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the<00:10:00.799><c> city</c><00:10:01.039><c> a</c><00:10:01.220><c> Roman</c><00:10:01.539><c> colony</c><00:10:02.139><c> with</c><00:10:02.399><c> a</c><00:10:02.580><c> temple</c>

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dedicated<00:10:03.440><c> to</c><00:10:03.779><c> Smythius,</c><00:10:05.240><c> a</c><00:10:05.379><c> god</c><00:10:05.539><c> of</c><00:10:05.740><c> healing.</c><00:10:07.139><c> It</c><00:10:07.259><c> was</c><00:10:07.500><c> one</c>

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of<00:10:08.100><c> the</c><00:10:08.299><c> famous</c><00:10:08.659><c> cities</c><00:10:09.059><c> of</c><00:10:09.320><c> the</c><00:10:09.519><c> world</c><00:10:09.779><c> at</c><00:10:10.200><c> the</c><00:10:10.419><c> time.</c>

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come<00:10:16.559><c> over</c><00:10:16.879><c> into</c><00:10:17.120><c> Macedonia</c><00:10:18.000><c> and</c><00:10:18.320><c> help</c><00:10:18.500><c> us.</c><00:10:20.159><c> We're</c><00:10:20.600><c> not</c><00:10:20.860><c> told</c>

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who<00:10:21.559><c> the</c><00:10:21.720><c> man</c><00:10:21.879><c> was,</c><00:10:22.539><c> though</c><00:10:22.679><c> various</c><00:10:23.120><c> suggestions</c>

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had<00:10:24.059><c> been</c><00:10:24.360><c> made.</c><00:10:25.679><c> The</c><00:10:25.980><c> suggestion</c><00:10:26.620><c> that</c><00:10:27.159><c> the</c><00:10:27.360><c> man</c><00:10:27.580><c> is</c><00:10:27.799><c> Luke,</c>

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the<00:10:28.460><c> beloved</c><00:10:29.039><c> physician,</c><00:10:30.659><c> cannot</c><00:10:30.879><c> be</c><00:10:31.240><c> confirmed</c><00:10:31.759><c> from</c>

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information<00:10:32.860><c> given.</c><00:10:34.320><c> What</c><00:10:34.559><c> we</c><00:10:34.860><c> do</c><00:10:35.179><c> notice</c><00:10:35.539><c> is</c><00:10:35.960><c> that</c><00:10:36.259><c> the</c><00:10:36.840><c> they</c>

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of<00:10:37.639><c> verse</c><00:10:37.960><c> 8</c><00:10:38.899><c> becomes</c><00:10:39.700><c> we</c><00:10:40.779><c> in</c><00:10:41.340><c> verses</c><00:10:41.720><c> 10</c><00:10:42.039><c> to</c><00:10:42.200><c> 17,</c>

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when<00:10:43.639><c> Luke</c><00:10:44.059><c> joins</c><00:10:44.620><c> the</c><00:10:44.940><c> party</c><00:10:45.399><c> not</c><00:10:45.919><c> in</c><00:10:46.240><c> Macedonia,</c><00:10:47.620><c> but</c><00:10:47.860><c> at</c><00:10:48.159><c> Troas.</c><00:10:49.879><c> He</c>

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travels<00:10:50.460><c> with</c><00:10:50.820><c> the</c><00:10:51.100><c> party</c><00:10:51.419><c> of</c><00:10:51.659><c> Paul,</c>

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Silas<00:10:53.059><c> and</c><00:10:53.299><c> Timothy,</c><00:10:54.659><c> until</c><00:10:55.039><c> they</c><00:10:55.279><c> leave</c><00:10:55.519><c> Philippi</c><00:10:56.200><c> where</c>

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Luke<00:10:57.080><c> stays.</c>

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Luke<00:11:00.440><c> rejoined</c><00:11:01.000><c> Paul</c><00:11:01.299><c> at</c><00:11:01.559><c> Philippi</c><00:11:02.139><c> on</c><00:11:02.559><c> his</c><00:11:02.919><c> third</c><00:11:03.179><c> journey</c>

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some<00:11:04.120><c> years</c><00:11:04.320><c> later,</c><00:11:04.899><c> about</c><00:11:05.240><c> AD</c><00:11:05.679><c> 60.</c>

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We<00:11:07.320><c> see</c><00:11:07.500><c> that</c><00:11:07.779><c> in</c><00:11:08.019><c> Acts</c><00:11:08.179><c> 20</c><00:11:08.620><c> verse</c><00:11:08.919><c> 5</c><00:11:09.480><c> and</c><00:11:09.639><c> 6.</c><00:11:12.240><c> So,</c><00:11:12.580><c> we</c><00:11:12.679><c> read,</c>

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therefore,<00:11:13.620><c> loosing</c><00:11:13.860><c> from</c><00:11:14.179><c> Troas,</c>

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we<00:11:15.700><c> come</c><00:11:15.940><c> with</c><00:11:16.139><c> a</c><00:11:16.399><c> straight</c><00:11:16.559><c> course</c><00:11:16.919><c> to</c><00:11:17.200><c> Samothracia.</c><00:11:18.720><c> That</c><00:11:19.019><c> was</c><00:11:19.220><c> a</c>

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small<00:11:19.659><c> island</c><00:11:20.259><c> notable</c><00:11:21.120><c> for</c><00:11:21.419><c> its</c><00:11:21.620><c> high</c>

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mountain,<00:11:22.360><c> which</c><00:11:22.600><c> acts</c><00:11:22.980><c> as</c><00:11:23.240><c> a</c><00:11:23.360><c> beacon</c><00:11:23.600><c> to</c><00:11:23.919><c> sailors.</c><00:11:25.220><c> And</c><00:11:25.460><c> the</c>

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next<00:11:25.879><c> day</c><00:11:26.179><c> to</c><00:11:26.419><c> Neapolis,</c><00:11:27.379><c> the</c><00:11:27.639><c> prince's</c><00:11:27.700><c> home,</c>

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the<00:11:27.700><c> principal</c><00:11:28.039><c> port</c><00:11:28.500><c> of</c><00:11:28.759><c> this</c><00:11:28.980><c> part</c><00:11:29.279><c> of</c><00:11:29.500><c> Macedonia,</c><00:11:31.399><c> and</c><00:11:31.580><c> from</c><00:11:31.799><c> thence</c><00:11:32.139><c> to</c>

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Philippi,<00:11:33.399><c> about</c><00:11:33.720><c> 9</c><00:11:34.000><c> miles,</c>

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15<00:11:34.980><c> kilometers</c><00:11:35.580><c> inland,</c><00:11:37.159><c> which</c><00:11:37.399><c> is</c><00:11:37.659><c> the</c><00:11:37.860><c> chief</c><00:11:38.080><c> city</c><00:11:38.399><c> of</c><00:11:38.600><c> that</c>

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part<00:11:39.120><c> of</c><00:11:39.340><c> Macedonia</c><00:11:40.100><c> and</c><00:11:41.019><c> a</c><00:11:41.240><c> colony.</c>

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This<00:11:44.100><c> was</c><00:11:44.340><c> a</c><00:11:44.539><c> fast</c><00:11:44.799><c> journey</c><00:11:45.139><c> for</c><00:11:45.399><c> the</c><00:11:45.659><c> times,</c><00:11:46.960><c> 125</c><00:11:47.840><c> miles,</c><00:11:48.759><c> some</c><00:11:49.080><c> 200</c>

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kilometers,<00:11:50.639><c> in</c><00:11:50.940><c> two</c><00:11:51.200><c> days.</c>

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The<00:11:52.960><c> same</c><00:11:53.340><c> journey</c><00:11:53.639><c> took</c><00:11:53.879><c> five</c><00:11:54.340><c> days</c><00:11:54.659><c> on</c><00:11:54.960><c> the</c><00:11:55.259><c> return</c><00:11:55.600><c> from</c>

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the<00:11:56.159><c> third</c><00:11:56.379><c> missionary</c><00:11:56.799><c> journey,</c>

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mentioned<00:11:58.100><c> in</c><00:11:58.440><c> chapter</c><00:11:58.779><c> 20</c><00:11:59.259><c> and</c><00:11:59.460><c> verse</c><00:11:59.639><c> 6.</c><00:12:01.639><c> The</c><00:12:02.019><c> apparently</c>

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unnecessary<00:12:03.600><c> detail</c><00:12:04.200><c> of</c><00:12:04.399><c> the</c><00:12:04.659><c> journey</c>

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confirms<00:12:05.659><c> for</c><00:12:06.039><c> us</c><00:12:06.320><c> that</c><00:12:06.720><c> this</c><00:12:07.059><c> is</c><00:12:07.320><c> an</c><00:12:07.600><c> accurate</c><00:12:08.240><c> eyewitness</c>

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account.<00:12:11.740><c> Macedonia,</c><00:12:12.460><c> of</c><00:12:12.659><c> course,</c>

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was<00:12:13.320><c> the</c><00:12:13.639><c> homelander</c><00:12:14.080><c> Philip</c><00:12:14.440><c> of</c><00:12:14.679><c> Macedon</c><00:12:15.580><c> and</c><00:12:16.120><c> his</c><00:12:16.419><c> son</c><00:12:16.779><c> Alexander</c><00:12:17.480><c> the</c>

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Great,<00:12:18.759><c> who</c><00:12:18.960><c> swept</c><00:12:19.279><c> across</c><00:12:19.759><c> the</c><00:12:20.019><c> ancient</c>

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world<00:12:20.860><c> until</c><00:12:21.720><c> his</c><00:12:21.960><c> early</c><00:12:22.320><c> death.</c><00:12:24.200><c> By</c><00:12:24.440><c> the</c><00:12:24.620><c> time</c><00:12:24.840><c> of</c><00:12:25.100><c> Paul's</c><00:12:25.500><c> visit,</c><00:12:26.059><c> about</c><00:12:26.120><c> AD</c>

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50,<00:12:27.860><c> Claudius</c><00:12:28.279><c> had</c><00:12:28.679><c> separated</c>

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Macedonia<00:12:30.059><c> from</c><00:12:30.379><c> Achaia</c><00:12:31.480><c> and</c><00:12:31.860><c> made</c><00:12:32.200><c> it</c><00:12:32.500><c> a</c><00:12:32.600><c> senatorial</c><00:12:33.620><c> province.</c><00:12:36.000><c> Numerous</c><00:12:36.519><c> gods</c>

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were<00:12:37.299><c> worshiped,</c><00:12:37.940><c> such</c><00:12:38.080><c> as</c>

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Zeus,<00:12:39.100><c> Apollo,</c><00:12:39.940><c> Artemis,</c><00:12:41.059><c> and</c><00:12:41.299><c> Theost</c><00:12:41.899><c> Hypsistos,</c><00:12:43.840><c> god</c><00:12:44.159><c> most</c>

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high.<00:12:46.860><c> Philippi,</c><00:12:47.840><c> a</c><00:12:48.000><c> Roman</c><00:12:48.320><c> colony</c><00:12:48.820><c> named</c><00:12:49.220><c> after</c>

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home<00:12:54.259><c> for</c><00:12:54.559><c> his</c><00:12:54.860><c> retired</c><00:12:55.440><c> military</c><00:12:56.299><c> veterans.</c>

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though<00:13:02.220><c> Thessalonica</c><00:13:03.000><c> was</c><00:13:03.240><c> the</c><00:13:03.480><c> regional</c><00:13:03.980><c> capital,</c>

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indicates<00:13:06.179><c> something</c><00:13:06.580><c> of</c><00:13:06.879><c> the</c><00:13:07.279><c> pride</c><00:13:07.700><c> of</c><00:13:07.980><c> its</c><00:13:08.299><c> citizens.</c><00:13:10.779><c> Significantly,</c><00:13:11.659><c> preaching</c><00:13:11.840><c> now</c>

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began<00:13:12.419><c> in</c><00:13:12.659><c> Europe</c><00:13:12.980><c> for</c>

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first<00:13:13.559><c> time.</c><00:13:15.799><c> And</c><00:13:16.000><c> this</c><00:13:16.179><c> was</c><00:13:16.360><c> not</c><00:13:16.779><c> by</c><00:13:17.100><c> chance,</c><00:13:17.940><c> but</c><00:13:18.019><c> by</c><00:13:18.399><c> the</c><00:13:18.659><c> deliberate</c><00:13:19.139><c> choice</c><00:13:19.580><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:19.960><c> Lord</c><00:13:20.299><c> the</c><00:13:20.580><c> Spirit,</c>

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so<00:13:21.759><c> that</c><00:13:21.940><c> we</c><00:13:22.200><c> all,</c><00:13:22.600><c> with</c><00:13:22.779><c> unveiled</c><00:13:23.179><c> face,</c><00:13:23.820><c> beholding</c><00:13:24.379><c> as</c><00:13:24.620><c> in</c><00:13:24.799><c> a</c>

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glass<00:13:25.220><c> the</c><00:13:25.500><c> glory</c><00:13:25.960><c> of</c><00:13:26.179><c> the</c><00:13:26.299><c> Lord,</c><00:13:27.259><c> are</c><00:13:27.399><c> being</c>

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changed<00:13:28.279><c> into</c><00:13:28.600><c> the</c><00:13:29.000><c> same</c><00:13:29.279><c> image</c><00:13:29.840><c> from</c><00:13:30.539><c> glory</c><00:13:31.340><c> to</c><00:13:32.039><c> glory.</c><00:13:33.299><c> As</c>

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verses<00:13:36.799><c> 17</c><00:13:37.559><c> to</c><00:13:37.860><c> 18.</c><00:13:41.139><c> Acts</c><00:13:41.279><c> chapter</c><00:13:41.600><c> 16</c><00:13:42.159><c> verse</c><00:13:42.539><c> 12</c><00:13:42.940><c> to</c><00:13:43.120><c> 15.</c>

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Lydia<00:13:45.679><c> converted.</c>

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as<00:13:53.360><c> not</c><00:13:53.580><c> being</c><00:13:53.940><c> required</c><00:13:54.399><c> to</c><00:13:54.679><c> pay</c><00:13:54.879><c> tribute.</c>

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a<00:14:01.080><c> prosciucce,</c><00:14:01.860><c> a</c><00:14:02.120><c> place,</c><00:14:02.480><c> or</c><00:14:02.720><c> house</c><00:14:03.019><c> of</c><00:14:03.259><c> prayer.</c>

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referred<00:14:08.059><c> to</c><00:14:08.299><c> a</c><00:14:08.480><c> synagogue</c><00:14:08.940><c> as</c><00:14:09.320><c> a</c><00:14:09.519><c> prosciucce.</c>

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Either<00:14:11.539><c> way,</c><00:14:12.159><c> it</c><00:14:12.299><c> was</c><00:14:12.519><c> situated</c><00:14:13.080><c> close</c><00:14:13.460><c> to</c><00:14:13.700><c> a</c><00:14:13.840><c> river,</c><00:14:14.600><c> probably</c><00:14:14.960><c> the</c>

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Gangutes,<00:14:16.320><c> which</c><00:14:16.679><c> would</c><00:14:17.100><c> facilitate</c>

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ritual<00:14:18.559><c> washings.</c><00:14:20.600><c> Here</c><00:14:21.059><c> Paul</c><00:14:21.460><c> began</c><00:14:21.799><c> to</c><00:14:22.100><c> speak</c><00:14:22.259><c> to</c><00:14:22.440><c> the</c><00:14:22.580><c> women</c><00:14:22.820><c> who</c>

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gathered<00:14:23.299><c> there.</c><00:14:24.620><c> One</c><00:14:24.980><c> was</c><00:14:25.440><c> Lydia</c><00:14:25.860><c> from</c>

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in<00:14:27.419><c> Asia</c><00:14:27.840><c> Minor,</c><00:14:28.860><c> where</c><00:14:28.919><c> Paul</c><00:14:29.240><c> had</c><00:14:29.500><c> been</c><00:14:29.840><c> forbidden</c><00:14:30.200><c> to</c><00:14:30.500><c> preach.</c><00:14:32.120><c> Thyatira</c><00:14:32.659><c> is</c><00:14:32.879><c> known</c><00:14:33.179><c> to</c>

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be<00:14:33.519><c> a</c><00:14:33.679><c> centre</c><00:14:33.899><c> for</c>

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the<00:14:34.360><c> dyeing</c><00:14:34.759><c> of</c><00:14:35.019><c> cloth,</c><00:14:36.200><c> and</c><00:14:36.360><c> Lydia</c><00:14:36.700><c> was</c><00:14:37.179><c> a</c><00:14:37.419><c> successful</c><00:14:38.100><c> businesswoman,</c><00:14:39.960><c> a</c><00:14:40.139><c> seller</c><00:14:40.399><c> of</c>

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purple<00:14:41.539><c> cloth.</c>

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Two<00:14:43.480><c> inscriptions</c><00:14:44.159><c> discovered</c><00:14:44.860><c> at</c><00:14:45.120><c> Philippi</c><00:14:45.559><c> actually</c><00:14:46.000><c> mention</c><00:14:46.580><c> sellers</c><00:14:47.399><c> of</c><00:14:47.879><c> purple.</c><00:14:49.659><c> Lydia</c><00:14:50.159><c> owned</c><00:14:50.480><c> a</c><00:14:50.799><c> large</c>

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house<00:14:51.480><c> capable</c><00:14:52.039><c> of</c><00:14:52.360><c> accommodating</c><00:14:53.059><c> Paul's</c><00:14:53.840><c> team,</c><00:14:55.019><c> as</c><00:14:55.059><c> well</c>

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as<00:14:55.379><c> the</c><00:14:55.600><c> members</c><00:14:55.899><c> of</c><00:14:56.179><c> her</c><00:14:56.419><c> own</c><00:14:56.720><c> household.</c>

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Lydia<00:14:59.440><c> appears</c><00:15:00.019><c> to</c><00:15:00.240><c> have</c><00:15:00.399><c> been</c><00:15:00.580><c> a</c><00:15:00.740><c> proselyte</c><00:15:01.240><c> to</c><00:15:01.460><c> Judaism,</c>

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but<00:15:03.100><c> now</c><00:15:03.500><c> the</c><00:15:03.679><c> Lord</c><00:15:03.899><c> opened</c><00:15:04.299><c> her</c><00:15:04.600><c> heart</c><00:15:04.980><c> to</c><00:15:05.220><c> the</c><00:15:05.399><c> fullness</c><00:15:05.679><c> of</c>

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his<00:15:06.220><c> word.</c><00:15:07.399><c> She</c><00:15:07.620><c> had</c><00:15:07.799><c> been</c><00:15:08.059><c> called</c><00:15:08.460><c> by</c><00:15:08.799><c> God.</c>

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Many<00:15:11.279><c> around</c><00:15:11.700><c> the</c><00:15:11.919><c> world</c><00:15:12.179><c> read</c><00:15:12.539><c> the</c><00:15:12.740><c> Bible,</c><00:15:13.139><c> but</c><00:15:13.759><c> do</c><00:15:14.179><c> not</c><00:15:14.519><c> understand</c><00:15:14.980><c> it.</c>

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We<00:15:16.639><c> should</c><00:15:16.860><c> always</c><00:15:17.399><c> be</c>

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grateful<00:15:18.070><c> that</c><00:15:18.330><c> he</c><00:15:18.570><c> has</c><00:15:18.850><c> opened</c><00:15:19.250><c> our</c><00:15:19.610><c> hearts,</c><00:15:20.570><c> and</c><00:15:20.750><c> we</c><00:15:20.990><c> are</c><00:15:21.289><c> taught</c><00:15:21.590><c> of</c><00:15:21.909><c> God.</c>

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Without<00:15:27.169><c> this</c><00:15:27.529><c> a</c><00:15:27.629><c> man</c><00:15:27.769><c> cannot</c><00:15:28.129><c> understand.</c>

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Lydia<00:15:31.049><c> worshipped</c><00:15:31.809><c> God</c><00:15:32.250><c> as</c><00:15:32.649><c> had</c><00:15:32.889><c> Cornelius,</c><00:15:34.009><c> but</c><00:15:34.149><c> like</c><00:15:34.570><c> him</c>

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she<00:15:35.169><c> still</c><00:15:35.490><c> had</c><00:15:35.710><c> to</c><00:15:35.970><c> hear</c><00:15:36.389><c> and</c><00:15:37.250><c> do.</c>

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She<00:15:39.129><c> was</c><00:15:39.409><c> attentive</c><00:15:39.970><c> to</c><00:15:40.250><c> the</c><00:15:40.450><c> word</c><00:15:40.669><c> Paul</c><00:15:41.110><c> taught</c><00:15:41.389><c> with</c><00:15:41.629><c> the</c>

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result<00:15:42.110><c> that,</c><00:15:42.929><c> like</c><00:15:43.190><c> Cornelius,</c>

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she<00:15:44.549><c> and</c><00:15:44.950><c> her</c><00:15:45.289><c> household</c><00:15:45.710><c> were</c><00:15:46.009><c> baptised.</c><00:15:48.210><c> Lydia</c><00:15:48.610><c> constrained.</c><00:15:51.549><c> The</c><00:15:51.730><c> word</c>

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means<00:15:52.490><c> to</c><00:15:52.870><c> press</c><00:15:53.429><c> beyond</c>

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measure,<00:15:55.389><c> so</c><00:15:55.529><c> she</c><00:15:55.830><c> constrained</c><00:15:56.450><c> them,</c><00:15:56.649><c> she</c><00:15:56.950><c> pressed</c><00:15:57.289><c> them</c><00:15:57.570><c> to</c>

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lodge<00:15:58.110><c> with</c><00:15:58.370><c> her.</c><00:15:59.870><c> Thus</c><00:16:00.190><c> began</c><00:16:00.669><c> that</c><00:16:00.990><c> example</c>

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of<00:16:01.850><c> Philippian</c><00:16:02.409><c> hospitality</c><00:16:03.450><c> by</c><00:16:04.169><c> which</c><00:16:04.370><c> at</c><00:16:04.450><c> least</c><00:16:04.809><c> four</c><00:16:05.250><c> times</c><00:16:05.909><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:16:06.590><c> sent</c><00:16:06.809><c> support</c><00:16:07.409><c> to</c><00:16:08.070><c> the</c><00:16:08.350><c> apostle.</c>

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They<00:16:09.769><c> are</c><00:16:09.889><c> mentioned</c><00:16:10.210><c> in</c><00:16:10.450><c> Philippians</c><00:16:11.049><c> 2</c><00:16:11.490><c> verse</c><00:16:11.809><c> 25,</c><00:16:13.330><c> 4</c><00:16:13.690><c> verse</c>

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3,<00:16:15.029><c> verse</c><00:16:15.309><c> 10</c><00:16:15.809><c> and</c><00:16:16.309><c> verse</c><00:16:16.590><c> 16.</c>

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The<00:16:19.049><c> party</c><00:16:19.470><c> accepted</c><00:16:20.230><c> Lydia's</c><00:16:20.830><c> generous</c><00:16:21.350><c> offer</c><00:16:21.649><c> in</c><00:16:21.950><c> accordance</c><00:16:22.330><c> with</c><00:16:22.669><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:16:23.250><c> own</c><00:16:23.590><c> teaching.</c>

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Matthew<00:16:25.389><c> 10</c><00:16:25.769><c> verse</c><00:16:26.070><c> 11</c><00:16:26.470><c> to</c><00:16:26.669><c> 13.</c><00:16:28.230><c> Though</c><00:16:28.429><c> Silas,</c><00:16:29.009><c> being</c><00:16:29.409><c> from</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:16:30.929><c> would</c><00:16:31.009><c> surely</c><00:16:31.309><c> have</c><00:16:31.590><c> found</c><00:16:31.789><c> it</c>

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difficult<00:16:32.370><c> to</c><00:16:32.730><c> overcome</c><00:16:33.090><c> his</c><00:16:33.409><c> Jewish</c><00:16:33.789><c> scruples</c><00:16:34.330><c> against</c><00:16:34.830><c> entering</c><00:16:35.250><c> the</c>

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house<00:16:35.750><c> of</c><00:16:35.970><c> a</c><00:16:36.129><c> Gentile.</c>

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Later<00:16:38.610><c> Paul</c><00:16:39.190><c> commended</c><00:16:39.909><c> the</c><00:16:40.149><c> example</c><00:16:40.649><c> of</c><00:16:40.909><c> the</c><00:16:41.129><c> Philippians,</c>

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saying<00:16:42.110><c> to</c><00:16:42.350><c> the</c><00:16:42.610><c> Corinthians</c>

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in<00:16:43.830><c> the</c><00:16:44.009><c> 2</c><00:16:44.289><c> Corinthians</c><00:16:44.970><c> chapter</c><00:16:45.450><c> 11,</c><00:16:46.909><c> I</c><00:16:46.950><c> robbed</c><00:16:47.289><c> other</c><00:16:47.769><c> ecclesias,</c><00:16:48.490><c> taking</c><00:16:48.950><c> wages</c>

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of<00:16:49.649><c> them</c><00:16:49.970><c> to</c><00:16:50.210><c> do</c><00:16:50.470><c> you</c><00:16:50.710><c> service.</c>

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And<00:16:52.610><c> when</c><00:16:52.769><c> I</c><00:16:53.029><c> was</c><00:16:53.289><c> present</c><00:16:53.529><c> with</c><00:16:53.830><c> you</c><00:16:54.009><c> and</c><00:16:54.230><c> wanted,</c><00:16:54.789><c> I</c><00:16:55.049><c> was</c><00:16:55.389><c> chargeable</c><00:16:55.889><c> to</c>

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no<00:16:56.529><c> man.</c>

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For<00:16:57.990><c> that</c><00:16:58.330><c> which</c><00:16:58.509><c> was</c><00:16:58.870><c> lacking</c><00:16:59.149><c> to</c><00:16:59.590><c> me,</c><00:16:59.990><c> the</c><00:17:00.230><c> brethren</c><00:17:00.570><c> which</c>

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came<00:17:01.149><c> from</c><00:17:01.450><c> Macedonia</c><00:17:02.169><c> supplied.</c>

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In<00:17:04.710><c> summary,</c><00:17:06.210><c> we</c><00:17:06.269><c> see</c><00:17:06.650><c> Lydia</c><00:17:07.069><c> as</c><00:17:07.450><c> a</c><00:17:07.609><c> businesswoman,</c><00:17:08.589><c> intelligent,</c><00:17:09.950><c> devout,</c>

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she<00:17:10.769><c> worshipped</c><00:17:11.150><c> God,</c>

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and<00:17:12.869><c> studious,</c><00:17:13.670><c> for</c><00:17:13.910><c> she</c><00:17:14.269><c> attended</c><00:17:14.609><c> to</c><00:17:14.890><c> the</c><00:17:15.029><c> things</c><00:17:15.269><c> spoken.</c>

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Sincere<00:17:17.890><c> and</c><00:17:18.329><c> obedient</c><00:17:19.029><c> to</c><00:17:19.390><c> baptism,</c>

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she<00:17:21.170><c> was</c><00:17:21.450><c> a</c><00:17:21.710><c> woman</c><00:17:22.109><c> so</c><00:17:22.589><c> respected</c><00:17:23.309><c> that</c><00:17:23.670><c> her</c><00:17:23.990><c> household</c><00:17:24.470><c> followed</c><00:17:24.930><c> her</c><00:17:25.329><c> example.</c>

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She<00:17:27.150><c> was</c><00:17:27.650><c> hospitable</c><00:17:28.349><c> and</c><00:17:28.650><c> loyal,</c><00:17:29.809><c> not</c><00:17:30.130><c> being</c><00:17:30.549><c> ashamed</c><00:17:31.069><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:31.849><c> Lord's</c><00:17:32.609><c> prisoners.</c>

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Acts<00:17:36.410><c> chapter</c><00:17:36.829><c> 16</c><00:17:37.490><c> verse</c><00:17:37.869><c> 16</c><00:17:38.490><c> to</c><00:17:38.829><c> 80.</c><00:17:40.690><c> Adamsel</c><00:17:41.349><c> healed.</c>

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On<00:17:44.710><c> the</c><00:17:44.869><c> way</c><00:17:44.970><c> to</c><00:17:45.250><c> prayer</c><00:17:45.509><c> by</c><00:17:45.829><c> the</c><00:17:46.009><c> river,</c><00:17:46.990><c> Adamsel,</c><00:17:47.690><c> a</c><00:17:47.789><c> female</c>

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slave,<00:17:49.289><c> accosted</c><00:17:49.769><c> the</c><00:17:49.910><c> small</c><00:17:50.250><c> group</c><00:17:50.529><c> of</c>

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worshippers<00:17:51.190><c> over</c><00:17:51.569><c> many</c><00:17:51.869><c> days.</c><00:17:53.210><c> She</c><00:17:53.529><c> was</c><00:17:53.950><c> sadly</c><00:17:54.369><c> afflicted</c><00:17:55.009><c> with</c><00:17:55.190><c> a</c>

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mental<00:17:55.789><c> condition</c><00:17:56.430><c> attributed</c><00:17:57.269><c> to</c><00:17:57.650><c> Python,</c>

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literally,<00:17:59.009><c> Pneuma</c><00:17:59.950><c> Python,</c><00:18:00.690><c> a</c><00:18:00.990><c> spirit</c><00:18:01.269><c> of</c><00:18:01.569><c> Python.</c><00:18:03.230><c> A</c><00:18:03.390><c> serpent</c><00:18:03.789><c> said</c>

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to<00:18:04.329><c> God</c><00:18:04.569><c> the</c><00:18:04.829><c> opening</c><00:18:05.150><c> to</c><00:18:05.410><c> the</c><00:18:05.609><c> cave</c>

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of<00:18:06.150><c> the</c><00:18:06.309><c> oracle</c><00:18:06.650><c> of</c><00:18:06.910><c> Delphi</c><00:18:07.789><c> and</c><00:18:08.210><c> the</c><00:18:08.529><c> entrance</c><00:18:08.869><c> to</c><00:18:09.289><c> the</c><00:18:09.609><c> underworld.</c><00:18:11.490><c> In</c><00:18:11.789><c> mythology,</c><00:18:12.730><c> this</c><00:18:12.910><c> serpent</c><00:18:13.349><c> or</c><00:18:13.670><c> dragon</c>

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was<00:18:14.329><c> slain</c><00:18:14.630><c> by</c><00:18:14.990><c> Apollo,</c><00:18:16.109><c> whose</c><00:18:16.190><c> name</c><00:18:16.509><c> means</c><00:18:17.049><c> destruction.</c><00:18:19.190><c> It</c>

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seems<00:18:19.670><c> that</c><00:18:19.910><c> the</c><00:18:20.190><c> oracle</c><00:18:20.589><c> spoke</c><00:18:20.950><c> first</c><00:18:21.390><c> in</c><00:18:21.609><c> an</c><00:18:21.950><c> ecstatic</c>

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gibberish<00:18:23.309><c> with</c><00:18:23.950><c> a</c><00:18:24.309><c> strange</c><00:18:24.750><c> inflection</c><00:18:25.430><c> of</c><00:18:25.730><c> voice</c><00:18:26.009><c> described</c><00:18:26.589><c> by</c><00:18:26.930><c> Plutarch</c><00:18:27.490><c> as</c>

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belly<00:18:28.529><c> talking.</c>

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A<00:18:30.630><c> priest</c><00:18:30.930><c> then</c><00:18:31.529><c> interpreted</c><00:18:32.230><c> the</c><00:18:32.529><c> oracle.</c><00:18:34.329><c> Some</c><00:18:34.569><c> churches</c><00:18:35.009><c> follow</c><00:18:35.410><c> a</c>

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similar<00:18:36.069><c> practice</c><00:18:36.549><c> today.</c>

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of<00:18:42.589><c> this</c><00:18:42.849><c> strange</c><00:18:43.230><c> phenomenon</c><00:18:43.890><c> at</c>

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Delphi<00:18:45.089><c> is</c><00:18:45.829><c> gas</c><00:18:46.210><c> escaping</c><00:18:46.809><c> from</c><00:18:47.250><c> underground</c><00:18:47.809><c> through</c><00:18:48.210><c> fissures</c><00:18:48.789><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:49.230><c> rock.</c><00:18:50.470><c> This</c><00:18:50.829><c> gas</c><00:18:51.230><c> would</c><00:18:51.450><c> also</c><00:18:51.809><c> have</c>

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been<00:18:52.230><c> the</c><00:18:52.490><c> cause</c><00:18:52.829><c> of</c><00:18:53.089><c> the</c><00:18:53.190><c> famous</c><00:18:53.589><c> eternal</c><00:18:54.150><c> flame</c><00:18:54.690><c> that</c><00:18:55.069><c> burned</c><00:18:55.490><c> there.</c><00:18:57.410><c> The</c>

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poor<00:18:57.950><c> girl,</c><00:18:58.930><c> exploited</c><00:18:58.950><c> by</c><00:18:59.309><c> her</c>

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masters<00:18:59.950><c> for</c><00:19:00.349><c> unjust</c><00:19:00.730><c> gain,</c><00:19:02.130><c> cried</c><00:19:02.309><c> out,</c><00:19:03.269><c> these</c><00:19:03.490><c> men</c><00:19:03.930><c> are</c><00:19:04.210><c> the</c>

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servants<00:19:04.869><c> of</c><00:19:05.109><c> the</c><00:19:05.230><c> most</c><00:19:05.589><c> high</c><00:19:05.849><c> God,</c><00:19:07.289><c> Theos</c>

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Hypsistos,<00:19:10.349><c> who</c><00:19:10.589><c> showed</c><00:19:10.950><c> unto</c><00:19:11.289><c> us</c><00:19:11.650><c> the</c><00:19:11.789><c> way</c><00:19:12.029><c> of</c><00:19:12.269><c> salvation,</c>

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which<00:19:14.029><c> is</c><00:19:14.309><c> the</c><00:19:14.609><c> essential</c><00:19:15.069><c> point</c><00:19:15.450><c> of</c><00:19:15.670><c> all</c><00:19:15.849><c> preaching.</c>

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Because<00:19:18.089><c> this</c><00:19:18.450><c> continued</c><00:19:19.109><c> over</c><00:19:19.450><c> many</c><00:19:19.750><c> days,</c><00:19:21.049><c> Paul,</c><00:19:21.849><c> being</c><00:19:22.009><c> grieved,</c><00:19:22.730><c> commanded</c><00:19:23.269><c> the</c><00:19:23.730><c> spirit</c><00:19:24.049><c> to</c>

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come<00:19:24.369><c> out</c><00:19:24.650><c> of</c><00:19:24.849><c> her.</c>

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This<00:19:26.390><c> was</c><00:19:26.750><c> not</c><00:19:27.049><c> the</c><00:19:27.349><c> kind</c><00:19:27.710><c> of</c><00:19:27.950><c> support</c><00:19:28.289><c> to</c><00:19:28.529><c> their</c><00:19:28.730><c> preaching</c>

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that<00:19:29.470><c> helped</c><00:19:29.650><c> the</c><00:19:29.910><c> apostles,</c><00:19:30.930><c> as</c><00:19:31.109><c> it</c><00:19:31.289><c> is</c><00:19:31.509><c> written,</c>

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surely<00:19:33.430><c> the</c><00:19:33.829><c> serpent</c><00:19:34.190><c> will</c><00:19:34.589><c> bite</c><00:19:34.950><c> without</c><00:19:35.410><c> enchantment</c><00:19:36.349><c> and</c>

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a<00:19:37.190><c> babbler</c><00:19:37.730><c> is</c><00:19:38.309><c> no</c><00:19:38.750><c> better.</c><00:19:40.029><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:19:40.750><c> 10</c><00:19:41.089><c> verse</c><00:19:41.410><c> 11.</c>

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The<00:19:43.450><c> spirit</c><00:19:43.990><c> came</c><00:19:44.430><c> out</c><00:19:44.930><c> of</c><00:19:45.049><c> her</c><00:19:45.269><c> the</c><00:19:45.450><c> same</c><00:19:45.710><c> hour,</c><00:19:46.049><c> that</c><00:19:46.250><c> is,</c><00:19:47.130><c> she</c><00:19:47.349><c> was</c><00:19:47.650><c> healed</c><00:19:47.930><c> of</c>

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her<00:19:48.490><c> mental</c><00:19:48.789><c> affliction</c><00:19:49.309><c> by</c><00:19:49.569><c> the</c>

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one<00:19:50.230><c> true</c><00:19:50.609><c> God</c><00:19:51.089><c> who</c><00:19:51.789><c> alone</c><00:19:52.470><c> can</c><00:19:52.829><c> heal,</c><00:19:54.069><c> whereas</c><00:19:54.490><c> spirits</c><00:19:54.970><c> are</c>

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false<00:19:55.769><c> gods,</c><00:19:56.849><c> the</c><00:19:57.089><c> inventions</c><00:19:57.589><c> of</c><00:19:57.849><c> men's</c><00:19:58.650><c> fertile</c>

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imagination.<00:20:01.490><c> 1</c><00:20:01.609><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:02.130><c> 8</c><00:20:02.470><c> verse</c><00:20:02.769><c> 5</c><00:20:03.230><c> to</c><00:20:03.450><c> 7.</c><00:20:05.250><c> The</c><00:20:05.470><c> spirit</c>

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left<00:20:06.069><c> the</c><00:20:06.329><c> damsel</c><00:20:06.710><c> the</c><00:20:06.950><c> same</c><00:20:07.230><c> hour,</c>

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but<00:20:08.549><c> it</c><00:20:08.769><c> was</c><00:20:09.069><c> probably</c><00:20:09.490><c> only</c><00:20:09.849><c> after</c><00:20:10.289><c> a</c><00:20:10.490><c> frustrating</c><00:20:11.210><c> delay</c>

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that<00:20:12.569><c> their</c><00:20:12.930><c> owners</c><00:20:13.269><c> realized</c><00:20:14.150><c> what</c><00:20:14.430><c> had</c><00:20:14.789><c> happened.</c>

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Acts<00:20:17.369><c> chapter</c><00:20:17.690><c> 16</c><00:20:18.349><c> verse</c><00:20:18.690><c> 19</c><00:20:19.410><c> to</c><00:20:19.609><c> 24.</c><00:20:21.809><c> Stripes</c><00:20:22.130><c> and</c><00:20:23.109><c> imprisonment.</c>

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With<00:20:25.930><c> her</c><00:20:26.210><c> healing,</c><00:20:26.950><c> the</c><00:20:27.109><c> damsel's</c><00:20:27.930><c> owners</c><00:20:28.269><c> saw</c><00:20:28.710><c> that</c><00:20:28.990><c> the</c><00:20:29.170><c> hope</c><00:20:29.349><c> of</c>

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their<00:20:29.869><c> gain</c><00:20:30.210><c> was</c><00:20:30.750><c> gone.</c><00:20:32.150><c> Acts</c><00:20:32.390><c> 16</c><00:20:32.970><c> verse</c><00:20:33.269><c> 19.</c>

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The<00:20:34.789><c> same</c><00:20:35.089><c> word</c><00:20:35.329><c> for</c><00:20:35.809><c> gone,</c><00:20:36.650><c> literally</c><00:20:37.170><c> gone</c><00:20:37.509><c> forth,</c><00:20:38.809><c> is</c><00:20:39.029><c> translated</c><00:20:39.670><c> as</c>

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come<00:20:40.569><c> out</c><00:20:41.130><c> in</c><00:20:41.529><c> verse</c><00:20:41.809><c> 18.</c>

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What<00:20:44.250><c> did</c><00:20:44.589><c> they</c><00:20:44.990><c> care</c><00:20:45.309><c> about</c><00:20:45.670><c> the</c><00:20:45.890><c> health</c><00:20:46.089><c> of</c><00:20:46.329><c> this</c><00:20:46.630><c> girl?</c><00:20:47.769><c> They</c><00:20:48.029><c> had</c>

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not<00:20:48.430><c> been</c><00:20:48.849><c> motivated</c><00:20:49.509><c> by</c><00:20:49.930><c> a</c><00:20:50.009><c> desire</c><00:20:50.309><c> to</c><00:20:50.549><c> help</c>

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people,<00:20:52.130><c> but</c><00:20:52.630><c> by</c><00:20:53.609><c> love</c><00:20:54.089><c> of</c><00:20:54.509><c> mammon</c><00:20:54.769><c> had</c><00:20:55.230><c> profited</c><00:20:55.730><c> from</c><00:20:56.069><c> the</c>

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more<00:20:56.670><c> gullible</c><00:20:57.150><c> and</c><00:20:57.529><c> superstitious,</c>

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as<00:20:59.069><c> did</c><00:20:59.369><c> the</c><00:20:59.730><c> silversmiths</c><00:21:00.710><c> at</c><00:21:00.849><c> Ephesus</c><00:21:02.049><c> in</c><00:21:02.430><c> chapter</c><00:21:02.769><c> 19</c><00:21:03.390><c> verse</c><00:21:03.730><c> 24</c>

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and<00:21:04.829><c> 25.</c><00:21:06.869><c> Her</c><00:21:07.029><c> masters</c><00:21:07.569><c> caught</c><00:21:08.190><c> Paul</c><00:21:08.730><c> and</c><00:21:09.049><c> Silas</c>

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by<00:21:09.849><c> what</c><00:21:10.089><c> today</c><00:21:10.450><c> would</c><00:21:10.650><c> be</c><00:21:10.890><c> called</c><00:21:11.329><c> a</c><00:21:11.789><c> citizen's</c><00:21:12.470><c> arrest</c><00:21:12.829><c> and</c>

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dragged<00:21:14.170><c> them</c><00:21:14.390><c> into</c><00:21:14.670><c> the</c><00:21:14.930><c> agora</c><00:21:15.309><c> to</c><00:21:15.650><c> the</c><00:21:15.890><c> rulers.</c>

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These<00:21:17.450><c> rulers,</c><00:21:18.390><c> the</c><00:21:18.589><c> Greek</c><00:21:18.910><c> archon</c><00:21:19.450><c> or</c><00:21:20.289><c> magistrates,</c><00:21:21.390><c> strategios,</c><00:21:23.269><c> would</c>

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be<00:21:23.750><c> the</c><00:21:24.049><c> two</c><00:21:24.410><c> principal</c><00:21:25.029><c> city</c>

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officials<00:21:26.029><c> of</c><00:21:26.369><c> the</c><00:21:26.630><c> colony.</c><00:21:28.029><c> The</c><00:21:28.150><c> use</c><00:21:28.410><c> of</c><00:21:28.630><c> the</c><00:21:28.829><c> term</c><00:21:29.089><c> indicates</c><00:21:29.710><c> Luke's</c>

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accurate<00:21:30.890><c> local</c><00:21:31.309><c> knowledge.</c>

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False<00:21:33.049><c> charges</c><00:21:33.670><c> were</c><00:21:34.009><c> made,</c><00:21:34.670><c> firstly,</c><00:21:34.990><c> on</c><00:21:35.369><c> the</c><00:21:35.529><c> basis</c><00:21:35.950><c> that</c>

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they<00:21:36.329><c> were</c><00:21:36.650><c> Jews,</c><00:21:37.490><c> since</c><00:21:37.829><c> anti</c><00:21:38.269><c>-Semitism</c><00:21:38.829><c> was</c>

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common<00:21:39.609><c> amongst</c><00:21:40.029><c> the</c><00:21:40.329><c> Romans.</c><00:21:41.910><c> Glorius</c><00:21:42.430><c> commanded,</c><00:21:43.509><c> you'll</c>

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remember,<00:21:44.890><c> all</c><00:21:45.109><c> Jews</c><00:21:45.410><c> to</c><00:21:45.710><c> leave</c><00:21:45.950><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:21:47.710><c> secondly,</c><00:21:49.150><c> that</c><00:21:49.250><c> they</c><00:21:49.609><c> taught</c><00:21:49.849><c> observance</c><00:21:50.569><c> of</c><00:21:50.869><c> unlawful</c>

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customs.<00:21:53.549><c> Presumably</c><00:21:54.190><c> this</c><00:21:54.509><c> last</c><00:21:54.890><c> referred</c>

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to<00:21:55.490><c> the</c><00:21:55.630><c> Roman</c><00:21:55.990><c> law</c><00:21:56.230><c> that</c><00:21:56.829><c> no</c><00:21:57.190><c> one</c><00:21:57.549><c> shall</c><00:21:57.750><c> have</c><00:21:57.970><c> gods</c><00:21:58.309><c> for</c><00:21:58.630><c> himself,</c><00:21:59.450><c> either</c><00:21:59.849><c> new</c>

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or<00:22:00.490><c> foreign</c><00:22:00.950><c> gods,</c><00:22:02.049><c> unless</c><00:22:02.490><c> they</c>

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are<00:22:03.069><c> officially</c><00:22:03.730><c> recognized.</c><00:22:06.650><c> We</c><00:22:06.990><c> shall</c><00:22:07.250><c> see</c><00:22:07.609><c> later</c><00:22:08.170><c> that</c><00:22:09.390><c> official</c><00:22:10.049><c> recognition</c><00:22:10.750><c> for</c><00:22:11.029><c> the</c><00:22:11.289><c> preaching</c><00:22:11.609><c> of</c><00:22:11.829><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:22:13.049><c> was</c><00:22:13.809><c> eventually</c><00:22:14.430><c> given.</c><00:22:16.369><c> The</c><00:22:16.829><c> accusation</c><00:22:17.490><c> that</c><00:22:17.769><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:22:18.509><c> Silas</c><00:22:19.009><c> do</c><00:22:19.329><c> exceedingly</c><00:22:20.029><c> trouble</c><00:22:20.390><c> our</c><00:22:20.690><c> city</c>

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was<00:22:22.049><c> an</c><00:22:22.309><c> emotive</c><00:22:22.829><c> charge</c><00:22:23.309><c> that</c><00:22:23.569><c> was</c><00:22:23.910><c> unsubstantiated</c><00:22:25.190><c> and</c><00:22:25.509><c> vague,</c><00:22:26.970><c> but</c><00:22:27.130><c> the</c><00:22:27.369><c> charges</c><00:22:27.690><c> carried</c><00:22:28.170><c> weight</c><00:22:28.509><c> in</c><00:22:28.789><c> a</c>

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city<00:22:29.170><c> that</c><00:22:29.369><c> was</c><00:22:29.730><c> proud</c><00:22:30.089><c> of</c><00:22:30.289><c> its</c><00:22:30.509><c> Roman</c><00:22:30.890><c> heritage</c><00:22:31.630><c> and</c><00:22:32.089><c> privileges.</c><00:22:34.329><c> It</c><00:22:34.410><c> is</c>

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opposition<00:22:36.789><c> to</c><00:22:37.029><c> the</c><00:22:37.230><c> apostles</c><00:22:37.609><c> came</c><00:22:38.029><c> from</c><00:22:38.490><c> religious</c><00:22:39.049><c> fanaticism.</c><00:22:41.589><c> Gentile</c><00:22:42.109><c> opposition</c><00:22:42.650><c> came</c>

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or<00:22:44.710><c> political</c><00:22:45.730><c> considerations.</c><00:22:48.670><c> Luke</c><00:22:48.829><c> tells</c><00:22:49.190><c> us</c><00:22:49.490><c> that</c><00:22:49.769><c> mob</c>

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rule<00:22:50.410><c> replaced</c><00:22:50.970><c> judicial</c><00:22:51.710><c> investigation</c><00:22:52.970><c> of</c><00:22:53.329><c> the</c>

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charges.<00:22:54.869><c> There</c><00:22:55.029><c> was</c><00:22:55.230><c> no</c><00:22:55.450><c> hearing.</c><00:22:56.809><c> The</c><00:22:56.970><c> men</c><00:22:57.230><c> were</c><00:22:57.609><c> stripped</c>

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and<00:22:58.329><c> publicly</c><00:22:58.750><c> beaten</c><00:22:59.109><c> in</c><00:22:59.369><c> the</c><00:22:59.450><c> most</c><00:22:59.910><c> humiliating</c>

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and<00:23:01.269><c> degrading</c><00:23:01.829><c> manner.</c><00:23:02.970><c> They</c><00:23:03.130><c> were</c><00:23:03.410><c> beaten</c><00:23:03.710><c> with</c><00:23:04.130><c> many</c><00:23:04.670><c> stripes,</c><00:23:06.130><c> which</c><00:23:06.450><c> were</c>

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severe<00:23:07.210><c> even</c><00:23:07.549><c> by</c><00:23:07.869><c> the</c><00:23:08.130><c> standards</c>

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of<00:23:08.630><c> the</c><00:23:08.890><c> time.</c><00:23:10.130><c> This</c><00:23:10.390><c> was</c><00:23:10.690><c> no</c><00:23:10.990><c> 40</c><00:23:11.509><c> stripes</c><00:23:11.930><c> save</c><00:23:12.289><c> one</c><00:23:12.509><c> of</c><00:23:12.690><c> the</c>

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Jews.<00:23:14.349><c> It</c><00:23:14.529><c> is</c><00:23:14.769><c> recorded</c><00:23:15.269><c> that</c><00:23:15.650><c> such</c><00:23:16.029><c> beating</c><00:23:16.609><c> by</c>

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rods<00:23:17.390><c> was</c><00:23:17.730><c> sometimes</c><00:23:18.309><c> so</c><00:23:18.670><c> severe</c><00:23:19.009><c> that</c><00:23:19.250><c> the</c><00:23:19.470><c> prisoner</c><00:23:19.769><c> died.</c>

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Yet<00:23:22.250><c> Paul</c><00:23:22.670><c> suffered</c><00:23:23.109><c> this</c><00:23:23.470><c> painful</c><00:23:23.930><c> experience</c>

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three<00:23:25.230><c> times</c><00:23:25.690><c> from</c><00:23:26.009><c> Gentiles</c><00:23:26.609><c> and</c><00:23:27.130><c> five</c><00:23:27.690><c> times</c><00:23:28.430><c> from</c><00:23:28.910><c> Jews,</c>

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he<00:23:30.569><c> says</c><00:23:30.910><c> in</c><00:23:31.150><c> the</c><00:23:31.289><c> second</c><00:23:31.569><c> of</c><00:23:31.769><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:32.190><c> 11,</c><00:23:32.589><c> verse</c><00:23:32.910><c> 24</c>

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and<00:23:33.609><c> 25.</c><00:23:36.349><c> Truly,</c><00:23:36.910><c> brethren</c><00:23:37.109><c> and</c><00:23:37.390><c> sisters,</c><00:23:38.809><c> we</c><00:23:39.089><c> have</c><00:23:39.369><c> been</c><00:23:39.750><c> bought</c><00:23:40.069><c> with</c><00:23:40.390><c> a</c>

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price.<00:23:42.549><c> Our</c><00:23:42.849><c> apostle</c><00:23:43.410><c> with</c><00:23:43.809><c> Silas</c>

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then<00:23:45.089><c> suffered</c><00:23:45.509><c> further</c><00:23:46.049><c> through</c><00:23:47.269><c> totally</c><00:23:47.890><c> unreasonable</c><00:23:48.849><c> security</c><00:23:49.630><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:50.190><c> inner</c><00:23:50.430><c> prison</c><00:23:50.750><c> with</c><00:23:51.269><c> their</c><00:23:51.549><c> feet</c><00:23:51.809><c> fast</c>

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in<00:23:52.589><c> the</c><00:23:52.849><c> stocks,</c><00:23:53.329><c> the</c><00:23:53.470><c> Greek</c><00:23:54.029><c> zoulon</c><00:23:54.630><c> meaning</c><00:23:54.950><c> wood.</c><00:23:56.430><c> Similar</c>

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stocks<00:23:57.250><c> have</c><00:23:57.529><c> been</c><00:23:57.730><c> unearthed</c><00:23:58.269><c> at</c><00:23:58.549><c> Pompeii.</c>

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The<00:24:00.529><c> bar</c><00:24:00.809><c> would</c><00:24:01.109><c> press</c><00:24:01.470><c> tightly</c><00:24:01.930><c> upon</c><00:24:02.269><c> the</c><00:24:02.470><c> legs</c><00:24:02.750><c> of</c><00:24:03.029><c> the</c><00:24:03.289><c> prisoners</c><00:24:03.650><c> causing</c><00:24:04.430><c> pain</c>

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and<00:24:05.369><c> preventing</c><00:24:05.809><c> any</c><00:24:06.190><c> movement.</c>

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It<00:24:07.750><c> was</c><00:24:08.130><c> a</c><00:24:08.329><c> form</c><00:24:08.490><c> of</c><00:24:08.789><c> torture.</c><00:24:10.529><c> Paul</c><00:24:10.690><c> never</c><00:24:11.029><c> forgot</c><00:24:11.470><c> this</c><00:24:11.730><c> terrible</c><00:24:12.190><c> beating</c><00:24:12.630><c> and</c><00:24:13.130><c> imprisonment.</c>

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He<00:24:14.849><c> refers</c><00:24:15.190><c> to</c><00:24:15.410><c> it</c><00:24:15.529><c> when</c><00:24:15.730><c> he</c><00:24:15.970><c> says</c><00:24:16.210><c> to</c><00:24:16.430><c> the</c><00:24:16.650><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:24:18.690><c> but</c><00:24:18.789><c> even</c><00:24:19.150><c> after</c><00:24:19.529><c> that</c><00:24:19.710><c> we</c>

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had<00:24:20.210><c> suffered</c><00:24:20.450><c> before</c><00:24:21.009><c> and</c>

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were<00:24:21.490><c> shamefully</c><00:24:22.009><c> entreated</c><00:24:22.529><c> as</c><00:24:22.789><c> you</c><00:24:22.950><c> know</c><00:24:23.250><c> at</c><00:24:23.509><c> Philippi,</c><00:24:24.890><c> we</c>

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were<00:24:25.630><c> bold</c><00:24:26.029><c> in</c><00:24:26.289><c> our</c><00:24:26.549><c> God</c><00:24:26.789><c> to</c><00:24:27.170><c> speak</c><00:24:27.490><c> unto</c><00:24:27.769><c> you</c><00:24:28.029><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:24:28.750><c> of</c><00:24:29.049><c> God</c><00:24:29.490><c> with</c><00:24:29.950><c> much</c><00:24:30.410><c> contention.</c><00:24:32.289><c> The</c><00:24:32.470><c> first</c><00:24:32.730><c> of</c><00:24:32.950><c> Thessalonians</c><00:24:33.670><c> chapter</c><00:24:33.990><c> two,</c>

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verse<00:24:34.569><c> two.</c>

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So<00:24:36.609><c> Acts</c><00:24:36.829><c> chapter</c><00:24:37.269><c> 16,</c><00:24:37.809><c> verse</c><00:24:38.250><c> 25</c><00:24:38.970><c> to</c><00:24:39.190><c> 34</c><00:24:39.950><c> earthquake</c><00:24:41.690><c> and</c><00:24:42.609><c> conversion.</c>

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It<00:24:45.769><c> must</c><00:24:46.049><c> have</c><00:24:46.250><c> taken</c><00:24:46.549><c> quite</c><00:24:46.890><c> a</c><00:24:47.089><c> few</c><00:24:47.269><c> hours</c><00:24:47.609><c> for</c><00:24:47.910><c> Paul</c><00:24:48.089><c> and</c><00:24:48.410><c> Silas</c><00:24:48.730><c> to</c>

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recover<00:24:49.390><c> sufficiently</c><00:24:50.049><c> from</c><00:24:50.450><c> their</c><00:24:50.730><c> physical</c>

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shock<00:24:51.630><c> so</c><00:24:52.670><c> that</c><00:24:52.869><c> they</c><00:24:53.089><c> were</c><00:24:53.230><c> able</c><00:24:53.529><c> to</c><00:24:53.789><c> pray</c><00:24:54.109><c> and</c><00:24:54.470><c> sing</c><00:24:54.769><c> hymns</c>

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at<00:24:56.069><c> midnight</c><00:24:56.690><c> and</c><00:24:58.569><c> the</c><00:24:58.910><c> prisoners</c><00:24:59.470><c> heard</c><00:24:59.950><c> them.</c>

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Job<00:25:02.490><c> had</c><00:25:02.809><c> asked</c><00:25:03.309><c> where</c><00:25:04.150><c> is</c><00:25:04.410><c> God</c><00:25:04.789><c> my</c><00:25:05.069><c> maker</c><00:25:05.430><c> who</c><00:25:05.769><c> giveth</c><00:25:06.150><c> songs</c>

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in<00:25:07.049><c> the</c><00:25:07.210><c> night</c><00:25:07.609><c> in</c><00:25:08.069><c> Job</c><00:25:08.329><c> 35,</c><00:25:09.069><c> verse</c><00:25:09.289><c> 10.</c>

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Paul<00:25:10.910><c> knew</c><00:25:11.430><c> no</c><00:25:12.569><c> doubt</c><00:25:12.869><c> like</c><00:25:13.170><c> other</c><00:25:13.450><c> apostles</c><00:25:13.849><c> before</c><00:25:14.269><c> them.</c>

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Paul<00:25:15.529><c> and</c><00:25:15.910><c> Silas</c><00:25:16.369><c> rejoiced</c><00:25:17.269><c> that</c><00:25:17.450><c> they</c><00:25:17.710><c> were</c>

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counted<00:25:18.470><c> worthy</c><00:25:19.009><c> to</c><00:25:19.349><c> suffer</c><00:25:19.549><c> shame</c><00:25:20.210><c> for</c><00:25:20.750><c> his</c><00:25:21.069><c> name.</c>

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Christ<00:25:24.470><c> said</c><00:25:25.170><c> blessed</c><00:25:26.170><c> are</c><00:25:26.569><c> ye</c><00:25:26.769><c> when</c><00:25:26.990><c> men</c><00:25:27.289><c> shall</c><00:25:27.549><c> revile</c><00:25:28.009><c> you</c>

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and<00:25:28.750><c> persecute</c><00:25:29.470><c> you</c><00:25:29.750><c> and</c><00:25:29.930><c> shall</c><00:25:30.130><c> say</c><00:25:30.369><c> all</c><00:25:30.890><c> manner</c>

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of<00:25:31.410><c> evil</c><00:25:31.670><c> against</c><00:25:32.069><c> you</c><00:25:32.410><c> falsely</c><00:25:33.309><c> for</c><00:25:33.690><c> my</c><00:25:34.089><c> sake.</c><00:25:35.890><c> Rejoice</c><00:25:36.470><c> and</c>

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be<00:25:36.930><c> exceeding</c><00:25:37.690><c> glad</c><00:25:38.130><c> for</c><00:25:39.230><c> great</c><00:25:39.670><c> is</c><00:25:39.869><c> your</c><00:25:40.150><c> reward</c><00:25:40.529><c> in</c>

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for<00:25:41.990><c> so</c><00:25:42.369><c> persecuted</c><00:25:43.009><c> they</c><00:25:43.289><c> the</c><00:25:43.549><c> prophets</c><00:25:43.869><c> which</c><00:25:44.170><c> were</c><00:25:44.430><c> before</c><00:25:45.009><c> you</c>

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and<00:25:46.809><c> surely</c><00:25:47.309><c> they</c><00:25:47.750><c> sang</c><00:25:48.009><c> hymns</c><00:25:48.490><c> praising</c><00:25:48.930><c> the</c><00:25:49.210><c> work</c><00:25:49.470><c> of</c><00:25:49.650><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:25:51.470><c> Galatians</c><00:25:51.849><c> three</c><00:25:52.150><c> verse</c><00:25:52.349><c> 16</c>

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and<00:25:54.730><c> Peter</c><00:25:54.990><c> writes</c><00:25:55.410><c> in</c><00:25:55.630><c> his</c><00:25:55.930><c> first</c><00:25:56.170><c> epistle</c><00:25:56.549><c> chapter</c><00:25:56.890><c> two</c><00:25:57.230><c> verse</c><00:25:57.470><c> 19</c>

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to<00:25:58.309><c> 21</c><00:25:59.029><c> for</c><00:26:00.250><c> what</c><00:26:00.529><c> glory</c><00:26:00.890><c> is</c><00:26:01.170><c> it</c><00:26:01.309><c> if</c>

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when<00:26:02.109><c> ye</c><00:26:02.329><c> be</c><00:26:02.650><c> buffeted</c><00:26:03.069><c> for</c><00:26:03.349><c> your</c><00:26:03.630><c> faults</c><00:26:04.009><c> ye</c><00:26:04.589><c> shall</c><00:26:04.710><c> take</c><00:26:04.970><c> it</c>

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patiently<00:26:05.789><c> but</c><00:26:06.990><c> if</c><00:26:07.349><c> when</c><00:26:07.589><c> ye</c><00:26:07.750><c> do</c><00:26:07.970><c> well</c><00:26:08.269><c> and</c><00:26:08.589><c> suffer</c>

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for<00:26:08.769><c> it</c><00:26:09.230><c> ye</c><00:26:09.470><c> take</c><00:26:09.750><c> it</c><00:26:10.069><c> patiently</c><00:26:10.549><c> this</c><00:26:11.890><c> is</c><00:26:12.289><c> acceptable</c><00:26:12.950><c> with</c>

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God<00:26:14.130><c> for</c><00:26:14.769><c> even</c><00:26:15.210><c> here</c><00:26:15.569><c> unto</c><00:26:16.029><c> were</c><00:26:16.430><c> ye</c><00:26:16.650><c> called</c>

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because<00:26:17.910><c> Christ</c><00:26:18.410><c> also</c><00:26:19.210><c> suffered</c><00:26:19.650><c> for</c><00:26:20.089><c> us</c><00:26:20.450><c> leaving</c><00:26:20.809><c> us</c><00:26:21.130><c> an</c><00:26:21.430><c> example</c><00:26:22.130><c> that</c><00:26:22.710><c> ye</c>

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should<00:26:23.190><c> follow</c><00:26:23.710><c> in</c><00:26:24.170><c> his</c><00:26:24.430><c> steps.</c>

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And<00:26:26.690><c> again</c><00:26:26.950><c> in</c><00:26:27.250><c> Peter</c><00:26:27.609><c> in</c><00:26:27.970><c> his</c><00:26:28.210><c> first</c><00:26:28.430><c> epistle</c><00:26:28.769><c> chapter</c><00:26:29.130><c> four</c>

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verse<00:26:29.750><c> 13</c><00:26:30.230><c> to</c><00:26:30.450><c> 16</c><00:26:31.190><c> but</c><00:26:32.329><c> rejoice</c>

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inasmuch<00:26:34.589><c> as</c><00:26:34.789><c> ye</c><00:26:34.930><c> are</c><00:26:35.150><c> partakers</c><00:26:35.750><c> of</c><00:26:35.970><c> Christ's</c><00:26:36.630><c> sufferings</c>

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that<00:26:37.869><c> when</c><00:26:38.589><c> his</c><00:26:38.990><c> glory</c><00:26:39.470><c> shall</c><00:26:39.690><c> be</c><00:26:39.930><c> revealed</c>

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ye<00:26:41.130><c> may</c><00:26:41.410><c> be</c><00:26:41.670><c> glad</c><00:26:41.930><c> also</c><00:26:42.349><c> with</c><00:26:42.690><c> exceeding</c><00:26:43.329><c> joy.</c><00:26:44.809><c> If</c><00:26:44.990><c> ye</c><00:26:45.190><c> be</c><00:26:45.410><c> reproached</c><00:26:46.130><c> for</c>

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the<00:26:46.470><c> name</c><00:26:46.630><c> of</c><00:26:46.829><c> Christ</c><00:26:47.529><c> happy</c><00:26:48.190><c> are</c><00:26:48.630><c> ye</c>

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for<00:26:49.910><c> the</c><00:26:50.329><c> spirit</c><00:26:50.630><c> of</c><00:26:50.990><c> glory</c><00:26:51.329><c> and</c><00:26:51.609><c> of</c><00:26:51.849><c> Christ</c><00:26:52.369><c> resteth</c><00:26:52.970><c> on</c><00:26:53.269><c> you.</c>

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On<00:26:54.569><c> their</c><00:26:54.829><c> part</c><00:26:55.170><c> he</c><00:26:55.450><c> is</c><00:26:55.549><c> evil</c><00:26:55.789><c> spoken</c><00:26:56.269><c> of</c><00:26:56.490><c> but</c><00:26:56.890><c> on</c>

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your<00:26:57.509><c> part</c><00:26:58.109><c> he</c><00:26:58.549><c> is</c><00:26:59.190><c> glorified</c><00:27:00.130><c> yet</c><00:27:01.410><c> if</c><00:27:01.690><c> any</c><00:27:01.930><c> man</c><00:27:02.230><c> suffer</c><00:27:02.609><c> as</c><00:27:02.829><c> a</c>

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Christian<00:27:03.430><c> let</c><00:27:03.769><c> him</c><00:27:03.970><c> not</c><00:27:04.230><c> be</c><00:27:04.549><c> ashamed</c>

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but<00:27:06.190><c> let</c><00:27:06.490><c> him</c><00:27:06.809><c> glorify</c><00:27:07.630><c> God</c><00:27:08.170><c> on</c><00:27:08.829><c> this</c><00:27:09.190><c> behalf.</c>

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And<00:27:12.170><c> the</c><00:27:12.349><c> Lord</c><00:27:12.829><c> Paul</c><00:27:13.670><c> and</c><00:27:14.170><c> Peter</c><00:27:14.930><c> certainly</c><00:27:16.109><c> knew</c><00:27:16.430><c> what</c><00:27:16.630><c> they</c>

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were<00:27:17.029><c> talking</c><00:27:17.390><c> about</c><00:27:18.230><c> when</c><00:27:18.690><c> they</c><00:27:18.990><c> spoke</c><00:27:19.250><c> of</c><00:27:19.509><c> suffering.</c>

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We<00:27:22.210><c> read</c><00:27:22.490><c> in</c><00:27:22.730><c> psalm</c><00:27:22.970><c> 34</c><00:27:23.509><c> verse</c><00:27:23.809><c> 7.</c><00:27:25.369><c> The</c><00:27:25.670><c> angel</c><00:27:26.069><c> of</c><00:27:26.309><c> the</c><00:27:26.490><c> Lord</c>

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encampeth<00:27:27.609><c> round</c><00:27:28.009><c> about</c><00:27:28.349><c> them</c><00:27:28.670><c> that</c><00:27:28.910><c> fear</c><00:27:29.170><c> him</c>

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and<00:27:31.130><c> delivereth</c><00:27:31.809><c> them.</c><00:27:33.450><c> And</c><00:27:33.730><c> again</c><00:27:34.069><c> psalm</c><00:27:34.430><c> 18</c><00:27:35.009><c> says.</c><00:27:36.809><c> In</c><00:27:36.950><c> my</c><00:27:37.349><c> distress</c><00:27:37.869><c> I</c>

00:27:38.230 --> 00:27:40.549
called<00:27:38.529><c> upon</c><00:27:38.849><c> the</c><00:27:39.089><c> Lord</c><00:27:39.410><c> and</c><00:27:39.950><c> cried</c><00:27:40.230><c> unto</c>

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my<00:27:40.930><c> God.</c><00:27:42.049><c> He</c><00:27:42.549><c> heard</c><00:27:43.029><c> my</c><00:27:43.410><c> voice</c><00:27:43.670><c> out</c><00:27:43.930><c> of</c><00:27:44.089><c> his</c><00:27:44.309><c> temple</c><00:27:44.650><c> and</c><00:27:45.130><c> my</c>

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cry<00:27:45.930><c> came</c><00:27:46.269><c> before</c><00:27:46.650><c> him</c><00:27:47.130><c> even</c><00:27:47.549><c> into</c><00:27:48.109><c> his</c><00:27:48.569><c> ears.</c>

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Then<00:27:50.490><c> the</c><00:27:50.849><c> earth</c><00:27:51.150><c> shook</c><00:27:51.569><c> and</c><00:27:51.869><c> trembled.</c><00:27:52.829><c> The</c><00:27:53.089><c> foundations</c><00:27:53.869><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:54.250><c> hills</c><00:27:54.549><c> moved</c><00:27:55.069><c> and</c><00:27:55.269><c> were</c><00:27:55.630><c> shaken</c>

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because<00:27:56.970><c> he</c><00:27:57.430><c> was</c><00:27:57.990><c> wrath.</c>

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And<00:28:01.630><c> suddenly</c><00:28:02.029><c> there</c><00:28:02.230><c> was</c><00:28:02.390><c> a</c><00:28:02.549><c> great</c><00:28:02.789><c> earthquake.</c><00:28:04.450><c> The</c><00:28:04.750><c> stone</c>

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foundations<00:28:05.750><c> of</c><00:28:05.990><c> the</c><00:28:06.150><c> prison</c><00:28:06.349><c> were</c><00:28:06.670><c> shaken.</c>

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All<00:28:07.650><c> the</c><00:28:07.809><c> doors</c><00:28:08.150><c> were</c><00:28:08.410><c> opened</c><00:28:08.710><c> and</c><00:28:09.009><c> everyone's</c><00:28:09.710><c> bands</c><00:28:09.950><c> were</c>

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loosed.<00:28:11.509><c> The</c><00:28:11.890><c> loosing</c><00:28:12.170><c> of</c><00:28:12.430><c> their</c><00:28:12.650><c> bands</c><00:28:12.970><c> could</c><00:28:13.369><c> not</c>

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have<00:28:14.069><c> been</c><00:28:14.130><c> done</c><00:28:14.390><c> by</c><00:28:14.690><c> earthquake.</c><00:28:15.549><c> Only</c><00:28:15.990><c> the</c><00:28:16.390><c> angel</c><00:28:16.730><c> of</c><00:28:17.549><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:28:17.890><c> could</c><00:28:18.150><c> have</c><00:28:18.349><c> done</c><00:28:18.529><c> it.</c><00:28:19.470><c> Amazingly</c><00:28:20.150><c> each</c>

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prisoner<00:28:20.950><c> instead</c><00:28:21.549><c> of</c><00:28:21.869><c> escaping</c><00:28:22.369><c> rushed</c><00:28:23.390><c> in</c><00:28:23.970><c> fear</c><00:28:24.269><c> to</c><00:28:24.650><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:28:25.309><c> Silas</c><00:28:25.609><c> in</c><00:28:25.849><c> the</c><00:28:26.009><c> inner</c><00:28:26.269><c> prison.</c>

00:28:28.029 --> 00:28:32.690
Meanwhile<00:28:28.529><c> their</c><00:28:28.869><c> keeper</c><00:28:29.109><c> awoke</c><00:28:29.670><c> and</c><00:28:29.910><c> seeing</c><00:28:30.150><c> the</c><00:28:30.349><c> doors</c><00:28:30.529><c> open</c><00:28:30.890><c> would</c><00:28:31.109><c> have</c><00:28:31.329><c> killed</c><00:28:31.529><c> himself</c><00:28:31.970><c> with</c><00:28:32.210><c> his</c><00:28:32.430><c> sword</c>

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but<00:28:33.269><c> Paul</c><00:28:33.670><c> cried</c><00:28:34.089><c> out</c><00:28:34.369><c> to</c><00:28:34.430><c> him</c><00:28:34.609><c> saying</c><00:28:34.890><c> do</c><00:28:35.289><c> thyself</c><00:28:35.849><c> no</c><00:28:36.170><c> harm</c>

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for<00:28:36.950><c> we're</c><00:28:37.230><c> all</c><00:28:37.569><c> here.</c>

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How<00:28:39.789><c> did</c><00:28:40.049><c> Paul</c><00:28:40.430><c> know</c><00:28:40.809><c> in</c><00:28:41.089><c> the</c><00:28:41.309><c> darkness</c><00:28:41.670><c> of</c><00:28:41.930><c> the</c><00:28:42.170><c> inner</c><00:28:42.470><c> prison</c>

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what<00:28:43.109><c> the</c><00:28:43.349><c> keeper</c><00:28:43.549><c> was</c><00:28:43.849><c> doing?</c>

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For<00:28:45.750><c> the</c><00:28:45.950><c> keeper</c><00:28:46.109><c> then</c><00:28:46.430><c> called</c><00:28:46.650><c> for</c><00:28:46.910><c> a</c><00:28:47.109><c> light</c><00:28:47.369><c> and</c><00:28:47.650><c> sprang</c><00:28:47.990><c> in.</c>

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Falling<00:28:50.210><c> down</c><00:28:50.529><c> before</c><00:28:50.890><c> Paul</c><00:28:51.309><c> and</c><00:28:51.650><c> Silas</c><00:28:52.029><c> the</c>

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trembling<00:28:52.750><c> man</c><00:28:53.190><c> first</c><00:28:53.569><c> brought</c><00:28:53.970><c> them</c><00:28:54.190><c> out</c><00:28:54.650><c> and</c><00:28:55.509><c> then</c><00:28:55.930><c> said</c><00:28:56.170><c> with</c><00:28:56.430><c> a</c>

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new<00:28:57.069><c> respect</c><00:28:57.569><c> for</c><00:28:57.809><c> his</c><00:28:58.089><c> prisoners,</c>

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says<00:28:59.589><c> what</c><00:29:00.930><c> must</c><00:29:01.410><c> I</c><00:29:01.869><c> do</c><00:29:02.170><c> to</c><00:29:02.390><c> be</c><00:29:02.690><c> saved?</c><00:29:04.710><c> His</c><00:29:05.049><c> calling</c><00:29:05.369><c> for</c><00:29:05.710><c> a</c><00:29:05.890><c> light</c><00:29:06.490><c> obviously</c><00:29:07.309><c> had</c><00:29:07.630><c> a</c>

00:29:07.829 --> 00:29:09.109
double<00:29:08.089><c> meaning.</c>

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To<00:29:10.269><c> ask</c><00:29:10.549><c> such</c><00:29:10.829><c> a</c><00:29:11.089><c> question</c><00:29:11.549><c> the</c><00:29:11.849><c> jailer</c><00:29:12.170><c> must</c><00:29:12.470><c> have</c><00:29:12.690><c> had</c><00:29:12.950><c> some</c>

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understanding<00:29:13.910><c> of</c><00:29:14.170><c> who</c><00:29:14.349><c> his</c><00:29:14.630><c> prisoners</c><00:29:14.950><c> were</c>

00:29:15.490 --> 00:29:19.150
perhaps<00:29:16.450><c> because</c><00:29:16.930><c> of</c><00:29:17.190><c> the</c><00:29:17.369><c> proclamation</c><00:29:17.990><c> of</c><00:29:18.230><c> the</c><00:29:18.470><c> damsel</c><00:29:18.930><c> in</c>

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verse<00:29:19.329><c> 17.</c>

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No<00:29:21.609><c> jailer</c><00:29:22.069><c> is</c><00:29:22.349><c> free.</c><00:29:23.450><c> He</c><00:29:23.690><c> is</c><00:29:23.890><c> just</c><00:29:24.230><c> as</c><00:29:24.450><c> much</c><00:29:24.710><c> in</c><00:29:25.190><c> bondage</c><00:29:25.750><c> as</c>

00:29:25.950 --> 00:29:27.410
in<00:29:26.049><c> as</c><00:29:26.390><c> any</c><00:29:26.630><c> of</c><00:29:26.829><c> his</c><00:29:27.069><c> prisoners</c>

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especially<00:29:28.309><c> when</c><00:29:28.609><c> life</c><00:29:28.970><c> can</c><00:29:29.250><c> be</c><00:29:29.529><c> so</c><00:29:29.829><c> easily</c><00:29:30.410><c> forfeited.</c>

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The<00:29:33.690><c> same</c><00:29:34.029><c> hour</c><00:29:34.329><c> just</c><00:29:34.730><c> after</c><00:29:35.069><c> midnight</c><00:29:35.529><c> the</c><00:29:36.769><c> jailer</c><00:29:37.130><c> washed</c>

00:29:37.450 --> 00:29:40.190
their<00:29:37.809><c> stripes</c><00:29:38.210><c> and</c><00:29:38.509><c> tended</c><00:29:38.710><c> to</c><00:29:38.990><c> their</c><00:29:39.250><c> wounds.</c>

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In<00:29:41.069><c> return</c><00:29:41.490><c> they</c><00:29:41.789><c> preached</c><00:29:42.210><c> the</c><00:29:42.490><c> word</c><00:29:42.809><c> of</c><00:29:43.009><c> the</c><00:29:43.170><c> Lord</c><00:29:43.369><c> to</c><00:29:43.569><c> him</c>

00:29:43.869 --> 00:29:48.029
and<00:29:44.309><c> his</c><00:29:44.569><c> household.</c><00:29:46.309><c> Before</c><00:29:46.650><c> dawn</c><00:29:47.009><c> he</c><00:29:47.369><c> and</c><00:29:47.750><c> his</c>

00:29:48.029 --> 00:29:52.029
family<00:29:48.369><c> had</c><00:29:48.589><c> been</c><00:29:48.910><c> baptized.</c><00:29:50.450><c> Some</c><00:29:50.750><c> would</c><00:29:51.089><c> say</c><00:29:51.470><c> in</c><00:29:51.750><c> attempt</c>

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to<00:29:52.250><c> justify</c><00:29:52.789><c> church</c><00:29:53.269><c> christening</c>

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that<00:29:54.349><c> there</c><00:29:54.609><c> must</c><00:29:54.990><c> have</c><00:29:55.210><c> been</c><00:29:55.369><c> children</c><00:29:55.769><c> baptized.</c><00:29:56.869><c> Not</c><00:29:57.490><c> so</c>

00:29:58.269 --> 00:30:01.569
for<00:29:58.930><c> it</c><00:29:59.150><c> was</c><00:29:59.390><c> the</c><00:29:59.809><c> early</c><00:30:00.230><c> hours</c><00:30:00.609><c> of</c><00:30:00.849><c> the</c><00:30:01.029><c> morning</c><00:30:01.329><c> when</c>

00:30:01.569 --> 00:30:07.130
children<00:30:01.930><c> are</c><00:30:02.269><c> asleep</c><00:30:02.809><c> and</c><00:30:03.890><c> if</c><00:30:04.170><c> wait</c><00:30:04.529><c> are</c><00:30:05.250><c> uncomprehending.</c>

00:30:07.569 --> 00:30:12.009
Paul<00:30:07.970><c> said</c><00:30:08.450><c> believe</c><00:30:09.390><c> which</c><00:30:10.650><c> young</c><00:30:11.089><c> children</c><00:30:11.589><c> most</c>

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assuredly<00:30:12.809><c> cannot</c><00:30:13.069><c> do</c><00:30:13.369><c> at</c><00:30:13.690><c> their</c><00:30:13.869><c> stage</c><00:30:14.269><c> of</c><00:30:14.589><c> mental</c><00:30:14.849><c> development</c><00:30:15.529><c> and</c><00:30:16.009><c> understanding.</c>

00:30:18.329 --> 00:30:23.089
We<00:30:18.890><c> note</c><00:30:19.150><c> again</c><00:30:19.509><c> that</c><00:30:19.690><c> one</c><00:30:19.910><c> cannot</c><00:30:20.230><c> be</c><00:30:20.549><c> saved</c><00:30:20.789><c> without</c><00:30:21.150><c> baptism,</c><00:30:22.950><c> though</c>

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just<00:30:23.390><c> where</c><00:30:23.750><c> they</c><00:30:23.950><c> would</c><00:30:24.190><c> be</c>

00:30:24.390 --> 00:30:28.730
baptized<00:30:24.829><c> at</c><00:30:25.069><c> that</c><00:30:25.309><c> hour</c><00:30:25.509><c> of</c><00:30:25.670><c> the</c><00:30:25.809><c> night</c><00:30:26.029><c> is</c><00:30:26.289><c> a</c><00:30:26.470><c> puzzle.</c><00:30:28.289><c> It</c><00:30:28.430><c> is</c>

00:30:28.730 --> 00:30:31.230
unlikely<00:30:29.269><c> that</c><00:30:29.569><c> any</c><00:30:29.849><c> food</c><00:30:30.109><c> had</c><00:30:30.329><c> been</c><00:30:30.710><c> provided</c>

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in<00:30:31.569><c> prison.</c><00:30:32.789><c> The</c><00:30:33.049><c> jailer</c><00:30:33.450><c> had</c><00:30:33.710><c> food</c><00:30:34.049><c> prepared</c><00:30:34.589><c> and</c><00:30:34.970><c> set</c><00:30:35.210><c> to</c><00:30:35.410><c> meet</c><00:30:35.609><c> before</c><00:30:36.130><c> them.</c><00:30:37.430><c> It</c>

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is<00:30:37.890><c> quite</c><00:30:38.150><c> likely</c><00:30:38.650><c> that</c><00:30:38.890><c> in</c>

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his<00:30:39.430><c> rejoicing</c><00:30:40.190><c> they</c><00:30:40.829><c> not</c><00:30:41.029><c> only</c><00:30:41.410><c> ate</c><00:30:41.690><c> a</c><00:30:41.890><c> meal</c><00:30:42.170><c> but</c><00:30:42.390><c> also</c><00:30:42.710><c> had</c><00:30:42.950><c> a</c>

00:30:43.069 --> 00:30:46.230
breaking<00:30:43.349><c> of</c><00:30:43.789><c> bread,</c><00:30:44.329><c> though</c><00:30:44.569><c> this</c><00:30:44.789><c> is</c><00:30:45.009><c> not</c><00:30:45.329><c> stated.</c>

00:30:46.630 --> 00:30:50.990
His<00:30:47.349><c> rejoicing</c><00:30:48.069><c> was</c><00:30:48.369><c> a</c><00:30:48.710><c> common</c><00:30:49.029><c> experience</c><00:30:49.970><c> to</c><00:30:50.210><c> those</c><00:30:50.630><c> newly</c>

00:30:50.990 --> 00:30:54.430
converted<00:30:51.609><c> to</c><00:30:51.990><c> the</c><00:30:52.250><c> hope</c><00:30:52.650><c> of</c><00:30:53.109><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:55.250 --> 00:31:02.990
We<00:30:55.410><c> have</c><00:30:55.670><c> already</c><00:30:56.089><c> seen</c><00:30:56.390><c> this</c><00:30:56.630><c> in</c><00:30:56.869><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:57.609><c> in</c><00:30:58.170><c> chapter</c><00:30:58.390><c> 2</c><00:30:58.650><c> verse</c><00:30:58.930><c> 46,</c><00:31:00.430><c> the</c><00:31:00.789><c> Ethiopian</c><00:31:01.410><c> eunuch</c><00:31:01.769><c> in</c><00:31:02.029><c> chapter</c><00:31:02.269><c> 8</c><00:31:02.630><c> verse</c>

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39,<00:31:04.430><c> and</c><00:31:04.650><c> Gentile</c><00:31:05.210><c> converts</c><00:31:05.769><c> at</c><00:31:06.009><c> Poseidon</c><00:31:06.609><c> and</c><00:31:06.950><c> Chiok</c><00:31:07.230><c> in</c><00:31:07.450><c> chapter</c><00:31:07.769><c> 13</c>

00:31:08.589 --> 00:31:11.329
verse<00:31:09.089><c> 48</c><00:31:09.769><c> and</c><00:31:10.089><c> 52.</c>

00:31:12.049 --> 00:31:16.410
His<00:31:12.809><c> family</c><00:31:13.210><c> would</c><00:31:13.490><c> join</c><00:31:13.750><c> the</c><00:31:14.049><c> household</c><00:31:14.509><c> of</c><00:31:14.789><c> Lydia</c><00:31:15.109><c> as</c><00:31:16.069><c> the</c>

00:31:16.410 --> 00:31:19.369
new<00:31:16.630><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:17.089><c> in</c><00:31:17.430><c> Philippi,</c><00:31:18.410><c> marveling</c><00:31:18.990><c> at</c><00:31:19.109><c> what</c>

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had<00:31:19.670><c> occurred,</c><00:31:20.809><c> seeing</c><00:31:21.130><c> in</c><00:31:21.309><c> it</c><00:31:21.490><c> an</c><00:31:21.910><c> allegory</c><00:31:22.289><c> of</c><00:31:22.490><c> their</c><00:31:22.750><c> lord's</c><00:31:23.309><c> own</c>

00:31:23.670 --> 00:31:27.869
death,<00:31:24.769><c> descent</c><00:31:24.769><c> into</c><00:31:25.069><c> hell</c><00:31:25.450><c> and</c><00:31:26.430><c> resurrection.</c>

00:31:28.490 --> 00:31:35.210
It<00:31:28.809><c> is</c><00:31:29.309><c> by</c><00:31:29.869><c> his</c><00:31:30.269><c> stripes</c><00:31:30.630><c> that</c><00:31:30.970><c> he,</c><00:31:31.690><c> and</c><00:31:32.109><c> we,</c><00:31:33.150><c> are</c><00:31:33.509><c> healed,</c><00:31:34.869><c> as</c>

00:31:35.210 --> 00:31:39.450
the<00:31:35.490><c> prophet</c><00:31:35.730><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:36.309><c> says</c><00:31:36.750><c> in</c><00:31:36.930><c> chapter</c><00:31:37.309><c> 53</c><00:31:37.910><c> verse</c><00:31:38.390><c> 5.</c>

00:31:39.910 --> 00:31:47.869
Paul,<00:31:40.410><c> like</c><00:31:40.750><c> his</c><00:31:41.009><c> lord,</c><00:31:42.269><c> bore</c><00:31:42.430><c> in</c><00:31:42.609><c> his</c><00:31:42.930><c> body</c><00:31:43.190><c> the</c><00:31:43.529><c> marks</c><00:31:43.910><c> of</c><00:31:44.170><c> the</c><00:31:44.410><c> lord</c><00:31:44.930><c> Jesus.</c><00:31:46.470><c> Galatians</c><00:31:47.089><c> chapter</c><00:31:47.490><c> 6</c>

00:31:47.869 --> 00:31:49.210
verse<00:31:48.150><c> 17.</c>

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Acts<00:31:51.349><c> 16</c><00:31:51.970><c> verse</c><00:31:52.369><c> 35</c><00:31:53.049><c> to</c><00:31:53.289><c> 40,</c><00:31:55.109><c> deliverance</c><00:31:55.890><c> and</c><00:31:56.690><c> departure.</c>

00:31:59.049 --> 00:32:04.529
At<00:31:59.730><c> daybreak</c><00:32:00.430><c> the</c><00:32:00.809><c> magistrate</c><00:32:01.369><c> said</c><00:32:01.650><c> to</c><00:32:01.890><c> let</c><00:32:02.069><c> them</c><00:32:02.289><c> go.</c><00:32:04.170><c> Why,</c>

00:32:04.549 --> 00:32:07.089
after<00:32:05.029><c> demanding</c><00:32:05.690><c> the</c><00:32:06.009><c> prisoners</c><00:32:06.309><c> be</c><00:32:06.710><c> kept</c>

00:32:07.089 --> 00:32:13.430
with<00:32:07.529><c> full</c><00:32:07.849><c> security,</c><00:32:09.450><c> why</c><00:32:09.710><c> let</c><00:32:09.869><c> them</c><00:32:10.109><c> go?</c><00:32:11.750><c> Although</c><00:32:12.029><c> earthquakes</c><00:32:12.529><c> are</c><00:32:12.930><c> common</c><00:32:13.190><c> in</c>

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this<00:32:13.690><c> region,</c>

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this<00:32:14.690><c> had</c><00:32:14.970><c> been</c><00:32:15.329><c> no</c><00:32:15.849><c> ordinary</c><00:32:16.630><c> earthquake.</c><00:32:18.349><c> This</c><00:32:18.849><c> earthquake</c>

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had<00:32:19.890><c> terrified</c><00:32:20.589><c> them,</c>

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and<00:32:21.509><c> being</c><00:32:21.930><c> superstitions</c><00:32:22.849><c> and</c><00:32:23.250><c> seeing</c><00:32:23.509><c> it</c><00:32:23.809><c> as</c><00:32:24.009><c> an</c><00:32:24.109><c> omen,</c><00:32:24.890><c> did</c>

00:32:25.170 --> 00:32:28.089
they<00:32:25.490><c> fear</c><00:32:25.809><c> the</c><00:32:26.089><c> wrath</c><00:32:26.349><c> of</c><00:32:26.589><c> this</c><00:32:26.829><c> new</c><00:32:27.250><c> and</c><00:32:27.690><c> powerful</c>

00:32:28.089 --> 00:32:32.470
god?<00:32:29.329><c> They</c><00:32:29.730><c> therefore</c><00:32:30.170><c> were</c><00:32:30.470><c> unable</c><00:32:30.829><c> to</c><00:32:31.170><c> face</c><00:32:31.470><c> their</c><00:32:31.769><c> prisoners,</c><00:32:32.369><c> whom</c>

00:32:32.470 --> 00:32:34.470
they<00:32:32.710><c> had</c><00:32:33.029><c> condemned</c><00:32:33.509><c> without</c><00:32:34.029><c> trial</c>

00:32:34.470 --> 00:32:40.529
and<00:32:34.990><c> sent</c><00:32:35.470><c> to</c><00:32:35.670><c> let</c><00:32:35.890><c> them</c><00:32:36.150><c> go.</c><00:32:38.130><c> Solomon</c><00:32:38.529><c> was</c><00:32:38.910><c> right</c><00:32:39.230><c> when</c><00:32:39.450><c> he</c><00:32:39.710><c> wrote,</c>

00:32:40.589 --> 00:32:44.369
he<00:32:40.769><c> that</c><00:32:41.009><c> answereth</c><00:32:41.509><c> a</c><00:32:41.730><c> matter</c><00:32:42.009><c> before</c><00:32:42.450><c> he</c><00:32:42.789><c> heareth</c><00:32:43.029><c> it,</c><00:32:44.069><c> it</c>

00:32:44.369 --> 00:32:49.589
is<00:32:44.690><c> folly</c><00:32:45.089><c> and</c><00:32:45.410><c> shame</c><00:32:45.690><c> unto</c><00:32:45.970><c> him.</c><00:32:46.990><c> Proverbs</c><00:32:47.369><c> 18</c><00:32:47.910><c> verse</c><00:32:48.309><c> 13.</c>

00:32:50.089 --> 00:32:55.130
Their<00:32:50.269><c> message,</c><00:32:51.369><c> go</c><00:32:51.789><c> in</c><00:32:52.309><c> peace,</c><00:32:53.529><c> is</c><00:32:53.750><c> extraordinary</c><00:32:54.670><c> under</c>

00:32:55.130 --> 00:32:56.730
the<00:32:55.549><c> circumstances.</c>

00:32:57.609 --> 00:33:02.750
Roman<00:32:57.950><c> law</c><00:32:58.309><c> prohibited</c><00:32:59.289><c> Roman</c><00:32:59.750><c> citizens</c><00:33:00.349><c> from</c><00:33:00.690><c> being</c><00:33:01.170><c> scourged</c><00:33:01.990><c> or</c><00:33:02.430><c> put</c>

00:33:02.750 --> 00:33:04.269
to<00:33:02.990><c> death</c><00:33:03.230><c> without</c><00:33:03.710><c> trial</c>

00:33:04.269 --> 00:33:08.569
and<00:33:04.390><c> even</c><00:33:04.789><c> appeal.</c><00:33:06.269><c> The</c><00:33:06.769><c> magistrates</c><00:33:07.309><c> greatly</c><00:33:07.970><c> feared</c><00:33:08.289><c> when</c>

00:33:08.569 --> 00:33:11.349
they<00:33:08.769><c> heard</c><00:33:08.990><c> that</c><00:33:09.230><c> Paul</c><00:33:09.470><c> and</c><00:33:09.809><c> Simon</c><00:33:10.009><c> were</c><00:33:10.329><c> Romans,</c>

00:33:11.529 --> 00:33:14.069
and<00:33:11.769><c> hurried</c><00:33:12.089><c> to</c><00:33:12.309><c> the</c><00:33:12.509><c> prison</c><00:33:12.730><c> to</c><00:33:12.970><c> appeal</c><00:33:13.349><c> to</c><00:33:13.529><c> them</c><00:33:13.690><c> to</c><00:33:13.910><c> take</c>

00:33:14.069 --> 00:33:17.289
no<00:33:14.289><c> action</c><00:33:14.630><c> and</c><00:33:15.049><c> to</c><00:33:15.289><c> leave</c><00:33:15.549><c> the</c><00:33:15.809><c> city</c><00:33:16.069><c> quietly.</c>

00:33:18.609 --> 00:33:23.029
Why<00:33:18.910><c> did</c><00:33:19.089><c> Paul</c><00:33:19.549><c> terrify</c><00:33:20.210><c> the</c><00:33:20.569><c> magistrates</c><00:33:21.069><c> in</c><00:33:21.349><c> this</c><00:33:21.589><c> way,</c><00:33:22.710><c> and</c>

00:33:23.029 --> 00:33:25.910
insist<00:33:23.609><c> on</c><00:33:23.890><c> a</c><00:33:24.089><c> public</c><00:33:24.470><c> vindication?</c>

00:33:26.829 --> 00:33:30.950
Because<00:33:27.410><c> the</c><00:33:27.690><c> new</c><00:33:27.910><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:28.430><c> would</c><00:33:28.970><c> need</c><00:33:29.309><c> protection</c><00:33:30.009><c> in</c><00:33:30.369><c> such</c><00:33:30.609><c> a</c>

00:33:30.950 --> 00:33:32.509
bigoted<00:33:31.490><c> city.</c>

00:33:33.269 --> 00:33:36.890
Before<00:33:34.109><c> leaving,</c><00:33:34.569><c> they</c><00:33:34.710><c> went</c><00:33:34.930><c> to</c><00:33:35.109><c> the</c><00:33:35.230><c> house</c><00:33:35.490><c> of</c><00:33:35.769><c> Lydia,</c><00:33:36.710><c> saw</c>

00:33:36.890 --> 00:33:39.410
the<00:33:37.150><c> brethren</c><00:33:37.470><c> and</c><00:33:37.950><c> comforted</c><00:33:38.410><c> them,</c>

00:33:39.470 --> 00:33:46.789
no<00:33:39.630><c> doubt</c><00:33:39.950><c> rehearsing</c><00:33:40.650><c> the</c><00:33:40.950><c> events</c><00:33:41.269><c> of</c><00:33:41.710><c> the</c><00:33:41.950><c> night.</c><00:33:43.190><c> Then</c><00:33:43.490><c> they</c><00:33:43.829><c> departed,</c><00:33:44.690><c> leaving</c><00:33:45.049><c> Luke</c><00:33:45.410><c> behind</c><00:33:46.069><c> to</c>

00:33:46.789 --> 00:33:48.150
continue<00:33:47.690><c> the</c>

00:33:48.150 --> 00:33:54.630
work<00:33:48.730><c> begun.</c><00:33:51.230><c> Again</c><00:33:51.789><c> we</c><00:33:52.349><c> marvel</c><00:33:52.829><c> at</c><00:33:53.069><c> the</c><00:33:53.549><c> sufferings</c><00:33:54.130><c> endured</c>

00:33:54.630 --> 00:34:01.990
by<00:33:55.029><c> the</c><00:33:55.230><c> lord</c><00:33:55.529><c> and</c><00:33:56.190><c> his</c><00:33:56.589><c> servants,</c><00:33:57.869><c> that</c><00:33:57.970><c> we</c>

00:34:01.990 --> 00:34:06.410
should<00:34:02.250><c> not</c><00:34:02.730><c> therefore</c><00:34:03.250><c> value</c><00:34:03.869><c> the</c><00:34:04.130><c> word</c><00:34:04.430><c> more</c><00:34:04.730><c> than</c><00:34:04.829><c> we</c><00:34:05.109><c> do,</c>

00:34:06.430 --> 00:34:09.949
striving<00:34:06.890><c> together</c><00:34:07.670><c> for</c><00:34:07.990><c> the</c><00:34:08.230><c> faith</c><00:34:08.469><c> of</c><00:34:08.690><c> the</c><00:34:08.849><c> gospel,</c>

00:34:10.150 --> 00:34:14.710
and<00:34:10.429><c> in</c><00:34:10.730><c> nothing</c><00:34:11.130><c> terrified</c><00:34:11.949><c> by</c><00:34:12.289><c> your</c><00:34:12.710><c> adversaries.</c><00:34:14.269><c> As</c><00:34:14.449><c> Paul</c>

00:34:14.710 --> 00:34:19.329
says<00:34:15.030><c> in</c><00:34:15.269><c> Philippians</c><00:34:15.710><c> 1</c><00:34:16.510><c> verses</c><00:34:17.030><c> 25</c><00:34:17.829><c> to</c><00:34:18.010><c> 30.</c>

00:34:20.889 --> 00:34:26.090
The<00:34:21.429><c> allegory.</c><00:34:23.710><c> Let</c><00:34:23.789><c> us</c><00:34:24.010><c> summarize</c><00:34:24.650><c> the</c><00:34:24.969><c> allegory</c><00:34:25.449><c> of</c><00:34:25.650><c> Jesus'</c>

00:34:26.250 --> 00:34:29.070
death<00:34:26.389><c> and</c><00:34:26.710><c> resurrection</c><00:34:27.289><c> enacted</c><00:34:27.849><c> at</c><00:34:28.269><c> Philippi,</c>

00:34:29.070 --> 00:34:33.130
which<00:34:29.750><c> is</c><00:34:30.130><c> alluded</c><00:34:30.610><c> to</c><00:34:31.030><c> in</c><00:34:31.269><c> Philippians</c><00:34:31.869><c> chapter</c><00:34:32.210><c> 3</c><00:34:32.530><c> verse</c><00:34:32.849><c> 10</c>

00:34:33.130 --> 00:34:34.210
to<00:34:33.329><c> 11.</c>

00:34:36.090 --> 00:34:41.289
Firstly,<00:34:36.730><c> there</c><00:34:36.889><c> was</c><00:34:37.110><c> opposition</c><00:34:37.710><c> to</c><00:34:38.030><c> preaching</c><00:34:38.369><c> from</c><00:34:38.809><c> vested</c><00:34:39.250><c> interests,</c><00:34:40.969><c> as</c><00:34:41.110><c> in</c>

00:34:41.289 --> 00:34:43.849
John<00:34:41.530><c> 11</c><00:34:42.030><c> verse</c><00:34:42.389><c> 48.</c>

00:34:45.309 --> 00:34:49.250
There<00:34:45.570><c> was</c><00:34:45.809><c> an</c><00:34:46.130><c> unjust</c><00:34:46.469><c> trial.</c><00:34:47.389><c> They</c><00:34:47.710><c> hated</c><00:34:48.070><c> him</c><00:34:48.530><c> without</c><00:34:48.969><c> a</c>

00:34:49.250 --> 00:34:53.530
cause.<00:34:50.610><c> John</c><00:34:50.889><c> 15</c><00:34:51.530><c> verse</c><00:34:51.929><c> 25.</c>

00:34:53.949 --> 00:34:58.710
They<00:34:54.429><c> made</c><00:34:54.769><c> false</c><00:34:55.150><c> accusation</c><00:34:55.909><c> of</c><00:34:56.150><c> rebellion</c><00:34:56.730><c> against</c><00:34:57.230><c> Rome.</c>

00:34:58.949 --> 00:35:03.949
Luke<00:34:59.170><c> 23</c><00:34:59.829><c> verse</c><00:35:00.289><c> 2.</c><00:35:02.090><c> Fourthly,</c><00:35:02.550><c> he</c><00:35:02.710><c> was</c><00:35:03.010><c> taken</c><00:35:03.429><c> from</c>

00:35:03.949 --> 00:35:10.769
prison<00:35:04.289><c> and</c><00:35:04.690><c> from</c><00:35:05.010><c> judgment.</c><00:35:06.309><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:06.670><c> 53</c><00:35:07.369><c> verse</c><00:35:07.969><c> 7</c><00:35:08.489><c> to</c><00:35:08.730><c> 8.</c><00:35:10.130><c> Fifthly,</c><00:35:10.610><c> he</c>

00:35:10.769 --> 00:35:13.449
was<00:35:11.130><c> beaten</c><00:35:11.489><c> with</c><00:35:11.829><c> many</c><00:35:12.250><c> stripes.</c>

00:35:13.590 --> 00:35:20.269
Isaiah<00:35:14.150><c> 53</c><00:35:14.909><c> verse</c><00:35:15.230><c> 5</c><00:35:15.670><c> and</c><00:35:15.869><c> John</c><00:35:16.110><c> 19</c><00:35:16.730><c> verse</c><00:35:17.170><c> 1.</c><00:35:19.110><c> And</c><00:35:19.210><c> the</c><00:35:19.429><c> six</c><00:35:19.889><c> in</c>

00:35:20.269 --> 00:35:26.130
prison,<00:35:21.070><c> as</c><00:35:21.269><c> good</c><00:35:21.550><c> as</c><00:35:22.130><c> dead,</c><00:35:23.329><c> John</c><00:35:23.630><c> 19</c><00:35:24.329><c> verse</c><00:35:24.670><c> 41.</c>

00:35:26.809 --> 00:35:32.449
Seventhly,<00:35:27.909><c> set</c><00:35:28.210><c> free</c><00:35:28.449><c> by</c><00:35:28.750><c> an</c><00:35:28.969><c> earthquake.</c><00:35:30.090><c> Matthew</c><00:35:30.429><c> 27</c><00:35:31.150><c> verse</c><00:35:31.550><c> 51</c>

00:35:32.449 --> 00:35:35.530
and<00:35:33.150><c> 28</c><00:35:33.829><c> verse</c><00:35:34.389><c> 2.</c>

00:35:36.590 --> 00:35:45.110
Eight,<00:35:37.969><c> set</c><00:35:38.309><c> free</c><00:35:38.849><c> as</c><00:35:39.170><c> if</c><00:35:39.530><c> resurrected.</c><00:35:40.590><c> The</c><00:35:40.769><c> stone</c><00:35:41.190><c> rolled</c><00:35:41.690><c> from</c><00:35:42.070><c> the</c><00:35:42.309><c> door.</c><00:35:43.750><c> Matthew</c><00:35:43.989><c> 28</c><00:35:44.570><c> verse</c><00:35:44.849><c> 2</c>

00:35:45.110 --> 00:35:47.309
and<00:35:45.369><c> Acts</c><00:35:45.590><c> 2</c><00:35:45.829><c> verse</c><00:35:46.090><c> 24.</c>

00:35:47.969 --> 00:35:54.329
And<00:35:48.230><c> finally,</c><00:35:48.570><c> number</c><00:35:48.889><c> nine,</c><00:35:50.329><c> a</c><00:35:50.630><c> savor</c><00:35:51.170><c> of</c><00:35:52.030><c> life.</c><00:35:53.070><c> As</c><00:35:53.269><c> Paul</c><00:35:53.449><c> says</c><00:35:53.829><c> in</c>

00:35:54.329 --> 00:35:58.789
the<00:35:54.530><c> second</c><00:35:54.809><c> of</c><00:35:55.050><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:55.469><c> 2</c><00:35:55.889><c> 16</c><00:35:56.789><c> and</c><00:35:57.449><c> chapter</c><00:35:57.769><c> 4</c><00:35:58.090><c> verse</c><00:35:58.349><c> 9</c>

00:35:58.789 --> 00:35:59.969
to<00:35:59.050><c> 12.</c>