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we<00:11:36.059><c> find</c><00:11:36.299><c> the</c><00:11:36.580><c> last</c><00:11:37.039><c> piece</c><00:11:37.320><c> of</c><00:11:37.440><c> our</c><00:11:37.679><c> five</c><00:11:38.100><c> pieces</c>

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was<00:12:05.159><c> an</c><00:12:06.919><c> honorable</c><00:12:08.100><c> counselor,</c><00:12:09.320><c> which</c><00:12:09.840><c> also</c><00:12:10.240><c> waited</c><00:12:10.559><c> for</c>

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the<00:12:11.200><c> kingdom</c><00:12:11.500><c> of</c><00:12:11.779><c> God.</c><00:12:12.340><c> He</c><00:12:12.519><c> came</c><00:12:12.879><c> and</c><00:12:13.720><c> asked</c><00:12:14.480><c> for</c><00:12:14.679><c> the</c><00:12:14.820><c> body</c><00:12:15.019><c> of</c>

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Christ.<00:12:15.460><c> So</c><00:12:15.620><c> he</c><00:12:15.679><c> was</c><00:12:15.899><c> an</c><00:12:16.159><c> honorable</c><00:12:16.559><c> counselor.</c>

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and<00:12:24.179><c> we</c><00:12:24.299><c> do</c><00:12:24.399><c> some</c><00:12:24.659><c> research</c><00:12:25.139><c> into</c><00:12:25.419><c> the</c><00:12:26.000><c> hierarchy</c><00:12:26.659><c> of</c><00:12:27.580><c> the</c><00:12:27.899><c> Sanhedrin,</c><00:12:29.019><c> that</c><00:12:29.159><c> we</c>

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find<00:12:29.600><c> that</c><00:12:29.740><c> there</c><00:12:29.879><c> was</c><00:12:30.039><c> a</c><00:12:30.200><c> very</c>

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select<00:12:31.080><c> in</c><00:12:31.539><c> the</c><00:12:31.779><c> group</c><00:12:32.019><c> of</c><00:12:32.360><c> men</c><00:12:32.600><c> who</c><00:12:33.139><c> were</c><00:12:33.460><c> the</c><00:12:33.860><c> core</c><00:12:34.200><c> of</c><00:12:34.600><c> the</c>

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show.<00:12:39.000><c> The</c><00:12:39.299><c> Talmud,</c><00:12:40.080><c> which</c><00:12:40.240><c> is</c><00:12:40.419><c> like</c><00:12:40.679><c> a</c><00:12:41.240><c> book</c><00:12:41.539><c> of</c><00:12:41.840><c> Jewish</c><00:12:42.139><c> traditions</c><00:12:42.779><c> and</c>

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arranged<00:12:49.840><c> by</c><00:12:50.659><c> what</c><00:12:50.820><c> was</c><00:12:51.139><c> called</c><00:12:51.899><c> the</c><00:12:52.539><c> Council</c><00:12:53.139><c> of</c>

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it<00:13:01.659><c> says</c><00:13:01.860><c> that</c><00:13:02.320><c> Joseph</c>

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treasuries.<00:13:46.159><c> They</c><00:13:46.259><c> were</c><00:13:46.500><c> called</c><00:13:46.860><c> the</c><00:13:47.879><c> Catholican.</c><00:13:49.759><c> That's</c>

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cabinet<00:14:47.120><c> rank.</c><00:14:48.820><c> The</c><00:14:48.899><c> held</c><00:14:49.019><c> position</c><00:14:49.360><c> of</c><00:14:49.879><c> supreme</c><00:14:50.419><c> importance</c>

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a<00:14:58.139><c> low</c><00:14:58.519><c> ranking</c><00:14:59.000><c> priest.</c><00:14:59.460><c> It</c><00:14:59.460><c> was</c><00:14:59.700><c> Joseph.</c><00:15:00.840><c> One</c><00:15:01.019><c> of</c><00:15:01.100><c> the</c><00:15:01.379><c> highest</c><00:15:01.820><c> ranking</c><00:15:02.340><c> priests</c><00:15:02.779><c> in</c><00:15:03.059><c> the</c><00:15:03.220><c> nation.</c><00:15:03.980><c> One</c><00:15:04.080><c> of</c><00:15:04.200><c> the</c>

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nation.<00:15:19.559><c> And</c><00:15:19.620><c> we</c><00:15:19.740><c> read</c><00:15:19.879><c> in</c><00:15:20.000><c> verse</c><00:15:20.200><c> 42</c><00:15:20.720><c> that,</c>

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is<00:15:26.779><c> the</c><00:15:26.879><c> day</c><00:15:27.379><c> before</c><00:15:27.860><c> the</c><00:15:28.080><c> Passover,</c>

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Joseph<00:15:29.480><c> came.</c><00:15:30.179><c> And</c><00:15:30.299><c> we're</c><00:15:30.419><c> told</c><00:15:30.620><c> that</c><00:15:30.759><c> it</c><00:15:30.820><c> was</c><00:15:31.000><c> an</c><00:15:31.240><c> even</c><00:15:31.419><c> that</c>

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he<00:15:31.759><c> came</c><00:15:32.039><c> and</c><00:15:32.320><c> begged</c><00:15:32.580><c> for</c><00:15:32.879><c> the</c><00:15:33.120><c> custody</c><00:15:33.500><c> of</c><00:15:33.740><c> the</c>

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body<00:15:34.059><c> of</c><00:15:34.179><c> Jesus</c><00:15:34.519><c> Christ.</c><00:15:35.639><c> And</c><00:15:35.940><c> see</c><00:15:36.100><c> how</c><00:15:36.460><c> carefully</c><00:15:37.220><c> Mark</c><00:15:38.080><c> records</c><00:15:38.960><c> the</c>

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timing<00:15:39.740><c> of</c><00:15:40.039><c> the</c><00:15:40.240><c> day.</c><00:15:41.139><c> If</c><00:15:41.299><c> you</c><00:15:41.399><c> turn</c><00:15:41.620><c> back</c>

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nine<00:15:47.759><c> o</c><00:15:47.919><c>'clock</c><00:15:47.980><c> in</c><00:15:48.139><c> the</c><00:15:48.259><c> morning</c><00:15:48.559><c> that</c><00:15:48.799><c> Jesus</c>

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was<00:15:49.480><c> crucified.</c><00:15:50.879><c> Nine</c><00:15:51.019><c> o</c><00:15:51.200><c>'clock</c><00:15:51.259><c> in</c><00:15:51.399><c> the</c><00:15:51.500><c> morning.</c><00:15:53.340><c> We</c><00:15:53.480><c> read</c>

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in<00:15:54.259><c> verse</c><00:15:54.580><c> 33</c><00:15:55.259><c> that</c><00:15:56.139><c> the</c><00:15:56.480><c> darkness</c><00:15:56.860><c> had</c><00:15:57.179><c> covered</c>

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the<00:15:57.580><c> land</c><00:15:57.779><c> like</c><00:15:58.080><c> a</c><00:15:58.299><c> thick</c><00:15:58.480><c> blanket</c><00:15:58.919><c> from</c><00:15:59.379><c> noon</c><00:15:59.779><c> until</c><00:16:00.299><c> three</c><00:16:00.679><c> o</c>

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'clock<00:16:00.919><c> in</c><00:16:01.080><c> the</c><00:16:01.240><c> afternoon.</c><00:16:03.120><c> And</c><00:16:03.200><c> at</c><00:16:03.399><c> three</c><00:16:03.639><c> o</c><00:16:03.779><c>'clock,</c>

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the<00:16:04.080><c> earth</c><00:16:04.220><c> had</c><00:16:04.639><c> shaken</c><00:16:04.919><c> with</c><00:16:05.100><c> a</c><00:16:05.279><c> huge</c><00:16:05.460><c> earthquake.</c><00:16:06.360><c> Jesus</c><00:16:06.700><c> Christ</c><00:16:06.980><c> had</c><00:16:07.240><c> cried</c><00:16:07.399><c> out</c><00:16:07.620><c> with</c><00:16:07.840><c> a</c>

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loud<00:16:08.220><c> voice,</c>

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it's<00:16:09.059><c> finished.</c><00:16:11.159><c> And</c><00:16:11.220><c> then</c><00:16:11.500><c> breathed</c><00:16:12.679><c> in</c>

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and<00:16:17.580><c> out</c><00:16:18.100><c> for</c><00:16:18.519><c> one</c><00:16:18.700><c> last</c><00:16:18.960><c> time.</c><00:16:21.600><c> And</c><00:16:21.659><c> now</c><00:16:21.879><c> our</c><00:16:22.019><c> Lord</c><00:16:22.159><c> Jesus</c><00:16:22.500><c> Christ</c><00:16:22.759><c> is</c><00:16:22.980><c> dead.</c>

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The<00:16:24.759><c> once</c><00:16:25.419><c> vibrant</c><00:16:26.279><c> prophet</c><00:16:26.779><c> of</c><00:16:27.259><c> Galilee,</c><00:16:28.799><c> that</c><00:16:28.919><c> man</c><00:16:29.259><c> who</c><00:16:29.480><c> with</c><00:16:29.620><c> his</c>

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magnetic<00:16:30.480><c> personality</c><00:16:31.179><c> and</c>

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an<00:16:32.179><c> enormous</c><00:16:32.480><c> charisma</c><00:16:32.960><c> had</c><00:16:33.299><c> held</c><00:16:33.580><c> thousands</c><00:16:34.120><c> of</c><00:16:34.399><c> people</c><00:16:34.620><c> enthralled</c><00:16:35.200><c> by</c>

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his<00:16:35.759><c> stories,</c>

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that<00:16:36.480><c> man</c><00:16:36.759><c> who</c><00:16:36.899><c> was</c><00:16:37.179><c> so</c><00:16:37.500><c> brimming</c><00:16:37.700><c> with</c><00:16:38.179><c> energy</c><00:16:38.659><c> and</c><00:16:39.000><c> vitality</c>

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in<00:16:39.779><c> life,</c><00:16:40.860><c> who</c><00:16:40.919><c> was</c><00:16:41.139><c> always</c><00:16:41.500><c> healing,</c>

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always<00:16:43.039><c> teaching,</c><00:16:43.860><c> always</c><00:16:44.299><c> working.</c><00:16:45.840><c> The</c><00:16:45.940><c> man</c><00:16:46.399><c> who</c><00:16:46.980><c> people</c>

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travelled<00:16:47.720><c> for</c><00:16:48.279><c> miles</c><00:16:48.679><c> and</c><00:16:48.820><c> miles</c><00:16:49.240><c> and</c><00:16:49.440><c> miles</c>

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just<00:16:50.100><c> to</c><00:16:50.360><c> see,</c><00:16:52.299><c> now</c><00:16:52.480><c> hung</c><00:16:53.019><c> limp</c><00:16:53.360><c> and</c><00:16:54.259><c> lifeless</c><00:16:54.639><c> on</c><00:16:54.820><c> the</c><00:16:55.019><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:16:57.159><c> now</c><00:16:57.399><c> verse</c><00:16:57.620><c> 42</c><00:16:58.019><c> tells</c><00:16:58.320><c> us</c>

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that<00:16:59.710><c> it</c><00:16:59.789><c> was</c><00:17:00.250><c> at</c><00:17:00.570><c> even</c><00:17:01.029><c> that</c><00:17:02.450><c> Joseph</c><00:17:02.850><c> came.</c><00:17:03.409><c> It's</c><00:17:03.529><c> about</c><00:17:03.929><c> four</c>

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o<00:17:04.490><c>'clock</c><00:17:04.690><c> in</c><00:17:04.930><c> the</c><00:17:05.130><c> afternoon.</c>

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It's<00:17:07.009><c> early</c><00:17:07.309><c> evening.</c><00:17:08.650><c> There's</c><00:17:08.769><c> now</c><00:17:09.029><c> only</c><00:17:09.390><c> one</c><00:17:09.829><c> or</c><00:17:10.109><c> two</c><00:17:10.490><c> hours</c>

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before<00:17:11.230><c> the</c><00:17:11.509><c> Passover</c><00:17:11.890><c> feast</c><00:17:12.250><c> was</c><00:17:12.470><c> going</c><00:17:12.650><c> to</c>

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begin<00:17:13.250><c> at</c><00:17:14.009><c> six</c><00:17:14.289><c> o</c><00:17:14.490><c>'clock</c><00:17:14.769><c> that</c><00:17:15.269><c> night.</c><00:17:16.829><c> And</c><00:17:16.950><c> I</c><00:17:17.009><c> think</c><00:17:17.170><c> that</c><00:17:17.410><c> Mark</c><00:17:17.569><c> is</c>

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telling<00:17:17.990><c> us</c><00:17:18.430><c> in</c><00:17:18.609><c> his</c><00:17:18.789><c> detailed</c><00:17:19.289><c> chronology</c><00:17:19.789><c> of</c>

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this<00:17:20.190><c> day</c><00:17:20.490><c> that</c><00:17:20.869><c> now</c><00:17:21.150><c> there's</c><00:17:21.390><c> a</c><00:17:21.490><c> sense</c><00:17:21.710><c> of</c><00:17:21.990><c> urgency.</c><00:17:22.930><c> Time</c><00:17:23.190><c> is</c>

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running<00:17:23.569><c> out</c><00:17:23.970><c> fast</c><00:17:24.329><c> before</c><00:17:24.630><c> the</c><00:17:24.890><c> Passover</c><00:17:25.250><c> feast</c>

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is<00:17:25.950><c> about</c><00:17:26.269><c> to</c><00:17:26.450><c> begin.</c><00:17:26.730><c> There's</c><00:17:26.789><c> only</c><00:17:27.029><c> a</c><00:17:27.130><c> couple</c><00:17:27.289><c> of</c><00:17:27.470><c> hours</c><00:17:27.630><c> left</c><00:17:28.130><c> to</c>

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attend<00:17:29.009><c> to</c><00:17:29.269><c> the</c><00:17:29.430><c> body.</c><00:17:30.210><c> No</c><00:17:30.410><c> time</c><00:17:30.650><c> could</c><00:17:30.789><c> be</c><00:17:30.990><c> lost.</c>

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There<00:17:31.269><c> was</c><00:17:31.410><c> no</c><00:17:31.650><c> time</c><00:17:32.029><c> for</c><00:17:32.289><c> Joseph</c><00:17:32.509><c> to</c><00:17:32.789><c> wait</c><00:17:33.089><c> for</c><00:17:33.289><c> the</c><00:17:33.430><c> right</c><00:17:33.650><c> moment.</c><00:17:34.869><c> It</c>

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was<00:17:35.150><c> now</c><00:17:35.410><c> or</c><00:17:35.589><c> never.</c>

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We<00:17:37.589><c> know</c><00:17:37.869><c> from</c><00:17:38.470><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:17:39.009><c> chapter</c><00:17:39.390><c> 21</c><00:17:39.950><c> and</c><00:17:40.549><c> verses</c><00:17:40.829><c> 22</c><00:17:41.450><c> and</c>

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23<00:17:42.329><c> that</c><00:17:43.230><c> anybody</c><00:17:43.569><c> that</c><00:17:43.829><c> was</c>

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anybody<00:17:44.809><c> that</c><00:17:45.069><c> was</c><00:17:45.289><c> left</c><00:17:45.549><c> outside</c><00:17:46.490><c> on</c><00:17:47.349><c> a</c><00:17:47.730><c> tree</c><00:17:48.089><c> hanging</c><00:17:48.789><c> overnight</c><00:17:49.670><c> was</c>

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accursed.<00:17:51.210><c> And</c><00:17:51.329><c> it</c><00:17:51.470><c> says,</c>

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But<00:17:52.029><c> thou</c><00:17:52.269><c> shalt</c><00:17:52.609><c> in</c><00:17:52.910><c> any</c><00:17:53.190><c> wise</c><00:17:53.450><c> bury</c><00:17:53.890><c> him</c><00:17:54.210><c> that</c><00:17:54.549><c> day,</c><00:17:55.529><c> that</c><00:17:55.670><c> thy</c><00:17:55.890><c> land</c><00:17:56.349><c> be</c>

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not<00:17:56.869><c> defiled.</c>

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And<00:17:58.410><c> you</c><00:17:58.549><c> see</c><00:17:58.690><c> I</c><00:17:58.750><c> think</c><00:17:58.970><c> that</c><00:17:59.170><c> Joseph</c><00:17:59.369><c> was</c><00:17:59.630><c> suddenly</c><00:18:00.150><c> spurred</c>

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into<00:18:00.930><c> action.</c><00:18:01.930><c> You</c><00:18:02.009><c> see</c><00:18:02.150><c> the</c><00:18:02.329><c> wording</c><00:18:02.470><c> in</c><00:18:02.670><c> verse</c>

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42.<00:18:04.210><c> It</c><00:18:04.210><c> says,</c><00:18:05.930><c> because</c><00:18:05.930><c> it</c><00:18:06.190><c> was</c><00:18:06.529><c> the</c><00:18:06.829><c> preparation,</c><00:18:07.789><c> Joseph</c>

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came.<00:18:09.650><c> There</c><00:18:09.690><c> was</c><00:18:09.890><c> something</c><00:18:10.130><c> that</c><00:18:10.470><c> happened</c><00:18:10.670><c> to</c>

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Joseph<00:18:11.289><c> to</c><00:18:11.930><c> rouse</c><00:18:12.390><c> in</c><00:18:12.650><c> him</c><00:18:12.849><c> a</c><00:18:13.190><c> real</c><00:18:13.470><c> sense</c><00:18:13.690><c> of</c><00:18:14.029><c> urgency.</c><00:18:14.450><c> And</c>

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now<00:18:14.710><c> he's</c><00:18:15.210><c> anxious</c><00:18:15.730><c> to</c><00:18:17.069><c> thwart</c><00:18:17.450><c> the</c><00:18:17.990><c> purpose</c><00:18:18.369><c> of</c>

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He<00:18:19.309><c> wants</c><00:18:19.970><c> to</c><00:18:20.089><c> get</c><00:18:20.269><c> the</c><00:18:20.349><c> body</c><00:18:20.589><c> of</c><00:18:20.650><c> Jesus</c><00:18:20.990><c> safely</c><00:18:21.430><c> and</c><00:18:21.670><c> decently</c>

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buried<00:18:22.390><c> before</c><00:18:22.730><c> the</c><00:18:22.930><c> feast</c><00:18:23.089><c> began</c>

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so<00:18:24.190><c> that</c><00:18:24.390><c> at</c><00:18:24.490><c> the</c><00:18:24.670><c> very</c><00:18:24.990><c> least</c><00:18:25.490><c> the</c><00:18:26.289><c> curse</c><00:18:26.670><c> of</c><00:18:26.910><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:18:27.329><c> 21</c>

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would<00:18:28.009><c> not</c><00:18:28.250><c> descend</c><00:18:28.990><c> on</c><00:18:29.529><c> Jesus</c><00:18:29.869><c> Christ,</c>

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at<00:18:30.309><c> least</c><00:18:30.549><c> not</c><00:18:30.769><c> if</c><00:18:30.910><c> Joseph</c><00:18:31.230><c> could</c><00:18:31.430><c> help</c><00:18:31.650><c> it.</c><00:18:33.250><c> And</c><00:18:33.250><c> so</c><00:18:33.430><c> Mark</c><00:18:33.609><c> tells</c><00:18:33.869><c> us</c>

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in<00:18:34.210><c> verse</c><00:18:34.650><c> 43</c><00:18:35.430><c> that</c><00:18:35.950><c> he</c><00:18:36.069><c> went</c><00:18:36.410><c> in</c><00:18:36.890><c> boldly</c>

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unto<00:18:38.230><c> Pilate.</c><00:18:38.890><c> There</c><00:18:38.970><c> was</c><00:18:39.109><c> no</c><00:18:39.329><c> time</c><00:18:39.470><c> to</c><00:18:39.609><c> be</c><00:18:39.809><c> lost.</c><00:18:41.529><c> There</c><00:18:41.630><c> was</c>

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no<00:18:42.009><c> time</c><00:18:42.170><c> for</c><00:18:42.369><c> niceties.</c><00:18:43.529><c> He</c><00:18:43.710><c> went</c><00:18:44.009><c> in</c><00:18:44.490><c> boldly</c><00:18:45.009><c> and</c>

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craved<00:18:46.039><c> the</c><00:18:46.160><c> body</c><00:18:46.440><c> of</c><00:18:46.559><c> Jesus.</c><00:18:48.299><c> You</c><00:18:48.299><c> know</c><00:18:48.460><c> the</c><00:18:48.680><c> dyad</c><00:18:48.940><c> lot</c><00:18:49.099><c> and</c>

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rotherums<00:18:50.119><c> have</c><00:18:50.559><c> that</c><00:18:50.900><c> he</c><00:18:51.400><c> took</c><00:18:51.779><c> courage.</c>

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disciple<00:19:03.039><c> of</c><00:19:03.279><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:19:05.380><c> want</c><00:19:05.440><c> you</c><00:19:05.640><c> just</c><00:19:05.799><c> to</c><00:19:06.079><c> imagine</c><00:19:06.420><c> that</c><00:19:06.660><c> decision</c><00:19:07.000><c> young</c><00:19:07.240><c> people.</c>

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Joseph<00:19:09.940><c> was</c><00:19:10.140><c> a</c><00:19:10.200><c> man</c><00:19:10.539><c> who</c><00:19:10.759><c> had</c><00:19:11.420><c> everything</c><00:19:12.099><c> in</c><00:19:12.559><c> this</c><00:19:12.839><c> life.</c><00:19:14.900><c> He</c>

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had<00:19:15.200><c> immense</c><00:19:15.480><c> wealth.</c>

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He<00:19:17.440><c> had</c><00:19:17.779><c> social</c><00:19:18.200><c> status</c><00:19:18.619><c> that</c><00:19:18.779><c> was</c><00:19:19.039><c> beyond</c><00:19:19.400><c> our</c><00:19:20.160><c> ability</c><00:19:20.500><c> to</c>

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even<00:19:20.980><c> comprehend.</c><00:19:22.960><c> He</c><00:19:23.099><c> had</c><00:19:23.380><c> huge</c><00:19:23.759><c> power</c><00:19:24.140><c> and</c><00:19:24.460><c> influence.</c>

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Joseph<00:19:26.960><c> stood</c><00:19:27.220><c> to</c><00:19:27.480><c> lose</c><00:19:28.240><c> everything</c><00:19:29.000><c> by</c><00:19:29.680><c> making</c><00:19:30.019><c> this</c><00:19:30.240><c> decision.</c><00:19:31.339><c> This</c><00:19:31.539><c> was</c><00:19:31.720><c> not</c><00:19:31.880><c> a</c>

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decision<00:19:32.220><c> made</c><00:19:32.500><c> lightly,</c>

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was<00:19:33.039><c> it?</c><00:19:34.339><c> Remember</c><00:19:34.519><c> we</c><00:19:34.700><c> said</c><00:19:34.880><c> from</c><00:19:36.500><c> John</c><00:19:36.779><c> chapter</c><00:19:37.119><c> 12</c><00:19:37.619><c> and</c><00:19:37.779><c> verse</c><00:19:38.059><c> 42</c>

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that<00:19:39.299><c> those</c><00:19:39.599><c> who</c><00:19:39.759><c> were</c><00:19:40.039><c> openly</c><00:19:40.400><c> in</c>

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support<00:19:41.059><c> of</c><00:19:41.140><c> Jesus</c><00:19:41.500><c> of</c><00:19:41.640><c> Nazareth</c><00:19:41.960><c> were</c><00:19:42.240><c> put</c><00:19:42.519><c> out</c><00:19:42.720><c> of</c><00:19:42.859><c> the</c><00:19:43.039><c> synagogue.</c><00:19:44.559><c> This</c>

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was<00:19:44.859><c> not</c><00:19:45.039><c> a</c><00:19:45.200><c> decision</c><00:19:45.420><c> made</c><00:19:45.700><c> lightly</c>

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by<00:19:46.180><c> Joseph.</c><00:19:47.240><c> He</c><00:19:47.400><c> knew</c><00:19:47.559><c> that</c><00:19:47.720><c> he</c><00:19:47.799><c> would</c><00:19:48.059><c> be</c><00:19:48.599><c> ostracized</c><00:19:49.359><c> by</c><00:19:50.220><c> all</c>

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of<00:19:50.599><c> his</c><00:19:50.799><c> lifelong</c><00:19:51.279><c> friends.</c><00:19:52.380><c> He'd</c><00:19:52.539><c> be</c><00:19:52.779><c> derided</c><00:19:53.200><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:53.660><c> common</c><00:19:53.819><c> people.</c><00:19:54.779><c> He'd</c><00:19:55.299><c> be</c><00:19:55.619><c> thrown</c><00:19:56.000><c> out</c><00:19:56.500><c> of</c><00:19:57.019><c> the</c><00:19:57.240><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:19:57.700><c> and</c><00:19:57.880><c> probably</c><00:19:58.220><c> ejected</c><00:19:58.740><c> from</c>

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even<00:19:59.240><c> the</c>

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boldly<00:20:03.980><c> that</c><00:20:04.079><c> it</c><00:20:04.200><c> means</c><00:20:04.579><c> to</c><00:20:04.920><c> dare</c><00:20:05.299><c> to</c><00:20:05.519><c> do</c><00:20:05.660><c> something</c><00:20:06.079><c> terrible</c>

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or<00:20:07.180><c> difficult.</c><00:20:07.980><c> Clearly</c><00:20:08.279><c> Mark</c><00:20:08.539><c> is</c><00:20:08.680><c> telling</c>

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us<00:20:09.640><c> that</c><00:20:10.000><c> Joseph's</c><00:20:10.559><c> decision</c><00:20:10.880><c> here</c><00:20:11.220><c> to</c><00:20:11.319><c> declare</c><00:20:11.759><c> his</c><00:20:12.099><c> allegiance</c><00:20:12.400><c> to</c><00:20:12.640><c> Christ</c><00:20:12.920><c> was</c>

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an<00:20:13.319><c> act</c><00:20:13.460><c> of</c><00:20:13.680><c> courage</c><00:20:14.059><c> that</c>

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required<00:20:14.880><c> a</c><00:20:15.039><c> lot</c><00:20:15.420><c> of</c><00:20:15.700><c> faith.</c><00:20:18.059><c> So</c><00:20:18.259><c> what</c><00:20:18.460><c> was</c><00:20:18.700><c> it</c><00:20:18.859><c> that</c><00:20:19.259><c> stiffened</c><00:20:20.420><c> Joseph's</c>

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resolve?<00:20:21.619><c> What</c><00:20:21.740><c> was</c><00:20:21.960><c> it</c><00:20:22.119><c> that</c>

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made<00:20:22.920><c> this</c><00:20:23.220><c> man</c><00:20:23.460><c> who</c><00:20:23.799><c> before</c><00:20:24.279><c> now</c><00:20:24.799><c> was</c><00:20:25.299><c> a</c><00:20:25.599><c> secret</c><00:20:26.039><c> disciple</c><00:20:26.559><c> to</c>

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come<00:20:27.039><c> out</c><00:20:27.319><c> boldly</c><00:20:28.440><c> and</c><00:20:28.880><c> to</c><00:20:29.259><c> claim</c><00:20:29.500><c> the</c><00:20:29.660><c> body</c><00:20:29.880><c> of</c><00:20:30.019><c> Jesus</c>

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for<00:20:30.779><c> himself?</c><00:20:34.339><c> Well,</c><00:20:36.539><c> Joseph</c><00:20:36.559><c> was</c><00:20:36.980><c> a</c><00:20:37.960><c> priest,</c><00:20:39.079><c> was</c><00:20:39.200><c> he</c><00:20:39.380><c> not?</c><00:20:40.640><c> And</c><00:20:40.819><c> not</c><00:20:40.960><c> just</c><00:20:41.140><c> any</c><00:20:41.400><c> priest,</c><00:20:41.700><c> not</c><00:20:41.859><c> just</c><00:20:42.099><c> a</c><00:20:42.259><c> lowly</c>

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priest,<00:20:42.819><c> he</c><00:20:42.880><c> was</c><00:20:43.000><c> one</c><00:20:43.160><c> of</c><00:20:43.279><c> the</c><00:20:43.400><c> nation's</c><00:20:44.480><c> elite</c><00:20:44.980><c> priests,</c><00:20:45.599><c> one</c>

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of<00:20:45.880><c> the</c><00:20:46.119><c> council</c><00:20:46.619><c> of</c><00:20:47.279><c> the</c><00:20:47.519><c> priests.</c>

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He<00:20:50.099><c> was</c><00:20:50.440><c> intimately</c><00:20:50.920><c> involved</c><00:20:51.440><c> in</c><00:20:51.660><c> temple</c><00:20:52.079><c> worship</c><00:20:52.599><c> and</c><00:20:53.240><c> this</c>

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Passover.<00:20:58.559><c> So</c><00:20:58.740><c> where</c><00:20:58.920><c> do</c><00:20:59.079><c> you</c><00:20:59.079><c> think</c><00:20:59.339><c> that</c><00:20:59.519><c> Joseph</c><00:20:59.880><c> of</c><00:21:00.140><c> Arimathea</c><00:21:00.700><c> was</c><00:21:01.559><c> on</c>

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the<00:21:02.880><c> day</c><00:21:03.140><c> that</c><00:21:03.319><c> Jesus</c><00:21:03.680><c> Christ</c><00:21:04.000><c> was</c>

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crucified?<00:21:06.859><c> And</c><00:21:07.059><c> in</c><00:21:07.180><c> all</c><00:21:07.420><c> probability,</c><00:21:09.259><c> if</c><00:21:09.539><c> Joseph</c><00:21:09.980><c> was</c><00:21:10.220><c> one</c>

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of<00:21:10.559><c> the</c><00:21:10.940><c> highest</c><00:21:11.440><c> ranking</c><00:21:11.880><c> priests,</c><00:21:12.880><c> why</c><00:21:12.980><c> he</c><00:21:13.000><c> would</c>

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have<00:21:13.279><c> been</c><00:21:13.359><c> in</c><00:21:13.480><c> the</c><00:21:13.660><c> temple?</c><00:21:14.759><c> He</c><00:21:14.880><c> would</c><00:21:15.019><c> have</c><00:21:15.200><c> been</c><00:21:15.480><c> overseeing</c><00:21:16.440><c> that</c><00:21:17.079><c> everything</c><00:21:17.400><c> was</c>

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made<00:21:17.900><c> ready</c><00:21:18.140><c> against</c>

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the<00:21:19.039><c> Passover.</c><00:21:21.599><c> And</c><00:21:21.740><c> at</c><00:21:22.000><c> three</c><00:21:22.319><c> o</c><00:21:22.579><c>'clock</c><00:21:22.960><c> as</c><00:21:24.619><c> the</c><00:21:25.039><c> darkness</c><00:21:25.579><c> suddenly</c><00:21:26.400><c> disappeared</c><00:21:27.140><c> and</c><00:21:28.019><c> the</c><00:21:28.279><c> massive</c><00:21:28.759><c> veil</c><00:21:29.220><c> in</c><00:21:29.519><c> the</c>

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temple<00:21:29.880><c> which</c><00:21:30.420><c> Edersheim</c><00:21:30.940><c> tells</c><00:21:31.259><c> us</c><00:21:32.160><c> took</c><00:21:32.599><c> 300</c><00:21:33.559><c> priests</c><00:21:34.160><c> to</c><00:21:34.480><c> carry,</c><00:21:35.599><c> it</c><00:21:35.599><c> was</c><00:21:35.960><c> torn</c><00:21:36.339><c> in</c><00:21:36.619><c> two</c><00:21:36.700><c> with</c><00:21:36.940><c> a</c>

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massive<00:21:37.559><c> sound</c>

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and<00:21:39.240><c> a</c><00:21:39.500><c> divine</c><00:21:39.920><c> display</c><00:21:40.400><c> of</c><00:21:40.680><c> power</c><00:21:41.059><c> from</c><00:21:41.359><c> top</c><00:21:41.660><c> to</c><00:21:41.839><c> bottom</c><00:21:42.180><c> at</c>

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I<00:21:46.099><c> think</c><00:21:46.359><c> that</c><00:21:46.539><c> Joseph</c><00:21:47.000><c> of</c><00:21:47.339><c> Arimathea</c><00:21:47.799><c> was</c><00:21:48.000><c> in</c><00:21:48.119><c> the</c><00:21:48.319><c> temple</c><00:21:48.619><c> precincts</c><00:21:49.799><c> and</c><00:21:49.880><c> that</c><00:21:50.039><c> maybe</c><00:21:50.319><c> he</c>

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was<00:21:50.559><c> one</c><00:21:50.740><c> of</c><00:21:50.880><c> the</c><00:21:51.059><c> first,</c>

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if<00:21:51.460><c> not</c><00:21:51.700><c> the</c><00:21:51.960><c> first,</c><00:21:52.740><c> of</c><00:21:52.880><c> the</c><00:21:53.059><c> elite</c><00:21:53.380><c> priests</c><00:21:53.980><c> to</c><00:21:54.380><c> go</c><00:21:54.559><c> in</c><00:21:54.700><c> and</c>

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see<00:21:55.359><c> the</c><00:21:55.720><c> veil</c><00:21:56.079><c> torn</c><00:21:56.579><c> asunder</c><00:21:57.240><c> and</c><00:21:57.660><c> the</c><00:21:57.819><c> way</c><00:21:58.000><c> to</c><00:21:58.119><c> the</c>

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most<00:21:58.579><c> holy</c><00:21:58.819><c> place</c><00:21:59.180><c> made</c><00:21:59.420><c> open.</c><00:22:00.700><c> And</c><00:22:00.859><c> Joseph</c><00:22:01.079><c> would</c><00:22:01.240><c> have</c><00:22:01.400><c> known</c><00:22:01.640><c> from</c>

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that<00:22:02.200><c> torn</c><00:22:02.599><c> veil,</c><00:22:03.619><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:04.000><c> he,</c><00:22:04.980><c> that</c><00:22:05.579><c> the</c><00:22:05.859><c> way</c>

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of<00:22:07.299><c> God</c><00:22:08.359><c> was</c><00:22:09.039><c> no</c><00:22:09.480><c> longer</c><00:22:09.859><c> in</c><00:22:10.059><c> the</c><00:22:10.160><c> temple</c><00:22:10.619><c> but</c><00:22:11.759><c> it</c><00:22:11.839><c> had</c><00:22:12.140><c> everything</c><00:22:12.680><c> to</c><00:22:12.980><c> do</c>

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with<00:22:13.940><c> that</c><00:22:14.200><c> man</c><00:22:14.460><c> who</c><00:22:14.619><c> we've</c><00:22:14.900><c> crucified</c>

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outside<00:22:16.619><c> the</c><00:22:16.839><c> city</c><00:22:17.079><c> walls.</c><00:22:19.059><c> And</c><00:22:19.140><c> I</c><00:22:19.259><c> think</c><00:22:19.400><c> that</c><00:22:19.859><c> the</c><00:22:20.099><c> tearing</c>

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life<00:22:23.539><c> as</c><00:22:23.900><c> he</c><00:22:24.079><c> raced</c><00:22:24.420><c> into</c><00:22:24.700><c> the</c><00:22:24.900><c> temple</c><00:22:25.079><c> and</c><00:22:25.500><c> saw</c><00:22:25.839><c> that</c><00:22:26.599><c> veil</c><00:22:27.000><c> ripped</c><00:22:27.720><c> in</c>

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shreds<00:22:29.079><c> and</c><00:22:29.440><c> his</c><00:22:29.579><c> whole</c><00:22:29.819><c> life</c><00:22:30.079><c> was</c><00:22:30.319><c> now</c>

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he<00:22:31.299><c> could</c><00:22:31.539><c> see</c><00:22:31.720><c> that</c><00:22:31.819><c> there</c><00:22:31.920><c> was</c><00:22:32.119><c> no</c><00:22:32.380><c> point</c><00:22:32.539><c> in</c><00:22:32.640><c> being</c><00:22:33.039><c> a</c><00:22:33.440><c> high</c>

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ranking<00:22:34.519><c> priest</c><00:22:35.339><c> in</c><00:22:36.559><c> a</c><00:22:36.740><c> temple</c><00:22:36.940><c> that</c><00:22:37.140><c> God</c>

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so<00:22:38.079><c> openly</c><00:22:38.599><c> now</c><00:22:39.119><c> has</c><00:22:39.440><c> shown</c><00:22:39.740><c> to</c><00:22:40.220><c> be</c><00:22:40.519><c> useless</c><00:22:41.059><c> in</c><00:22:41.359><c> bringing</c><00:22:41.599><c> people</c><00:22:41.900><c> to</c>

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God.<00:22:43.380><c> All</c><00:22:43.519><c> of</c><00:22:43.640><c> his</c><00:22:43.859><c> wealth,</c>

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his<00:22:44.880><c> ambitions,</c><00:22:45.759><c> his</c><00:22:46.039><c> property,</c><00:22:46.819><c> all</c><00:22:47.000><c> of</c><00:22:47.059><c> that</c><00:22:47.180><c> is</c><00:22:47.400><c> useless</c><00:22:48.099><c> if</c><00:22:49.480><c> being</c><00:22:49.859><c> a</c>

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Sadducee<00:22:50.519><c> is</c><00:22:50.720><c> not</c><00:22:50.920><c> the</c><00:22:51.019><c> way</c><00:22:51.160><c> to</c><00:22:51.339><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:52.859><c> Joseph</c><00:22:53.039><c> was</c><00:22:53.259><c> convinced</c><00:22:53.660><c> at</c><00:22:53.819><c> that</c><00:22:54.059><c> particular</c><00:22:54.480><c> moment</c><00:22:54.799><c> that</c><00:22:55.000><c> that</c><00:22:55.299><c> man</c><00:22:55.799><c> who</c><00:22:56.480><c> was</c><00:22:56.779><c> dying</c><00:22:57.240><c> or</c>

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just<00:22:58.000><c> died</c><00:22:58.240><c> outside</c>

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city<00:22:59.019><c> walls</c><00:22:59.680><c> was</c><00:23:00.900><c> now</c><00:23:01.240><c> the</c><00:23:01.339><c> son</c><00:23:01.539><c> of</c><00:23:01.680><c> God</c><00:23:02.000><c> and</c><00:23:02.180><c> he</c><00:23:02.319><c> was</c><00:23:02.500><c> an</c><00:23:02.660><c> open</c>

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disciple<00:23:03.960><c> all</c><00:23:04.359><c> of</c><00:23:04.539><c> a</c><00:23:04.579><c> sudden.</c><00:23:06.339><c> But</c><00:23:06.440><c> we</c><00:23:06.599><c> mustn't</c>

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think,<00:23:07.200><c> mustn't</c><00:23:07.440><c> we,</c><00:23:08.119><c> that</c><00:23:08.200><c> Joseph's</c><00:23:08.759><c> decision</c><00:23:09.259><c> to</c><00:23:09.720><c> declare</c>

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his<00:23:10.599><c> allegiance</c><00:23:10.900><c> was</c><00:23:11.180><c> something</c><00:23:11.480><c> that</c>

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was<00:23:12.279><c> purely</c><00:23:12.599><c> an</c><00:23:12.940><c> academic</c><00:23:13.339><c> decision.</c><00:23:13.980><c> I</c><00:23:14.019><c> understand</c><00:23:14.660><c> that</c><00:23:14.839><c> this</c><00:23:15.140><c> is</c>

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the<00:23:15.519><c> correct</c><00:23:15.839><c> decision</c><00:23:16.299><c> in</c><00:23:16.619><c> my</c><00:23:16.839><c> life.</c>

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No,<00:23:19.019><c> it</c><00:23:19.019><c> says,</c><00:23:19.720><c> Mark</c><00:23:19.819><c> says,</c><00:23:20.160><c> he</c><00:23:20.440><c> craved</c><00:23:21.259><c> the</c><00:23:21.500><c> body.</c><00:23:23.180><c> Matthew</c>

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and<00:23:23.519><c> Luke</c><00:23:23.700><c> both</c><00:23:23.980><c> say</c><00:23:24.160><c> he</c><00:23:24.619><c> begged</c><00:23:25.160><c> for</c><00:23:25.579><c> the</c><00:23:25.720><c> body.</c>

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John<00:23:26.759><c> says</c><00:23:27.119><c> he</c><00:23:27.460><c> besought</c><00:23:28.140><c> Pilate.</c><00:23:29.019><c> This</c><00:23:29.180><c> was</c><00:23:29.440><c> clearly</c><00:23:29.799><c> a</c><00:23:30.480><c> hugely</c><00:23:30.900><c> emotional</c><00:23:31.740><c> moment</c><00:23:32.140><c> in</c>

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Joseph's<00:23:32.859><c> life.</c>

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You<00:23:33.819><c> know,</c><00:23:34.019><c> the</c><00:23:34.220><c> Greek</c><00:23:34.380><c> actually</c><00:23:34.819><c> has</c><00:23:35.400><c> the</c><00:23:35.819><c> phrase</c><00:23:36.039><c> in</c><00:23:36.359><c> the</c><00:23:36.680><c> middle</c><00:23:37.000><c> voice.</c><00:23:38.039><c> It's</c><00:23:38.440><c> a</c>

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technical<00:23:39.359><c> way</c><00:23:39.700><c> of</c><00:23:39.900><c> saying</c>

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that<00:23:40.779><c> really</c><00:23:41.059><c> we</c><00:23:41.220><c> should</c><00:23:41.460><c> translate</c><00:23:41.920><c> it,</c><00:23:42.119><c> that</c><00:23:42.259><c> he</c><00:23:42.519><c> asked</c><00:23:43.059><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:44.079><c> body</c><00:23:44.420><c> for</c><00:23:45.079><c> himself.</c><00:23:46.640><c> He</c><00:23:46.839><c> wanted</c><00:23:47.099><c> it</c><00:23:47.400><c> for</c><00:23:47.579><c> himself</c>

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and<00:23:48.740><c> later</c><00:23:49.000><c> on</c><00:23:49.380><c> he's</c><00:23:49.759><c> going</c><00:23:50.000><c> to</c><00:23:50.460><c> bury</c><00:23:50.660><c> it</c><00:23:50.920><c> in</c><00:23:50.980><c> his</c><00:23:51.220><c> own</c><00:23:51.559><c> tomb.</c>

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Rotherham<00:23:52.940><c> says</c><00:23:53.240><c> that</c><00:23:53.480><c> he</c><00:23:53.960><c> claimed</c><00:23:54.339><c> the</c><00:23:54.579><c> body.</c><00:23:54.880><c> He</c><00:23:55.099><c> wants</c>

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to<00:23:55.779><c> personally</c><00:23:56.420><c> identify</c><00:23:58.019><c> with</c><00:23:58.779><c> the</c><00:23:58.940><c> body</c><00:23:59.319><c> of</c><00:23:59.500><c> Jesus</c><00:23:59.880><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:24:01.779><c> if</c><00:24:01.859><c> he</c><00:24:02.000><c> hadn't</c><00:24:02.240><c> come</c><00:24:02.779><c> to</c><00:24:03.000><c> claim</c><00:24:03.299><c> the</c><00:24:03.460><c> body</c>

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there's<00:24:04.440><c> no</c><00:24:04.740><c> doubt</c><00:24:05.039><c> is</c><00:24:05.339><c> there</c><00:24:05.500><c> that</c><00:24:05.720><c> the</c><00:24:05.960><c> Jewish</c><00:24:06.240><c> rulers</c><00:24:06.759><c> would</c><00:24:07.259><c> have</c>

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taken<00:24:07.720><c> great</c><00:24:08.119><c> delight</c><00:24:08.640><c> in</c><00:24:09.180><c> hurling</c><00:24:09.759><c> the</c><00:24:10.220><c> body</c>

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of<00:24:10.579><c> Jesus</c><00:24:10.940><c> Christ</c><00:24:11.539><c> into</c><00:24:12.420><c> the</c><00:24:13.220><c> valley</c><00:24:13.500><c> of</c><00:24:13.819><c> Hinnom</c><00:24:14.420><c> and</c><00:24:14.900><c> the</c><00:24:15.400><c> ever</c><00:24:15.819><c>-burning</c><00:24:16.339><c> fires</c><00:24:17.000><c> of</c>

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Gehenna<00:24:17.880><c> as</c><00:24:18.140><c> their</c><00:24:18.420><c> last</c><00:24:19.000><c> and</c>

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crudest<00:24:20.220><c> insult</c><00:24:20.779><c> in</c><00:24:21.539><c> a</c><00:24:21.740><c> final</c><00:24:22.079><c> attempt</c><00:24:22.400><c> to</c><00:24:22.720><c> discredit</c><00:24:23.660><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:24:24.619><c> as</c><00:24:24.920><c> Messiah,</c><00:24:26.140><c> to</c><00:24:26.299><c> forever</c><00:24:26.700><c> brand</c><00:24:27.079><c> him</c>

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as<00:24:27.400><c> a</c><00:24:27.559><c> criminal.</c><00:24:28.420><c> He's</c><00:24:28.839><c> been</c><00:24:29.160><c> killed</c><00:24:29.619><c> as</c><00:24:29.839><c> a</c><00:24:29.980><c> criminal</c><00:24:30.460><c> between</c>

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two<00:24:32.119><c> criminals</c><00:24:32.559><c> and</c><00:24:32.819><c> now</c><00:24:33.460><c> a</c><00:24:33.900><c> criminal's</c><00:24:34.579><c> burial.</c>

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That's<00:24:35.380><c> what</c><00:24:35.519><c> the</c><00:24:36.099><c> Sadducees</c><00:24:36.660><c> and</c><00:24:37.200><c> the</c><00:24:37.599><c> priests</c><00:24:37.920><c> would</c><00:24:38.099><c> have</c>

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loved<00:24:38.539><c> to</c><00:24:38.779><c> do</c><00:24:39.119><c> and</c><00:24:40.240><c> how</c><00:24:40.759><c> providential</c><00:24:41.240><c> it</c><00:24:41.400><c> was</c>

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:46.779
that<00:24:42.619><c> for</c><00:24:43.000><c> the</c><00:24:43.200><c> burial</c><00:24:43.480><c> of</c><00:24:43.720><c> his</c><00:24:43.980><c> son,</c><00:24:44.859><c> God</c><00:24:45.140><c> was</c><00:24:45.380><c> able</c><00:24:45.619><c> to</c><00:24:45.960><c> provide</c><00:24:46.299><c> a</c><00:24:46.559><c> man</c>

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of<00:24:47.160><c> sufficient</c><00:24:47.660><c> rank</c>

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and<00:24:49.140><c> prestige</c><00:24:49.859><c> that</c><00:24:50.359><c> he</c><00:24:50.500><c> could</c><00:24:50.799><c> walk</c><00:24:51.119><c> into</c><00:24:51.500><c> Pilate's</c><00:24:52.140><c> palace</c>

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and<00:24:53.259><c> gain</c><00:24:53.400><c> a</c><00:24:53.900><c> personal</c><00:24:54.619><c> interview</c><00:24:55.119><c> with</c><00:24:55.440><c> Pilate</c>

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at<00:24:55.940><c> a</c><00:24:56.140><c> moment's</c><00:24:56.539><c> notice.</c><00:24:57.559><c> None</c><00:24:57.640><c> of</c><00:24:57.759><c> the</c><00:24:57.900><c> disciples</c><00:24:58.220><c> could</c><00:24:58.420><c> even</c><00:24:58.859><c> possibly</c><00:24:59.240><c> imagine</c><00:24:59.779><c> to</c>

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do<00:25:00.099><c> that,</c>

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to<00:25:00.980><c> rescue</c><00:25:01.380><c> Christ's</c><00:25:01.900><c> body</c><00:25:01.980><c> and</c><00:25:02.140><c> give</c><00:25:02.240><c> it</c><00:25:02.420><c> a</c><00:25:02.480><c> decent</c><00:25:02.779><c> burial</c>

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but<00:25:03.599><c> God</c><00:25:03.839><c> provided</c><00:25:04.240><c> this</c><00:25:04.619><c> man,</c>

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one<00:25:05.619><c> of</c><00:25:05.759><c> the</c><00:25:06.039><c> elite</c><00:25:06.579><c> priests</c><00:25:07.059><c> in</c><00:25:07.319><c> the</c><00:25:07.460><c> nation,</c><00:25:08.299><c> he</c><00:25:08.500><c> walked</c><00:25:08.640><c> into</c><00:25:08.900><c> Pilate</c><00:25:09.140><c> and</c><00:25:09.359><c> said,</c>

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give<00:25:10.079><c> me</c><00:25:10.240><c> the</c><00:25:10.440><c> body,</c><00:25:11.039><c> I</c><00:25:11.380><c> beg</c><00:25:11.579><c> of</c><00:25:11.799><c> you.</c><00:25:13.440><c> This</c><00:25:13.640><c> was</c><00:25:13.940><c> in</c><00:25:14.299><c> God's</c><00:25:14.799><c> providence</c><00:25:15.099><c> that</c><00:25:15.500><c> this</c><00:25:16.079><c> was</c>

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to<00:25:16.579><c> happen</c>

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and<00:25:18.380><c> how</c><00:25:18.819><c> ironic</c><00:25:19.559><c> that</c><00:25:20.400><c> it</c><00:25:20.460><c> was</c><00:25:20.900><c> the</c><00:25:21.099><c> very</c><00:25:21.720><c> wealth</c><00:25:22.259><c> and</c><00:25:23.160><c> influential</c><00:25:23.920><c> position</c><00:25:24.380><c> that</c>

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Joseph<00:25:24.980><c> was</c>

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in<00:25:25.480><c> the</c><00:25:25.740><c> process</c><00:25:26.140><c> of</c><00:25:26.519><c> renouncing</c><00:25:27.519><c> and</c><00:25:28.299><c> becoming</c><00:25:28.640><c> a</c><00:25:28.859><c> disciple</c>

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that<00:25:29.460><c> even</c><00:25:29.740><c> gave</c><00:25:29.920><c> him</c><00:25:30.140><c> access</c><00:25:30.519><c> to</c><00:25:30.819><c> Pilate</c>

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in<00:25:31.259><c> the</c><00:25:31.420><c> first</c><00:25:31.660><c> place.</c><00:25:32.000><c> Everything</c><00:25:32.259><c> was</c><00:25:32.640><c> perfectly</c><00:25:33.160><c> orchestrated</c><00:25:33.980><c> by</c><00:25:34.539><c> God.</c>

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Well,<00:25:36.500><c> Pilate</c><00:25:36.680><c> was,</c><00:25:37.380><c> well,</c>

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he<00:25:37.799><c> was</c><00:25:38.079><c> astonished</c><00:25:38.940><c> that</c><00:25:39.400><c> Jesus</c><00:25:39.720><c> Christ</c><00:25:39.980><c> was</c><00:25:40.200><c> already</c><00:25:40.500><c> dead</c>

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and<00:25:42.200><c> after</c><00:25:42.500><c> he</c><00:25:42.660><c> got</c><00:25:43.019><c> confirmation</c><00:25:43.660><c> from</c><00:25:43.960><c> the</c>

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Centurion<00:25:44.779><c> in</c><00:25:44.880><c> verses</c><00:25:45.640><c> 44</c><00:25:47.660><c> to</c><00:25:48.079><c> 45</c><00:25:48.720><c> and</c><00:25:48.940><c> he</c><00:25:49.220><c> made</c><00:25:49.480><c> sure</c><00:25:49.700><c> for</c><00:25:49.839><c> himself</c><00:25:50.240><c> that</c><00:25:50.660><c> no</c>

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trickery<00:25:51.460><c> was</c><00:25:51.680><c> involved</c><00:25:52.039><c> and</c>

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that<00:25:52.279><c> they</c><00:25:52.359><c> weren't</c><00:25:52.579><c> just</c><00:25:53.319><c> saying</c><00:25:53.779><c> that</c><00:25:54.420><c> they</c><00:25:54.579><c> wanted</c><00:25:54.779><c> the</c><00:25:54.980><c> body</c><00:25:55.099><c> and</c><00:25:55.200><c> he</c>

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was<00:25:55.579><c> still</c><00:25:55.880><c> dying</c><00:25:56.119><c> and</c><00:25:56.220><c> they</c><00:25:56.339><c> were</c>

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:58.900
going<00:25:56.599><c> to</c><00:25:56.740><c> grab</c><00:25:56.859><c> him</c><00:25:57.019><c> off</c><00:25:57.180><c> and</c><00:25:57.339><c> try</c><00:25:57.500><c> and</c><00:25:57.720><c> revive</c><00:25:58.019><c> him.</c><00:25:58.619><c> Once</c><00:25:58.779><c> he</c>

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makes<00:25:59.140><c> sure</c><00:25:59.700><c> from</c><00:25:59.980><c> the</c><00:26:00.200><c> Centurion</c><00:26:00.599><c> that</c><00:26:00.759><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:26:01.319><c> dead,</c><00:26:01.960><c> he</c><00:26:02.180><c> gave</c><00:26:02.640><c> the</c><00:26:02.839><c> body</c><00:26:03.119><c> to</c><00:26:03.359><c> Joseph.</c><00:26:05.160><c> The</c><00:26:05.400><c> literal</c><00:26:05.720><c> meaning</c><00:26:05.920><c> of</c><00:26:06.099><c> that</c><00:26:06.319><c> Greek</c><00:26:06.559><c> word</c><00:26:07.000><c> means</c><00:26:07.500><c> to</c><00:26:07.779><c> bestow</c><00:26:08.759><c> as</c><00:26:09.019><c> a</c>

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gift.<00:26:10.339><c> It</c><00:26:10.460><c> was</c><00:26:10.660><c> common</c><00:26:10.940><c> practice</c><00:26:11.400><c> for</c><00:26:12.079><c> the</c><00:26:12.220><c> body</c><00:26:12.380><c> to</c><00:26:12.579><c> be</c><00:26:12.819><c> given</c>

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to<00:26:13.440><c> friends</c><00:26:13.900><c> or</c><00:26:14.200><c> family</c><00:26:14.859><c> for</c><00:26:15.960><c> a</c><00:26:16.019><c> small</c><00:26:16.420><c> bribe,</c>

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of<00:26:16.839><c> course.</c><00:26:18.980><c> It's</c><00:26:19.279><c> amazing,</c><00:26:19.660><c> I</c><00:26:19.859><c> think,</c><00:26:20.099><c> to</c><00:26:20.339><c> note</c><00:26:20.599><c> how</c><00:26:22.079><c> gracious</c><00:26:22.660><c> and</c><00:26:23.119><c> how</c>

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helpful<00:26:24.720><c> Pilate</c><00:26:25.319><c> is</c><00:26:25.680><c> in</c><00:26:25.859><c> turning</c>

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the<00:26:26.740><c> body</c><00:26:27.039><c> of</c><00:26:28.279><c> Christ</c><00:26:28.759><c> over</c><00:26:29.160><c> to</c><00:26:29.359><c> Joseph.</c><00:26:30.180><c> You</c><00:26:30.359><c> remember</c><00:26:30.579><c> that</c>

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just<00:26:31.079><c> hours</c><00:26:31.339><c> before</c><00:26:32.019><c> the</c><00:26:32.440><c> priest</c><00:26:32.680><c> had</c><00:26:32.839><c> come</c><00:26:33.079><c> to</c>

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him<00:26:33.339><c> and</c><00:26:33.400><c> said,</c><00:26:33.799><c> we</c><00:26:34.059><c> want</c><00:26:34.259><c> you</c><00:26:34.400><c> to</c><00:26:34.599><c> change</c><00:26:34.799><c> what's</c><00:26:35.039><c> written</c><00:26:35.240><c> on</c>

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the<00:26:35.599><c> superscription.</c><00:26:36.200><c> Make</c><00:26:36.359><c> it</c><00:26:36.779><c> that</c><00:26:36.880><c> he</c><00:26:37.119><c> said</c><00:26:37.359><c> he's</c>

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king<00:26:37.859><c> of</c><00:26:37.960><c> the</c><00:26:38.099><c> Jews</c><00:26:38.319><c> and</c><00:26:38.619><c> Pilate</c><00:26:39.140><c> obstinately</c><00:26:39.920><c> refused.</c><00:26:41.240><c> What</c>

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:44.920
I've<00:26:41.660><c> written,</c><00:26:42.619><c> I've</c><00:26:42.819><c> written.</c><00:26:44.079><c> He</c><00:26:44.180><c> was</c><00:26:44.380><c> so</c><00:26:44.640><c> annoyed</c>

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:48.079
and<00:26:45.119><c> frustrated</c><00:26:45.640><c> that</c><00:26:46.160><c> the</c><00:26:46.339><c> high</c><00:26:46.640><c> priests</c><00:26:46.900><c> and</c><00:26:47.079><c> the</c><00:26:47.220><c> Sadducees</c><00:26:47.720><c> and</c><00:26:47.819><c> the</c>

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scribes<00:26:48.579><c> had</c><00:26:48.980><c> railroaded</c><00:26:49.759><c> him</c>

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into<00:26:50.940><c> condemning</c><00:26:51.380><c> an</c><00:26:51.539><c> innocent</c><00:26:51.799><c> man</c><00:26:52.240><c> that</c><00:26:52.700><c> he</c><00:26:52.779><c> was,</c><00:26:53.240><c> well,</c><00:26:53.480><c> he</c>

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was<00:26:53.740><c> keen</c><00:26:53.839><c> to</c><00:26:54.039><c> frustrate</c><00:26:54.500><c> the</c><00:26:54.720><c> Jews</c><00:26:54.880><c> back.</c>

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What<00:26:55.900><c> I've</c><00:26:56.180><c> written,</c><00:26:57.259><c> I've</c><00:26:57.619><c> written.</c><00:26:59.519><c> But</c><00:26:59.720><c> this</c><00:26:59.880><c> is</c><00:27:00.019><c> quite</c><00:27:00.160><c> a</c>

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:02.500
different<00:27:00.500><c> Pilate,</c><00:27:00.920><c> isn't</c><00:27:01.039><c> it?</c><00:27:01.980><c> With</c><00:27:02.180><c> Joseph,</c>

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:05.640
he<00:27:02.660><c> seems</c><00:27:02.920><c> very</c><00:27:03.380><c> keen</c><00:27:03.619><c> and</c><00:27:03.819><c> anxious</c><00:27:04.079><c> to</c><00:27:04.319><c> oblige.</c><00:27:05.160><c> Consider</c><00:27:05.480><c> it</c>

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my<00:27:05.819><c> gift,</c><00:27:06.519><c> he</c><00:27:06.680><c> says</c><00:27:07.299><c> to</c><00:27:07.619><c> Joseph.</c><00:27:08.660><c> Maybe</c><00:27:09.059><c> this</c><00:27:09.500><c> reflects</c>

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not<00:27:10.299><c> just</c><00:27:10.579><c> on</c><00:27:10.740><c> how</c><00:27:10.960><c> frustrated</c><00:27:11.440><c> the</c><00:27:11.660><c> Jews</c><00:27:11.799><c> had</c><00:27:12.059><c> made</c><00:27:12.220><c> him,</c><00:27:12.319><c> but</c>

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also<00:27:13.440><c> on</c><00:27:13.940><c> the</c><00:27:14.240><c> character</c><00:27:14.640><c> and</c><00:27:14.900><c> the</c><00:27:15.119><c> godliness</c><00:27:15.460><c> of</c>

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:19.500
Joseph,<00:27:16.779><c> that</c><00:27:17.119><c> demeanor</c><00:27:17.539><c> that</c><00:27:17.740><c> he</c><00:27:17.779><c> had</c><00:27:18.059><c> that</c><00:27:18.380><c> impressed</c><00:27:18.880><c> Pilate</c><00:27:19.220><c> so</c>

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much.<00:27:21.380><c> But</c><00:27:21.440><c> you</c><00:27:21.559><c> see,</c><00:27:21.680><c> it</c><00:27:21.680><c> wasn't</c><00:27:21.920><c> just</c><00:27:24.640><c> Joseph</c>

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who<00:27:25.539><c> wanted</c><00:27:26.039><c> the</c><00:27:26.220><c> body</c><00:27:26.500><c> of</c><00:27:27.039><c> Christ</c><00:27:27.559><c> to</c><00:27:27.819><c> receive</c><00:27:28.079><c> a</c><00:27:28.299><c> proper</c><00:27:28.519><c> burial.</c><00:27:29.519><c> Because</c><00:27:29.720><c> John</c><00:27:29.960><c> 19</c>

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.960
and<00:27:30.599><c> verse</c><00:27:30.839><c> 39</c><00:27:31.279><c> tells</c><00:27:31.579><c> us</c><00:27:31.839><c> that</c>

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another<00:27:32.380><c> one</c><00:27:32.599><c> of</c><00:27:32.779><c> the</c><00:27:32.940><c> nation's</c><00:27:33.839><c> spiritual</c><00:27:34.299><c> mountains</c><00:27:35.019><c> had</c>

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to<00:27:36.180><c> be</c><00:27:36.420><c> leveled</c><00:27:36.799><c> that</c><00:27:36.900><c> day.</c><00:27:39.220><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:27:40.380><c> the</c><00:27:40.799><c> academic</c>

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leader<00:27:41.720><c> of</c><00:27:41.940><c> the</c><00:27:42.079><c> nation,</c><00:27:42.500><c> the</c><00:27:42.740><c> Shagan,</c><00:27:43.220><c> as</c><00:27:43.319><c> we</c><00:27:43.519><c> said</c><00:27:43.740><c> before,</c>

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:48.019
another<00:27:45.059><c> member</c><00:27:45.420><c> of</c><00:27:46.119><c> the</c><00:27:46.359><c> council</c><00:27:46.640><c> of</c><00:27:46.859><c> the</c><00:27:47.099><c> priests,</c>

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also<00:27:48.619><c> came</c><00:27:48.920><c> with</c><00:27:49.240><c> spices</c><00:27:49.660><c> to</c><00:27:49.980><c> pay</c><00:27:50.440><c> homage</c><00:27:50.799><c> to</c><00:27:51.079><c> Christ.</c><00:27:52.579><c> And</c><00:27:52.700><c> so</c>

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it<00:27:54.160><c> was</c><00:27:54.319><c> around</c><00:27:54.500><c> about</c><00:27:54.859><c> five</c><00:27:55.019><c> o</c><00:27:55.220><c>'clock</c><00:27:55.279><c> in</c><00:27:55.440><c> the</c>

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:58.539
evening.<00:27:55.819><c> And</c><00:27:55.980><c> if</c><00:27:56.119><c> we</c><00:27:56.220><c> were</c><00:27:56.400><c> there</c><00:27:56.740><c> on</c><00:27:56.980><c> that</c><00:27:57.180><c> day</c><00:27:57.400><c> and</c><00:27:57.559><c> we</c><00:27:58.079><c> looked</c><00:27:58.240><c> out</c>

00:27:58.539 --> 00:28:01.220
to<00:27:58.779><c> Golgotha's</c><00:27:59.420><c> hill,</c><00:28:00.200><c> we</c><00:28:00.720><c> would</c><00:28:00.859><c> have</c><00:28:01.039><c> seen</c>

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:07.579
not<00:28:01.460><c> just</c><00:28:01.680><c> one,</c><00:28:03.480><c> but</c><00:28:03.859><c> two</c><00:28:04.480><c> extremely</c><00:28:05.660><c> wealthy</c><00:28:06.440><c> and</c><00:28:07.079><c> powerful</c>

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:09.720
men<00:28:08.019><c> humbling</c><00:28:08.539><c> themselves</c><00:28:09.119><c> at</c><00:28:09.319><c> the</c><00:28:09.460><c> foot</c><00:28:09.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:09.900><c> cross,</c><00:28:11.099><c> gently</c><00:28:11.480><c> lowering</c><00:28:11.940><c> to</c><00:28:12.160><c> the</c><00:28:12.380><c> ground</c><00:28:12.720><c> the</c><00:28:12.960><c> body</c><00:28:13.180><c> of</c>

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:15.559
the<00:28:13.519><c> man</c><00:28:13.740><c> that</c><00:28:13.880><c> they</c><00:28:14.119><c> had</c><00:28:14.319><c> struggled</c><00:28:14.619><c> to</c><00:28:14.839><c> accept</c>

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as<00:28:15.940><c> their</c><00:28:16.180><c> lord</c><00:28:16.500><c> while</c><00:28:16.759><c> he</c><00:28:16.859><c> was</c><00:28:17.119><c> alive.</c><00:28:20.359><c> And</c><00:28:20.460><c> both</c><00:28:20.779><c> Nicodemus</c>

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:25.119
and<00:28:21.440><c> Joseph</c><00:28:21.960><c> found</c><00:28:23.220><c> their</c><00:28:23.599><c> faith</c><00:28:24.039><c> while</c>

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everybody<00:28:25.539><c> else</c><00:28:26.099><c> was</c><00:28:26.480><c> losing</c><00:28:27.039><c> theirs</c><00:28:27.420><c> in</c><00:28:27.759><c> grief</c><00:28:28.000><c> and</c><00:28:28.319><c> despair.</c><00:28:30.319><c> So</c><00:28:30.420><c> it</c>

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:32.119
appears<00:28:30.880><c> that</c><00:28:31.380><c> as</c><00:28:31.579><c> soon</c><00:28:31.700><c> as</c><00:28:31.839><c> permission</c>

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was<00:28:32.380><c> granted</c><00:28:32.720><c> by</c><00:28:33.039><c> Pilate,</c><00:28:33.660><c> yes</c><00:28:33.920><c> you</c><00:28:34.000><c> can</c><00:28:34.180><c> have</c><00:28:34.359><c> the</c><00:28:34.519><c> body,</c><00:28:35.319><c> that</c><00:28:35.519><c> Joseph</c><00:28:35.880><c> immediately</c><00:28:36.779><c> hurried</c><00:28:37.019><c> off</c>

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to<00:28:37.359><c> the</c><00:28:37.579><c> markets</c>

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before<00:28:38.200><c> they</c><00:28:38.539><c> closed</c><00:28:38.799><c> at</c><00:28:39.000><c> six</c><00:28:39.220><c> o</c><00:28:39.420><c>'clock</c><00:28:39.559><c> to</c><00:28:40.240><c> buy</c><00:28:40.619><c> fresh</c><00:28:41.299><c> linen</c>

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:45.099
cloth.<00:28:42.880><c> And</c><00:28:43.039><c> Nicodemus</c><00:28:43.579><c> already</c><00:28:44.200><c> had</c><00:28:44.500><c> a</c><00:28:44.779><c> hundred</c>

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:48.859
pound<00:28:45.339><c> weight</c><00:28:45.519><c> of</c><00:28:45.799><c> spices,</c><00:28:46.240><c> a</c><00:28:46.319><c> mixture</c><00:28:46.579><c> of</c><00:28:47.220><c> myrrh</c><00:28:47.579><c> and</c><00:28:47.859><c> aloes,</c>

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:50.839
an<00:28:49.180><c> immense</c><00:28:49.440><c> quantity</c><00:28:49.880><c> of</c><00:28:50.099><c> spices</c><00:28:50.380><c> by</c><00:28:50.619><c> the</c><00:28:50.740><c> way,</c>

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:54.900
a<00:28:51.559><c> hundred</c><00:28:51.839><c> pounds</c><00:28:52.400><c> in</c><00:28:52.920><c> John</c><00:28:53.119><c> 19,</c><00:28:53.819><c> in</c><00:28:53.980><c> the</c><00:28:54.099><c> gospel</c><00:28:54.339><c> of</c><00:28:54.519><c> John,</c>

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:57.740
was<00:28:55.720><c> about</c><00:28:55.980><c> the</c><00:28:56.180><c> same</c><00:28:56.400><c> amount</c><00:28:56.640><c> of</c><00:28:56.900><c> spices</c><00:28:57.140><c> that</c>

00:28:57.740 --> 00:29:03.279
the<00:28:58.039><c> nation</c><00:28:58.539><c> used</c><00:28:59.400><c> to</c><00:29:00.079><c> bury</c><00:29:00.539><c> Gamaliel</c><00:29:01.200><c> the</c><00:29:01.460><c> second.</c><00:29:02.960><c> This</c><00:29:03.079><c> was</c>

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:06.410
a<00:29:03.440><c> huge</c><00:29:03.640><c> amount</c><00:29:04.000><c> of</c><00:29:04.660><c> spices</c><00:29:05.019><c> that</c><00:29:05.200><c> they</c><00:29:05.440><c> used</c><00:29:05.640><c> to</c>

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:10.539
wrap<00:29:07.000><c> or</c><00:29:07.539><c> embalm</c><00:29:08.039><c> Christ</c><00:29:08.460><c> in.</c><00:29:09.039><c> No</c><00:29:09.319><c> expense</c><00:29:09.740><c> was</c><00:29:09.940><c> going</c><00:29:10.099><c> to</c><00:29:10.339><c> be</c>

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.119
spared<00:29:10.720><c> by</c><00:29:11.019><c> these</c><00:29:11.339><c> two</c><00:29:11.579><c> whose</c>

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:16.240
lives<00:29:12.660><c> have</c><00:29:12.859><c> been</c><00:29:13.079><c> turned</c><00:29:13.359><c> around</c><00:29:13.619><c> by</c><00:29:13.920><c> Christ.</c><00:29:15.559><c> If</c><00:29:15.700><c> he</c><00:29:15.779><c> was</c><00:29:15.940><c> king</c><00:29:16.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:16.400><c> Jews,</c><00:29:16.619><c> he</c><00:29:16.819><c> deserved</c><00:29:17.140><c> a</c><00:29:17.339><c> king's</c><00:29:17.799><c> burial.</c>

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And<00:29:19.099><c> no</c><00:29:19.319><c> doubt</c><00:29:19.480><c> they</c><00:29:19.599><c> had</c><00:29:19.740><c> their</c><00:29:20.059><c> servants</c><00:29:20.279><c> there</c><00:29:20.539><c> as</c><00:29:20.740><c> well.</c>

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:24.259
They<00:29:21.980><c> needed</c><00:29:22.240><c> help</c><00:29:22.579><c> to</c><00:29:23.180><c> gently</c><00:29:23.539><c> lower</c><00:29:23.920><c> the</c><00:29:24.099><c> body</c>

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:27.640
from<00:29:24.460><c> the</c><00:29:24.680><c> cross,</c><00:29:26.000><c> to</c><00:29:26.160><c> bodily</c><00:29:26.500><c> carry</c><00:29:26.839><c> it</c><00:29:27.019><c> to</c><00:29:27.160><c> the</c><00:29:27.319><c> sepulchre</c>

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:30.380
and<00:29:27.839><c> to</c><00:29:28.119><c> wrap</c><00:29:28.299><c> it</c><00:29:28.480><c> with</c><00:29:28.680><c> that</c><00:29:29.140><c> amount</c><00:29:29.440><c> of</c><00:29:29.779><c> spices.</c><00:29:30.140><c> It</c><00:29:30.180><c> was</c>

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:33.759
a<00:29:30.420><c> lot</c><00:29:30.559><c> of</c><00:29:30.799><c> work,</c><00:29:31.619><c> at</c><00:29:31.740><c> least</c><00:29:31.900><c> more</c><00:29:32.160><c> work</c><00:29:32.380><c> than</c><00:29:32.519><c> two</c><00:29:32.799><c> old</c><00:29:33.099><c> counselors</c><00:29:33.519><c> could</c>

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:36.559
manage.<00:29:35.140><c> And</c><00:29:35.240><c> so</c><00:29:35.299><c> they</c><00:29:35.460><c> set</c><00:29:35.599><c> to</c><00:29:35.799><c> work.</c>

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You<00:29:37.720><c> know</c><00:29:37.799><c> the</c><00:29:37.920><c> process</c><00:29:38.279><c> of</c><00:29:38.599><c> embalming</c><00:29:39.299><c> was</c><00:29:39.819><c> a</c><00:29:39.980><c> very</c><00:29:40.339><c> scientific</c><00:29:40.920><c> one.</c><00:29:41.839><c> John</c><00:29:42.039><c> tells</c><00:29:42.339><c> us</c>

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that<00:29:43.940><c> it</c><00:29:44.240><c> involved</c>

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winding<00:29:45.200><c> of</c><00:29:45.539><c> the</c><00:29:45.740><c> linen</c><00:29:46.039><c> clothes</c><00:29:46.619><c> around</c><00:29:47.339><c> the</c><00:29:47.559><c> body</c><00:29:47.799><c> with</c><00:29:48.119><c> the</c>

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spices<00:29:49.059><c> was</c><00:29:49.900><c> according</c><00:29:50.220><c> to</c><00:29:50.460><c> a</c><00:29:50.559><c> set</c><00:29:50.680><c> custom</c>

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as<00:29:51.779><c> the</c><00:29:52.079><c> manner</c><00:29:52.279><c> of</c><00:29:52.559><c> the</c><00:29:52.740><c> Jews</c><00:29:52.960><c> is</c><00:29:53.319><c> to</c><00:29:53.460><c> bury.</c><00:29:54.799><c> And</c><00:29:54.980><c> you</c><00:29:55.039><c> might</c>

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remember<00:29:55.500><c> that</c><00:29:55.920><c> in</c><00:29:56.099><c> the</c><00:29:56.240><c> days</c><00:29:56.420><c> of</c><00:29:56.759><c> Asa,</c><00:29:57.299><c> second</c>

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of<00:29:57.660><c> chronicles</c><00:29:58.000><c> 16</c><00:29:58.500><c> and</c><00:29:58.720><c> verse</c><00:29:59.019><c> 14,</c><00:29:59.599><c> that</c><00:29:59.680><c> King</c><00:29:59.839><c> Asa,</c><00:30:00.539><c> that</c><00:30:00.680><c> well</c><00:30:00.779><c> he</c>

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died<00:30:01.359><c> and</c><00:30:01.980><c> they</c><00:30:02.339><c> laid</c><00:30:02.579><c> him</c><00:30:02.920><c> in</c><00:30:03.240><c> the</c><00:30:03.559><c> bed</c><00:30:03.740><c> that</c><00:30:03.900><c> was</c>

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filled<00:30:04.660><c> with</c><00:30:05.099><c> sweet</c><00:30:05.460><c> odors</c><00:30:05.799><c> and</c><00:30:06.180><c> diverse</c><00:30:06.660><c> kinds</c><00:30:07.079><c> of</c><00:30:07.460><c> spices</c>

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prepared<00:30:08.880><c> by</c><00:30:09.240><c> the</c><00:30:09.460><c> apotheories</c><00:30:10.079><c> art.</c><00:30:11.559><c> It</c><00:30:11.660><c> was</c>

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a<00:30:11.819><c> highly</c><00:30:12.160><c> scientific</c><00:30:12.859><c> process.</c><00:30:14.299><c> First</c><00:30:14.599><c> the</c><00:30:14.819><c> linen</c><00:30:15.339><c> shroud</c>

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was<00:30:16.180><c> dipped</c><00:30:16.400><c> in</c><00:30:16.660><c> myrrh</c><00:30:17.500><c> which</c><00:30:17.700><c> would</c><00:30:17.980><c> virtually</c>

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:21.579
glue<00:30:18.720><c> it</c><00:30:18.960><c> to</c><00:30:19.059><c> the</c><00:30:19.160><c> body</c><00:30:19.420><c> of</c><00:30:19.640><c> Jesus</c><00:30:19.900><c> Christ</c><00:30:20.339><c> and</c><00:30:20.839><c> then</c><00:30:21.240><c> spices</c>

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:24.759
were<00:30:21.880><c> rubbed</c><00:30:22.180><c> into</c><00:30:22.920><c> every</c><00:30:23.400><c> layer</c><00:30:23.779><c> until</c><00:30:24.319><c> our</c>

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:31.599
Lord<00:30:24.920><c> Jesus</c><00:30:25.319><c> Christ</c><00:30:25.599><c> was</c><00:30:25.960><c> wrapped</c><00:30:26.299><c> up</c><00:30:26.880><c> in</c><00:30:27.880><c> a</c><00:30:28.180><c> huge</c><00:30:28.519><c> linen</c><00:30:29.099><c> sarcophagus,</c><00:30:30.180><c> a</c><00:30:30.279><c> bit</c><00:30:30.420><c> like</c><00:30:31.279><c> a</c>

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caterpillar<00:30:32.519><c> in</c><00:30:32.900><c> a</c><00:30:33.039><c> chrysalis</c>

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:41.940
glued<00:30:35.700><c> together</c><00:30:36.259><c> by</c><00:30:36.960><c> gums</c><00:30:37.559><c> and</c><00:30:37.900><c> resins</c><00:30:38.400><c> and</c><00:30:39.140><c> aromatic</c><00:30:39.599><c> spices.</c><00:30:41.160><c> And</c><00:30:41.259><c> what</c><00:30:41.299><c> was</c><00:30:41.539><c> left</c><00:30:41.759><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:42.180><c> spices</c><00:30:42.440><c> was</c>

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sprinkled<00:30:43.200><c> on</c><00:30:43.380><c> the</c><00:30:43.599><c> rocky</c><00:30:43.859><c> slab</c><00:30:44.380><c> where</c><00:30:44.680><c> they</c><00:30:44.819><c> put</c><00:30:44.980><c> the</c><00:30:45.160><c> body</c>

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:47.819
and<00:30:45.559><c> some</c><00:30:45.779><c> of</c><00:30:45.880><c> it</c><00:30:45.980><c> was</c><00:30:46.240><c> burnt</c><00:30:46.500><c> to</c><00:30:46.720><c> make</c><00:30:46.920><c> the</c><00:30:47.460><c> tombs</c>

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smell<00:30:48.160><c> fresh</c><00:30:48.480><c> and</c><00:30:48.819><c> clean.</c><00:30:50.619><c> And</c><00:30:50.740><c> as</c><00:30:50.839><c> we</c><00:30:51.039><c> imagine</c><00:30:51.299><c> Joseph</c><00:30:51.680><c> working</c><00:30:52.220><c> feverishly</c><00:30:53.759><c> but</c>

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reverently<00:30:55.039><c> to</c><00:30:55.920><c> wrap</c><00:30:56.119><c> the</c>

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body<00:30:56.559><c> with</c><00:30:56.880><c> myrrh</c><00:30:57.299><c> and</c><00:30:57.500><c> aloes</c><00:30:57.759><c> and</c><00:30:57.940><c> other</c><00:30:58.319><c> perfumed</c><00:30:58.920><c> spices,</c>

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we<00:31:00.059><c> can</c><00:31:00.220><c> just</c><00:31:00.400><c> imagine</c><00:31:00.859><c> his</c><00:31:01.299><c> mind</c><00:31:01.680><c> steeped</c><00:31:02.319><c> in</c>

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:07.859
the<00:31:02.920><c> Old</c><00:31:02.920><c> Testament</c><00:31:03.660><c> and</c><00:31:04.500><c> the</c><00:31:04.579><c> words</c><00:31:04.799><c> of</c><00:31:05.019><c> the</c><00:31:05.220><c> Psalms,</c><00:31:06.079><c> all</c><00:31:06.180><c> thy</c><00:31:06.480><c> garments</c><00:31:07.019><c> smell</c><00:31:07.539><c> of</c>

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:10.380
myrrh<00:31:08.519><c> and</c><00:31:08.819><c> aloes</c><00:31:09.420><c> and</c><00:31:09.740><c> cassia,</c>

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:15.059
Psalm<00:31:10.900><c> 45</c><00:31:11.660><c> verse</c><00:31:11.940><c> 8,</c><00:31:12.640><c> the</c><00:31:12.980><c> Psalm</c><00:31:13.220><c> of</c><00:31:13.440><c> the</c><00:31:13.599><c> King.</c><00:31:14.519><c> And</c><00:31:14.519><c> so</c><00:31:14.660><c> it</c>

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:20.019
wasn't<00:31:15.339><c> just</c><00:31:15.700><c> that</c><00:31:16.440><c> Joseph</c><00:31:16.759><c> was</c><00:31:17.079><c> fulfilling</c><00:31:17.819><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:18.619><c> 53,</c>

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:25.180
he<00:31:20.359><c> made</c><00:31:20.740><c> his</c><00:31:21.400><c> grave</c><00:31:21.700><c> with</c><00:31:21.960><c> the</c><00:31:22.160><c> rich.</c><00:31:22.500><c> Well</c><00:31:22.640><c> now</c><00:31:22.740><c> he's</c><00:31:23.059><c> fulfilling</c><00:31:23.940><c> Psalm</c>

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:29.799
45<00:31:26.380><c> in</c><00:31:27.839><c> anointing</c><00:31:28.920><c> Jesus</c><00:31:29.319><c> Christ</c>

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for<00:31:29.980><c> the</c><00:31:30.119><c> burial.</c><00:31:31.279><c> Now</c><00:31:31.579><c> I</c><00:31:32.099><c> don't</c><00:31:32.319><c> know</c><00:31:32.380><c> if</c><00:31:32.440><c> we</c><00:31:32.519><c> have</c><00:31:32.660><c> time</c><00:31:32.900><c> but</c>

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:34.440
give<00:31:33.259><c> me</c><00:31:33.420><c> a</c><00:31:33.519><c> couple</c><00:31:33.680><c> of</c><00:31:33.839><c> minutes</c><00:31:34.039><c> because</c>

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:39.319
incidentally<00:31:34.960><c> I</c><00:31:35.079><c> think</c><00:31:35.259><c> this</c><00:31:35.460><c> is</c><00:31:35.680><c> why</c><00:31:36.059><c> we're</c><00:31:36.539><c> told</c><00:31:37.220><c> that</c><00:31:38.180><c> Joseph</c><00:31:38.680><c> came</c>

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:42.799
from<00:31:40.220><c> Arimathea.</c><00:31:42.140><c> I</c><00:31:42.319><c> don't</c><00:31:42.519><c> know</c><00:31:42.599><c> if</c><00:31:42.660><c> you've</c>

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.420
ever<00:31:43.019><c> wondered</c><00:31:43.440><c> as</c><00:31:43.859><c> you</c><00:31:44.059><c> read</c><00:31:44.240><c> through</c><00:31:44.420><c> the</c><00:31:44.559><c> gospel</c><00:31:44.819><c> records</c>

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:49.700
why<00:31:46.140><c> in</c><00:31:46.519><c> every</c><00:31:47.440><c> single</c><00:31:48.420><c> gospel</c><00:31:48.960><c> record</c><00:31:49.359><c> we're</c>

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:54.619
told<00:31:50.240><c> that</c><00:31:50.779><c> Joseph</c><00:31:51.059><c> comes</c><00:31:51.440><c> from</c><00:31:51.920><c> Arimathea.</c><00:31:53.960><c> In</c><00:31:54.240><c> some</c><00:31:54.400><c> of</c><00:31:54.500><c> the</c>

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:57.000
records<00:31:54.819><c> we're</c><00:31:55.119><c> told</c><00:31:55.240><c> that</c><00:31:55.420><c> it</c><00:31:55.500><c> was</c><00:31:56.220><c> Joseph's</c><00:31:56.759><c> tomb,</c>

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:59.559
some<00:31:57.480><c> of</c><00:31:57.559><c> the</c><00:31:57.680><c> records</c><00:31:57.859><c> we're</c><00:31:58.079><c> told</c><00:31:58.299><c> he</c><00:31:58.460><c> was</c><00:31:58.619><c> a</c><00:31:58.779><c> rich</c><00:31:58.960><c> man,</c><00:31:59.279><c> some</c><00:31:59.480><c> of</c>

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:01.019
them<00:31:59.720><c> we're</c><00:31:59.880><c> told</c><00:32:00.079><c> he</c><00:32:00.220><c> was</c><00:32:00.380><c> good</c><00:32:00.579><c> and</c><00:32:00.859><c> just,</c>

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:03.220
some<00:32:01.380><c> that</c><00:32:01.519><c> he</c><00:32:01.640><c> was</c><00:32:01.779><c> waiting</c><00:32:02.000><c> for</c><00:32:02.180><c> the</c><00:32:02.319><c> kingdom,</c><00:32:02.619><c> but</c><00:32:02.819><c> every</c>

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:05.720
single<00:32:03.500><c> gospel</c><00:32:03.799><c> tells</c><00:32:04.079><c> us</c><00:32:04.480><c> this</c><00:32:05.279><c> man's</c><00:32:05.539><c> from</c>

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:09.619
Arimathea.<00:32:06.420><c> Take</c><00:32:06.680><c> note,</c><00:32:07.319><c> why</c><00:32:07.500><c> are</c><00:32:07.599><c> we</c><00:32:07.720><c> told</c><00:32:07.880><c> that?</c><00:32:08.759><c> Well</c><00:32:09.140><c> it's</c>

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:13.519
quite<00:32:09.839><c> possibly</c><00:32:10.299><c> because</c><00:32:11.259><c> Arimathea</c><00:32:12.180><c> is</c><00:32:12.880><c> the</c><00:32:13.220><c> New</c>

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:21.180
Testament<00:32:14.259><c> word</c><00:32:15.140><c> of</c><00:32:16.920><c> the</c><00:32:17.680><c> Hebrew</c><00:32:18.099><c> or</c><00:32:18.420><c> the</c><00:32:18.640><c> Jewish</c><00:32:18.900><c> city</c><00:32:19.359><c> Reimah.</c><00:32:20.960><c> And</c>

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:23.019
you<00:32:21.299><c> remember</c><00:32:21.519><c> that</c><00:32:21.720><c> that's</c><00:32:21.960><c> where</c><00:32:22.400><c> the</c>

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:28.220
Samuel<00:32:23.759><c> grew</c><00:32:24.119><c> up,</c><00:32:24.519><c> it</c><00:32:24.519><c> was</c><00:32:24.740><c> his</c><00:32:24.960><c> family</c><00:32:25.319><c> home</c><00:32:25.779><c> where</c><00:32:26.140><c> he</c><00:32:26.240><c> was</c><00:32:26.500><c> born.</c><00:32:27.599><c> In</c><00:32:27.640><c> fact</c><00:32:27.819><c> in</c><00:32:28.019><c> 1</c>

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:30.259
Samuel<00:32:28.599><c> 1</c><00:32:28.980><c> and</c><00:32:29.140><c> verse</c><00:32:29.420><c> 1</c><00:32:29.799><c> it's</c>

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:34.920
called<00:32:30.720><c> Ramathaiam</c><00:32:32.200><c> Zotham</c><00:32:32.759><c> and</c><00:32:33.140><c> the</c><00:32:33.559><c> Setuagint</c><00:32:34.460><c> version,</c>

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:37.309
the<00:32:35.220><c> Greek</c><00:32:35.440><c> version</c><00:32:35.759><c> of</c><00:32:35.940><c> the</c><00:32:36.000><c> Old</c><00:32:36.200><c> Testament</c><00:32:36.480><c> has</c>

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:42.099
Aramathaiam<00:32:38.779><c> Zotham</c><00:32:39.440><c> which</c><00:32:39.779><c> is</c><00:32:40.059><c> Reimah.</c><00:32:41.119><c> So</c><00:32:41.319><c> it's</c><00:32:41.700><c> exactly</c>

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:46.140
the<00:32:42.380><c> same</c><00:32:42.599><c> place</c><00:32:43.039><c> as</c><00:32:43.880><c> where</c><00:32:44.259><c> Samuel</c><00:32:44.759><c> used</c><00:32:45.119><c> to</c><00:32:45.339><c> live</c><00:32:45.579><c> and</c><00:32:46.000><c> so</c>

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:48.559
I<00:32:46.220><c> think</c><00:32:46.380><c> all</c><00:32:46.700><c> the</c><00:32:46.839><c> gospel</c><00:32:47.140><c> records</c><00:32:47.579><c> over</c><00:32:47.980><c> and</c><00:32:48.140><c> over</c><00:32:48.299><c> and</c><00:32:48.339><c> over</c>

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:51.440
are<00:32:48.720><c> telling</c><00:32:48.839><c> us</c><00:32:49.619><c> this</c><00:32:50.039><c> man</c><00:32:50.279><c> Joseph</c><00:32:50.660><c> came</c><00:32:51.059><c> from</c>

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:57.259
the<00:32:52.299><c> very</c><00:32:53.000><c> family</c><00:32:54.019><c> town</c><00:32:54.759><c> of</c><00:32:55.359><c> Samuel</c><00:32:55.700><c> the</c><00:32:55.960><c> prophet</c><00:32:56.460><c> and</c><00:32:56.980><c> what</c>

00:32:57.259 --> 00:33:00.339
was<00:32:57.619><c> Samuel's</c><00:32:58.440><c> greatest</c><00:32:58.740><c> work</c><00:32:59.259><c> almost?</c>

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:06.119
Well<00:33:01.460><c> it</c><00:33:01.519><c> was</c><00:33:01.740><c> the</c><00:33:01.900><c> fact</c><00:33:02.059><c> that</c><00:33:02.299><c> he</c><00:33:02.519><c> came</c><00:33:03.160><c> and</c><00:33:04.779><c> anointed</c><00:33:05.339><c> David</c>

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to<00:33:06.960><c> be</c><00:33:07.400><c> the</c><00:33:07.660><c> first</c><00:33:07.859><c> king</c><00:33:08.039><c> of</c><00:33:08.220><c> Israel</c>

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with<00:33:11.519><c> anointing</c><00:33:12.160><c> oil.</c>

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And<00:33:16.799><c> now</c><00:33:17.440><c> another</c><00:33:18.039><c> man,</c><00:33:19.460><c> another</c><00:33:19.720><c> priest</c><00:33:20.339><c> from</c><00:33:21.119><c> exactly</c><00:33:21.680><c> the</c>

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same<00:33:22.099><c> city</c><00:33:22.480><c> Reimah</c><00:33:23.180><c> is</c><00:33:23.380><c> going</c><00:33:23.599><c> to</c><00:33:23.839><c> come</c><00:33:24.019><c> and</c><00:33:24.339><c> anoint</c>

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:28.200
our<00:33:24.940><c> Lord</c><00:33:25.099><c> Jesus</c><00:33:25.480><c> Christ</c><00:33:25.779><c> as</c><00:33:26.000><c> the</c><00:33:26.200><c> last</c><00:33:26.559><c> king</c><00:33:26.799><c> of</c><00:33:26.960><c> Israel.</c><00:33:28.039><c> And</c>

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:30.420
all<00:33:28.400><c> of</c><00:33:28.519><c> the</c><00:33:28.640><c> gospel</c><00:33:28.880><c> records</c><00:33:29.200><c> tell</c><00:33:29.420><c> us</c><00:33:29.940><c> over</c><00:33:30.220><c> and</c>

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over<00:33:30.740><c> it</c><00:33:31.079><c> pains</c><00:33:31.420><c> to</c><00:33:31.660><c> tell</c><00:33:31.779><c> us</c><00:33:32.119><c> go</c><00:33:32.440><c> back</c><00:33:32.980><c> learn</c><00:33:33.599><c> what</c><00:33:33.880><c> happened</c>

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:37.940
in<00:33:34.400><c> Reimah</c><00:33:35.900><c> in</c><00:33:37.019><c> the</c><00:33:37.160><c> Old</c><00:33:37.339><c> Testament</c><00:33:37.660><c> because</c>

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:41.319
you'll<00:33:38.279><c> find</c><00:33:38.480><c> that</c><00:33:38.660><c> there</c><00:33:38.759><c> was</c><00:33:38.900><c> another</c><00:33:39.140><c> priest</c><00:33:39.680><c> who</c><00:33:40.660><c> anointed</c><00:33:40.960><c> another</c>

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:44.220
man<00:33:41.819><c> from</c><00:33:42.119><c> that</c><00:33:42.440><c> exact</c><00:33:43.059><c> place.</c>

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Well<00:33:45.960><c> I</c><00:33:46.740><c> want</c><00:33:46.880><c> you</c><00:33:47.019><c> to</c><00:33:47.099><c> come</c><00:33:47.220><c> to</c><00:33:47.339><c> Matthew</c><00:33:47.579><c> chapter</c><00:33:47.859><c> 27</c><00:33:48.259><c> as</c><00:33:48.420><c> we</c>

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conclude<00:33:48.960><c> our</c><00:33:49.220><c> story.</c>

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Matthew<00:33:53.180><c> chapter</c><00:33:53.519><c> 27</c>

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and<00:34:08.679><c> we</c><00:34:08.780><c> pick</c><00:34:08.980><c> up</c><00:34:09.119><c> the</c><00:34:09.219><c> story</c><00:34:09.460><c> in</c><00:34:09.639><c> verse</c><00:34:10.119><c> 59</c><00:34:11.300><c> and</c><00:34:12.219><c> when</c><00:34:12.519><c> Joseph</c>

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:15.519
had<00:34:13.380><c> taken</c><00:34:13.619><c> the</c><00:34:13.840><c> body</c><00:34:14.039><c> he</c><00:34:14.440><c> wrapped</c><00:34:14.699><c> it</c><00:34:14.960><c> in</c><00:34:15.159><c> a</c>

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clean<00:34:16.059><c> linen</c><00:34:16.579><c> cloth</c><00:34:17.059><c> and</c><00:34:17.780><c> laid</c><00:34:18.000><c> it</c><00:34:18.179><c> in</c><00:34:18.280><c> his</c><00:34:18.599><c> own</c><00:34:19.579><c> new</c><00:34:20.159><c> tomb</c><00:34:20.539><c> which</c><00:34:21.179><c> he</c>

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:23.699
had<00:34:21.659><c> hewn</c><00:34:22.000><c> out</c><00:34:22.280><c> in</c><00:34:22.420><c> the</c><00:34:22.599><c> rock</c><00:34:22.860><c> and</c><00:34:23.280><c> he</c><00:34:23.539><c> rolled</c>

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:29.840
a<00:34:24.059><c> great</c><00:34:24.320><c> stone</c><00:34:24.860><c> to</c><00:34:25.059><c> the</c><00:34:25.199><c> door</c><00:34:25.380><c> of</c><00:34:25.579><c> the</c><00:34:25.679><c> sepulchre</c><00:34:26.239><c> and</c><00:34:27.320><c> departed.</c><00:34:29.840><c> You</c>

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know<00:34:29.980><c> only</c><00:34:30.239><c> Matthew,</c><00:34:30.940><c> only</c><00:34:31.400><c> Matthew</c>

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:35.900
records<00:34:31.679><c> for</c><00:34:32.420><c> us</c><00:34:33.119><c> that</c><00:34:33.460><c> this</c><00:34:33.659><c> was</c><00:34:33.940><c> Joseph's</c><00:34:34.559><c> own</c><00:34:35.019><c> tomb</c>

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:40.599
and<00:34:37.659><c> that's</c><00:34:37.900><c> highly</c><00:34:38.059><c> significant</c><00:34:38.519><c> isn't</c><00:34:38.719><c> it</c><00:34:39.519><c> because</c><00:34:39.900><c> there's</c><00:34:40.179><c> been</c>

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:42.900
only<00:34:41.179><c> one</c><00:34:41.559><c> other</c><00:34:41.920><c> place</c><00:34:42.280><c> at</c><00:34:42.480><c> least</c><00:34:42.619><c> to</c>

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:47.179
my<00:34:43.079><c> knowledge</c><00:34:43.460><c> in</c><00:34:43.880><c> the</c><00:34:44.099><c> whole</c><00:34:44.440><c> of</c><00:34:44.699><c> the</c><00:34:44.940><c> Bible</c><00:34:45.400><c> where</c><00:34:46.699><c> someone</c>

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:51.420
buries<00:34:47.619><c> a</c><00:34:47.860><c> man</c><00:34:48.059><c> of</c><00:34:48.360><c> God</c><00:34:48.780><c> in</c><00:34:49.760><c> their</c><00:34:50.019><c> own</c><00:34:50.440><c> tomb.</c>

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:54.300
Does<00:34:51.719><c> anyone</c><00:34:51.860><c> know</c><00:34:52.039><c> where</c><00:34:52.139><c> that</c><00:34:52.340><c> place</c><00:34:52.480><c> might</c><00:34:52.639><c> be?</c><00:34:53.840><c> Only</c><00:34:54.079><c> one</c>

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.360
other<00:34:54.480><c> place.</c>

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Excellent<00:35:00.039><c> so</c><00:35:00.599><c> I'll</c><00:35:00.739><c> give</c><00:35:00.800><c> you</c><00:35:00.940><c> the</c><00:35:01.079><c> reference</c><00:35:01.320><c> it's</c><00:35:01.619><c> 1</c><00:35:01.880><c> Kings</c>

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:06.480
13<00:35:03.659><c> verses</c><00:35:04.239><c> 29</c><00:35:05.099><c> to</c><00:35:05.320><c> 30.</c>

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The<00:35:06.519><c> man</c><00:35:06.840><c> who</c><00:35:07.159><c> caused</c><00:35:07.400><c> the</c><00:35:07.679><c> death</c><00:35:07.900><c> of</c><00:35:08.179><c> a</c><00:35:08.260><c> fellow</c><00:35:08.519><c> prophet</c><00:35:08.920><c> and</c>

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:11.159
who<00:35:09.599><c> buried</c><00:35:09.840><c> him</c><00:35:10.159><c> in</c><00:35:10.300><c> his</c><00:35:10.460><c> own</c><00:35:10.760><c> grave</c>

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:15.440
as<00:35:11.739><c> a</c><00:35:11.920><c> sign</c><00:35:12.079><c> of</c><00:35:12.440><c> mourning</c><00:35:12.800><c> and</c><00:35:13.199><c> respect</c><00:35:13.659><c> and</c><00:35:14.019><c> I</c><00:35:14.199><c> think</c><00:35:14.340><c> that</c><00:35:14.539><c> this</c><00:35:14.800><c> is</c>

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:17.760
Joseph's<00:35:16.219><c> salute</c><00:35:16.519><c> to</c><00:35:17.039><c> Jesus</c><00:35:17.400><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:21.219
It's<00:35:18.000><c> his</c><00:35:18.079><c> way</c><00:35:18.260><c> of</c><00:35:18.480><c> saying</c><00:35:18.659><c> I</c><00:35:19.139><c> should</c><00:35:19.320><c> have</c><00:35:19.460><c> done</c><00:35:19.659><c> more</c><00:35:20.159><c> to</c><00:35:20.599><c> support</c><00:35:21.000><c> you</c>

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:22.420
while<00:35:21.440><c> you</c><00:35:21.639><c> were</c><00:35:21.860><c> alive.</c>

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:28.679
I<00:35:22.840><c> should</c><00:35:23.079><c> have</c><00:35:23.300><c> stopped</c><00:35:23.559><c> the</c><00:35:23.820><c> Sanhedrin.</c><00:35:25.800><c> I</c><00:35:25.840><c> should</c><00:35:26.059><c> have</c><00:35:26.219><c> done</c><00:35:26.380><c> more</c><00:35:26.940><c> but</c><00:35:27.780><c> this</c><00:35:28.260><c> is</c>

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:30.280
now<00:35:28.920><c> the</c><00:35:29.059><c> best</c><00:35:29.300><c> that</c><00:35:29.440><c> I</c><00:35:29.519><c> can</c><00:35:29.739><c> do</c>

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:35.539
to<00:35:31.039><c> put</c><00:35:31.340><c> you</c><00:35:31.739><c> in</c><00:35:31.860><c> my</c><00:35:32.199><c> own</c><00:35:32.539><c> tomb.</c><00:35:33.920><c> This</c><00:35:34.000><c> was</c><00:35:34.219><c> Joseph's</c><00:35:35.079><c> public</c>

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:38.400
apology<00:35:36.099><c> that</c><00:35:36.280><c> he</c><00:35:36.400><c> didn't</c><00:35:36.679><c> do</c><00:35:36.960><c> more</c><00:35:37.400><c> to</c><00:35:37.920><c> save</c>

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Jesus's<00:35:39.139><c> life.</c><00:35:40.500><c> It's</c><00:35:40.659><c> his</c><00:35:40.719><c> way</c><00:35:40.920><c> of</c><00:35:41.139><c> saying</c><00:35:41.480><c> sorry</c><00:35:42.539><c> but</c><00:35:43.940><c> it's</c>

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:48.409
also<00:35:44.420><c> his</c><00:35:44.599><c> way</c><00:35:44.820><c> of</c><00:35:45.639><c> forfeiting</c><00:35:46.139><c> isn't</c><00:35:46.360><c> it</c><00:35:47.460><c> all</c><00:35:48.119><c> his</c>

00:35:48.409 --> 00:35:54.269
wealth<00:35:49.289><c> all</c><00:35:50.530><c> what</c><00:35:51.030><c> would</c><00:35:51.250><c> be</c><00:35:51.489><c> his</c><00:35:52.150><c> final</c><00:35:53.010><c> earthly</c><00:35:53.650><c> monument</c>

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everything<00:35:54.989><c> that</c><00:35:55.190><c> was</c><00:35:55.389><c> permanent</c><00:35:55.809><c> that</c>

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would<00:35:56.329><c> permanently</c><00:35:56.789><c> remind</c><00:35:57.429><c> the</c><00:35:57.849><c> nation</c><00:35:58.090><c> of</c><00:35:58.389><c> where</c><00:35:58.530><c> he</c><00:35:58.730><c> was</c>

00:35:58.929 --> 00:36:00.789
and<00:35:59.090><c> how</c><00:35:59.309><c> great</c><00:35:59.489><c> he</c><00:35:59.650><c> was</c><00:35:59.849><c> he's</c><00:36:00.170><c> going</c><00:36:00.250><c> to</c><00:36:00.349><c> give</c><00:36:00.429><c> that</c>

00:36:00.789 --> 00:36:06.449
all<00:36:01.250><c> to</c><00:36:01.809><c> Jesus</c><00:36:02.130><c> Christ.</c><00:36:02.550><c> Now</c><00:36:02.849><c> he</c><00:36:03.050><c> is</c><00:36:03.570><c> a</c><00:36:03.949><c> disciple</c><00:36:04.550><c> and</c><00:36:05.929><c> it</c><00:36:06.130><c> was</c>

00:36:06.449 --> 00:36:11.269
we<00:36:06.889><c> read</c><00:36:07.210><c> not</c><00:36:07.590><c> just</c><00:36:07.769><c> his</c><00:36:07.989><c> own</c><00:36:08.309><c> tomb</c><00:36:08.570><c> but</c><00:36:09.230><c> a</c><00:36:09.590><c> new</c><00:36:10.190><c> tomb.</c>

00:36:11.809 --> 00:36:17.389
It<00:36:11.969><c> was</c><00:36:12.289><c> freshly</c><00:36:12.670><c> carved</c><00:36:13.349><c> but</c><00:36:13.969><c> never</c><00:36:14.289><c> used</c><00:36:14.650><c> and</c><00:36:14.929><c> Luke</c><00:36:15.349><c> actually</c><00:36:15.969><c> emphasizes</c><00:36:16.550><c> this</c><00:36:16.909><c> fact</c><00:36:17.070><c> when</c><00:36:17.230><c> he</c>

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says<00:36:17.550><c> in</c>

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Luke<00:36:17.869><c> 23</c><00:36:18.349><c> and</c><00:36:18.530><c> verse</c><00:36:19.050><c> 53</c><00:36:19.730><c> that</c><00:36:20.130><c> it</c><00:36:20.190><c> was</c><00:36:20.409><c> a</c><00:36:20.630><c> tomb</c><00:36:20.769><c> where</c><00:36:21.030><c> a</c><00:36:21.329><c> never</c>

00:36:21.550 --> 00:36:25.010
man<00:36:21.809><c> before</c><00:36:22.269><c> was</c><00:36:22.510><c> laid</c><00:36:22.909><c> it</c><00:36:23.409><c> was</c><00:36:23.630><c> unused</c><00:36:24.250><c> untainted</c>

00:36:25.010 --> 00:36:29.650
by<00:36:25.730><c> human</c><00:36:26.230><c> death</c><00:36:26.730><c> and</c><00:36:27.710><c> another</c><00:36:28.050><c> prophecy</c><00:36:28.469><c> is</c><00:36:28.769><c> fulfilled</c><00:36:29.130><c> by</c>

00:36:29.650 --> 00:36:33.250
Joseph.<00:36:30.130><c> Psalm</c><00:36:30.590><c> 16</c><00:36:31.289><c> and</c><00:36:31.510><c> verse</c><00:36:31.750><c> 10</c><00:36:32.250><c> they</c><00:36:32.650><c> will</c><00:36:32.869><c> not</c>

00:36:33.250 --> 00:36:36.909
suffer<00:36:33.510><c> thy</c><00:36:33.769><c> holy</c><00:36:34.070><c> one</c><00:36:34.230><c> to</c><00:36:34.449><c> see</c><00:36:34.570><c> corruption</c><00:36:34.969><c> and</c><00:36:35.230><c> now</c><00:36:35.769><c> the</c><00:36:36.269><c> tomb</c><00:36:36.429><c> is</c>

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uncontaminated<00:36:37.750><c> by</c><00:36:38.070><c> another</c><00:36:38.710><c> decomposing</c><00:36:39.510><c> body</c>

00:36:39.750 --> 00:36:49.369
it's<00:36:40.030><c> a</c><00:36:40.289><c> virgin</c><00:36:40.670><c> tomb</c><00:36:41.250><c> and</c><00:36:42.369><c> everything</c><00:36:43.110><c> is</c><00:36:43.389><c> now</c><00:36:43.789><c> set</c><00:36:44.090><c> is</c><00:36:44.369><c> it</c><00:36:44.650><c> not</c><00:36:45.150><c> for</c><00:36:46.210><c> the</c><00:36:46.730><c> rebirth</c><00:36:48.110><c> of</c>

00:36:49.369 --> 00:36:50.670
our<00:36:49.730><c> Lord</c><00:36:49.929><c> Jesus</c><00:36:50.309><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:50.690 --> 00:37:00.269
Think<00:36:50.889><c> of</c><00:36:51.090><c> this</c><00:36:51.769><c> at</c><00:36:53.110><c> his</c><00:36:53.409><c> birth</c><00:36:54.349><c> rich</c><00:36:56.309><c> men</c><00:36:57.650><c> brought</c><00:36:58.269><c> spices</c><00:36:59.010><c> at</c>

00:37:00.269 --> 00:37:04.829
his<00:37:00.469><c> death</c><00:37:01.070><c> the</c><00:37:01.949><c> same</c><00:37:02.409><c> at</c><00:37:03.389><c> his</c><00:37:03.650><c> birth</c><00:37:03.929><c> a</c><00:37:04.329><c> Joseph</c><00:37:04.610><c> was</c>

00:37:04.829 --> 00:37:10.449
there<00:37:05.030><c> to</c><00:37:05.090><c> care</c><00:37:05.429><c> for</c><00:37:05.570><c> his</c><00:37:05.789><c> needs</c><00:37:06.489><c> at</c><00:37:07.409><c> his</c><00:37:07.650><c> death</c><00:37:08.349><c> the</c><00:37:09.130><c> same</c><00:37:09.530><c> at</c>

00:37:10.449 --> 00:37:14.329
his<00:37:10.730><c> birth</c><00:37:10.969><c> he</c><00:37:11.090><c> was</c><00:37:11.409><c> wrapped</c><00:37:11.690><c> in</c><00:37:12.710><c> linen</c><00:37:13.530><c> swaddling</c>

00:37:14.329 --> 00:37:20.349
clothes<00:37:15.090><c> at</c><00:37:16.309><c> his</c><00:37:16.550><c> death</c><00:37:17.070><c> the</c><00:37:18.010><c> same</c><00:37:18.590><c> at</c><00:37:19.090><c> his</c><00:37:19.329><c> birth</c><00:37:19.590><c> a</c><00:37:19.949><c> Mary</c><00:37:20.110><c> was</c>

00:37:20.349 --> 00:37:22.949
there<00:37:20.570><c> to</c><00:37:20.809><c> watch</c><00:37:21.050><c> and</c><00:37:21.289><c> care</c><00:37:21.449><c> for</c><00:37:21.550><c> him</c><00:37:22.170><c> at</c><00:37:22.409><c> his</c><00:37:22.710><c> death.</c>

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set<00:37:39.610><c> for</c><00:37:39.929><c> a</c>

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the<00:37:54.449><c> smell</c><00:37:54.570><c> of</c><00:37:54.829><c> rich</c><00:37:55.050><c> spices</c><00:37:55.909><c> swaddled</c><00:37:57.030><c> in</c><00:37:57.210><c> the</c><00:37:57.409><c> linen</c><00:37:57.570><c> of</c><00:37:57.869><c> righteousness</c><00:37:58.269><c> and</c>

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Christ<00:38:23.690><c> appeared</c><00:38:24.349><c> to</c><00:38:24.809><c> Mary</c><00:38:25.070><c> after</c><00:38:25.469><c> he</c><00:38:25.610><c> was</c><00:38:25.849><c> resurrected</c><00:38:26.230><c> did</c>

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he<00:38:26.690><c> not</c><00:38:27.070><c> in</c><00:38:27.250><c> fact</c><00:38:27.329><c> she</c><00:38:27.469><c> was</c><00:38:27.630><c> the</c><00:38:27.730><c> very</c><00:38:27.969><c> first</c><00:38:28.269><c> person</c>

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doubt<00:38:33.070><c> I</c><00:38:33.269><c> think</c><00:38:33.309><c> we</c><00:38:33.429><c> can</c><00:38:33.570><c> be</c><00:38:33.889><c> pretty</c><00:38:34.250><c> sure</c><00:38:34.530><c> can't</c><00:38:34.809><c> we</c>

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Arimathea<00:38:39.969><c> to</c><00:38:40.869><c> thank</c><00:38:41.110><c> him</c><00:38:41.349><c> for</c><00:38:41.510><c> his</c><00:38:41.809><c> care</c><00:38:42.269><c> and</c><00:38:43.429><c> the</c>

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we<00:38:53.550><c> can</c><00:38:53.809><c> see</c><00:38:53.969><c> the</c><00:38:54.190><c> hand</c><00:38:54.449><c> of</c><00:38:54.690><c> Joseph</c><00:38:55.070><c> when</c><00:38:55.289><c> we</c><00:38:55.510><c> come</c><00:38:55.690><c> to</c><00:38:55.889><c> the</c><00:38:56.070><c> Acts</c><00:38:56.269><c> of</c>

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because<00:38:58.829><c> now</c><00:38:59.349><c> a</c><00:39:00.409><c> converted</c><00:39:01.010><c> disciple</c><00:39:01.670><c> no</c><00:39:01.969><c> doubt</c><00:39:02.289><c> excommunicated</c><00:39:04.090><c> from</c><00:39:04.309><c> the</c><00:39:04.570><c> Sanhedrin</c>

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he<00:39:05.690><c> would</c><00:39:05.829><c> have</c><00:39:05.969><c> gone</c><00:39:06.190><c> about</c><00:39:06.650><c> preaching</c><00:39:07.050><c> the</c><00:39:07.389><c> truth</c><00:39:07.789><c> and</c><00:39:08.570><c> when</c>

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we<00:39:08.849><c> come</c><00:39:08.969><c> to</c><00:39:09.110><c> the</c><00:39:09.269><c> Acts</c><00:39:09.409><c> of</c><00:39:09.550><c> the</c><00:39:09.690><c> Apostles</c><00:39:09.969><c> and</c><00:39:10.150><c> we</c>

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more<00:39:45.570><c> added</c><00:39:46.050><c> to</c><00:39:46.349><c> the</c><00:39:46.510><c> Lord</c>

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Acts<00:39:47.329><c> 11</c><00:39:47.590><c> verse</c><00:39:47.849><c> 24</c><00:39:48.449><c> and</c><00:39:48.750><c> much</c><00:39:48.989><c> people</c><00:39:49.309><c> was</c><00:39:49.809><c> added</c><00:39:50.309><c> to</c><00:39:50.550><c> the</c><00:39:50.690><c> Lord</c>

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Joseph<00:40:04.570><c> was</c><00:40:04.730><c> one</c><00:40:04.889><c> of</c><00:40:05.030><c> the</c><00:40:05.389><c> foremost</c><00:40:05.929><c> preachers</c><00:40:06.489><c> to</c><00:40:06.789><c> spread</c><00:40:06.969><c> the</c><00:40:07.170><c> gospel</c><00:40:07.449><c> message</c><00:40:07.809><c> to</c>

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bringing<00:40:13.909><c> the</c><00:40:14.469><c> number</c><00:40:14.750><c> of</c><00:40:14.989><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:40:15.730><c> up</c><00:40:16.630><c> in</c><00:40:16.989><c> the</c><00:40:17.230><c> truth</c><00:40:17.710><c> as</c><00:40:18.230><c> thousands</c><00:40:18.710><c> of</c><00:40:18.949><c> people</c><00:40:19.210><c> came</c>

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and<00:40:20.210><c> believed</c><00:40:20.550><c> the</c><00:40:20.690><c> gospel</c><00:40:21.010><c> message</c>

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we<00:40:27.449><c> saw</c><00:40:27.789><c> maybe</c><00:40:28.510><c> Simon's</c>

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Acts<00:40:38.630><c> chapter</c><00:40:39.250><c> 6</c>

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about<00:40:49.329><c> Joseph</c><00:40:49.869><c> and</c><00:40:51.289><c> the</c><00:40:51.469><c> word</c><00:40:51.829><c> of</c><00:40:52.050><c> God</c><00:40:53.250><c> increased</c><00:40:55.289><c> that's</c><00:40:55.929><c> the</c>

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