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And<00:12:20.799><c> in</c><00:12:20.940><c> this</c><00:12:21.240><c> passage,</c>

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Matthew<00:12:24.220><c> reveals</c><00:12:24.840><c> that</c><00:12:25.100><c> the</c><00:12:25.259><c> king</c><00:12:25.480><c> moves</c><00:12:25.899><c> to</c><00:12:26.179><c> Jerusalem</c>

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to<00:12:27.820><c> enter</c><00:12:28.000><c> the</c><00:12:28.259><c> city</c><00:12:28.519><c> as</c><00:12:28.799><c> a</c><00:12:29.039><c> king</c>

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in<00:12:30.720><c> fulfillment</c><00:12:31.320><c> of</c><00:12:31.600><c> the</c><00:12:31.799><c> prophecy</c><00:12:32.139><c> of</c><00:12:32.340><c> Zechariah.</c>

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Now<00:12:33.019><c> we've</c><00:12:33.259><c> been</c><00:12:33.419><c> over</c><00:12:33.559><c> this</c><00:12:33.779><c> already,</c><00:12:34.179><c> as</c><00:12:34.419><c> you</c><00:12:34.559><c> know.</c>

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And<00:12:38.039><c> then</c><00:12:38.259><c> he</c><00:12:38.440><c> moves</c><00:12:38.740><c> to</c><00:12:38.940><c> the</c><00:12:39.080><c> temple</c><00:12:39.340><c> of</c><00:12:39.679><c> God,</c>

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clears<00:12:41.200><c> out</c><00:12:41.580><c> the</c><00:12:41.779><c> forces</c><00:12:42.279><c> of</c><00:12:42.779><c> pollution</c><00:12:43.200><c> and</c><00:12:43.500><c> corruption.</c>

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The<00:12:46.019><c> blind</c><00:12:46.500><c> and</c><00:12:46.759><c> the</c><00:12:47.019><c> lame</c><00:12:47.500><c> are</c><00:12:48.639><c> healed.</c>

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The<00:12:51.340><c> children</c><00:12:51.940><c> proclaim</c><00:12:53.700><c> the</c><00:12:53.980><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:12:57.139><c> as</c><00:12:57.299><c> I</c><00:12:57.480><c> said</c><00:12:57.659><c> before,</c><00:12:58.080><c> for</c><00:12:58.360><c> an</c><00:12:58.620><c> hour,</c>

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the<00:12:59.580><c> kingdom</c><00:12:59.919><c> of</c><00:13:00.200><c> heaven</c><00:13:00.759><c> is</c><00:13:01.519><c> there</c><00:13:01.759><c> in</c><00:13:01.960><c> the</c><00:13:02.179><c> center</c><00:13:02.440><c> of</c><00:13:02.659><c> the</c>

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city<00:13:03.000><c> of</c><00:13:03.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:07.240><c> it</c><00:13:07.580><c> says,</c>

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the<00:13:08.980><c> priests</c><00:13:09.860><c> were</c><00:13:10.840><c> so</c><00:13:11.240><c> displeased.</c>

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I<00:13:14.740><c> reckon</c><00:13:15.000><c> that's</c><00:13:15.379><c> a</c><00:13:15.500><c> polite</c><00:13:15.720><c> way</c><00:13:16.019><c> of</c><00:13:16.139><c> saying</c><00:13:16.419><c> they</c><00:13:16.659><c> were</c><00:13:17.080><c> very</c><00:13:17.539><c> angry.</c>

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You<00:13:19.559><c> see,</c><00:13:20.679><c> they</c><00:13:20.759><c> are</c><00:13:21.080><c> now</c><00:13:21.399><c> angry</c><00:13:21.919><c> men,</c><00:13:23.320><c> ready</c><00:13:23.639><c> to</c><00:13:23.879><c> do</c><00:13:24.080><c> mischief.</c>

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Still<00:13:26.740><c> in</c><00:13:26.840><c> Matthew</c><00:13:27.159><c> 21,</c><00:13:28.460><c> verses</c><00:13:28.600><c> 23</c><00:13:29.179><c> to</c><00:13:29.440><c> 27,</c>

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the<00:13:31.220><c> chief</c><00:13:31.860><c> priests</c><00:13:32.220><c> and</c><00:13:32.399><c> the</c><00:13:32.620><c> elders</c><00:13:32.899><c> challenge</c><00:13:33.580><c> the</c><00:13:33.879><c> authority</c><00:13:34.360><c> of</c><00:13:34.639><c> the</c><00:13:34.779><c> king.</c>

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In<00:13:36.519><c> verse</c><00:13:36.779><c> 25,</c><00:13:38.139><c> he</c><00:13:38.139><c> counters</c>

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by<00:13:39.960><c> asking</c><00:13:40.379><c> them</c><00:13:40.620><c> to</c><00:13:40.799><c> declare</c><00:13:41.139><c> themselves</c><00:13:41.720><c> concerning</c><00:13:42.299><c> John</c>

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the<00:13:42.779><c> Baptist.</c>

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Now,<00:13:47.620><c> you</c><00:13:47.940><c> will</c><00:13:48.299><c> know,</c><00:13:49.059><c> my</c><00:13:49.220><c> comrades,</c>

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that<00:13:50.580><c> this</c><00:13:51.179><c> was</c><00:13:51.879><c> a</c><00:13:52.220><c> very</c><00:13:53.220><c> clever,</c>

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a<00:13:55.899><c> very</c><00:13:56.240><c> incisive</c><00:13:57.460><c> question.</c>

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It<00:13:59.960><c> reveals</c><00:14:00.480><c> the</c><00:14:00.779><c> wisdom</c><00:14:01.259><c> of</c><00:14:01.519><c> the</c><00:14:01.679><c> Messiah.</c>

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It<00:14:04.399><c> was</c><00:14:04.600><c> a</c><00:14:04.759><c> very</c><00:14:05.100><c> telling</c><00:14:05.399><c> question,</c>

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because<00:14:06.799><c> if</c><00:14:07.379><c> they</c><00:14:07.799><c> admitted</c><00:14:08.460><c> that</c><00:14:08.779><c> John</c><00:14:09.019><c> was</c><00:14:09.500><c> true</c><00:14:09.840><c> and</c><00:14:10.000><c> he</c>

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came<00:14:10.620><c> from</c><00:14:10.919><c> God,</c>

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they<00:14:12.080><c> had</c><00:14:12.460><c> to</c><00:14:12.700><c> admit</c><00:14:13.019><c> that</c><00:14:13.500><c> so</c><00:14:13.720><c> was</c><00:14:14.019><c> Jesus.</c>

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For<00:14:15.860><c> John</c><00:14:16.480><c> was</c><00:14:16.960><c> Jesus'</c><00:14:17.799><c> herald,</c>

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and<00:14:18.860><c> John</c><00:14:19.240><c> testified</c><00:14:20.299><c> to</c><00:14:20.720><c> his</c><00:14:20.980><c> authority.</c>

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Imagine<00:14:23.200><c> the</c><00:14:23.360><c> situation.</c>

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If<00:14:24.320><c> they</c><00:14:24.440><c> said,</c><00:14:24.759><c> yes,</c><00:14:25.019><c> this</c><00:14:25.200><c> man</c><00:14:25.440><c> was</c><00:14:25.620><c> from</c><00:14:25.879><c> God,</c>

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and<00:14:27.480><c> it</c><00:14:27.559><c> was</c><00:14:27.779><c> this</c><00:14:28.059><c> man</c><00:14:28.419><c> that</c><00:14:29.000><c> testified</c><00:14:29.639><c> of</c><00:14:30.360><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:32.019><c> the</c><00:14:32.179><c> Messiah.</c>

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You<00:14:33.340><c> can</c><00:14:33.620><c> see</c><00:14:33.860><c> how</c><00:14:34.159><c> awkward</c><00:14:34.340><c> it</c><00:14:34.620><c> was,</c>

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because<00:14:35.940><c> to</c><00:14:36.320><c> accept</c><00:14:36.779><c> one</c><00:14:37.100><c> made</c><00:14:37.399><c> it</c><00:14:37.620><c> illogical</c><00:14:38.080><c> to</c><00:14:38.320><c> reject</c><00:14:38.659><c> the</c><00:14:38.899><c> other.</c>

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When<00:14:42.460><c> John</c><00:14:42.860><c> ceased,</c><00:14:43.919><c> Jesus</c><00:14:44.360><c> took</c><00:14:44.679><c> up</c><00:14:44.899><c> the</c><00:14:45.120><c> ministry.</c>

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Now,<00:14:48.139><c> they</c><00:14:48.519><c> saw</c><00:14:48.919><c> the</c><00:14:49.100><c> dilemma.</c>

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They<00:14:52.440><c> were</c><00:14:52.679><c> biting</c><00:14:52.940><c> their</c><00:14:53.220><c> nails,</c>

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and<00:14:57.320><c> as</c><00:14:57.960><c> people</c><00:14:58.500><c> very</c><00:14:58.919><c> often</c><00:14:59.419><c> do</c><00:14:59.919><c> when</c><00:15:00.100><c> they're</c><00:15:00.340><c> in</c><00:15:00.500><c> a</c><00:15:00.600><c> dilemma,</c>

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they<00:15:02.940><c> gave</c><00:15:03.259><c> a</c><00:15:03.480><c> dishonest</c><00:15:03.960><c> answer.</c>

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They<00:15:05.000><c> said,</c><00:15:06.299><c> we</c><00:15:06.340><c> know</c><00:15:06.620><c> not.</c>

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An<00:15:10.559><c> admission</c><00:15:11.200><c> of</c><00:15:11.840><c> willful</c><00:15:12.360><c> blindness,</c>

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and<00:15:14.059><c> what</c><00:15:14.240><c> must</c><00:15:14.539><c> have</c><00:15:14.700><c> made</c><00:15:14.779><c> them</c><00:15:15.000><c> so</c><00:15:15.279><c> angry</c><00:15:15.580><c> was</c><00:15:15.799><c> that</c><00:15:15.899><c> they</c>

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were<00:15:16.360><c> forced</c><00:15:16.720><c> into</c><00:15:17.059><c> it.</c>

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They<00:15:19.159><c> tried</c><00:15:19.379><c> to</c><00:15:19.700><c> trap</c><00:15:19.879><c> him</c><00:15:20.100><c> and</c><00:15:20.179><c> he</c><00:15:20.299><c> was</c><00:15:20.480><c> too</c><00:15:20.779><c> clever</c><00:15:21.080><c> for</c><00:15:21.419><c> them,</c>

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if<00:15:22.480><c> you'll</c><00:15:22.759><c> forgive</c><00:15:23.000><c> the</c><00:15:23.259><c> word</c><00:15:23.419><c> clever.</c>

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And<00:15:28.779><c> he</c><00:15:29.340><c> forced</c><00:15:29.559><c> out</c><00:15:29.799><c> of</c><00:15:29.860><c> them</c><00:15:30.100><c> an</c><00:15:30.419><c> admission</c><00:15:30.759><c> of</c><00:15:31.019><c> their</c>

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willful<00:15:31.740><c> blindness.</c>

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We<00:15:32.539><c> know</c><00:15:32.840><c> not.</c><00:15:33.200><c> They</c><00:15:33.700><c> knew.</c>

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Of<00:15:36.320><c> course</c><00:15:36.460><c> they</c><00:15:36.700><c> knew.</c>

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What<00:15:38.080><c> a</c><00:15:38.279><c> shambles</c><00:15:38.679><c> it</c><00:15:38.879><c> was,</c><00:15:39.100><c> wasn't</c><00:15:39.299><c> it,</c>

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to<00:15:39.799><c> be</c><00:15:40.000><c> forced</c><00:15:40.220><c> to</c><00:15:40.440><c> admit</c><00:15:40.620><c> ignorance</c><00:15:41.000><c> about</c><00:15:41.299><c> something</c><00:15:41.639><c> that</c>

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they<00:15:41.960><c> should</c><00:15:42.159><c> have</c><00:15:42.299><c> been</c><00:15:42.580><c> certain</c><00:15:42.840><c> of.</c>

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Can<00:15:44.700><c> you</c><00:15:44.980><c> imagine</c><00:15:45.480><c> how</c><00:15:45.840><c> angry</c><00:15:46.259><c> they</c><00:15:46.559><c> were?</c>

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Well,<00:15:50.320><c> now</c><00:15:50.539><c> we</c><00:15:50.679><c> come</c><00:15:50.879><c> on</c><00:15:51.019><c> to</c><00:15:51.159><c> Matthew</c><00:15:51.440><c> 23,</c>

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and<00:15:53.519><c> this</c><00:15:53.879><c> is</c><00:15:54.200><c> the</c><00:15:54.320><c> famous</c><00:15:54.759><c> chapter</c><00:15:55.220><c> about</c><00:15:55.559><c> the</c><00:15:55.779><c> Pharisees,</c>

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isn't<00:15:56.460><c> it?</c>

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It<00:15:58.779><c> scorches</c><00:15:59.419><c> this</c><00:15:59.740><c> chapter.</c>

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You<00:16:02.200><c> need</c><00:16:02.399><c> asbestos,</c><00:16:03.139><c> really.</c>

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It<00:16:10.320><c> contains</c><00:16:11.080><c> a</c><00:16:11.519><c> terrible</c><00:16:12.179><c> indictment</c><00:16:13.039><c> by</c><00:16:13.320><c> the</c><00:16:13.480><c> Messiah</c><00:16:14.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:14.860><c> religious</c><00:16:15.360><c> leaders</c><00:16:15.779><c> of</c><00:16:15.980><c> Israel.</c>

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I'll<00:16:17.759><c> quickly</c><00:16:17.980><c> remind</c><00:16:18.440><c> you.</c>

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It<00:16:19.019><c> calls</c><00:16:19.379><c> them</c><00:16:19.759><c> blind</c><00:16:20.299><c> guides,</c><00:16:21.279><c> fools,</c><00:16:22.179><c> hypocrites,</c><00:16:23.139><c> white</c><00:16:23.320><c> encephalchers,</c>

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murderers<00:16:24.840><c> of</c><00:16:24.980><c> the</c><00:16:25.200><c> prophets</c><00:16:25.440><c> with</c><00:16:25.659><c> blood</c><00:16:25.899><c> on</c><00:16:26.080><c> their</c><00:16:26.399><c> heads,</c>

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serpents<00:16:27.639><c> and</c><00:16:28.000><c> the</c><00:16:28.139><c> offspring</c><00:16:28.519><c> of</c><00:16:28.879><c> vipers.</c>

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How<00:16:30.940><c> about</c><00:16:31.159><c> that</c><00:16:31.419><c> for</c><00:16:31.639><c> a</c><00:16:31.860><c> start?</c>

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The<00:16:37.299><c> terrible</c><00:16:37.960><c> words</c><00:16:38.299><c> are</c><00:16:38.600><c> spoken</c><00:16:39.000><c> in</c><00:16:39.340><c> deep</c><00:16:39.740><c> sorrow,</c>

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for<00:16:41.700><c> the</c><00:16:41.919><c> passage</c><00:16:42.139><c> ends</c><00:16:42.500><c> with</c><00:16:42.759><c> the</c><00:16:42.899><c> king</c><00:16:43.179><c> weeping</c><00:16:44.019><c> over</c><00:16:44.360><c> the</c><00:16:44.639><c> city,</c>

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which<00:16:46.179><c> had</c><00:16:46.559><c> been</c><00:16:47.399><c> brought</c><00:16:47.679><c> to</c><00:16:47.919><c> reject</c><00:16:48.279><c> its</c><00:16:48.659><c> king</c><00:16:49.120><c> by</c><00:16:49.580><c> the</c><00:16:49.840><c> very</c><00:16:50.139><c> forces</c>

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which<00:16:52.019><c> he</c><00:16:52.240><c> had</c><00:16:52.399><c> been</c><00:16:52.659><c> compelled</c><00:16:53.100><c> to</c><00:16:53.360><c> condemn</c><00:16:53.879><c> with</c><00:16:54.620><c> such</c><00:16:55.100><c> telling</c><00:16:55.500><c> and</c>

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awful<00:16:56.240><c> damnation.</c>

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Woe<00:16:59.480><c> unto</c><00:16:59.840><c> you,</c><00:17:00.200><c> he</c><00:17:00.320><c> said,</c><00:17:01.279><c> time</c><00:17:01.600><c> and</c><00:17:01.799><c> time</c><00:17:02.000><c> again,</c><00:17:02.419><c> didn't</c>

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he?<00:17:02.820><c> Woe</c><00:17:03.399><c> unto</c><00:17:03.799><c> you!</c>

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And<00:17:06.200><c> you</c><00:17:06.420><c> can</c><00:17:06.640><c> be</c><00:17:06.839><c> sure,</c><00:17:07.279><c> my</c><00:17:07.359><c> comrades,</c><00:17:07.900><c> that</c><00:17:08.519><c> when</c><00:17:08.740><c> he</c><00:17:09.079><c> said</c>

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it<00:17:09.539><c> his</c><00:17:09.759><c> voice</c><00:17:10.160><c> was</c><00:17:10.640><c> choked</c><00:17:10.880><c> with</c><00:17:11.180><c> tears.</c>

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Woe<00:17:15.140><c> unto</c><00:17:15.519><c> you!</c>

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And<00:17:19.240><c> then</c><00:17:19.660><c> the</c><00:17:22.740><c> final</c><00:17:23.119><c> outcome</c><00:17:24.700><c> of</c><00:17:24.839><c> this</c><00:17:25.759><c> awful</c><00:17:26.339><c> indictment</c>

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is<00:17:27.799><c> discovered</c><00:17:28.259><c> in</c><00:17:28.519><c> Matthew</c><00:17:28.960><c> 26,</c><00:17:30.799><c> verses</c><00:17:30.920><c> 1</c><00:17:31.259><c> to</c><00:17:31.380><c> 5.</c>

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We'll<00:17:31.980><c> read</c><00:17:32.319><c> that.</c>

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Matthew<00:17:36.660><c> 26,</c><00:17:37.599><c> verses</c><00:17:37.720><c> 1</c><00:17:38.039><c> to</c><00:17:38.279><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:17:41.819><c> it</c><00:17:42.000><c> came</c><00:17:42.240><c> to</c><00:17:42.440><c> pass</c><00:17:42.640><c> when</c><00:17:42.880><c> Jesus</c><00:17:43.279><c> had</c><00:17:43.539><c> finished</c><00:17:43.839><c> all</c><00:17:44.140><c> these</c><00:17:44.440><c> words,</c>

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and<00:17:44.839><c> he</c><00:17:44.839><c> said</c><00:17:45.059><c> unto</c><00:17:45.279><c> his</c><00:17:45.599><c> disciples,</c><00:17:46.720><c> Ye</c><00:17:46.940><c> know</c><00:17:47.680><c> that</c><00:17:48.059><c> after</c>

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two<00:17:48.740><c> days</c><00:17:49.160><c> the</c><00:17:49.380><c> Passover</c><00:17:49.900><c> cometh,</c>

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and<00:17:51.099><c> the</c><00:17:51.240><c> Son</c><00:17:51.440><c> of</c><00:17:51.619><c> Man</c><00:17:51.799><c> is</c><00:17:52.079><c> delivered</c><00:17:52.700><c> up</c><00:17:53.240><c> to</c><00:17:53.500><c> be</c><00:17:53.740><c> crucified.</c>

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Then<00:17:55.420><c> were</c><00:17:55.619><c> gathered</c><00:17:55.960><c> together</c><00:17:56.420><c> the</c><00:17:56.660><c> chief</c><00:17:57.059><c> priests</c><00:17:57.519><c> and</c><00:17:57.720><c> the</c>

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elders<00:17:58.180><c> of</c><00:17:58.359><c> the</c><00:17:58.500><c> people</c>

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unto<00:17:59.160><c> the</c><00:17:59.420><c> court</c><00:17:59.619><c> of</c><00:17:59.819><c> the</c><00:17:59.880><c> high</c><00:18:00.160><c> priest,</c><00:18:01.339><c> who</c><00:18:01.400><c> was</c><00:18:01.740><c> called</c><00:18:02.140><c> Caiaphas.</c>

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And<00:18:04.279><c> they</c><00:18:04.440><c> took</c><00:18:04.720><c> counsel</c><00:18:05.200><c> together</c><00:18:05.700><c> that</c><00:18:05.819><c> they</c><00:18:06.039><c> might</c><00:18:06.400><c> take</c>

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Jesus<00:18:07.440><c> by</c><00:18:08.400><c> subtlety</c><00:18:09.220><c> and</c><00:18:10.000><c> kill</c><00:18:10.359><c> him.</c>

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But<00:18:11.819><c> they</c><00:18:12.119><c> said,</c><00:18:13.220><c> Not</c><00:18:13.440><c> during</c><00:18:13.859><c> the</c><00:18:14.140><c> feast,</c><00:18:15.700><c> lest</c><00:18:15.880><c> a</c><00:18:16.220><c> tumult</c>

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arise<00:18:17.400><c> among</c><00:18:18.339><c> the</c><00:18:18.579><c> people.</c>

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So<00:18:19.859><c> the</c><00:18:20.380><c> developing</c><00:18:21.000><c> campaign</c><00:18:21.500><c> of</c><00:18:21.720><c> hatred</c><00:18:22.319><c> at</c><00:18:22.720><c> last</c><00:18:23.140><c> came</c><00:18:23.480><c> to</c>

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its<00:18:24.000><c> climax.</c>

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They<00:18:25.779><c> resolved</c><00:18:26.839><c> to</c><00:18:27.460><c> kill</c><00:18:27.759><c> him,</c><00:18:29.180><c> because</c><00:18:29.680><c> for</c><00:18:30.119><c> them</c><00:18:30.740><c> there</c><00:18:31.319><c> was</c>

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no<00:18:31.980><c> other</c><00:18:32.279><c> remedy.</c>

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And<00:18:36.240><c> so</c><00:18:37.000><c> the</c><00:18:38.039><c> Messiah</c><00:18:38.579><c> is</c><00:18:39.839><c> rejected</c><00:18:40.660><c> by</c><00:18:43.019><c> his</c><00:18:43.299><c> own</c><00:18:43.519><c> people.</c>

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He<00:18:45.599><c> came</c><00:18:45.920><c> unto</c><00:18:46.220><c> his</c><00:18:46.539><c> own,</c><00:18:48.400><c> and</c><00:18:48.660><c> his</c><00:18:48.779><c> own</c><00:18:49.680><c> received</c><00:18:50.200><c> him</c><00:18:50.559><c> not.</c>

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Now<00:18:54.880><c> there</c><00:18:55.019><c> are</c><00:18:55.160><c> many</c><00:18:55.460><c> questions</c><00:18:55.980><c> which</c><00:18:56.240><c> emerge</c><00:18:56.480><c> from</c><00:18:56.859><c> the</c><00:18:57.519><c> consideration</c><00:18:58.059><c> of</c>

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how<00:18:58.400><c> the</c><00:18:58.579><c> Messiah</c><00:18:58.940><c> was</c><00:18:59.220><c> rejected,</c>

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but<00:19:00.539><c> there</c><00:19:01.240><c> is</c><00:19:01.480><c> one</c><00:19:01.799><c> which</c><00:19:02.079><c> I</c><00:19:02.259><c> feel</c><00:19:02.460><c> we</c><00:19:02.660><c> ought</c><00:19:02.859><c> to</c><00:19:03.039><c> pursue</c><00:19:03.339><c> more</c><00:19:03.799><c> intensely</c>

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in<00:19:05.039><c> the</c><00:19:05.299><c> interest</c><00:19:05.559><c> of</c><00:19:05.819><c> seeking</c><00:19:06.039><c> to</c><00:19:06.359><c> understand</c><00:19:06.740><c> Matthew</c><00:19:07.160><c> as</c><00:19:07.359><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:19:09.339><c> the</c><00:19:09.420><c> question</c><00:19:09.779><c> is</c><00:19:10.119><c> this,</c><00:19:10.740><c> why</c><00:19:11.140><c> were</c><00:19:11.400><c> the</c><00:19:11.640><c> Pharisees</c><00:19:12.299><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:12.720><c> scribes</c><00:19:13.519><c> and</c><00:19:13.859><c> the</c><00:19:14.160><c> priests</c><00:19:14.460><c> and</c><00:19:14.680><c> the</c><00:19:14.900><c> rulers</c>

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so<00:19:16.039><c> blameworthy</c><00:19:16.859><c> and</c><00:19:17.240><c> so</c><00:19:17.660><c> culpable</c><00:19:18.380><c> and</c><00:19:19.200><c> so</c><00:19:19.500><c> deserving</c><00:19:19.900><c> of</c>

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such<00:19:20.400><c> awful</c><00:19:21.000><c> condemnation?</c>

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Why<00:19:22.460><c> was</c><00:19:23.000><c> it,</c><00:19:23.700><c> why</c><00:19:24.039><c> were</c><00:19:24.279><c> they</c><00:19:24.559><c> so</c><00:19:25.980><c> deserving</c><00:19:26.559><c> of</c><00:19:26.900><c> this</c><00:19:27.240><c> awful</c>

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condemnation<00:19:28.559><c> by</c><00:19:28.839><c> the</c><00:19:29.039><c> Messiah?</c>

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Now<00:19:30.359><c> in</c><00:19:30.500><c> pursuit</c><00:19:30.839><c> of</c><00:19:31.119><c> that,</c><00:19:31.619><c> I</c><00:19:31.680><c> want</c><00:19:31.880><c> to</c><00:19:32.039><c> bring</c><00:19:32.140><c> you</c><00:19:32.359><c> back</c><00:19:32.539><c> to</c>

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one<00:19:32.859><c> of</c><00:19:33.039><c> the</c><00:19:33.359><c> incidents</c>

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that<00:19:33.900><c> we've</c><00:19:34.220><c> recollected</c><00:19:34.700><c> already,</c><00:19:35.640><c> the</c><00:19:35.819><c> case</c><00:19:36.079><c> of</c><00:19:36.319><c> the</c><00:19:36.480><c> man</c>

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with<00:19:36.960><c> the</c><00:19:36.960><c> withered</c><00:19:37.299><c> arm.</c>

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Come<00:19:38.019><c> back</c><00:19:38.579><c> please</c><00:19:39.079><c> to</c><00:19:39.180><c> Matthew</c><00:19:39.599><c> chapter</c><00:19:40.019><c> 12.</c>

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Let's<00:19:48.299><c> read</c><00:19:48.680><c> from</c><00:19:49.220><c> verses</c><00:19:49.480><c> 9</c><00:19:49.920><c> to</c><00:19:50.059><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:19:59.140><c> Jesus</c><00:19:59.660><c> departed</c><00:20:00.240><c> thence</c><00:20:00.660><c> and</c><00:20:00.700><c> went</c><00:20:00.960><c> into</c><00:20:01.400><c> their</c><00:20:01.640><c> synagogue,</c>

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and<00:20:02.299><c> behold</c><00:20:02.619><c> a</c><00:20:02.819><c> man</c><00:20:03.039><c> having</c><00:20:03.339><c> a</c><00:20:03.519><c> withered</c><00:20:03.799><c> hand,</c><00:20:04.359><c> and</c><00:20:04.559><c> they</c>

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asked<00:20:04.960><c> him,</c><00:20:05.380><c> saying,</c>

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Is<00:20:05.619><c> it</c><00:20:05.839><c> lawful</c><00:20:06.140><c> to</c><00:20:06.359><c> heal</c><00:20:06.500><c> on</c><00:20:06.759><c> the</c><00:20:06.980><c> Sabbath</c><00:20:07.160><c> day</c><00:20:07.519><c> that</c><00:20:07.680><c> they</c>

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might<00:20:08.259><c> accuse</c><00:20:08.680><c> him?</c>

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And<00:20:10.279><c> he</c><00:20:10.440><c> said</c><00:20:10.619><c> unto</c><00:20:10.880><c> them,</c><00:20:11.140><c> What</c><00:20:11.339><c> man</c><00:20:11.819><c> shall</c><00:20:12.059><c> there</c><00:20:12.259><c> be</c><00:20:12.400><c> of</c><00:20:12.599><c> you</c>

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that<00:20:13.039><c> shall</c><00:20:13.240><c> have</c><00:20:13.619><c> one</c><00:20:14.180><c> sheep?</c>

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And<00:20:15.140><c> if</c><00:20:15.279><c> this</c><00:20:15.480><c> fall</c><00:20:15.700><c> into</c><00:20:16.000><c> a</c><00:20:16.160><c> pit</c><00:20:16.259><c> on</c><00:20:16.519><c> the</c><00:20:16.660><c> Sabbath</c><00:20:16.819><c> day,</c><00:20:17.079><c> will</c>

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he<00:20:17.440><c> not</c><00:20:17.839><c> lay</c><00:20:18.180><c> hold</c><00:20:18.380><c> on</c><00:20:18.599><c> it</c><00:20:18.759><c> and</c><00:20:18.839><c> lift</c><00:20:19.079><c> it</c><00:20:19.359><c> out?</c>

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How<00:20:20.500><c> much</c><00:20:20.839><c> then</c><00:20:21.099><c> is</c><00:20:21.299><c> a</c><00:20:21.440><c> man</c><00:20:21.839><c> of</c><00:20:22.119><c> more</c><00:20:22.359><c> value</c><00:20:22.720><c> than</c><00:20:22.900><c> a</c><00:20:23.140><c> sheep?</c>

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Wherefore<00:20:24.259><c> it</c><00:20:25.220><c> is</c><00:20:25.519><c> lawful</c><00:20:25.980><c> to</c><00:20:26.160><c> do</c><00:20:26.259><c> good</c><00:20:26.440><c> on</c><00:20:26.660><c> the</c><00:20:26.859><c> Sabbath</c><00:20:27.099><c> day.</c>

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Then<00:20:28.440><c> said</c><00:20:28.700><c> he</c><00:20:28.900><c> to</c><00:20:29.000><c> the</c><00:20:29.160><c> man,</c><00:20:30.240><c> Stretch</c><00:20:30.920><c> forth</c><00:20:32.099><c> thy</c><00:20:32.500><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:20:33.740><c> he</c><00:20:34.000><c> stretched</c><00:20:34.200><c> it</c><00:20:34.519><c> forth,</c><00:20:35.240><c> and</c><00:20:35.380><c> it</c><00:20:35.539><c> was</c><00:20:35.740><c> restored</c><00:20:36.299><c> whole</c>

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as<00:20:37.079><c> the</c><00:20:37.299><c> other.</c>

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But<00:20:38.279><c> the</c><00:20:38.740><c> Pharisees</c><00:20:39.200><c> went</c><00:20:39.440><c> out</c><00:20:39.740><c> and</c><00:20:39.920><c> took</c><00:20:40.140><c> counsel</c><00:20:40.480><c> against</c>

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him,<00:20:41.940><c> how</c><00:20:42.339><c> they</c><00:20:42.859><c> might</c><00:20:43.359><c> destroy</c><00:20:44.140><c> him.</c>

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Notice<00:20:45.940><c> the</c><00:20:46.200><c> details</c><00:20:46.599><c> carefully.</c>

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This<00:20:48.359><c> is</c><00:20:48.579><c> a</c><00:20:48.720><c> crucial</c><00:20:49.079><c> incident</c><00:20:49.559><c> because</c><00:20:50.220><c> the</c><00:20:50.579><c> outcome</c><00:20:50.859><c> was</c><00:20:51.119><c> a</c>

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clear<00:20:51.559><c> resolution</c>

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on<00:20:52.779><c> the</c><00:20:52.940><c> part</c><00:20:53.079><c> of</c><00:20:53.299><c> the</c><00:20:53.460><c> Pharisees</c><00:20:54.079><c> to</c><00:20:54.339><c> destroy</c><00:20:54.799><c> Jesus.</c>

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I'm<00:20:56.059><c> now</c><00:20:56.240><c> going</c><00:20:56.359><c> to</c><00:20:56.579><c> take</c><00:20:56.720><c> advantage</c><00:20:57.180><c> of</c><00:20:57.359><c> that</c><00:20:57.579><c> little</c><00:20:57.779><c> provision</c><00:20:58.099><c> I</c><00:20:58.420><c> made</c>

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right<00:20:58.799><c> at</c><00:20:58.960><c> the</c><00:20:59.140><c> beginning</c><00:20:59.359><c> of</c><00:20:59.559><c> this</c><00:20:59.799><c> series</c>

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to<00:21:00.819><c> turn</c><00:21:01.680><c> to</c><00:21:02.480><c> another</c><00:21:02.740><c> gospel</c><00:21:03.279><c> just</c><00:21:03.720><c> occasionally</c><00:21:04.240><c> to</c><00:21:04.559><c> illuminate</c><00:21:05.059><c> something</c><00:21:05.420><c> in</c><00:21:05.640><c> Matthew.</c>

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I'll<00:21:06.579><c> bring</c><00:21:06.660><c> you</c><00:21:06.880><c> next</c><00:21:07.279><c> to</c><00:21:07.539><c> Mark</c><00:21:08.039><c> chapter</c><00:21:08.640><c> 3.</c>

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Mark<00:21:20.619><c> chapter</c><00:21:21.019><c> 3</c><00:21:21.380><c> and</c><00:21:21.880><c> just</c><00:21:22.619><c> the</c><00:21:23.200><c> first</c><00:21:23.660><c> two</c><00:21:24.400><c> verses.</c>

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It's<00:21:26.440><c> the</c><00:21:26.559><c> same</c><00:21:26.779><c> incident,</c><00:21:27.259><c> you</c><00:21:27.500><c> see,</c><00:21:28.500><c> but</c><00:21:28.680><c> there's</c><00:21:28.839><c> something</c><00:21:29.079><c> I</c><00:21:29.240><c> want</c>

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you<00:21:29.579><c> to</c><00:21:29.740><c> notice.</c>

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Mark<00:21:30.960><c> chapter</c><00:21:31.279><c> 3</c><00:21:31.519><c> then,</c><00:21:32.279><c> and</c><00:21:32.859><c> he</c><00:21:33.099><c> entered</c><00:21:33.299><c> again</c><00:21:33.799><c> into</c><00:21:34.140><c> the</c><00:21:34.359><c> synagogue</c>

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and<00:21:35.400><c> there</c><00:21:35.519><c> was</c><00:21:35.740><c> a</c><00:21:35.900><c> man</c><00:21:36.039><c> there</c><00:21:36.380><c> which</c><00:21:36.880><c> had</c><00:21:37.079><c> his</c><00:21:37.319><c> hand</c><00:21:37.819><c> withered</c>

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and<00:21:39.079><c> they</c><00:21:39.299><c> watched</c><00:21:39.660><c> him</c><00:21:39.900><c> whether</c><00:21:40.019><c> he</c><00:21:40.180><c> would</c><00:21:40.400><c> heal</c><00:21:40.619><c> him</c><00:21:40.759><c> on</c><00:21:40.920><c> the</c>

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Sabbath<00:21:41.299><c> day</c><00:21:41.640><c> that</c><00:21:41.779><c> they</c><00:21:41.960><c> might</c><00:21:42.200><c> accuse</c><00:21:42.519><c> him.</c>

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The<00:21:45.619><c> phrase</c><00:21:45.900><c> I</c><00:21:46.019><c> want</c><00:21:46.220><c> you</c><00:21:46.380><c> to</c><00:21:46.519><c> notice</c><00:21:46.819><c> is,</c>

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and<00:21:51.099><c> they</c><00:21:51.359><c> watched</c><00:21:51.740><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:21:55.640><c> important.</c>

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It<00:21:57.319><c> says</c><00:21:57.599><c> they</c><00:21:57.859><c> were</c><00:21:58.160><c> watching</c><00:21:58.440><c> him</c><00:21:58.640><c> to</c><00:21:58.839><c> see</c><00:21:58.960><c> whether</c><00:21:59.180><c> he</c><00:21:59.339><c> would</c><00:21:59.579><c> heal</c>

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on<00:21:59.960><c> the</c><00:22:00.180><c> Sabbath</c><00:22:00.400><c> day.</c>

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Now<00:22:02.059><c> it</c><00:22:02.299><c> was</c><00:22:02.559><c> probable</c><00:22:03.019><c> that</c><00:22:03.240><c> this</c><00:22:03.460><c> paralyzed</c><00:22:04.000><c> man</c><00:22:04.259><c> was</c><00:22:04.519><c> a</c><00:22:04.660><c> regular</c><00:22:05.240><c> visitor</c><00:22:05.559><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:05.980><c> synagogue.</c>

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Perhaps<00:22:07.079><c> he'd</c><00:22:07.359><c> been</c><00:22:07.519><c> coming</c><00:22:07.720><c> for</c><00:22:07.960><c> years.</c>

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Evidently<00:22:09.880><c> they</c><00:22:10.019><c> knew</c><00:22:10.240><c> that</c><00:22:10.420><c> he</c><00:22:10.500><c> would</c><00:22:10.720><c> be</c><00:22:10.960><c> there</c><00:22:11.119><c> on</c><00:22:11.359><c> the</c><00:22:11.539><c> Sabbath</c><00:22:11.700><c> day</c>

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because<00:22:12.140><c> he</c><00:22:12.279><c> was</c><00:22:12.519><c> there</c><00:22:12.779><c> every</c><00:22:13.140><c> Sabbath.</c>

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The<00:22:14.240><c> man</c><00:22:14.500><c> with</c><00:22:14.819><c> the</c><00:22:14.819><c> withered</c><00:22:15.180><c> arm.</c>

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They<00:22:16.819><c> knew</c><00:22:17.039><c> that</c><00:22:17.339><c> the</c><00:22:17.460><c> man</c><00:22:17.599><c> of</c><00:22:17.819><c> Nazareth</c><00:22:18.180><c> was</c><00:22:18.440><c> coming</c><00:22:18.799><c> too.</c>

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Indeed,<00:22:19.980><c> he</c><00:22:20.039><c> was</c><00:22:20.259><c> being</c><00:22:20.859><c> set</c><00:22:21.440><c> up.</c>

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This<00:22:22.240><c> was,</c><00:22:22.960><c> if</c><00:22:23.140><c> you'll</c><00:22:23.440><c> pardon</c><00:22:23.640><c> the</c><00:22:23.839><c> expression,</c><00:22:24.380><c> a</c><00:22:24.579><c> frame</c><00:22:24.799><c> up.</c>

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He<00:22:26.319><c> was</c><00:22:26.500><c> being</c><00:22:26.880><c> set</c><00:22:27.220><c> up</c><00:22:27.500><c> on</c><00:22:27.839><c> this</c><00:22:27.980><c> particular</c><00:22:28.500><c> Sabbath.</c>

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It<00:22:29.299><c> was</c><00:22:29.480><c> all</c><00:22:29.779><c> arranged,</c><00:22:30.380><c> you</c><00:22:30.700><c> see.</c>

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They<00:22:31.839><c> wanted</c><00:22:32.099><c> to</c><00:22:32.400><c> trap</c><00:22:32.599><c> him</c><00:22:32.799><c> and</c><00:22:32.880><c> they</c><00:22:32.980><c> wanted</c><00:22:33.259><c> to</c><00:22:33.640><c> ensnare</c>

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him<00:22:34.099><c> that</c><00:22:34.220><c> they</c><00:22:34.400><c> might</c><00:22:34.640><c> accuse</c><00:22:34.980><c> him.</c>

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It<00:22:35.319><c> says</c><00:22:35.559><c> so.</c>

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Now<00:22:37.480><c> this</c><00:22:37.700><c> was</c><00:22:37.940><c> their</c><00:22:38.180><c> master</c><00:22:38.660><c> plan.</c>

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I<00:22:40.480><c> dare</c><00:22:40.680><c> say</c><00:22:40.940><c> that</c><00:22:41.140><c> the</c><00:22:41.279><c> man</c><00:22:41.700><c> had</c><00:22:42.380><c> been</c><00:22:42.700><c> guided,</c>

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this<00:22:43.420><c> man</c><00:22:43.660><c> with</c><00:22:43.940><c> the</c><00:22:43.980><c> withered</c><00:22:44.259><c> arm</c><00:22:44.380><c> had</c><00:22:44.599><c> probably</c><00:22:45.079><c> been</c><00:22:45.519><c> guided</c><00:22:46.019><c> by</c>

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the<00:22:48.160><c> serving</c><00:22:48.519><c> brother,</c>

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if<00:22:49.299><c> you'll</c><00:22:49.559><c> pardon</c><00:22:49.740><c> the</c><00:22:49.980><c> expression,</c>

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been<00:22:52.079><c> guided</c><00:22:52.400><c> by</c><00:22:52.599><c> the</c><00:22:52.859><c> serving</c><00:22:53.099><c> brother</c><00:22:53.339><c> to</c><00:22:53.559><c> a</c><00:22:53.700><c> place</c><00:22:53.900><c> where</c>

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he<00:22:54.259><c> would</c><00:22:54.740><c> be</c><00:22:55.220><c> in</c><00:22:55.400><c> the</c><00:22:55.599><c> synagogue</c>

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so<00:22:57.259><c> that</c><00:22:57.440><c> he</c><00:22:57.480><c> would</c><00:22:57.720><c> come</c><00:22:58.000><c> face</c><00:22:58.400><c> to</c><00:22:58.559><c> face</c><00:22:58.819><c> with</c><00:22:59.000><c> the</c><00:22:59.220><c> Nazarene</c>

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in<00:22:59.839><c> such</c><00:23:00.059><c> a</c><00:23:00.200><c> way</c><00:23:00.339><c> as</c><00:23:00.480><c> to</c><00:23:00.619><c> make</c><00:23:01.279><c> his</c><00:23:01.680><c> disability</c><00:23:02.359><c> very</c><00:23:03.000><c> evident.</c>

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You<00:23:05.119><c> see,</c><00:23:05.259><c> what</c><00:23:05.400><c> is</c><00:23:05.599><c> so</c><00:23:05.799><c> interesting</c><00:23:06.220><c> here</c><00:23:06.680><c> is</c><00:23:07.119><c> the</c><00:23:07.440><c> thinking</c>

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of<00:23:07.960><c> the</c><00:23:08.160><c> Pharisees.</c>

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They<00:23:09.319><c> were</c><00:23:09.539><c> saying</c><00:23:09.779><c> to</c><00:23:09.980><c> themselves,</c>

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if<00:23:11.640><c> only</c><00:23:12.019><c> we</c><00:23:12.200><c> can</c><00:23:12.359><c> get</c><00:23:12.539><c> this</c><00:23:12.819><c> disabled</c><00:23:13.319><c> man</c><00:23:13.799><c> into</c><00:23:14.240><c> the</c><00:23:14.500><c> presence</c><00:23:14.759><c> of</c><00:23:14.960><c> this</c>

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man<00:23:15.359><c> from</c><00:23:15.619><c> Nazareth,</c>

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it's<00:23:16.559><c> almost</c><00:23:17.079><c> certain</c><00:23:17.660><c> that</c><00:23:18.019><c> he</c><00:23:18.119><c> will</c><00:23:18.440><c> want</c><00:23:18.720><c> to</c><00:23:18.960><c> heal</c><00:23:19.200><c> him,</c>

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:23.140
that<00:23:20.200><c> he</c><00:23:20.359><c> will</c><00:23:20.680><c> attempt</c><00:23:21.099><c> to</c><00:23:21.359><c> cure,</c><00:23:22.059><c> and</c><00:23:22.359><c> then</c><00:23:22.619><c> we</c><00:23:22.819><c> should</c><00:23:22.940><c> be</c>

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able<00:23:23.259><c> to</c><00:23:23.440><c> have</c><00:23:23.680><c> him.</c>

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Just<00:23:25.460><c> mark</c><00:23:25.759><c> it</c><00:23:26.039><c> well,</c><00:23:26.960><c> the</c><00:23:26.980><c> success</c><00:23:27.420><c> of</c><00:23:27.619><c> their</c><00:23:27.900><c> plan</c><00:23:28.279><c> rests</c><00:23:29.799><c> solidly</c><00:23:30.839><c> on</c>

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their<00:23:31.339><c> acknowledgement</c>

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that<00:23:32.660><c> if</c><00:23:32.900><c> this</c><00:23:33.099><c> man</c><00:23:33.319><c> from</c><00:23:33.559><c> Nazareth</c><00:23:34.019><c> is</c><00:23:34.339><c> confronted</c><00:23:34.880><c> with</c><00:23:35.119><c> a</c>

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sick<00:23:35.519><c> man,</c>

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he<00:23:36.339><c> would</c><00:23:36.619><c> not</c><00:23:36.799><c> be</c><00:23:36.960><c> able</c><00:23:37.220><c> to</c><00:23:39.660><c> restrain</c><00:23:40.039><c> his</c><00:23:40.299><c> compassion</c><00:23:40.880><c> even</c>

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though<00:23:41.859><c> it</c><00:23:41.880><c> was</c><00:23:42.180><c> the</c><00:23:42.339><c> Sabbath</c><00:23:42.539><c> day.</c>

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They<00:23:44.380><c> depended</c><00:23:44.920><c> on</c><00:23:45.180><c> Jesus</c><00:23:45.640><c> being</c><00:23:46.099><c> true</c><00:23:46.420><c> to</c><00:23:46.619><c> his</c><00:23:46.940><c> calling</c><00:23:47.440><c> in</c>

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order<00:23:48.220><c> for</c><00:23:48.420><c> their</c><00:23:48.759><c> plan</c><00:23:48.980><c> to</c><00:23:49.240><c> succeed.</c>

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Of<00:23:50.880><c> all</c><00:23:51.400><c> the</c><00:23:51.720><c> people</c><00:23:51.940><c> in</c><00:23:52.119><c> the</c><00:23:52.259><c> synagogue,</c>

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:56.599
they<00:23:53.160><c> knew</c><00:23:53.380><c> that</c><00:23:53.619><c> Jesus</c><00:23:54.019><c> was</c><00:23:54.299><c> the</c><00:23:54.500><c> most</c><00:23:54.900><c> dependable</c><00:23:55.920><c> when</c><00:23:56.319><c> it</c>

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came<00:23:56.940><c> to</c><00:23:57.160><c> helping</c><00:23:57.480><c> somebody.</c>

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He<00:23:59.160><c> was</c><00:23:59.400><c> the</c><00:23:59.579><c> most</c><00:24:00.000><c> compassionate</c><00:24:00.740><c> when</c><00:24:01.180><c> it</c><00:24:01.460><c> came</c><00:24:01.680><c> to</c><00:24:01.880><c> helping</c>

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the<00:24:02.460><c> undone.</c>

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And<00:24:03.740><c> so</c><00:24:03.819><c> they</c><00:24:03.980><c> were</c><00:24:04.220><c> saying,</c><00:24:04.599><c> and</c><00:24:04.779><c> I</c><00:24:05.059><c> believe</c><00:24:05.299><c> they</c><00:24:05.480><c> were</c><00:24:05.720><c> saying</c><00:24:05.900><c> it</c><00:24:06.119><c> with</c><00:24:06.359><c> a</c><00:24:06.500><c> chuckle,</c>

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he<00:24:07.559><c> will</c><00:24:07.740><c> never</c><00:24:07.980><c> be</c><00:24:08.220><c> able</c><00:24:08.440><c> to</c><00:24:08.700><c> resist</c><00:24:09.039><c> it.</c>

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The<00:24:13.119><c> trap</c><00:24:13.779><c> is</c><00:24:14.059><c> set.</c>

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Is<00:24:15.880><c> it</c><00:24:16.079><c> not</c><00:24:16.299><c> interesting,</c><00:24:16.920><c> brethren</c><00:24:17.140><c> and</c><00:24:17.359><c> sisters,</c>

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:23.700
what<00:24:18.380><c> an</c><00:24:18.759><c> accurate</c><00:24:19.259><c> estimate</c><00:24:19.920><c> of</c><00:24:21.299><c> Jesus</c><00:24:21.859><c> they</c><00:24:22.400><c> had</c><00:24:22.759><c> formed,</c>

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what<00:24:24.700><c> a</c><00:24:25.740><c> telling</c><00:24:25.740><c> estimate</c><00:24:26.680><c> of</c><00:24:26.880><c> his</c><00:24:27.099><c> character,</c><00:24:27.880><c> of</c><00:24:28.140><c> the</c><00:24:28.339><c> Messiah's</c><00:24:28.960><c> character</c><00:24:29.200><c> they</c>

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had<00:24:29.700><c> formed,</c>

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and<00:24:31.539><c> what</c><00:24:31.759><c> a</c><00:24:32.200><c> compliment</c><00:24:32.619><c> they</c><00:24:32.900><c> were</c><00:24:33.119><c> paying</c><00:24:33.440><c> to</c><00:24:33.720><c> him,</c><00:24:35.700><c> without</c><00:24:36.299><c> intending</c><00:24:37.140><c> to.</c>

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Well,<00:24:39.599><c> we</c><00:24:40.059><c> know</c><00:24:40.220><c> what</c><00:24:40.539><c> happened.</c>

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He<00:24:41.440><c> challenged</c><00:24:42.099><c> them</c><00:24:42.359><c> and</c><00:24:42.579><c> said,</c>

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is<00:24:43.319><c> it</c><00:24:43.559><c> lawful</c><00:24:43.880><c> to</c><00:24:44.059><c> do</c><00:24:44.160><c> good</c><00:24:44.339><c> on</c><00:24:44.559><c> the</c><00:24:44.759><c> Sabbath</c><00:24:44.940><c> day</c><00:24:45.200><c> or</c><00:24:45.400><c> to</c><00:24:45.539><c> do</c><00:24:45.779><c> evil?</c>

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Well,<00:24:46.880><c> they</c><00:24:47.059><c> said</c><00:24:47.339><c> nothing.</c>

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I<00:24:49.259><c> mean,</c><00:24:49.460><c> they</c><00:24:49.640><c> didn't</c><00:24:49.920><c> wish</c><00:24:50.180><c> to</c><00:24:50.579><c> discourage</c><00:24:51.039><c> him</c><00:24:51.259><c> because</c><00:24:51.480><c> they</c><00:24:51.640><c> wanted</c><00:24:51.900><c> him</c><00:24:52.119><c> to</c>

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do<00:24:52.539><c> good.</c>

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But<00:24:53.640><c> on</c><00:24:53.880><c> the</c><00:24:53.960><c> other</c><00:24:54.180><c> hand,</c><00:24:54.700><c> they</c><00:24:54.799><c> didn't</c><00:24:55.039><c> want</c><00:24:55.200><c> to</c><00:24:55.319><c> be</c><00:24:55.539><c> accused</c>

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afterwards<00:24:56.359><c> of</c><00:24:56.599><c> encouraging</c><00:24:57.200><c> him.</c>

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So<00:24:58.900><c> they</c><00:24:59.279><c> said</c><00:24:59.480><c> nothing.</c>

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The<00:25:01.099><c> true</c><00:25:01.319><c> answer,</c><00:25:01.740><c> of</c><00:25:01.960><c> course,</c><00:25:02.119><c> would</c><00:25:02.319><c> have</c><00:25:02.500><c> been,</c>

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it<00:25:02.960><c> is</c><00:25:03.299><c> right</c><00:25:03.619><c> to</c><00:25:03.819><c> do</c><00:25:04.039><c> good</c><00:25:04.180><c> and</c><00:25:04.319><c> it's</c><00:25:04.619><c> wrong</c><00:25:04.799><c> to</c><00:25:05.019><c> do</c><00:25:05.240><c> evil,</c>

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but<00:25:06.440><c> they</c><00:25:06.819><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:07.319><c> bear</c><00:25:07.599><c> that</c><00:25:07.880><c> testimony.</c>

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So<00:25:10.980><c> he</c><00:25:11.339><c> said</c><00:25:11.619><c> to</c><00:25:11.819><c> the</c><00:25:12.039><c> poor</c><00:25:12.339><c> broken</c><00:25:12.740><c> man,</c>

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stand<00:25:14.000><c> forth,</c><00:25:14.980><c> and</c><00:25:15.079><c> then</c><00:25:15.319><c> with</c><00:25:15.660><c> one</c><00:25:16.079><c> superb</c><00:25:17.160><c> command,</c>

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he<00:25:18.000><c> gave</c><00:25:18.279><c> him</c><00:25:18.960><c> ability</c><00:25:19.500><c> for</c><00:25:19.839><c> his</c><00:25:20.200><c> disability.</c>

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The<00:25:22.339><c> man</c><00:25:22.599><c> surrendered,</c><00:25:23.200><c> the</c><00:25:23.420><c> power</c><00:25:23.839><c> was</c><00:25:24.339><c> communicated.</c>

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Matthew<00:25:26.539><c> says,</c><00:25:26.940><c> the</c><00:25:26.960><c> hand</c><00:25:27.220><c> was</c><00:25:27.559><c> restored</c><00:25:27.940><c> whole</c><00:25:28.500><c> as</c><00:25:28.819><c> the</c><00:25:29.000><c> other.</c>

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Well,<00:25:32.000><c> the</c><00:25:32.160><c> poor</c><00:25:32.359><c> man</c><00:25:32.599><c> must</c><00:25:32.900><c> have</c><00:25:33.059><c> been</c><00:25:33.279><c> delighted,</c><00:25:34.359><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:34.579><c> you?</c>

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All<00:25:38.019><c> the</c><00:25:38.359><c> years</c><00:25:38.740><c> of</c><00:25:39.000><c> paralysis</c><00:25:39.519><c> ended</c><00:25:39.960><c> in</c><00:25:40.240><c> one</c><00:25:40.660><c> blinding</c><00:25:41.359><c> flash</c><00:25:41.579><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:42.000><c> Sabbath</c><00:25:42.240><c> day,</c>

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the<00:25:43.980><c> day</c><00:25:44.240><c> that</c><00:25:44.460><c> God</c><00:25:44.740><c> made</c><00:25:45.119><c> for</c><00:25:45.359><c> man,</c>

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and<00:25:47.619><c> Jesus</c><00:25:47.960><c> must</c><00:25:48.259><c> have</c><00:25:48.539><c> been</c><00:25:48.920><c> well</c><00:25:49.339><c>-pleasing.</c>

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He'd<00:25:51.319><c> been</c><00:25:51.539><c> able</c><00:25:51.779><c> to</c><00:25:51.960><c> do</c><00:25:52.079><c> the</c><00:25:52.259><c> work</c><00:25:52.440><c> of</c><00:25:52.660><c> God</c><00:25:52.880><c> on</c><00:25:53.180><c> God's</c><00:25:53.720><c> day,</c>

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:58.700
to<00:25:55.220><c> turn</c><00:25:55.460><c> weakness</c><00:25:55.859><c> into</c><00:25:56.160><c> power,</c><00:25:56.759><c> to</c><00:25:56.759><c> turn</c><00:25:57.079><c> sorrow</c><00:25:57.440><c> into</c><00:25:57.779><c> joy,</c>

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uselessness<00:25:59.740><c> into</c><00:26:00.059><c> usefulness.</c>

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And<00:26:03.400><c> here's</c><00:26:03.779><c> an</c><00:26:04.180><c> interesting</c><00:26:04.700><c> thing.</c>

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Everybody<00:26:05.579><c> was</c><00:26:05.940><c> glad.</c>

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Isn't<00:26:07.720><c> that</c><00:26:07.960><c> nice?</c>

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Everybody<00:26:09.799><c> was</c><00:26:10.059><c> glad.</c>

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The<00:26:10.400><c> poor</c><00:26:10.640><c> man</c><00:26:10.900><c> was</c><00:26:11.119><c> glad.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:11.819><c> was</c><00:26:12.099><c> glad.</c>

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And<00:26:12.940><c> guess</c><00:26:13.119><c> who</c><00:26:13.339><c> were</c><00:26:13.559><c> glad?</c>

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You're<00:26:15.779><c> right.</c>

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The<00:26:16.619><c> Pharisees</c><00:26:17.059><c> were</c><00:26:17.279><c> glad</c><00:26:17.559><c> too.</c>

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Of<00:26:19.019><c> course</c><00:26:19.200><c> they</c><00:26:19.480><c> were.</c>

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But<00:26:20.740><c> for</c><00:26:21.000><c> different</c><00:26:21.339><c> reasons.</c>

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They<00:26:23.859><c> were</c><00:26:24.200><c> glad</c><00:26:24.539><c> because</c><00:26:24.900><c> their</c><00:26:25.319><c> hope</c><00:26:25.500><c> of</c><00:26:25.680><c> the</c><00:26:25.880><c> Nazarene</c><00:26:26.319><c> had</c>

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.279
been<00:26:26.680><c> fulfilled.</c>

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He<00:26:27.779><c> had</c><00:26:28.019><c> proven</c><00:26:28.339><c> true</c><00:26:28.839><c> to</c><00:26:29.079><c> their</c><00:26:29.319><c> estimate</c><00:26:29.779><c> of</c><00:26:30.000><c> him.</c>

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They<00:26:30.500><c> depended</c><00:26:30.980><c> upon</c><00:26:31.299><c> him</c><00:26:31.480><c> to</c><00:26:31.660><c> do</c><00:26:31.859><c> good.</c>

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:34.380
They<00:26:32.859><c> depended</c><00:26:33.299><c> upon</c><00:26:33.539><c> him</c><00:26:33.799><c> to</c><00:26:34.039><c> heal.</c>

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And<00:26:34.720><c> he</c><00:26:34.940><c> healed</c><00:26:35.240><c> and</c><00:26:35.380><c> he'd</c><00:26:35.839><c> restored.</c>

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And<00:26:36.720><c> their</c><00:26:37.059><c> gladness</c><00:26:37.880><c> was</c><00:26:38.299><c> centered</c><00:26:38.559><c> in</c><00:26:38.759><c> the</c><00:26:38.920><c> possibility</c><00:26:39.400><c> of</c>

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doing<00:26:39.960><c> harm</c>

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to<00:26:40.559><c> the</c><00:26:40.759><c> cause</c><00:26:40.920><c> of</c><00:26:41.140><c> the</c><00:26:41.259><c> man</c><00:26:41.559><c> who</c><00:26:41.880><c> was</c><00:26:42.119><c> claiming</c><00:26:42.400><c> to</c><00:26:42.599><c> be</c><00:26:42.740><c> the</c><00:26:42.859><c> Messiah.</c>

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Their<00:26:44.420><c> joy</c><00:26:44.759><c> was</c><00:26:45.000><c> in</c><00:26:45.160><c> the</c><00:26:45.400><c> chance</c><00:26:45.700><c> to</c><00:26:46.000><c> accuse</c><00:26:46.339><c> him</c><00:26:46.799><c> and</c><00:26:47.059><c> to</c><00:26:47.359><c> destroy</c><00:26:47.660><c> him.</c>

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:51.700
They<00:26:48.839><c> were</c><00:26:49.079><c> glad</c><00:26:49.339><c> that</c><00:26:49.519><c> he</c><00:26:49.640><c> had</c><00:26:49.900><c> violated</c><00:26:50.500><c> the</c><00:26:50.880><c> Sabbath</c><00:26:51.160><c> as</c>

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they<00:26:52.079><c> saw</c><00:26:52.460><c> it.</c>

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They<00:26:53.960><c> would</c><00:26:54.220><c> have</c><00:26:54.420><c> been</c><00:26:54.700><c> disappointed</c><00:26:55.480><c> if</c><00:26:55.940><c> he</c><00:26:56.140><c> had</c><00:26:56.460><c> conformed</c>

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.539
to<00:26:58.019><c> their</c><00:26:58.359><c> view</c><00:26:58.599><c> of</c><00:26:58.779><c> doing</c><00:26:59.119><c> right.</c>

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They<00:26:59.940><c> would</c><00:27:00.119><c> have</c><00:27:00.279><c> been</c><00:27:00.460><c> disappointed.</c>

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It<00:27:02.660><c> shows</c><00:27:02.960><c> that</c><00:27:03.140><c> they</c><00:27:03.259><c> weren't</c><00:27:03.599><c> really</c><00:27:04.119><c> interested</c><00:27:04.519><c> in</c><00:27:04.779><c> the</c>

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upholding<00:27:05.460><c> of</c><00:27:05.660><c> right</c><00:27:05.880><c> at</c><00:27:06.160><c> all.</c>

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They<00:27:06.880><c> were</c><00:27:07.099><c> not</c><00:27:07.380><c> really</c><00:27:07.900><c> concerned</c><00:27:08.559><c> that</c><00:27:09.059><c> God's</c><00:27:09.559><c> law</c><00:27:09.740><c> should</c>

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be<00:27:10.220><c> respected.</c>

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The<00:27:11.700><c> overriding</c><00:27:12.500><c> desire</c><00:27:12.980><c> was</c><00:27:13.240><c> that</c><00:27:13.440><c> this</c><00:27:13.740><c> man</c><00:27:13.980><c> should</c><00:27:14.180><c> be</c><00:27:14.420><c> in</c>

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a<00:27:14.579><c> position</c>

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where<00:27:15.559><c> he</c><00:27:15.740><c> could</c><00:27:15.960><c> be</c><00:27:16.319><c> indicted</c><00:27:16.839><c> and</c><00:27:17.440><c> destroyed.</c>

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They<00:27:19.519><c> were</c><00:27:19.880><c> glad</c><00:27:20.160><c> that</c><00:27:20.539><c> measured</c><00:27:20.819><c> by</c><00:27:21.140><c> their</c><00:27:21.500><c> measurement,</c>

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evil<00:27:22.720><c> had</c><00:27:23.039><c> been</c><00:27:23.500><c> done.</c>

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They<00:27:25.579><c> were</c><00:27:25.839><c> not</c><00:27:26.059><c> glad</c><00:27:26.380><c> for</c><00:27:26.599><c> the</c><00:27:26.779><c> poor,</c><00:27:27.579><c> paralyzed</c><00:27:27.579><c> man.</c>

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That<00:27:30.059><c> he</c><00:27:30.220><c> had</c><00:27:30.400><c> been</c><00:27:30.640><c> cured</c><00:27:31.019><c> was</c><00:27:31.319><c> to</c><00:27:31.400><c> them</c><00:27:31.599><c> of</c><00:27:31.839><c> no</c><00:27:32.119><c> consequence</c><00:27:32.799><c> whatever.</c>

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That<00:27:35.519><c> half</c><00:27:35.779><c> a</c><00:27:35.980><c> lifetime</c><00:27:36.400><c> of</c><00:27:36.680><c> withered</c><00:27:37.019><c> paralysis</c><00:27:37.720><c> had</c><00:27:38.140><c> been</c><00:27:38.380><c> ended</c>

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gave<00:27:39.200><c> them</c><00:27:39.460><c> no</c><00:27:39.819><c> thankful</c><00:27:40.279><c> satisfaction.</c>

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No<00:27:42.559><c> wonder</c><00:27:42.960><c> Jesus</c><00:27:43.480><c> was</c><00:27:43.779><c> angry.</c><00:27:44.319><c> No</c><00:27:44.500><c> wonder.</c>

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:49.640
Mark<00:27:46.279><c> says</c><00:27:47.619><c> he</c><00:27:47.759><c> was</c><00:27:48.039><c> very</c><00:27:48.440><c> angry.</c>

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And<00:27:51.720><c> Mark</c><00:27:52.039><c> says</c><00:27:52.299><c> also</c><00:27:52.759><c> that</c><00:27:52.940><c> he</c><00:27:53.039><c> was</c><00:27:53.440><c> grieved</c><00:27:53.839><c> for</c><00:27:54.440><c> the</c><00:27:54.680><c> hardness</c><00:27:55.099><c> of</c>

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their<00:27:55.680><c> heart.</c>

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It<00:27:57.680><c> was</c><00:27:57.980><c> the</c><00:27:58.220><c> same</c><00:27:58.359><c> with</c><00:27:58.539><c> the</c><00:27:58.740><c> man</c><00:27:59.039><c> who</c><00:27:59.640><c> was</c><00:27:59.880><c> healed</c><00:28:00.099><c> at</c><00:28:00.279><c> the</c><00:28:00.440><c> pool</c><00:28:00.640><c> of</c><00:28:00.779><c> Bethesda.</c>

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:04.640
They<00:28:02.480><c> complained</c><00:28:03.019><c> that</c><00:28:03.160><c> the</c><00:28:03.339><c> man</c><00:28:03.539><c> had</c><00:28:03.819><c> carried</c><00:28:03.960><c> his</c><00:28:04.279><c> bed</c><00:28:04.380><c> on</c>

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the<00:28:04.819><c> Sabbath</c><00:28:05.019><c> day</c>

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and<00:28:05.400><c> therefore</c><00:28:05.680><c> was</c><00:28:05.940><c> laboring.</c>

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They<00:28:07.339><c> were</c><00:28:07.640><c> not</c><00:28:08.000><c> concerned</c><00:28:08.680><c> that</c><00:28:08.940><c> 38</c><00:28:09.539><c> wintry</c><00:28:09.960><c> years</c><00:28:10.339><c> of</c><00:28:10.619><c> hopelessness</c><00:28:11.220><c> had</c>

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:13.220
been<00:28:11.599><c> ended.</c>

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And<00:28:15.119><c> so</c><00:28:15.720><c> it</c><00:28:16.180><c> is</c><00:28:16.180><c> here</c><00:28:16.579><c> at</c><00:28:16.960><c> this</c><00:28:17.500><c> occasion.</c>

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The<00:28:18.740><c> real</c><00:28:19.799><c> blameworthiness</c><00:28:21.700><c> and</c><00:28:22.359><c> the</c><00:28:22.460><c> real</c><00:28:22.940><c> corpability</c><00:28:23.599><c> of</c>

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these<00:28:24.099><c> men</c>

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lies<00:28:24.619><c> in</c><00:28:24.859><c> the</c><00:28:25.019><c> fact</c><00:28:25.200><c> that</c><00:28:25.359><c> they</c><00:28:25.680><c> recognized</c><00:28:26.200><c> that</c><00:28:26.420><c> this</c><00:28:26.640><c> man</c>

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of<00:28:27.059><c> Nazareth</c>

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:33.859
was<00:28:28.059><c> doing</c><00:28:28.400><c> good</c><00:28:31.059><c> and</c><00:28:31.619><c> was</c><00:28:31.900><c> saving</c><00:28:32.200><c> the</c><00:28:32.559><c> broken</c><00:28:32.940><c> and</c><00:28:33.420><c> bruised</c>

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and<00:28:34.160><c> the</c><00:28:34.339><c> bereft.</c>

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And<00:28:36.220><c> they</c><00:28:36.420><c> depended</c><00:28:36.960><c> upon</c><00:28:37.339><c> his</c><00:28:37.619><c> compassion</c>

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and<00:28:38.819><c> they</c><00:28:39.359><c> recognized</c><00:28:39.980><c> his</c><00:28:40.359><c> sympathetic</c><00:28:41.119><c> understanding</c><00:28:41.900><c> for</c>

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those<00:28:42.440><c> in</c><00:28:42.720><c> need.</c>

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They<00:28:43.619><c> admitted</c><00:28:44.119><c> really</c><00:28:44.619><c> that</c><00:28:45.259><c> he</c><00:28:45.420><c> was</c><00:28:45.619><c> a</c><00:28:45.700><c> man</c><00:28:45.859><c> of</c><00:28:46.099><c> love</c><00:28:46.440><c> and</c>

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mercy<00:28:47.160><c> and</c><00:28:47.460><c> kindness</c>

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and<00:28:48.299><c> in</c><00:28:48.400><c> the</c><00:28:48.700><c> face</c><00:28:48.940><c> of</c><00:28:49.119><c> that</c><00:28:49.359><c> they</c><00:28:49.579><c> rejected</c><00:28:50.180><c> him</c><00:28:50.579><c> and</c><00:28:50.819><c> they</c>

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condemned<00:28:51.559><c> him.</c>

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That<00:28:52.319><c> was</c><00:28:52.759><c> their</c><00:28:53.099><c> culpability.</c>

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In<00:28:54.539><c> the</c><00:28:54.819><c> presence</c><00:28:55.059><c> of</c><00:28:55.299><c> the</c><00:28:55.539><c> light</c><00:28:55.859><c> they</c><00:28:56.359><c> preferred</c><00:28:57.079><c> darkness.</c>

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:01.900
Even<00:28:59.539><c> at</c><00:28:59.859><c> the</c><00:28:59.980><c> last</c><00:29:00.220><c> when</c><00:29:00.400><c> he</c><00:29:00.460><c> was</c><00:29:00.680><c> brought</c><00:29:00.900><c> to</c><00:29:01.119><c> the</c><00:29:01.319><c> cross</c><00:29:01.579><c> by</c>

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their<00:29:02.440><c> conspiracy</c>

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as<00:29:03.980><c> he</c><00:29:04.079><c> was</c><00:29:04.279><c> hanging</c><00:29:04.579><c> on</c><00:29:04.839><c> the</c><00:29:05.019><c> cross</c><00:29:05.240><c> they</c><00:29:05.880><c> taunted</c><00:29:06.339><c> him</c><00:29:06.599><c> and</c>

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.220
they<00:29:07.059><c> said</c>

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he<00:29:07.619><c> saved</c><00:29:08.059><c> others,</c><00:29:08.759><c> himself</c><00:29:09.299><c> he</c><00:29:09.460><c> cannot</c><00:29:09.819><c> save.</c>

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:12.680
Even<00:29:10.700><c> in</c><00:29:10.880><c> their</c><00:29:11.099><c> attempt</c><00:29:11.319><c> to</c><00:29:11.519><c> mock</c><00:29:11.720><c> him</c><00:29:11.859><c> they</c><00:29:12.019><c> had</c><00:29:12.319><c> to</c><00:29:12.339><c> concede</c>

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that<00:29:12.859><c> he</c><00:29:13.039><c> had</c><00:29:13.420><c> saved</c><00:29:13.680><c> others.</c>

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They<00:29:16.079><c> couldn't</c><00:29:16.519><c> get</c><00:29:16.759><c> out</c><00:29:17.000><c> of</c><00:29:17.140><c> it.</c>

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.660
He<00:29:19.420><c> had</c><00:29:19.700><c> saved</c><00:29:20.079><c> others,</c><00:29:20.440><c> they</c><00:29:20.740><c> said.</c>

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So<00:29:23.240><c> I</c><00:29:23.539><c> submit</c><00:29:24.099><c> to</c><00:29:24.420><c> you</c><00:29:24.880><c> that</c><00:29:25.180><c> this</c><00:29:25.480><c> was</c><00:29:25.740><c> their</c><00:29:26.140><c> awful</c><00:29:26.619><c> responsibility</c>

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and<00:29:28.180><c> it</c><00:29:28.359><c> is</c><00:29:28.619><c> fixed</c><00:29:28.920><c> in</c><00:29:29.180><c> one</c><00:29:29.460><c> word</c><00:29:29.700><c> in</c><00:29:29.900><c> the</c><00:29:30.000><c> record</c><00:29:30.339><c> in</c><00:29:30.579><c> Mark</c><00:29:30.859><c> 3.</c>

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:36.319
He<00:29:32.539><c> calls</c><00:29:32.880><c> it</c><00:29:33.480><c> the</c><00:29:33.759><c> hardness</c><00:29:34.339><c> of</c><00:29:34.940><c> their</c><00:29:35.259><c> heart.</c>

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Hardened<00:29:37.279><c> hearts</c><00:29:37.640><c> result</c><00:29:38.339><c> in</c><00:29:39.299><c> deceived</c><00:29:39.759><c> hearts.</c>

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:45.039
In<00:29:41.839><c> the</c><00:29:42.079><c> presence</c><00:29:42.299><c> of</c><00:29:42.579><c> the</c><00:29:42.740><c> best</c><00:29:43.220><c> and</c><00:29:43.599><c> the</c><00:29:43.819><c> noblest</c><00:29:44.240><c> and</c><00:29:44.400><c> the</c><00:29:44.579><c> purest</c>

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and<00:29:45.119><c> the</c><00:29:45.319><c> most</c><00:29:45.519><c> compassionate</c><00:29:46.380><c> exhibition</c><00:29:47.099><c> of</c><00:29:47.380><c> divine</c><00:29:47.759><c> life</c>

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these<00:29:49.640><c> men</c><00:29:50.279><c> hardened</c><00:29:50.799><c> their</c><00:29:51.279><c> hearts.</c>

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:57.539
They<00:29:52.980><c> admitted</c><00:29:53.359><c> it,</c><00:29:54.059><c> they</c><00:29:54.359><c> depended</c><00:29:54.700><c> upon</c><00:29:55.000><c> it</c><00:29:55.440><c> and</c><00:29:55.559><c> they</c><00:29:55.880><c> rejected</c><00:29:56.299><c> it.</c>

00:29:57.579 --> 00:30:02.039
Now<00:29:57.799><c> this</c><00:29:57.960><c> is</c><00:29:58.240><c> their</c><00:29:58.460><c> awful</c><00:29:59.579><c> indictment</c><00:30:00.440><c> and</c><00:30:00.640><c> their</c><00:30:00.779><c> awful</c><00:30:01.140><c> condemnation.</c>

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This<00:30:02.599><c> was</c><00:30:02.900><c> their</c><00:30:03.180><c> terrible</c><00:30:03.720><c> sin.</c>

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:06.819
They<00:30:04.799><c> loved</c><00:30:05.140><c> darkness</c><00:30:05.720><c> rather</c><00:30:06.119><c> than</c><00:30:06.359><c> light.</c>

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:10.400
It<00:30:07.640><c> was</c><00:30:07.980><c> intensified</c><00:30:08.539><c> by</c><00:30:08.779><c> the</c><00:30:08.900><c> fact</c><00:30:09.140><c> that</c><00:30:09.359><c> their</c><00:30:09.579><c> high</c><00:30:09.839><c> principles</c>

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could<00:30:10.640><c> be</c><00:30:10.880><c> violated</c><00:30:11.420><c> so</c><00:30:11.759><c> easily</c><00:30:12.079><c> when</c><00:30:12.279><c> it</c><00:30:12.500><c> suited</c><00:30:12.720><c> them.</c>

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:15.720
Men<00:30:13.619><c> of</c><00:30:13.819><c> high</c><00:30:14.059><c> principles,</c><00:30:14.920><c> not</c><00:30:15.200><c> really.</c>

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:19.960
Men<00:30:16.339><c> who</c><00:30:16.660><c> talked</c><00:30:17.099><c> of</c><00:30:17.359><c> high</c><00:30:17.660><c> principles</c><00:30:18.099><c> and</c><00:30:18.339><c> lived</c><00:30:18.559><c> on</c><00:30:18.759><c> low</c><00:30:19.000><c> ones.</c>

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:22.640
This<00:30:20.980><c> is</c><00:30:21.220><c> the</c><00:30:21.299><c> very</c><00:30:21.559><c> point</c><00:30:21.819><c> that</c><00:30:22.000><c> Jesus</c><00:30:22.319><c> made.</c>

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:25.059
He<00:30:22.740><c> said,</c><00:30:23.380><c> what</c><00:30:23.539><c> man</c><00:30:23.859><c> shall</c><00:30:24.039><c> there</c><00:30:24.259><c> be</c><00:30:24.420><c> of</c><00:30:24.599><c> you</c><00:30:24.740><c> that</c><00:30:24.900><c> shall</c>

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have<00:30:25.240><c> one</c><00:30:25.519><c> sheep</c>

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and<00:30:25.900><c> if</c><00:30:26.039><c> it</c><00:30:26.220><c> shall</c><00:30:26.359><c> fall</c><00:30:26.579><c> into</c><00:30:26.880><c> a</c><00:30:27.000><c> pit</c><00:30:27.079><c> on</c><00:30:27.339><c> the</c><00:30:27.500><c> Sabbath</c><00:30:27.700><c> day</c>

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:30.420
will<00:30:28.539><c> not</c><00:30:28.839><c> lay</c><00:30:29.059><c> hold</c><00:30:29.279><c> on</c><00:30:29.500><c> it</c><00:30:29.640><c> and</c><00:30:29.799><c> lift</c><00:30:29.960><c> it</c><00:30:30.200><c> out.</c>

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Notice<00:30:31.099><c> the</c><00:30:31.279><c> words</c><00:30:31.500><c> carefully,</c><00:30:32.319><c> what</c><00:30:32.680><c> man</c><00:30:33.359><c> that</c><00:30:33.839><c> hath</c><00:30:34.759><c> one</c><00:30:35.200><c> sheep.</c>

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:40.680
The<00:30:36.059><c> argument</c><00:30:36.440><c> is</c><00:30:36.720><c> that</c><00:30:37.140><c> you</c><00:30:37.440><c> rescue</c><00:30:37.980><c> it</c><00:30:38.380><c> because</c><00:30:38.819><c> it</c><00:30:38.980><c> is</c><00:30:39.299><c> yours</c><00:30:39.619><c> that</c><00:30:40.319><c> hath.</c>

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:43.740
It<00:30:41.039><c> is</c><00:30:41.279><c> your</c><00:30:41.500><c> sheep</c><00:30:41.839><c> and</c><00:30:42.200><c> you</c><00:30:42.380><c> rescue</c><00:30:42.740><c> it</c><00:30:42.940><c> because</c><00:30:43.180><c> it's</c><00:30:43.519><c> yours.</c>

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:46.799
You<00:30:44.200><c> are</c><00:30:44.480><c> the</c><00:30:44.720><c> owner</c><00:30:45.039><c> and</c><00:30:45.299><c> because</c><00:30:45.720><c> you</c><00:30:46.019><c> are</c><00:30:46.259><c> the</c><00:30:46.480><c> owner</c>

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:49.059
you<00:30:47.039><c> say</c><00:30:47.279><c> there</c><00:30:47.480><c> is</c><00:30:47.720><c> nothing</c><00:30:48.039><c> that</c><00:30:48.299><c> stands</c><00:30:48.599><c> in</c><00:30:48.779><c> the</c><00:30:48.900><c> way</c>

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:52.180
of<00:30:49.220><c> recovering</c><00:30:49.680><c> your</c><00:30:50.059><c> own</c><00:30:50.279><c> that</c><00:30:50.480><c> is</c><00:30:50.700><c> in</c><00:30:50.920><c> danger,</c><00:30:51.460><c> even</c><00:30:51.740><c> on</c><00:30:52.019><c> the</c>

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Sabbath<00:30:52.380><c> day.</c>

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Now<00:30:53.880><c> notice</c><00:30:54.119><c> the</c><00:30:54.359><c> implication,</c><00:30:55.339><c> how</c><00:30:55.700><c> much</c><00:30:56.019><c> better</c><00:30:56.279><c> is</c><00:30:56.500><c> a</c><00:30:56.640><c> man</c>

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.980
than<00:30:57.000><c> a</c><00:30:57.220><c> sheep?</c>

00:30:58.019 --> 00:31:01.519
What<00:30:58.200><c> he</c><00:30:58.319><c> means</c><00:30:58.619><c> is,</c><00:30:59.460><c> what</c><00:30:59.740><c> you</c><00:31:00.079><c> do</c><00:31:00.220><c> for</c><00:31:00.440><c> your</c><00:31:00.740><c> sheep</c><00:31:01.039><c> on</c><00:31:01.259><c> the</c>

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.279
Sabbath<00:31:01.740><c> day</c>

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:05.599
God<00:31:02.819><c> does</c><00:31:03.039><c> for</c><00:31:03.240><c> his</c><00:31:03.559><c> sheep</c><00:31:03.859><c> on</c><00:31:04.140><c> the</c><00:31:04.339><c> Sabbath</c><00:31:04.539><c> day.</c>

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:09.259
What<00:31:07.140><c> you</c><00:31:07.400><c> do</c><00:31:07.559><c> for</c><00:31:07.740><c> your</c><00:31:08.019><c> sheep</c><00:31:08.259><c> on</c><00:31:08.460><c> the</c><00:31:08.640><c> Sabbath</c><00:31:08.859><c> day</c>

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:13.460
God<00:31:09.660><c> does</c><00:31:10.079><c> for</c><00:31:10.500><c> his</c><00:31:10.819><c> own</c><00:31:11.359><c> on</c><00:31:11.759><c> the</c><00:31:12.079><c> Sabbath</c><00:31:12.319><c> day.</c>

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:20.779
What<00:31:15.579><c> you</c><00:31:15.839><c> recover</c><00:31:17.079><c> on</c><00:31:17.480><c> the</c><00:31:17.720><c> Sabbath,</c><00:31:18.180><c> he</c><00:31:18.460><c> recovers</c><00:31:19.680><c> for</c><00:31:20.140><c> himself,</c>

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:23.240
whether<00:31:21.380><c> it's</c><00:31:21.660><c> the</c><00:31:21.880><c> Sabbath</c><00:31:22.039><c> or</c><00:31:22.299><c> not.</c>

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:26.839
Now<00:31:24.839><c> this</c><00:31:24.980><c> is</c><00:31:25.259><c> part</c><00:31:25.559><c> of</c><00:31:25.759><c> their</c><00:31:26.039><c> blameworthiness.</c>

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:31.339
They<00:31:27.339><c> were</c><00:31:27.599><c> willing</c><00:31:28.079><c> to</c><00:31:28.579><c> deny</c><00:31:28.940><c> God</c><00:31:29.660><c> what</c><00:31:30.279><c> they</c><00:31:30.619><c> insisted</c><00:31:31.059><c> on</c>

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:32.759
for<00:31:31.480><c> themselves</c>

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:38.900
and<00:31:34.220><c> the</c><00:31:34.400><c> answer</c><00:31:34.880><c> to</c><00:31:35.160><c> their</c><00:31:35.460><c> hardness</c><00:31:36.059><c> and</c><00:31:37.299><c> to</c><00:31:37.420><c> their</c><00:31:37.779><c> selfishness</c>

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:43.740
and<00:31:39.279><c> to</c><00:31:39.380><c> their</c><00:31:39.599><c> hypocrisy</c><00:31:40.460><c> is</c><00:31:40.880><c> in</c><00:31:41.200><c> one</c><00:31:42.019><c> solemn</c><00:31:42.859><c> sentence</c>

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:47.259
raining<00:31:44.559><c> through</c><00:31:45.660><c> the</c><00:31:46.039><c> synagogue.</c>

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:52.539
Stretch<00:31:50.440><c> forth</c><00:31:50.839><c> thy</c><00:31:51.079><c> hand.</c>

00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:00.500
Let's<00:31:58.779><c> now</c><00:31:58.960><c> come</c><00:31:59.200><c> to</c><00:31:59.359><c> the</c><00:31:59.539><c> final</c><00:31:59.940><c> incidents</c>

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:03.460
in<00:32:00.700><c> the</c><00:32:00.859><c> long</c><00:32:01.079><c> process</c><00:32:01.579><c> of</c><00:32:01.779><c> the</c><00:32:01.880><c> rejected</c><00:32:02.380><c> Messiah.</c>

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:06.500
When<00:32:04.759><c> you</c><00:32:05.180><c> think,</c><00:32:05.640><c> brethren</c><00:32:05.880><c> and</c><00:32:06.160><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:09.339
of<00:32:06.779><c> your</c><00:32:07.119><c> great</c><00:32:07.819><c> American</c><00:32:08.559><c> Constitution</c>

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:12.740
which<00:32:09.700><c> gives</c><00:32:10.500><c> protection</c><00:32:11.220><c> and</c><00:32:11.460><c> justice</c><00:32:11.900><c> to</c><00:32:12.160><c> all</c><00:32:12.400><c> those</c>

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:14.480
who<00:32:12.859><c> are</c><00:32:13.240><c> accused</c><00:32:13.579><c> under</c><00:32:13.880><c> the</c><00:32:14.079><c> law,</c>

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:17.460
there<00:32:14.920><c> is</c><00:32:15.180><c> perhaps</c><00:32:15.559><c> in</c><00:32:15.740><c> your</c><00:32:16.019><c> mind</c><00:32:16.579><c> one</c><00:32:17.119><c> word</c>

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:20.299
which<00:32:17.900><c> expresses</c><00:32:18.319><c> comprehensively</c><00:32:19.299><c> the</c><00:32:19.480><c> forces</c><00:32:19.839><c> of</c><00:32:20.039><c> its</c>

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.720
great<00:32:20.640><c> provisions.</c>

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:25.180
I<00:32:22.480><c> think</c><00:32:22.700><c> that</c><00:32:23.000><c> word</c><00:32:23.240><c> ought</c><00:32:23.460><c> to</c><00:32:23.599><c> be</c><00:32:23.900><c> equity,</c>

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:29.700
the<00:32:26.240><c> very</c><00:32:26.759><c> spirit</c><00:32:27.220><c> of</c><00:32:27.420><c> the</c><00:32:27.539><c> great</c><00:32:27.759><c> American</c><00:32:28.299><c> Constitution.</c>

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.799
Equity.

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:33.559
Now<00:32:31.619><c> when</c><00:32:31.779><c> we</c><00:32:32.000><c> turn</c><00:32:32.160><c> to</c><00:32:32.359><c> the</c><00:32:32.400><c> case</c><00:32:32.640><c> of</c><00:32:32.799><c> the</c><00:32:32.880><c> man</c><00:32:33.039><c> of</c><00:32:33.240><c> Nazareth</c>

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:35.660
and<00:32:33.740><c> the</c><00:32:33.880><c> methods</c><00:32:34.200><c> used</c><00:32:34.480><c> by</c><00:32:34.740><c> his</c><00:32:35.039><c> accusers,</c>

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:37.500
there<00:32:36.039><c> is</c><00:32:36.220><c> one</c><00:32:36.440><c> word</c><00:32:36.660><c> which</c><00:32:36.859><c> comes</c><00:32:37.119><c> to</c><00:32:37.359><c> mind</c>

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:39.880
to<00:32:37.740><c> express</c><00:32:38.019><c> the</c><00:32:38.259><c> process</c><00:32:38.619><c> by</c><00:32:38.859><c> which</c><00:32:39.000><c> he</c><00:32:39.220><c> was</c><00:32:39.519><c> tried</c>

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:42.859
and<00:32:40.380><c> that</c><00:32:40.680><c> word</c><00:32:40.980><c> is</c><00:32:41.680><c> perversion.</c>

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:48.640
Brother<00:32:44.519><c> Melvin</c><00:32:44.940><c> Perkins</c><00:32:45.400><c> in</c><00:32:45.579><c> his</c><00:32:45.859><c> book</c><00:32:46.319><c> A</c><00:32:47.420><c> Life</c><00:32:47.740><c> of</c><00:32:47.920><c> Jesus</c>

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:51.200
proves<00:32:49.279><c> that</c><00:32:49.539><c> everything</c><00:32:49.819><c> about</c><00:32:50.160><c> the</c><00:32:50.380><c> trial</c><00:32:50.579><c> of</c><00:32:50.759><c> the</c><00:32:50.900><c> Messiah</c>

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.000
was<00:32:51.480><c> illegal.</c>

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:55.779
The<00:32:52.619><c> arrest,</c><00:32:53.339><c> the</c><00:32:53.519><c> trial</c><00:32:53.660><c> itself,</c><00:32:54.579><c> the</c><00:32:54.720><c> cross</c><00:32:54.980><c>-questioning,</c>

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.380
the<00:32:56.059><c> evidence,</c>

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:58.480
it<00:32:56.559><c> was</c><00:32:56.819><c> all</c><00:32:57.279><c> illegal.</c>

00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:01.319
The<00:32:58.900><c> provisions</c><00:32:59.299><c> to</c><00:32:59.539><c> ensure</c><00:32:59.880><c> justice</c><00:33:00.400><c> for</c><00:33:00.640><c> the</c><00:33:00.819><c> Jews</c>

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:03.700
who<00:33:02.420><c> were</c><00:33:02.619><c> accused</c><00:33:02.920><c> before</c><00:33:03.259><c> the</c><00:33:03.480><c> court,</c>

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:06.339
all<00:33:04.240><c> those</c><00:33:04.519><c> provisions</c><00:33:04.859><c> were</c><00:33:05.160><c> violated.</c>

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:09.299
The<00:33:06.839><c> Roman</c><00:33:07.259><c> trial</c><00:33:07.559><c> was</c><00:33:07.799><c> better,</c><00:33:08.160><c> it</c><00:33:08.240><c> was</c><00:33:08.420><c> more</c><00:33:08.700><c> regulated</c>

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:12.019
because<00:33:09.740><c> under</c><00:33:10.079><c> Roman</c><00:33:10.420><c> law</c><00:33:10.660><c> there</c><00:33:10.799><c> had</c><00:33:11.000><c> to</c><00:33:11.119><c> be</c><00:33:11.259><c> an</c><00:33:11.440><c> accusation,</c>

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:14.759
there<00:33:12.119><c> had</c><00:33:12.279><c> to</c><00:33:12.380><c> be</c><00:33:12.539><c> a</c><00:33:12.640><c> cross</c><00:33:12.819><c>-examination,</c><00:33:13.859><c> then</c><00:33:14.079><c> a</c><00:33:14.299><c> defence,</c>

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:17.299
and<00:33:15.200><c> after</c><00:33:15.480><c> that</c><00:33:15.720><c> the</c><00:33:15.880><c> verdict</c><00:33:16.099><c> was</c><00:33:16.400><c> given.</c>

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:21.000
Now<00:33:18.339><c> in</c><00:33:18.480><c> the</c><00:33:18.720><c> trial</c><00:33:18.900><c> before</c><00:33:19.259><c> the</c><00:33:19.480><c> Sanhedrin,</c><00:33:20.220><c> the</c><00:33:20.440><c> Jewish</c><00:33:20.740><c> court,</c>

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:24.420
you<00:33:21.420><c> know</c><00:33:21.779><c> that</c><00:33:22.099><c> the</c><00:33:22.359><c> witnesses</c><00:33:22.720><c> made</c><00:33:23.119><c> a</c><00:33:23.299><c> bad</c><00:33:23.519><c> showing.</c>

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:27.559
You<00:33:24.839><c> know</c><00:33:25.099><c> that.</c><00:33:25.640><c> They</c><00:33:25.920><c> contradicted</c><00:33:26.460><c> one</c><00:33:26.700><c> another.</c>

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:32.759
And<00:33:28.259><c> Caiaphas</c><00:33:28.720><c> must</c><00:33:29.019><c> have</c><00:33:29.279><c> been</c><00:33:30.359><c> fed</c><00:33:30.640><c> up,</c><00:33:31.619><c> to</c><00:33:31.839><c> put</c><00:33:32.039><c> it</c><00:33:32.240><c> mildly.</c>

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:34.500
He<00:33:33.099><c> was</c><00:33:33.259><c> on</c><00:33:33.559><c> edge.</c>

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.720
He<00:33:34.740><c> said</c><00:33:34.960><c> to</c><00:33:35.160><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:35.819><c> answer</c><00:33:36.140><c> us</c><00:33:36.319><c> though</c><00:33:36.480><c> nothing,</c>

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:39.440
what<00:33:37.000><c> is</c><00:33:37.180><c> it</c><00:33:37.319><c> that</c><00:33:37.480><c> leaves</c><00:33:37.660><c> witness</c><00:33:38.039><c> against</c><00:33:38.619><c> thee?</c>

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:42.440
And<00:33:40.000><c> then</c><00:33:40.440><c> regaining</c><00:33:41.099><c> his</c><00:33:41.400><c> composure,</c>

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:45.019
he<00:33:42.859><c> finds</c><00:33:43.200><c> a</c><00:33:43.380><c> way</c><00:33:43.519><c> out</c><00:33:43.700><c> of</c><00:33:43.859><c> his</c><00:33:44.019><c> dilemma,</c>

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:47.500
never<00:33:45.500><c> mind</c><00:33:45.720><c> that</c><00:33:45.859><c> it</c><00:33:46.059><c> might</c><00:33:46.259><c> well</c><00:33:46.460><c> have</c><00:33:46.759><c> been</c><00:33:47.019><c> contrary</c><00:33:47.299><c> to</c>

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.500
the<00:33:47.680><c> law.</c>

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:51.599
In<00:33:48.859><c> a</c><00:33:49.039><c> loud</c><00:33:49.279><c> voice</c><00:33:49.619><c> he</c><00:33:49.779><c> says,</c><00:33:50.079><c> I</c><00:33:50.099><c> adjure</c><00:33:50.539><c> thee</c><00:33:50.720><c> by</c><00:33:50.920><c> the</c><00:33:51.099><c> living</c><00:33:51.319><c> God</c>

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:54.140
that<00:33:51.720><c> thou</c><00:33:51.940><c> tell</c><00:33:52.119><c> us</c><00:33:52.259><c> whether</c><00:33:52.480><c> thou</c><00:33:52.660><c> be</c><00:33:52.799><c> the</c><00:33:53.019><c> Christ,</c><00:33:53.779><c> the</c><00:33:53.920><c> Son</c>

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:55.299
of<00:33:54.339><c> God.</c>

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:58.460
And<00:33:56.140><c> you</c><00:33:56.299><c> know</c><00:33:56.460><c> the</c><00:33:56.579><c> reply</c><00:33:56.900><c> of</c><00:33:57.099><c> the</c><00:33:57.220><c> king,</c><00:33:57.480><c> he</c><00:33:57.619><c> said,</c><00:33:58.259><c> thou</c>

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.359
hast<00:33:58.960><c> said,</c>

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:02.619
which<00:34:00.019><c> means,</c><00:34:00.700><c> thou</c><00:34:00.920><c> hast</c><00:34:01.220><c> said</c><00:34:01.480><c> the</c><00:34:01.779><c> truth.</c>

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:05.099
And<00:34:03.400><c> hereafter</c><00:34:03.819><c> thou</c><00:34:04.000><c> should</c><00:34:04.200><c> see</c><00:34:04.420><c> the</c><00:34:04.619><c> Son</c><00:34:04.799><c> of</c><00:34:04.940><c> Man</c>

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:07.299
sitting<00:34:05.359><c> at</c><00:34:05.519><c> the</c><00:34:05.700><c> right</c><00:34:05.980><c> hand</c><00:34:06.640><c> of</c><00:34:06.960><c> power</c>

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.780
and<00:34:07.559><c> coming</c><00:34:07.680><c> in</c><00:34:07.900><c> the</c><00:34:08.059><c> clouds</c><00:34:08.300><c> of</c><00:34:08.519><c> heaven.</c>

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:11.280
And<00:34:09.039><c> then</c><00:34:09.280><c> it</c><00:34:09.320><c> says,</c><00:34:09.980><c> Caiaphas</c><00:34:10.239><c> rent</c><00:34:10.500><c> his</c><00:34:10.900><c> clothes,</c>

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:13.199
which<00:34:11.800><c> was</c><00:34:12.019><c> an</c><00:34:12.219><c> outward</c><00:34:12.579><c> sign.</c>

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:16.079
It's<00:34:13.679><c> funny</c><00:34:13.900><c> how</c><00:34:14.059><c> people</c><00:34:14.360><c> rent</c><00:34:14.599><c> their</c><00:34:14.860><c> clothes</c><00:34:15.119><c> in</c><00:34:15.300><c> those</c><00:34:15.519><c> days,</c><00:34:15.820><c> isn't</c><00:34:15.920><c> it?</c>

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:18.320
Thank<00:34:16.360><c> God</c><00:34:16.559><c> we</c><00:34:16.699><c> don't</c><00:34:16.900><c> do</c><00:34:17.059><c> it</c><00:34:17.199><c> today.</c>

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:23.360
But<00:34:21.019><c> Caiaphas</c><00:34:21.500><c> rent</c><00:34:21.820><c> his</c><00:34:22.219><c> clothes,</c><00:34:22.639><c> which</c><00:34:22.880><c> as</c><00:34:22.980><c> I</c><00:34:23.219><c> say,</c>

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:26.539
was<00:34:23.559><c> an</c><00:34:23.739><c> outward</c><00:34:24.079><c> sign</c><00:34:24.420><c> of</c><00:34:25.179><c> inner</c><00:34:25.639><c> shock</c><00:34:25.900><c> and</c><00:34:26.199><c> sadness.</c>

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:28.019
That's<00:34:26.860><c> what</c><00:34:26.980><c> it's</c><00:34:27.280><c> supposed</c><00:34:27.599><c> to</c><00:34:27.840><c> be.</c>

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:32.739
Of<00:34:28.480><c> course,</c><00:34:29.179><c> there</c><00:34:29.420><c> was</c><00:34:29.679><c> no</c><00:34:29.940><c> real</c><00:34:30.320><c> sadness</c><00:34:30.980><c> at</c><00:34:31.639><c> all.</c>

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:35.300
Underneath<00:34:34.219><c> the</c><00:34:34.380><c> clothes</c><00:34:34.619><c> of</c><00:34:34.940><c> Caiaphas</c>

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:38.579
there<00:34:35.380><c> was</c><00:34:35.619><c> a</c><00:34:35.760><c> great</c><00:34:35.920><c> deal</c><00:34:36.199><c> of</c><00:34:37.239><c> satisfaction.</c>

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:41.239
He<00:34:39.179><c> said</c><00:34:39.699><c> about</c><00:34:40.619><c> the</c><00:34:40.820><c> Messiah,</c>

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.940
he<00:34:41.619><c> has</c><00:34:41.860><c> spoken</c><00:34:42.280><c> blasphemy.</c>

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:45.099
What<00:34:43.480><c> further</c><00:34:43.860><c> need</c><00:34:44.099><c> have</c><00:34:44.320><c> we</c><00:34:44.480><c> of</c><00:34:44.639><c> witnesses?</c>

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:47.519
Behold,<00:34:46.059><c> now</c><00:34:46.340><c> ye</c><00:34:46.519><c> have</c><00:34:46.679><c> heard</c><00:34:46.860><c> his</c><00:34:47.179><c> blasphemy.</c>

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.719
What<00:34:47.800><c> thinking?</c>

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:51.599
And<00:34:49.800><c> the</c><00:34:49.920><c> answer</c><00:34:50.199><c> was</c><00:34:50.400><c> a</c><00:34:50.559><c> foregone</c><00:34:50.940><c> conclusion.</c>

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:54.340
He<00:34:52.340><c> is</c><00:34:52.619><c> worthy</c><00:34:52.960><c> of</c><00:34:53.260><c> death.</c>

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:56.860
And<00:34:55.039><c> the</c><00:34:55.239><c> trial</c><00:34:55.420><c> was</c><00:34:55.739><c> over.</c>

00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:00.340
The<00:34:58.639><c> important</c><00:34:59.059><c> thing</c><00:34:59.400><c> to</c><00:34:59.699><c> Mark</c><00:34:59.980><c> is</c>

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:02.659
that<00:35:00.639><c> the</c><00:35:00.920><c> accusation</c><00:35:01.460><c> was</c><00:35:01.940><c> blasphemy.</c>

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:04.159
Notice<00:35:03.139><c> that.</c>

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:06.119
This<00:35:04.900><c> is</c><00:35:05.159><c> why</c><00:35:05.260><c> he</c><00:35:05.380><c> was</c><00:35:05.659><c> accused</c>

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:08.659
and<00:35:06.360><c> this</c><00:35:06.420><c> is</c><00:35:06.739><c> why</c><00:35:06.760><c> he</c><00:35:06.820><c> was</c><00:35:07.099><c> condemned,</c><00:35:07.559><c> blasphemy.</c>

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:10.920
What<00:35:09.059><c> we</c><00:35:09.199><c> have</c><00:35:09.400><c> to</c><00:35:09.539><c> do</c><00:35:09.679><c> now</c><00:35:09.880><c> is</c><00:35:10.039><c> to</c><00:35:10.139><c> look</c><00:35:10.260><c> a</c><00:35:10.320><c> little</c><00:35:10.539><c> more</c>

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:14.420
incisively<00:35:11.480><c> at</c><00:35:11.659><c> the</c><00:35:11.860><c> forces</c><00:35:12.320><c> behind</c><00:35:13.380><c> the</c><00:35:13.960><c> accusation</c>

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:17.719
to<00:35:14.579><c> see</c><00:35:14.780><c> what</c><00:35:15.039><c> really</c><00:35:15.340><c> was</c><00:35:15.579><c> driving</c><00:35:15.920><c> this</c><00:35:16.300><c> man,</c><00:35:16.500><c> the</c><00:35:16.599><c> High</c><00:35:16.900><c> Priest,</c>

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:20.679
to<00:35:18.539><c> indict</c><00:35:19.000><c> and</c><00:35:19.400><c> condemn</c><00:35:19.719><c> the</c><00:35:19.920><c> man</c><00:35:20.139><c> of</c><00:35:20.340><c> Nazareth</c>

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:23.079
who<00:35:20.980><c> we</c><00:35:21.360><c> know</c><00:35:21.519><c> to</c><00:35:21.679><c> be</c><00:35:21.800><c> the</c><00:35:22.059><c> best</c><00:35:22.320><c> and</c><00:35:22.519><c> the</c><00:35:22.699><c> noblest</c>

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:25.340
and<00:35:23.260><c> the</c><00:35:23.460><c> kindest</c><00:35:23.880><c> man</c><00:35:24.079><c> that</c><00:35:24.300><c> ever</c><00:35:24.519><c> lived.</c>

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:28.219
Remember<00:35:26.599><c> something</c><00:35:26.900><c> they</c><00:35:27.139><c> said</c><00:35:27.300><c> in</c><00:35:27.460><c> the</c><00:35:27.659><c> council</c><00:35:28.000><c> once.</c>

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:31.099
What<00:35:28.559><c> do</c><00:35:28.840><c> we,</c><00:35:29.079><c> they</c><00:35:29.260><c> said,</c><00:35:29.500><c> for</c><00:35:29.639><c> this</c><00:35:29.920><c> man</c><00:35:30.119><c> doeth</c><00:35:30.360><c> many</c><00:35:30.699><c> miracles</c>

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:34.820
and<00:35:31.320><c> if</c><00:35:31.460><c> we</c><00:35:31.679><c> let</c><00:35:31.880><c> him</c><00:35:32.539><c> thus</c><00:35:32.739><c> alone</c><00:35:33.099><c> all</c><00:35:33.380><c> men</c><00:35:33.599><c> will</c><00:35:33.840><c> believe</c><00:35:34.119><c> on</c><00:35:34.380><c> him</c>

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:37.239
and<00:35:35.579><c> the</c><00:35:35.800><c> Romans</c><00:35:36.099><c> will</c><00:35:36.380><c> come</c><00:35:36.579><c> and</c><00:35:36.780><c> take</c><00:35:37.000><c> away</c>

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:39.119
both<00:35:37.460><c> their</c><00:35:37.679><c> place</c><00:35:37.960><c> and</c><00:35:38.199><c> nation.</c>

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:42.500
And<00:35:39.980><c> then</c><00:35:40.159><c> from</c><00:35:40.280><c> that</c><00:35:40.519><c> they</c><00:35:40.800><c> thought</c><00:35:40.920><c> they</c><00:35:41.099><c> took</c><00:35:41.320><c> council</c><00:35:41.659><c> together</c>

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:44.260
for<00:35:42.719><c> to</c><00:35:42.860><c> put</c><00:35:43.000><c> him</c><00:35:43.179><c> to</c><00:35:43.420><c> death.</c>

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:46.300
So<00:35:44.900><c> there</c><00:35:45.159><c> we</c><00:35:45.340><c> have</c><00:35:45.440><c> touched</c><00:35:45.679><c> the</c><00:35:45.920><c> reality.</c>

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:48.400
They<00:35:46.619><c> concluded</c><00:35:47.219><c> that</c><00:35:47.400><c> if</c><00:35:47.599><c> this</c><00:35:47.900><c> teaching</c>

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:50.980
and<00:35:49.159><c> if</c><00:35:49.380><c> this</c><00:35:49.599><c> man</c><00:35:49.860><c> progressed,</c>

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.920
their<00:35:51.119><c> reign</c><00:35:51.360><c> was</c><00:35:51.639><c> over.</c>

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:54.360
His<00:35:52.440><c> teaching</c><00:35:52.800><c> made</c><00:35:53.079><c> religion</c><00:35:53.440><c> a</c><00:35:53.639><c> thing</c><00:35:53.760><c> of</c><00:35:53.940><c> the</c><00:35:54.139><c> heart</c>

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.099
and<00:35:54.539><c> not</c><00:35:54.719><c> just</c><00:35:55.019><c> of</c><00:35:55.179><c> rabbinical</c><00:35:55.659><c> learning.</c>

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:59.239
His<00:35:56.760><c> teaching</c><00:35:57.219><c> brought</c><00:35:57.599><c> the</c><00:35:58.079><c> sinner</c><00:35:58.260><c> close</c><00:35:58.679><c> to</c><00:35:58.900><c> God,</c>

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:01.880
brought<00:35:59.780><c> the</c><00:36:00.000><c> broken</c><00:36:00.360><c> spirit</c><00:36:00.900><c> within</c><00:36:01.579><c> reach</c>

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:05.000
of<00:36:02.059><c> the</c><00:36:02.179><c> healing</c><00:36:02.480><c> compassion</c><00:36:03.019><c> of</c><00:36:03.260><c> God's</c><00:36:03.780><c> love.</c>

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:07.340
And<00:36:05.760><c> this</c><00:36:06.000><c> made</c><00:36:06.340><c> nonsense,</c><00:36:06.820><c> of</c><00:36:07.039><c> course,</c>

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:09.340
of<00:36:07.920><c> that</c><00:36:08.179><c> ritual</c><00:36:08.559><c> regularity</c>

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:11.460
which<00:36:09.619><c> erected</c><00:36:10.079><c> a</c><00:36:10.320><c> barrier</c><00:36:10.659><c> between</c><00:36:11.019><c> the</c><00:36:11.300><c> sinner</c>

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:13.039
and<00:36:11.659><c> the</c><00:36:11.780><c> love</c><00:36:11.960><c> of</c><00:36:12.139><c> God.</c>

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:16.360
Their<00:36:13.760><c> condemnation</c><00:36:14.480><c> of</c><00:36:14.659><c> Jesus</c><00:36:15.000><c> was</c><00:36:15.300><c> spoken</c><00:36:15.559><c> in</c><00:36:15.840><c> these</c><00:36:16.119><c> words,</c>

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:19.139
This<00:36:16.659><c> man</c><00:36:17.059><c> receiveth</c><00:36:17.599><c> sinners</c><00:36:18.039><c> and</c><00:36:18.559><c> eateth</c><00:36:18.840><c> with</c><00:36:19.019><c> them.</c>

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:21.460
What<00:36:19.400><c> a</c><00:36:19.739><c> splendid</c><00:36:20.099><c> thing</c><00:36:20.340><c> it</c><00:36:20.559><c> is,</c><00:36:20.739><c> isn't</c><00:36:21.000><c> it?</c>

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:23.179
They<00:36:22.239><c> said</c><00:36:22.440><c> it</c><00:36:22.599><c> to</c><00:36:22.760><c> condemn</c><00:36:23.019><c> him</c>

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:25.719
why<00:36:23.320><c> it's</c><00:36:23.599><c> the</c><00:36:23.780><c> finest</c><00:36:24.019><c> thing</c><00:36:24.280><c> about</c><00:36:24.579><c> him.</c>

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:29.219
This<00:36:26.800><c> man</c><00:36:27.199><c> receiveth</c><00:36:27.739><c> sinners</c><00:36:28.059><c> and</c><00:36:28.340><c> eateth</c><00:36:28.619><c> with</c><00:36:28.840><c> them.</c>

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.619
So<00:36:29.579><c> let's</c><00:36:29.940><c> mark</c><00:36:30.119><c> it</c><00:36:30.380><c> well.</c>

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:32.780
The<00:36:31.019><c> real</c><00:36:31.340><c> ground</c><00:36:31.579><c> of</c><00:36:31.820><c> opposition</c><00:36:32.199><c> to</c><00:36:32.400><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:34.400
was<00:36:33.139><c> hatred</c><00:36:33.559><c> of</c><00:36:33.800><c> the</c><00:36:33.980><c> light.</c>

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:36.739
But<00:36:34.900><c> we've</c><00:36:35.119><c> seen</c><00:36:35.340><c> that</c><00:36:35.519><c> it</c><00:36:35.559><c> was</c>

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:39.139
not<00:36:37.280><c> the</c><00:36:37.539><c> reasons</c><00:36:37.960><c> they</c><00:36:38.260><c> put</c><00:36:38.480><c> forward.</c>

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:41.800
Eventually,<00:36:40.619><c> their</c><00:36:40.719><c> reasons</c><00:36:41.179><c> for</c><00:36:41.400><c> doing</c><00:36:41.619><c> it</c>

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:44.860
will<00:36:42.039><c> be</c><00:36:42.199><c> public</c><00:36:42.639><c> zeal,</c><00:36:43.579><c> patriotism,</c><00:36:44.420><c> loyalty.</c>

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.599
Of<00:36:45.460><c> course,</c><00:36:45.739><c> that's</c><00:36:45.920><c> nothing</c><00:36:46.179><c> new,</c>

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:48.860
but<00:36:47.099><c> in</c><00:36:47.280><c> this</c><00:36:47.500><c> case</c><00:36:47.659><c> it</c><00:36:47.800><c> was</c><00:36:48.099><c> intensified.</c>

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:51.980
I<00:36:49.300><c> mean,</c><00:36:49.739><c> what</c><00:36:49.960><c> could</c><00:36:50.239><c> be</c><00:36:50.500><c> purer</c><00:36:51.019><c> and</c><00:36:51.260><c> more</c><00:36:51.579><c> godly</c>

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:53.380
than<00:36:52.119><c> to</c><00:36:52.360><c> root</c><00:36:52.599><c> out</c><00:36:52.840><c> an</c><00:36:53.039><c> influence</c>

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:56.260
which<00:36:53.719><c> blasphemed</c><00:36:54.739><c> the</c><00:36:55.159><c> holy</c><00:36:55.420><c> name</c><00:36:55.699><c> of</c><00:36:55.920><c> God?</c>

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.019
What<00:36:56.820><c> more</c><00:36:57.099><c> noble</c><00:36:57.460><c> a</c><00:36:57.679><c> calling</c>

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:59.360
than<00:36:58.340><c> to</c><00:36:58.579><c> protect</c><00:36:58.880><c> the</c><00:36:59.019><c> nation</c>

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:02.400
and<00:36:59.659><c> save</c><00:37:01.059><c> the</c><00:37:01.320><c> inheritance?</c>

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:04.599
Well,<00:37:02.699><c> it</c><00:37:02.739><c> sounds</c><00:37:03.159><c> splendid,</c><00:37:03.780><c> doesn't</c><00:37:04.039><c> it?</c>

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:06.420
But<00:37:04.900><c> we</c><00:37:05.059><c> know</c><00:37:05.260><c> it</c><00:37:05.380><c> was</c><00:37:05.659><c> all</c><00:37:06.019><c> hollow</c>

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:08.420
and<00:37:06.679><c> empty</c><00:37:07.059><c> and</c><00:37:07.320><c> superficial.</c>

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:10.340
The<00:37:08.960><c> real</c><00:37:09.280><c> accusation</c><00:37:09.900><c> was</c><00:37:10.159><c> that</c>

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:12.139
this<00:37:10.659><c> man</c><00:37:11.059><c> was</c><00:37:11.440><c> a</c><00:37:11.619><c> danger</c>

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.880
as<00:37:12.480><c> they</c><00:37:12.800><c> saw</c><00:37:12.960><c> it</c><00:37:13.139><c> to</c><00:37:13.280><c> their</c><00:37:13.480><c> position,</c>

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.940
their<00:37:14.320><c> influence</c><00:37:14.639><c> and</c><00:37:14.800><c> their</c><00:37:15.099><c> power.</c>

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:17.360
The<00:37:16.159><c> purpose</c><00:37:16.519><c> is</c><00:37:16.760><c> the</c><00:37:16.860><c> destruction</c>

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.380
of<00:37:17.539><c> the</c><00:37:17.599><c> man</c><00:37:17.820><c> of</c><00:37:18.039><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:22.159
but<00:37:18.760><c> Caiaphas</c><00:37:19.820><c> justifies</c><00:37:21.880><c> it,</c>

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:24.260
justifies<00:37:22.960><c> his</c><00:37:23.159><c> action</c>

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:27.420
for<00:37:24.820><c> the</c><00:37:24.960><c> very</c><00:37:25.260><c> loftiest</c><00:37:26.019><c> of</c><00:37:26.360><c> reasons.</c>

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.199
Do<00:37:27.699><c> you</c><00:37:27.760><c> remember?</c>

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.980
It<00:37:28.599><c> is</c><00:37:28.860><c> expedient,</c><00:37:29.380><c> he</c><00:37:29.519><c> said,</c>

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.760
that<00:37:30.599><c> one</c><00:37:30.880><c> man</c><00:37:31.219><c> should</c><00:37:31.440><c> die</c>

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:34.300
than<00:37:31.980><c> that</c><00:37:32.139><c> the</c><00:37:32.260><c> whole</c><00:37:32.480><c> nation</c><00:37:32.880><c> should</c><00:37:33.199><c> perish.</c>

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:38.900
A<00:37:36.059><c> great</c><00:37:36.559><c> truth</c><00:37:36.980><c> spoken,</c><00:37:38.079><c> really,</c>

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:42.320
in<00:37:39.760><c> words</c><00:37:40.019><c> of</c><00:37:40.340><c> shameful</c><00:37:40.940><c> falsehood.</c>

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:45.400
Well,<00:37:43.000><c> let's</c><00:37:43.199><c> pass</c><00:37:43.519><c> on</c><00:37:43.739><c> to</c><00:37:43.860><c> the</c><00:37:43.960><c> Roman</c><00:37:44.320><c> part</c><00:37:44.639><c> of</c><00:37:44.860><c> the</c><00:37:45.039><c> trial.</c>

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:48.380
They<00:37:46.099><c> took</c><00:37:46.780><c> their</c><00:37:47.420><c> prisoner</c><00:37:47.739><c> to</c><00:37:48.019><c> Pilate</c>

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:50.639
early<00:37:48.780><c> in</c><00:37:49.000><c> the</c><00:37:49.079><c> morning.</c>

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:54.059
And<00:37:51.840><c> although</c><00:37:52.079><c> it</c><00:37:52.179><c> was</c><00:37:52.400><c> very</c><00:37:52.760><c> early</c><00:37:53.000><c> in</c><00:37:53.159><c> the</c><00:37:53.300><c> morning,</c>

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:55.139
Pilate<00:37:54.519><c> was</c><00:37:54.739><c> up.</c>

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:56.739
He<00:37:55.340><c> was</c><00:37:55.539><c> up</c><00:37:55.719><c> and</c><00:37:55.900><c> about.</c>

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.760
I<00:37:57.860><c> think</c><00:37:58.059><c> he</c><00:37:58.179><c> was</c><00:37:58.340><c> up</c><00:37:58.480><c> and</c><00:37:58.619><c> about</c>

00:37:58.760 --> 00:38:00.619
because<00:37:59.019><c> he</c><00:37:59.139><c> knew</c><00:37:59.340><c> they</c><00:37:59.519><c> were</c><00:37:59.739><c> coming.</c>

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:03.179
It<00:38:01.980><c> is</c><00:38:02.300><c> to</c><00:38:02.400><c> me</c><00:38:02.579><c> fascinating</c>

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:05.000
to<00:38:03.480><c> try</c><00:38:03.659><c> to</c><00:38:03.960><c> estimate</c><00:38:04.300><c> human</c><00:38:04.679><c> nature</c>

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:07.019
as<00:38:05.199><c> it's</c><00:38:05.480><c> revealed</c><00:38:05.800><c> in</c><00:38:06.599><c> characters</c>

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:09.139
exposed<00:38:07.579><c> in</c><00:38:07.739><c> the</c><00:38:07.880><c> Word</c><00:38:08.039><c> of</c><00:38:08.199><c> God.</c>

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.940
I<00:38:09.739><c> don't</c><00:38:09.980><c> propose</c><00:38:10.340><c> to</c><00:38:10.500><c> go</c><00:38:10.659><c> over</c>

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:12.800
all<00:38:11.199><c> the</c><00:38:11.519><c> details</c><00:38:11.800><c> of</c><00:38:12.039><c> the</c><00:38:12.320><c> interrogation</c>

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:14.079
because<00:38:13.079><c> you</c><00:38:13.300><c> know</c><00:38:13.500><c> them</c><00:38:13.780><c> well.</c>

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:17.139
Let's<00:38:14.880><c> notice</c><00:38:15.300><c> how</c><00:38:15.559><c> the</c><00:38:15.800><c> accusation</c><00:38:16.480><c> changed</c>

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:19.119
in<00:38:17.340><c> the</c><00:38:17.500><c> course</c><00:38:17.699><c> of</c><00:38:17.920><c> their</c><00:38:18.099><c> journey</c>

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:21.420
from<00:38:20.059><c> the</c><00:38:20.380><c> house</c><00:38:20.619><c> of</c><00:38:20.880><c> Caiaphas</c>

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:23.199
to<00:38:22.300><c> the</c><00:38:22.480><c> place</c><00:38:22.719><c> of</c><00:38:23.079><c> Pilate.</c>

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:24.639
Let's<00:38:23.460><c> notice</c><00:38:23.760><c> how</c><00:38:23.960><c> it</c><00:38:24.239><c> changed.</c>

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:26.820
In<00:38:25.099><c> the</c><00:38:25.280><c> Jewish</c><00:38:25.559><c> court</c><00:38:25.900><c> it</c><00:38:26.019><c> was</c><00:38:26.280><c> blasphemy,</c>

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.880
but<00:38:26.980><c> they</c><00:38:27.199><c> knew</c><00:38:27.400><c> very</c><00:38:27.679><c> well</c>

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:30.199
that<00:38:28.059><c> old</c><00:38:28.260><c> Pilate</c><00:38:28.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:28.800><c> stand</c><00:38:29.059><c> for</c><00:38:29.239><c> that.</c>

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:34.840
And<00:38:31.039><c> so</c><00:38:32.000><c> they</c><00:38:33.739><c> had</c><00:38:34.000><c> to</c><00:38:34.260><c> change</c><00:38:34.599><c> it.</c>

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:36.440
Luke<00:38:35.260><c> tells</c><00:38:35.639><c> us,</c>

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:38.059
we<00:38:37.039><c> found</c><00:38:37.420><c> this</c><00:38:37.780><c> fellow,</c>

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:39.840
this<00:38:38.360><c> is</c><00:38:38.500><c> what</c><00:38:38.579><c> they</c><00:38:38.820><c> said</c><00:38:39.219><c> to</c><00:38:39.480><c> Pilate,</c>

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:42.559
we<00:38:40.219><c> found</c><00:38:40.539><c> this</c><00:38:40.820><c> fellow</c><00:38:41.039><c> perverting</c><00:38:41.579><c> the</c><00:38:41.780><c> nation,</c>

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:44.219
forbidding<00:38:43.019><c> to</c><00:38:43.179><c> give</c><00:38:43.380><c> tribute</c><00:38:43.699><c> to</c><00:38:44.019><c> Caesar</c>

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:46.619
and<00:38:44.480><c> saying</c><00:38:44.679><c> that</c><00:38:44.840><c> he</c><00:38:45.019><c> himself</c><00:38:45.420><c> is</c><00:38:45.659><c> Christ</c><00:38:46.000><c> the</c><00:38:46.239><c> King.</c>

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:48.380
He<00:38:47.219><c> stirreth</c><00:38:47.539><c> up</c><00:38:47.719><c> the</c><00:38:47.920><c> people,</c>

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.980
teaching<00:38:48.840><c> throughout</c><00:38:49.280><c> all</c><00:38:49.619><c> jury,</c>

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:52.059
beginning<00:38:50.559><c> from</c><00:38:50.840><c> Galilee</c><00:38:51.260><c> to</c><00:38:51.480><c> this</c><00:38:51.760><c> place.</c>

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:54.840
So<00:38:52.659><c> now</c><00:38:53.500><c> the</c><00:38:53.880><c> accusation</c><00:38:54.380><c> has</c><00:38:54.659><c> changed.</c>

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:56.400
It<00:38:55.119><c> started</c><00:38:55.380><c> out</c><00:38:55.659><c> as</c><00:38:55.860><c> blasphemy,</c>

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:59.039
but<00:38:56.840><c> now</c><00:38:57.260><c> it's</c><00:38:57.900><c> sedition.</c>

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.800
I<00:38:59.960><c> mean</c><00:39:00.159><c> blasphemy,</c>

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:02.980
Pilate<00:39:01.840><c> could</c><00:39:02.179><c> well</c><00:39:02.360><c> have</c><00:39:02.639><c> ignored</c>

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:05.199
and<00:39:03.199><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:03.440><c> bother</c><00:39:03.719><c> about</c><00:39:04.000><c> blasphemy.</c>

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:06.780
But<00:39:05.980><c> sedition</c><00:39:06.340><c> of</c><00:39:06.519><c> course</c>

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:08.440
is<00:39:07.039><c> quite</c><00:39:07.239><c> another</c><00:39:07.559><c> matter.</c>

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:10.300
So<00:39:09.199><c> he</c><00:39:09.480><c> examines</c><00:39:09.900><c> Jesus,</c>

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:12.139
but<00:39:10.639><c> is</c><00:39:10.860><c> unconvinced</c><00:39:11.440><c> that</c><00:39:11.559><c> he</c><00:39:11.619><c> is</c><00:39:11.840><c> a</c><00:39:12.000><c> rebel</c>

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:13.780
or<00:39:12.320><c> even</c><00:39:12.659><c> dangerous.</c>

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:17.260
As<00:39:14.559><c> we</c><00:39:14.780><c> examine</c><00:39:15.199><c> the</c><00:39:15.280><c> motives</c><00:39:15.619><c> of</c><00:39:16.599><c> Caiaphas,</c>

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.840
quickly<00:39:17.780><c> we</c><00:39:17.940><c> must</c><00:39:18.219><c> examine</c>

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:21.239
the<00:39:19.119><c> motive</c><00:39:19.559><c> of</c><00:39:20.659><c> Pilate.</c>

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:25.079
What<00:39:21.699><c> a</c><00:39:22.480><c> sadly</c><00:39:22.860><c> strange</c><00:39:23.320><c> man</c><00:39:23.619><c> he</c><00:39:23.860><c> is.</c>

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:26.900
A<00:39:25.659><c> melancholy</c><00:39:26.280><c> example</c>

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:30.340
of<00:39:27.539><c> vacillation</c><00:39:28.280><c> and</c><00:39:29.099><c> instability.</c>

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:32.679
He<00:39:30.619><c> was</c><00:39:30.880><c> strong</c><00:39:31.159><c> in</c><00:39:31.340><c> the</c><00:39:31.500><c> sense</c><00:39:31.699><c> that</c><00:39:31.880><c> he</c><00:39:31.960><c> had</c><00:39:32.239><c> power,</c>

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.440
he<00:39:33.039><c> was</c><00:39:33.280><c> utterly</c><00:39:33.519><c> weak</c><00:39:33.900><c> in</c><00:39:34.099><c> the</c><00:39:34.199><c> sense</c>

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:37.380
that<00:39:34.599><c> he</c><00:39:34.639><c> was</c><00:39:34.880><c> cruel,</c><00:39:35.380><c> selfish</c><00:39:35.880><c> and</c><00:39:36.679><c> cowardly.</c>

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:41.099
Power,<00:39:38.619><c> used</c><00:39:38.960><c> in</c><00:39:39.179><c> conjunction</c><00:39:39.699><c> with</c><00:39:39.980><c> those</c><00:39:40.320><c> things,</c>

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:43.880
nearly<00:39:41.500><c> always</c><00:39:41.820><c> ends</c><00:39:42.099><c> in</c><00:39:42.380><c> disaster.</c>

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.539
Power<00:39:44.579><c> may</c><00:39:44.920><c> corrupt,</c>

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:47.280
but<00:39:46.059><c> it</c><00:39:46.340><c> corrupts</c><00:39:46.780><c> more</c><00:39:47.019><c> those</c>

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:49.340
who<00:39:47.380><c> are</c><00:39:47.679><c> already</c><00:39:48.059><c> polluted.</c>

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:53.739
Notice<00:39:52.340><c> his</c><00:39:52.900><c> vacillation.</c>

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:56.300
First<00:39:54.260><c> of</c><00:39:54.420><c> all</c><00:39:54.500><c> he</c><00:39:54.639><c> blames</c><00:39:55.019><c> the</c><00:39:55.300><c> priests,</c>

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.360
and<00:39:56.739><c> then</c><00:39:56.900><c> he</c><00:39:57.079><c> admits</c>

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:59.840
that<00:39:57.599><c> he</c><00:39:57.900><c> after</c><00:39:58.199><c> all</c><00:39:58.360><c> is</c><00:39:58.579><c> responsible.</c>

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:01.840
Then<00:40:00.360><c> he</c><00:40:00.539><c> washes</c><00:40:00.820><c> his</c><00:40:01.139><c> hands,</c>

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:03.099
and<00:40:02.380><c> then</c><00:40:02.519><c> he</c><00:40:02.739><c> says,</c>

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:06.119
knowest<00:40:03.719><c> thou</c><00:40:03.860><c> not</c><00:40:04.099><c> that</c><00:40:04.239><c> I</c><00:40:04.460><c> have</c><00:40:04.699><c> power</c><00:40:05.039><c> to</c><00:40:05.300><c> crucify</c><00:40:05.880><c> thee?</c>

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:09.219
He<00:40:06.960><c> pronounces</c><00:40:07.639><c> Jesus</c><00:40:08.079><c> innocent,</c>

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:11.739
then<00:40:09.500><c> he</c><00:40:09.659><c> hands</c><00:40:09.860><c> him</c><00:40:10.059><c> over</c><00:40:10.280><c> to</c><00:40:10.380><c> be</c><00:40:10.599><c> crucified.</c>

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:15.019
Of<00:40:12.980><c> course</c><00:40:13.079><c> we've</c><00:40:13.340><c> heard</c><00:40:13.519><c> all</c><00:40:13.719><c> this</c><00:40:13.980><c> kind</c><00:40:14.199><c> of</c><00:40:14.340><c> thing</c><00:40:14.460><c> before.</c>

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:16.820
He<00:40:15.360><c> is</c><00:40:15.579><c> a</c><00:40:15.719><c> man</c><00:40:15.820><c> knowing</c><00:40:16.119><c> what</c><00:40:16.340><c> is</c><00:40:16.559><c> right,</c>

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:18.619
but<00:40:17.019><c> doing</c><00:40:17.239><c> what</c><00:40:17.460><c> is</c><00:40:17.679><c> wrong.</c>

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:21.980
I<00:40:19.159><c> know</c><00:40:19.400><c> about</c><00:40:19.699><c> that,</c><00:40:20.280><c> so</c><00:40:20.539><c> help</c><00:40:20.760><c> me</c><00:40:20.960><c> God.</c>

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:29.099
But<00:40:26.260><c> why</c><00:40:26.719><c> is</c><00:40:26.980><c> he</c><00:40:27.159><c> so</c><00:40:27.619><c> pitiably</c><00:40:28.139><c> weak?</c>

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:31.380
Because<00:40:30.019><c> there</c><00:40:30.239><c> are</c><00:40:30.320><c> things</c><00:40:30.559><c> in</c><00:40:30.699><c> his</c><00:40:30.940><c> own</c><00:40:31.139><c> life</c>

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:33.539
which<00:40:31.800><c> are</c><00:40:32.079><c> tying</c><00:40:32.260><c> his</c><00:40:32.519><c> hands.</c>

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:35.019
There<00:40:34.039><c> was</c><00:40:34.280><c> his</c><00:40:34.539><c> past</c><00:40:34.780><c> guilt.</c>

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:36.539
Do<00:40:35.179><c> you</c><00:40:35.280><c> know</c><00:40:35.480><c> about</c><00:40:35.699><c> that?</c>

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:39.019
There<00:40:36.920><c> was</c><00:40:37.099><c> his</c><00:40:37.400><c> past</c><00:40:37.659><c> guilt</c><00:40:37.960><c> and</c><00:40:38.139><c> his</c><00:40:38.380><c> past</c><00:40:38.579><c> failure.</c>

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:42.000
He'd<00:40:39.659><c> come</c><00:40:39.760><c> under</c><00:40:40.019><c> censure</c><00:40:40.420><c> before</c><00:40:40.780><c> from</c><00:40:41.000><c> the</c><00:40:41.199><c> emperor,</c>

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.940
and<00:40:42.820><c> he</c><00:40:42.920><c> had</c><00:40:43.079><c> to</c><00:40:43.219><c> be</c><00:40:43.440><c> careful</c><00:40:43.699><c> now.</c>

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:45.940
He<00:40:44.059><c> didn't</c><00:40:44.239><c> want</c><00:40:44.420><c> any</c><00:40:44.699><c> extra</c><00:40:45.079><c> trouble.</c>

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:48.940
He<00:40:46.300><c> didn't</c><00:40:46.440><c> want</c><00:40:46.619><c> to</c><00:40:46.739><c> do</c><00:40:46.840><c> anything</c><00:40:47.119><c> to</c><00:40:47.340><c> invite</c><00:40:47.659><c> more</c><00:40:47.980><c> trouble.</c>

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:51.000
These<00:40:50.179><c> circumstances,</c><00:40:50.679><c> you</c><00:40:50.780><c> see,</c>

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:54.860
having<00:40:51.320><c> them</c><00:40:51.599><c> evident</c><00:40:52.219><c> causes</c><00:40:52.619><c> of</c><00:40:53.000><c> personal</c><00:40:53.239><c> danger</c><00:40:53.659><c> for</c><00:40:53.860><c> himself,</c>

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:57.960
he's<00:40:55.679><c> walking</c><00:40:55.920><c> a</c><00:40:56.139><c> tightrope.</c>

00:40:58.099 --> 00:41:00.840
After<00:40:58.340><c> all</c><00:40:58.500><c> a</c><00:40:58.539><c> man</c><00:40:58.739><c> must</c><00:40:58.880><c> think</c><00:40:59.079><c> of</c><00:40:59.199><c> himself</c><00:40:59.579><c> sometimes.</c>

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:05.139
He<00:41:01.519><c> wanted</c><00:41:01.920><c> to</c><00:41:02.139><c> do</c><00:41:02.340><c> right,</c><00:41:03.099><c> but</c><00:41:03.239><c> he</c><00:41:03.360><c> couldn't.</c>

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:05.940
It's<00:41:05.400><c> happened</c><00:41:05.639><c> since.</c>

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:08.280
Sometimes<00:41:06.480><c> men</c><00:41:06.760><c> know</c><00:41:07.039><c> what</c><00:41:07.260><c> is</c><00:41:07.420><c> right</c><00:41:07.679><c> and</c><00:41:07.800><c> what</c><00:41:07.920><c> they</c><00:41:08.099><c> ought</c>

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.579
to<00:41:08.440><c> do,</c>

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:12.260
but<00:41:08.760><c> they</c><00:41:09.019><c> don't</c><00:41:09.239><c> do</c><00:41:09.380><c> it</c><00:41:09.539><c> because</c><00:41:09.900><c> to</c><00:41:10.139><c> do</c><00:41:10.260><c> so</c><00:41:10.420><c> would</c><00:41:10.659><c> reveal</c><00:41:10.880><c> them</c><00:41:11.099><c> as</c><00:41:11.280><c> hypocrites.</c>

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:15.320
Sometimes<00:41:13.000><c> men</c><00:41:13.280><c> know</c><00:41:13.840><c> they</c><00:41:14.159><c> ought</c><00:41:14.400><c> to</c><00:41:14.659><c> speak</c><00:41:14.860><c> out</c><00:41:15.019><c> for</c><00:41:15.159><c> the</c>

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.940
truth<00:41:15.460><c> boldly,</c>

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:18.139
but<00:41:16.059><c> they</c><00:41:16.260><c> don't</c><00:41:16.480><c> do</c><00:41:16.639><c> it</c><00:41:16.780><c> because</c><00:41:17.280><c> if</c><00:41:17.579><c> they</c><00:41:17.820><c> did,</c>

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:20.800
their<00:41:18.840><c> words</c><00:41:19.139><c> would</c><00:41:19.400><c> seem</c><00:41:19.539><c> to</c><00:41:19.679><c> be</c><00:41:19.840><c> like</c><00:41:20.039><c> empty</c><00:41:20.320><c> platitudes</c>

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:23.420
because<00:41:21.159><c> people</c><00:41:21.500><c> who</c><00:41:21.719><c> heard</c><00:41:21.820><c> them</c><00:41:21.980><c> know</c><00:41:22.139><c> what</c><00:41:22.260><c> they're</c><00:41:22.599><c> like.</c>

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:28.320
Think<00:41:25.860><c> of</c><00:41:26.000><c> the</c><00:41:26.199><c> agony</c><00:41:26.539><c> of</c><00:41:26.739><c> it</c><00:41:26.840><c> in</c><00:41:27.019><c> the</c><00:41:27.099><c> case</c><00:41:27.380><c> of</c><00:41:27.619><c> Pilate.</c>

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:31.059
He<00:41:28.679><c> knew</c><00:41:28.940><c> why</c><00:41:29.219><c> they</c><00:41:29.320><c> delivered</c><00:41:29.800><c> the</c><00:41:29.940><c> man</c><00:41:30.300><c> of</c><00:41:30.559><c> Galilee.</c>

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:34.619
Matthew<00:41:31.460><c> 27,</c><00:41:32.800><c> verse</c><00:41:32.900><c> 18,</c><00:41:33.440><c> title</c><00:41:33.679><c> says,</c>

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:38.760
he<00:41:35.539><c> knew</c><00:41:35.800><c> that</c><00:41:36.000><c> for</c><00:41:36.280><c> envy</c><00:41:36.659><c> they</c><00:41:36.920><c> had</c><00:41:37.199><c> delivered</c><00:41:37.480><c> him.</c>

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:41.000
He<00:41:39.539><c> knew</c><00:41:39.739><c> he</c><00:41:39.940><c> ought</c><00:41:40.139><c> to</c><00:41:40.460><c> release</c><00:41:40.820><c> him,</c>

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:43.840
but<00:41:41.500><c> for</c><00:41:41.800><c> reasons</c><00:41:42.039><c> of</c><00:41:42.340><c> self</c><00:41:42.559><c>-interest</c><00:41:42.920><c> and</c><00:41:43.159><c> for</c><00:41:43.260><c> reasons</c><00:41:43.559><c> of</c>

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:44.760
self<00:41:44.019><c>-preservation,</c>

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:46.000
he<00:41:45.360><c> dared</c><00:41:45.579><c> not.</c>

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:50.039
Sometimes<00:41:47.000><c> men</c><00:41:47.179><c> have</c><00:41:47.400><c> to</c><00:41:47.519><c> do</c><00:41:47.579><c> what</c><00:41:47.800><c> is</c><00:41:47.980><c> right</c><00:41:48.179><c> and</c><00:41:48.380><c> take</c><00:41:48.579><c> the</c><00:41:48.900><c> consequences.</c>

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:56.219
But<00:41:52.760><c> to</c><00:41:53.300><c> the</c><00:41:53.500><c> vacillating</c><00:41:54.199><c> man</c><00:41:54.599><c> who</c><00:41:54.800><c> is</c><00:41:55.000><c> beset</c><00:41:55.320><c> by</c><00:41:55.579><c> fear,</c>

00:41:56.219 --> 00:42:00.480
all<00:41:57.320><c> things</c><00:41:58.260><c> seem</c><00:41:58.719><c> to</c><00:41:58.940><c> be</c><00:41:59.099><c> in</c><00:41:59.239><c> a</c><00:41:59.440><c> flux.</c>

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:06.260
All<00:42:01.280><c> things</c><00:42:01.599><c> are</c><00:42:02.000><c> alterable,</c><00:42:03.420><c> changeful,</c><00:42:04.940><c> unfixed.</c>

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:13.440
And<00:42:07.320><c> so</c><00:42:08.000><c> he</c><00:42:08.559><c> parleyed</c><00:42:10.400><c> and</c><00:42:10.760><c> he</c><00:42:11.059><c> argued</c><00:42:11.760><c> and</c><00:42:12.679><c> he</c><00:42:12.940><c> debated</c>

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:18.280
until<00:42:14.780><c> the</c><00:42:15.260><c> verdict</c><00:42:15.559><c> of</c><00:42:15.739><c> his</c><00:42:15.920><c> own</c><00:42:16.219><c> intellect</c><00:42:16.519><c> was</c><00:42:17.059><c> absolutely</c>

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:19.840
in<00:42:18.599><c> a</c><00:42:18.880><c> turmoil.</c>

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:23.539
He<00:42:21.679><c> had</c><00:42:22.000><c> listened</c><00:42:22.400><c> to</c><00:42:22.639><c> the</c><00:42:22.900><c> priests,</c>

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:26.639
he<00:42:23.940><c> had</c><00:42:24.199><c> listened</c><00:42:24.860><c> to</c><00:42:25.380><c> the</c><00:42:25.480><c> people,</c>

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:28.900
he<00:42:26.800><c> had</c><00:42:27.099><c> listened</c><00:42:27.440><c> to</c><00:42:27.679><c> his</c><00:42:27.840><c> own</c><00:42:28.300><c> wife,</c>

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:31.500
he<00:42:29.460><c> had</c><00:42:29.719><c> listened</c><00:42:30.059><c> to</c><00:42:30.260><c> Jesus,</c>

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:34.400
and<00:42:31.980><c> then</c><00:42:32.300><c> with</c><00:42:32.559><c> that</c><00:42:32.940><c> cheerlessness</c><00:42:33.659><c> of</c><00:42:34.139><c> soul,</c>

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:37.519
which<00:42:34.679><c> sometimes</c><00:42:35.219><c> descends</c><00:42:35.800><c> upon</c><00:42:36.079><c> those</c><00:42:36.480><c> who</c><00:42:36.760><c> conclude</c><00:42:37.239><c> that</c>

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.480
nothing<00:42:37.820><c> is</c><00:42:38.159><c> certain,</c>

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:43.780
he<00:42:38.739><c> says,</c><00:42:40.679><c> and</c><00:42:40.840><c> I</c><00:42:41.079><c> believe</c><00:42:41.539><c> he</c><00:42:41.860><c> said</c><00:42:42.019><c> it</c><00:42:42.239><c> with</c><00:42:42.519><c> a</c><00:42:42.760><c> sigh,</c>

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:46.380
what<00:42:44.639><c> is</c><00:42:45.380><c> truth?</c>

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:49.340
It<00:42:47.199><c> wasn't</c><00:42:47.539><c> spoken</c><00:42:48.000><c> as</c><00:42:48.300><c> a</c><00:42:48.440><c> jest,</c>

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:52.119
it<00:42:49.900><c> wasn't</c><00:42:50.179><c> even</c><00:42:50.519><c> spoken</c><00:42:50.860><c> to</c><00:42:51.079><c> gain</c><00:42:51.340><c> information,</c>

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:58.800
it<00:42:53.079><c> was</c><00:42:53.360><c> spoken,</c><00:42:54.539><c> I</c><00:42:54.900><c> believe,</c><00:42:55.739><c> in</c><00:42:56.139><c> scepticism</c><00:42:57.019><c> and</c><00:42:57.539><c> despair.</c>

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:02.400
You<00:42:59.860><c> see,</c><00:43:00.099><c> any</c><00:43:00.320><c> man</c><00:43:00.559><c> who</c><00:43:00.800><c> violates</c><00:43:01.260><c> his</c><00:43:01.500><c> conscience,</c><00:43:01.860><c> in</c><00:43:02.059><c> a</c><00:43:02.199><c> way,</c>

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:06.579
is<00:43:02.800><c> a</c><00:43:02.940><c> man</c><00:43:03.360><c> in</c><00:43:04.360><c> tormented</c><00:43:04.920><c> perplexity.</c>

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:10.079
His<00:43:06.840><c> conviction</c><00:43:07.420><c> was</c><00:43:07.820><c> that</c><00:43:08.059><c> Jesus</c><00:43:08.599><c> was</c><00:43:09.059><c> innocent.</c>

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:14.900
He<00:43:10.119><c> knew</c><00:43:10.380><c> the</c><00:43:10.739><c> Pharisees</c><00:43:11.860><c> were</c><00:43:12.739><c> persecuting</c><00:43:13.500><c> a</c><00:43:13.739><c> guiltless</c><00:43:14.300><c> man.</c>

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:19.780
He<00:43:15.619><c> knew</c><00:43:15.800><c> that</c><00:43:16.199><c> the</c><00:43:16.460><c> claims</c><00:43:16.820><c> to</c><00:43:17.159><c> royalty</c><00:43:17.500><c> was</c><00:43:17.920><c> nothing</c><00:43:18.280><c> like</c><00:43:18.659><c> sedition.</c>

00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:24.380
The<00:43:20.659><c> charge</c><00:43:21.039><c> and</c><00:43:21.260><c> the</c><00:43:21.500><c> accusation,</c><00:43:23.059><c> by</c><00:43:23.420><c> Roman</c><00:43:23.880><c> standards,</c>

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:26.219
had<00:43:24.699><c> utterly</c><00:43:25.079><c> failed.</c>

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:29.900
He<00:43:27.179><c> was</c><00:43:27.500><c> a</c><00:43:27.679><c> Roman</c><00:43:28.199><c> procurator.</c>

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:32.320
He<00:43:30.260><c> saw</c><00:43:30.559><c> it,</c><00:43:31.059><c> he</c><00:43:31.280><c> knew</c><00:43:31.440><c> it,</c>

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:35.699
and<00:43:33.039><c> then</c><00:43:33.179><c> he</c><00:43:33.400><c> tried</c><00:43:33.539><c> to</c><00:43:33.739><c> get</c><00:43:33.900><c> rid</c><00:43:34.099><c> of</c><00:43:34.260><c> his</c><00:43:34.519><c> clear</c><00:43:34.780><c> duty.</c>

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:37.739
He<00:43:36.039><c> washed</c><00:43:36.400><c> his</c><00:43:36.679><c> hands.</c>

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:40.400
It<00:43:38.219><c> was</c><00:43:38.440><c> no</c><00:43:38.659><c> good,</c><00:43:38.820><c> it's</c><00:43:39.039><c> like</c><00:43:39.260><c> Macbeth.</c>

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:43.539
Out,<00:43:41.699><c> out,</c><00:43:42.179><c> damn</c><00:43:42.480><c> spot!</c>

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:49.780
There<00:43:46.119><c> is</c><00:43:46.539><c> nothing,</c><00:43:47.199><c> there</c><00:43:47.579><c> is</c><00:43:47.860><c> no</c><00:43:48.119><c> detergent,</c><00:43:48.900><c> my</c><00:43:49.000><c> friends.</c>

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:52.920
There<00:43:50.559><c> is</c><00:43:50.840><c> no</c><00:43:51.059><c> detergent</c><00:43:51.699><c> for</c><00:43:52.000><c> that.</c>

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:55.300
And<00:43:53.659><c> he</c><00:43:53.780><c> knew</c><00:43:53.940><c> it.</c>

00:43:55.840 --> 00:44:00.039
The<00:43:56.400><c> accusers</c><00:43:56.920><c> were</c><00:43:57.239><c> vocal,</c><00:43:58.139><c> they</c><00:43:58.260><c> were</c><00:43:58.559><c> insistent,</c>

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:03.500
they<00:44:00.480><c> did</c><00:44:00.719><c> not</c><00:44:00.940><c> like</c><00:44:01.139><c> the</c><00:44:01.380><c> candour</c><00:44:01.699><c> of</c><00:44:01.920><c> this</c><00:44:02.760><c> Roman</c><00:44:03.139><c> governor</c>

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.820
about<00:44:03.820><c> the</c><00:44:04.019><c> suspected</c><00:44:04.500><c> man,</c>

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:08.460
and<00:44:05.079><c> so,</c><00:44:05.880><c> just</c><00:44:06.199><c> as</c><00:44:06.400><c> it</c><00:44:06.500><c> was</c><00:44:06.639><c> in</c><00:44:06.860><c> the</c><00:44:06.880><c> case</c><00:44:07.159><c> of</c><00:44:07.340><c> the</c><00:44:07.480><c> Sanhedin</c><00:44:08.000><c> trial,</c>

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:11.800
at<00:44:09.059><c> the</c><00:44:09.260><c> moment</c><00:44:09.539><c> when</c><00:44:09.760><c> the</c><00:44:09.980><c> verdict</c><00:44:10.239><c> seemed</c><00:44:10.539><c> to</c><00:44:10.699><c> be</c><00:44:10.860><c> in</c><00:44:11.019><c> doubt,</c>

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:15.380
when<00:44:12.820><c> things</c><00:44:13.119><c> were</c><00:44:13.360><c> going</c><00:44:13.619><c> wrong,</c><00:44:14.559><c> perhaps,</c>

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:17.500
they<00:44:15.739><c> played</c><00:44:16.199><c> their</c><00:44:16.599><c> trump</c><00:44:16.920><c> card.</c>

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:20.880
They<00:44:17.980><c> said,</c><00:44:18.619><c> if</c><00:44:18.780><c> they</c><00:44:19.039><c> will</c><00:44:19.179><c> let</c><00:44:19.380><c> this</c><00:44:19.760><c> man</c><00:44:19.980><c> go,</c><00:44:20.400><c> they</c><00:44:20.420><c> are</c><00:44:20.619><c> not</c>

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:22.360
Caesar's<00:44:21.480><c> friend.</c>

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:26.159
Well,<00:44:23.860><c> of</c><00:44:23.880><c> course,</c><00:44:24.659><c> Pilate</c><00:44:24.860><c> saw</c><00:44:25.119><c> through</c><00:44:25.440><c> their</c><00:44:25.659><c> blackmail,</c>

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:29.420
but<00:44:26.480><c> he</c><00:44:26.900><c> was</c><00:44:27.260><c> powerless</c><00:44:27.739><c> to</c><00:44:28.079><c> resist</c><00:44:28.500><c> it.</c>

00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:33.480
You<00:44:30.260><c> might</c><00:44:30.539><c> think</c><00:44:30.739><c> at</c><00:44:30.980><c> first</c><00:44:31.300><c> sight</c><00:44:31.579><c> that,</c><00:44:32.480><c> as</c><00:44:32.900><c> you</c><00:44:33.039><c> read</c><00:44:33.320><c> it,</c>

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:38.360
you<00:44:33.619><c> might</c><00:44:33.880><c> get</c><00:44:35.219><c> the</c><00:44:35.559><c> impression</c><00:44:36.000><c> that</c><00:44:36.619><c> Pilate</c><00:44:37.199><c> was</c><00:44:37.480><c> the</c><00:44:37.719><c> judge</c>

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:41.139
and<00:44:39.000><c> Jesus</c><00:44:39.579><c> was</c><00:44:39.900><c> the</c><00:44:40.119><c> prisoner,</c>

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:48.360
but<00:44:42.099><c> the</c><00:44:42.280><c> real</c><00:44:42.679><c> truth</c><00:44:43.139><c> is</c><00:44:44.079><c> that</c><00:44:46.219><c> Jesus</c><00:44:47.119><c> was</c><00:44:47.500><c> the</c><00:44:47.739><c> judge</c>

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:51.840
and<00:44:49.699><c> Pilate</c><00:44:50.239><c> was</c><00:44:50.519><c> the</c><00:44:50.739><c> prisoner.</c>

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:57.840
But<00:44:52.840><c> the</c><00:44:53.079><c> truth</c><00:44:53.300><c> will</c><00:44:55.059><c> be</c><00:44:55.639><c> pondered</c><00:44:56.300><c> at</c><00:44:56.760><c> your</c><00:44:56.940><c> leisure.</c>

00:44:58.300 --> 00:45:00.420
Now<00:44:58.480><c> we</c><00:44:58.599><c> must</c><00:44:58.840><c> remember</c><00:44:59.179><c> this.</c>

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:05.119
Pilate<00:45:02.699><c> pronounced</c><00:45:03.460><c> sentence,</c>

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:12.579
and<00:45:06.360><c> became</c><00:45:06.960><c> a</c><00:45:07.699><c> man</c><00:45:08.659><c> for</c><00:45:09.380><c> the</c><00:45:09.539><c> ages</c><00:45:09.940><c> to</c><00:45:10.219><c> pity</c><00:45:10.619><c> and</c><00:45:11.760><c> the</c><00:45:11.980><c> world</c>

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:14.760
to<00:45:13.320><c> despise,</c>

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:20.800
a<00:45:15.019><c> man</c><00:45:15.280><c> whose</c><00:45:15.539><c> name</c><00:45:15.920><c> and</c><00:45:16.179><c> whose</c><00:45:16.460><c> fortune</c><00:45:16.960><c> has</c><00:45:17.519><c> been</c><00:45:17.860><c> memorialized</c><00:45:19.619><c> in</c><00:45:20.320><c> one</c>

00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:22.579
short<00:45:21.199><c> sentence</c>

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:28.960
and<00:45:23.239><c> it</c><00:45:23.480><c> has</c><00:45:23.820><c> fallen</c><00:45:24.139><c> from</c><00:45:24.400><c> a</c><00:45:24.619><c> million</c><00:45:24.960><c> lips</c><00:45:26.019><c> all</c><00:45:26.920><c> down</c><00:45:27.280><c> the</c><00:45:27.539><c> ages.</c>

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:36.800
He<00:45:31.179><c> suffered</c><00:45:32.300><c> under</c><00:45:34.179><c> Pontius</c><00:45:35.219><c> Pilate,</c>

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:42.219
and<00:45:37.420><c> so</c><00:45:38.079><c> he</c><00:45:39.119><c> went</c><00:45:39.340><c> out</c><00:45:39.699><c> this</c><00:45:39.980><c> man</c><00:45:40.559><c> and</c><00:45:40.960><c> pronounced</c><00:45:41.380><c> sentence</c>

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:45.800
upon<00:45:43.059><c> the</c><00:45:43.300><c> man</c><00:45:43.579><c> of</c><00:45:43.880><c> unblemished</c><00:45:44.539><c> life,</c>

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:49.280
the<00:45:46.119><c> man</c><00:45:46.500><c> who</c><00:45:46.699><c> was</c><00:45:46.960><c> born</c><00:45:47.599><c> to</c><00:45:47.980><c> be</c><00:45:48.219><c> king,</c>

00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:55.079
and<00:45:50.079><c> thus</c><00:45:51.079><c> the</c><00:45:52.280><c> Messiah</c><00:45:52.860><c> was</c><00:45:54.420><c> rejected.</c>

00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:57.300
Amen.