14:59.159><c> excitation</c><00:14:59.740><c> of</c><00:14:59.919><c> Stephen</c><00:15:00.259><c> before</c><00:15:00.659><c> he</c>

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was<00:15:01.019><c> killed?</c><00:15:04.419><c> You</c><00:15:05.179><c> stiff</c><00:15:05.600><c>-necked</c><00:15:05.980><c> and</c>

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uncircumcised<00:15:08.279><c> in</c><00:15:08.580><c> hat</c><00:15:08.799><c> and</c><00:15:09.059><c> ears,</c><00:15:09.460><c> says</c><00:15:09.600><c> Stephen,</c><00:15:10.519><c> you</c><00:15:11.659><c> tend</c>

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always<00:15:12.820><c> to</c><00:15:13.080><c> resist</c><00:15:13.679><c> the</c><00:15:14.019><c> Holy</c><00:15:14.299><c> Spirit</c><00:15:14.799><c> as</c><00:15:15.019><c> your</c><00:15:15.240><c> fathers</c>

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did.<00:15:18.899><c> Which</c><00:15:19.120><c> of</c><00:15:19.240><c> the</c><00:15:19.519><c> prophets</c><00:15:20.399><c> have</c><00:15:22.379><c> not</c><00:15:22.519><c> your</c><00:15:22.759><c> fathers</c><00:15:23.419><c> persecuted,</c><00:15:24.440><c> and</c>

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they<00:15:26.179><c> have</c><00:15:26.580><c> slain</c><00:15:27.000><c> them</c><00:15:27.600><c> which</c><00:15:28.519><c> showed</c>

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now<00:15:33.039><c> betrayed</c><00:15:33.720><c> and</c><00:15:34.080><c> murdered,</c><00:15:37.000><c> who</c><00:15:37.240><c> have</c><00:15:37.480><c> received</c>

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the<00:15:38.799><c> law</c><00:15:39.240><c> by</c><00:15:39.600><c> the</c><00:15:39.799><c> dispensation</c><00:15:40.460><c> of</c><00:15:40.759><c> angels</c><00:15:41.399><c> and</c><00:15:42.100><c> have</c><00:15:42.320><c> not</c><00:15:42.620><c> kept</c><00:15:42.840><c> it?</c><00:15:46.659><c> And</c><00:15:47.340><c> he</c>

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said,<00:15:48.220><c> behold,</c><00:15:49.620><c> I</c><00:15:49.980><c> see</c><00:15:50.220><c> the</c><00:15:50.419><c> heavens</c>

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and<00:15:52.240><c> a</c><00:15:52.460><c> son</c><00:15:52.759><c> of</c><00:15:52.960><c> man</c><00:15:53.559><c> standing</c><00:15:54.220><c> on</c><00:15:54.820><c> the</c><00:15:55.000><c> right</c><00:15:55.299><c> hand</c><00:15:55.539><c> of</c><00:15:55.759><c> God.</c><00:15:58.000><c> And</c><00:15:58.320><c> they</c><00:15:58.639><c> cried</c><00:15:58.899><c> out</c><00:15:59.139><c> with</c><00:15:59.360><c> a</c>

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loud<00:15:59.679><c> voice</c><00:16:00.120><c> and</c><00:16:00.679><c> stopped</c>

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their<00:16:01.279><c> ears</c><00:16:01.779><c> and</c><00:16:02.379><c> ran</c><00:16:02.679><c> upon</c><00:16:03.360><c> him</c><00:16:03.580><c> with</c><00:16:03.820><c> one</c><00:16:04.000><c> accord,</c><00:16:04.700><c> and</c><00:16:04.980><c> they</c>

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cast<00:16:05.539><c> him</c><00:16:05.700><c> out</c><00:16:05.879><c> of</c><00:16:05.960><c> the</c><00:16:06.220><c> city</c><00:16:06.419><c> and</c><00:16:06.580><c> they</c><00:16:07.039><c> stoned</c><00:16:07.259><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:08.700><c> the</c><00:16:08.840><c> witnesses</c><00:16:09.220><c> laid</c><00:16:09.519><c> down</c><00:16:09.820><c> their</c><00:16:10.139><c> clothes</c><00:16:10.379><c> at</c><00:16:10.559><c> a</c><00:16:10.659><c> young</c>

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man's<00:16:11.379><c> feet</c><00:16:11.480><c> whose</c><00:16:11.700><c> name</c><00:16:11.940><c> was</c><00:16:12.320><c> Saul,</c><00:16:13.100><c> and</c><00:16:13.360><c> they</c>

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stoned<00:16:14.139><c> Stephen,</c><00:16:14.639><c> calling</c><00:16:15.019><c> upon</c><00:16:15.620><c> God,</c><00:16:16.720><c> and</c><00:16:16.879><c> he</c><00:16:17.120><c> said,</c><00:16:17.500><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus,<00:16:18.320><c> receive</c><00:16:18.679><c> my</c><00:16:19.080><c> spirit.</c><00:16:20.039><c> And</c><00:16:20.340><c> he</c><00:16:20.440><c> kneeled</c><00:16:20.779><c> down</c>

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with<00:16:21.440><c> a</c><00:16:21.759><c> loud</c><00:16:22.039><c> voice,</c><00:16:22.320><c> with</c><00:16:22.480><c> a</c><00:16:22.720><c> loud</c><00:16:23.019><c> voice,</c><00:16:25.120><c> with</c><00:16:25.299><c> a</c><00:16:25.600><c> loud</c><00:16:25.879><c> voice,</c><00:16:27.720><c> Lord,</c><00:16:29.779><c> lay</c>

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not<00:16:30.200><c> this</c><00:16:30.500><c> sin</c><00:16:30.659><c> to</c><00:16:30.879><c> their</c><00:16:31.179><c> charge.</c>

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And<00:16:33.019><c> when</c><00:16:33.200><c> he</c><00:16:33.419><c> said</c><00:16:33.620><c> it,</c><00:16:35.299><c> he</c><00:16:35.480><c> fell</c><00:16:35.700><c> asleep.</c><00:16:41.559><c> And</c><00:16:42.200><c> then</c><00:16:42.379><c> we</c><00:16:42.940><c> meet</c>

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up<00:16:43.460><c> again</c><00:16:43.740><c> with</c><00:16:45.279><c> Saul</c><00:16:45.840><c> in</c><00:16:47.519><c> the</c><00:16:47.700><c> ninth</c><00:16:48.019><c> chapter</c><00:16:48.419><c> of</c>

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Acts.<00:16:51.679><c> And</c><00:16:52.100><c> he's</c><00:16:52.259><c> on</c><00:16:52.460><c> the</c><00:16:52.639><c> road.</c><00:16:55.379><c> Well,</c><00:16:55.559><c> excuse</c><00:16:55.879><c> me,</c><00:16:56.039><c> even</c><00:16:56.259><c> before</c><00:16:56.679><c> that,</c><00:16:59.340><c> we</c>

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find<00:16:59.700><c> him,</c><00:17:01.120><c> it</c><00:17:01.500><c> says</c><00:17:01.639><c> in</c><00:17:01.899><c> chapter</c><00:17:02.559><c> nine,</c>

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verse<00:17:04.119><c> one.</c><00:17:06.259><c> Let</c><00:17:06.420><c> me</c><00:17:06.500><c> make</c><00:17:06.660><c> sure</c><00:17:06.779><c> I</c><00:17:06.839><c> have</c><00:17:06.920><c> the</c><00:17:07.099><c> right</c><00:17:07.279><c> reference</c><00:17:07.640><c> here.</c>

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Acts<00:17:10.559><c> chapter</c><00:17:10.900><c> nine,</c><00:17:11.180><c> that</c><00:17:11.420><c> sounds</c>

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right.<00:17:15.180><c> But</c><00:17:15.759><c> since</c><00:17:15.960><c> this</c><00:17:16.119><c> is</c><00:17:16.339><c> probably</c><00:17:16.680><c> being</c><00:17:17.039><c> recorded,</c><00:17:17.779><c> I</c><00:17:17.859><c> want</c><00:17:18.019><c> to</c><00:17:18.099><c> make</c><00:17:18.220><c> sure</c><00:17:18.380><c> I</c>

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have<00:17:18.559><c> it</c><00:17:18.759><c> right.</c><00:17:21.859><c> Yes,</c><00:17:22.799><c> yes.</c>

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Acts<00:17:25.400><c> chapter</c><00:17:25.759><c> nine.</c><00:17:27.680><c> And</c><00:17:27.940><c> here's</c><00:17:28.359><c> Saul.</c><00:17:28.759><c> It</c><00:17:29.000><c> says</c><00:17:29.079><c> he's</c><00:17:29.240><c> still</c><00:17:29.539><c> breathing</c><00:17:29.859><c> out</c>

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threatenings<00:17:30.759><c> and</c>

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slaughters<00:17:31.420><c> against</c><00:17:31.779><c> the</c><00:17:32.119><c> disciples</c><00:17:32.519><c> of</c><00:17:32.740><c> the</c><00:17:32.900><c> Lord.</c><00:17:33.519><c> Well,</c>

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that<00:17:33.819><c> doesn't</c><00:17:34.079><c> sound</c><00:17:34.359><c> good.</c><00:17:35.480><c> And</c><00:17:35.740><c> he</c><00:17:35.779><c> goes</c><00:17:36.019><c> to</c>

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high<00:17:36.579><c> priest,</c><00:17:38.339><c> and</c><00:17:38.400><c> he</c><00:17:38.720><c> desires</c><00:17:39.140><c> letters</c><00:17:39.779><c> that</c><00:17:42.660><c> anyone</c><00:17:43.160><c> that</c>

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he<00:17:43.559><c> finds</c><00:17:43.859><c> along</c><00:17:44.299><c> the</c><00:17:44.519><c> way,</c><00:17:44.839><c> whether</c><00:17:45.000><c> they</c><00:17:45.200><c> be</c><00:17:45.339><c> men</c>

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or<00:17:45.700><c> women,</c><00:17:46.420><c> he</c><00:17:46.559><c> might</c><00:17:46.799><c> bring</c><00:17:47.039><c> them</c><00:17:47.420><c> bound</c><00:17:47.859><c> under</c><00:17:48.140><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:17:52.119><c> here</c><00:17:52.279><c> he</c><00:17:52.380><c> is</c><00:17:52.559><c> out</c><00:17:52.700><c> on</c><00:17:52.859><c> the</c><00:17:52.980><c> road</c><00:17:53.119><c> to</c><00:17:53.339><c> Damascus.</c><00:17:55.119><c> And</c>

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suddenly<00:17:55.819><c> there</c><00:17:56.319><c> shined</c><00:17:57.279><c> round</c><00:17:57.700><c> about</c><00:17:58.079><c> him</c><00:17:58.299><c> a</c><00:17:58.539><c> light</c><00:17:58.740><c> from</c><00:17:58.980><c> heaven.</c><00:18:00.299><c> And</c><00:18:00.779><c> he</c>

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fell<00:18:01.180><c> to</c><00:18:01.400><c> the</c><00:18:01.579><c> earth,</c><00:18:01.960><c> and</c><00:18:02.200><c> he</c><00:18:02.359><c> heard</c><00:18:02.579><c> a</c>

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voice<00:18:03.059><c> saying,</c><00:18:04.079><c> Saul,</c><00:18:04.079><c> Saul,</c><00:18:05.400><c> why</c><00:18:05.559><c> persecutest</c><00:18:06.460><c> thou</c><00:18:06.720><c> me?</c><00:18:08.700><c> And</c><00:18:09.039><c> he</c>

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said,<00:18:09.440><c> who</c><00:18:09.640><c> art</c><00:18:09.920><c> thou,</c><00:18:10.220><c> Lord?</c><00:18:12.119><c> And</c><00:18:12.480><c> the</c><00:18:12.599><c> Lord</c><00:18:12.779><c> said,</c>

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I'm<00:18:13.259><c> Jesus,</c><00:18:14.140><c> whom</c><00:18:14.240><c> you</c><00:18:14.519><c> persecute.</c><00:18:18.299><c> And</c><00:18:18.779><c> he</c><00:18:19.019><c> trembled,</c><00:18:19.920><c> and</c>

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he<00:18:20.859><c> fell</c><00:18:21.000><c> to</c><00:18:21.200><c> the</c><00:18:21.400><c> ground.</c><00:18:24.200><c> Said,</c><00:18:24.500><c> Lord,</c><00:18:25.279><c> what</c><00:18:25.539><c> will</c>

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you<00:18:25.940><c> have</c><00:18:26.099><c> me</c><00:18:26.339><c> to</c><00:18:26.539><c> do?</c><00:18:27.700><c> And</c><00:18:28.019><c> the</c><00:18:28.180><c> Lord</c><00:18:28.440><c> said,</c><00:18:28.799><c> arise</c><00:18:29.220><c> and</c><00:18:29.400><c> go</c><00:18:29.619><c> into</c><00:18:29.779><c> the</c><00:18:30.079><c> city,</c><00:18:30.319><c> and</c><00:18:30.420><c> it</c>

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will<00:18:30.740><c> be</c><00:18:30.980><c> told</c><00:18:31.180><c> unto</c><00:18:31.440><c> you.</c>

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And<00:18:35.779><c> as</c><00:18:36.220><c> a</c><00:18:36.500><c> result</c><00:18:36.700><c> of</c><00:18:36.900><c> that</c><00:18:37.099><c> bright</c><00:18:37.420><c> light,</c><00:18:39.200><c> Paul</c><00:18:39.420><c> found</c><00:18:39.680><c> himself</c><00:18:40.099><c> in</c><00:18:40.319><c> a</c>

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state<00:18:40.579><c> of</c><00:18:40.640><c> temporary</c><00:18:41.180><c> blindness.</c><00:18:44.220><c> And</c><00:18:44.619><c> he</c>

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comes<00:18:47.740><c> into</c><00:18:48.000><c> Damascus,</c><00:18:50.559><c> and</c><00:18:50.680><c> down</c><00:18:50.799><c> in</c><00:18:50.960><c> verse</c><00:18:51.220><c> 10,</c><00:18:51.599><c> we're</c><00:18:51.799><c> told</c>

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that<00:18:52.259><c> there's</c><00:18:52.500><c> a</c><00:18:52.660><c> certain</c><00:18:52.839><c> disciple</c><00:18:53.359><c> at</c><00:18:53.539><c> Damascus</c>

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named<00:18:55.079><c> Ananias,</c><00:18:57.099><c> to</c><00:18:57.220><c> whom</c><00:18:57.339><c> the</c><00:18:57.579><c> Lord</c><00:18:57.839><c> had</c><00:18:58.339><c> spoken</c><00:18:58.720><c> to.</c><00:19:00.319><c> And</c><00:19:00.660><c> the</c><00:19:01.019><c> Lord</c><00:19:01.200><c> said</c><00:19:01.380><c> unto</c><00:19:01.599><c> him,</c><00:19:01.839><c> arise</c><00:19:02.259><c> and</c><00:19:02.440><c> go</c>

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into<00:19:02.779><c> the</c>

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street<00:19:03.299><c> that</c><00:19:03.519><c> is</c><00:19:03.779><c> called</c><00:19:04.059><c> straight,</c><00:19:04.539><c> and</c><00:19:04.619><c> inquire</c><00:19:04.960><c> at</c><00:19:05.099><c> the</c><00:19:05.220><c> house</c><00:19:05.420><c> of</c>

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Judas<00:19:05.940><c> for</c><00:19:06.119><c> one</c><00:19:06.359><c> called</c><00:19:06.799><c> Saul</c><00:19:07.259><c> of</c><00:19:07.460><c> Tarsus.</c>

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Well,<00:19:10.759><c> Ananias</c><00:19:11.339><c> had</c><00:19:11.519><c> heard</c><00:19:11.680><c> about</c><00:19:12.000><c> Saul</c><00:19:12.400><c> of</c><00:19:12.519><c> Tarsus.</c><00:19:15.680><c> Verse</c>

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13,<00:19:16.559><c> he</c><00:19:16.900><c> responds,</c><00:19:17.539><c> Lord,</c><00:19:17.720><c> I've</c><00:19:17.980><c> heard</c><00:19:18.200><c> of</c><00:19:18.359><c> this</c>

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