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hearts,<00:17:29.339><c> saying,</c><00:17:30.160><c> what</c><00:17:30.359><c> manner</c><00:17:30.660><c> of</c><00:17:30.940><c> child</c><00:17:31.180><c> shall</c><00:17:31.500><c> this</c><00:17:31.700><c> be</c><00:17:31.900><c> in</c>

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God,<00:17:49.339><c> for</c><00:17:49.460><c> the</c><00:17:49.700><c> specific</c><00:17:50.119><c> work</c><00:17:50.420><c> of</c><00:17:50.640><c> heralding</c><00:17:51.059><c> his</c><00:17:51.299><c> son</c><00:17:51.619><c> and</c>

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preparing<00:17:52.559><c> his</c><00:17:52.859><c> way,</c><00:17:53.519><c> this</c><00:17:53.759><c> feature</c><00:17:54.039><c> is</c><00:17:54.359><c> ignored</c>

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in<00:17:54.839><c> learned</c><00:17:55.019><c> presentments</c><00:17:55.640><c> of</c><00:17:55.759><c> the</c><00:17:55.960><c> subject,</c><00:17:56.859><c> due</c><00:17:57.019><c> to</c><00:17:57.180><c> the</c>

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learned<00:17:57.599><c> fable</c><00:17:57.940><c> that</c><00:17:58.099><c> the</c><00:17:58.380><c> apostolic</c><00:17:59.059><c> narratives</c>

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are<00:17:59.759><c> not</c><00:17:59.960><c> infallible</c><00:18:00.539><c> narratives,</c><00:18:01.579><c> but</c><00:18:01.819><c> merely</c><00:18:02.140><c> human</c><00:18:02.539><c> recitals</c><00:18:03.119><c> honestly</c><00:18:03.619><c> written</c><00:18:03.960><c> but</c>

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exposed,<00:18:10.759><c> a</c><00:18:10.980><c> recognition</c><00:18:11.380><c> of</c><00:18:11.579><c> the</c><00:18:11.799><c> inspired</c><00:18:12.220><c> nature</c><00:18:12.599><c> of</c><00:18:12.819><c> these</c><00:18:13.039><c> narratives,</c><00:18:14.140><c> proved</c><00:18:14.319><c> in</c>

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so<00:18:14.799><c> many</c><00:18:15.039><c> ways,</c>

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fences<00:18:16.240><c> off</c><00:18:16.539><c> the</c><00:18:16.700><c> nebulous</c><00:18:17.079><c> and</c><00:18:17.319><c> derogatory</c><00:18:17.839><c> views</c><00:18:18.140><c> of</c><00:18:18.359><c> learning</c><00:18:18.599><c> on</c><00:18:18.819><c> this</c><00:18:19.099><c> subject,</c><00:18:19.960><c> and</c><00:18:20.140><c> enables</c><00:18:20.480><c> us</c><00:18:20.720><c> to</c>

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recognize<00:18:21.380><c> in</c><00:18:21.680><c> John</c><00:18:21.799><c> a</c><00:18:21.960><c> man</c><00:18:22.180><c> sent</c><00:18:22.420><c> from</c><00:18:22.680><c> God</c><00:18:22.900><c> to</c><00:18:23.140><c> bear</c><00:18:23.279><c> witness</c>

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vain<00:18:39.660><c> deceit,</c><00:18:40.500><c> modern</c><00:18:40.779><c> science</c>

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was<00:19:52.640><c> locusts</c><00:19:53.220><c> and</c><00:19:53.400><c> wild</c><00:19:53.660><c> honey,</c><00:19:54.299><c> the</c><00:19:54.440><c> report</c><00:19:54.819><c> was</c>

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yet<00:20:29.799><c> there</c><00:20:30.059><c> went</c><00:20:30.259><c> out</c><00:20:30.539><c> to</c><00:20:30.619><c> him</c><00:20:30.859><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:20:31.799><c> and</c><00:20:32.000><c> all</c><00:20:32.180><c> Judea,</c>

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had<00:20:35.339><c> his</c><00:20:35.619><c> preaching</c><00:20:36.000><c> consisted</c><00:20:36.579><c> of</c><00:20:36.740><c> the</c><00:20:37.019><c> incoherent</c><00:20:37.660><c> rhodomontad</c><00:20:38.440><c> of</c><00:20:38.559><c> fanaticism,</c><00:20:39.740><c> ancient</c><00:20:40.019><c> or</c><00:20:40.259><c> modern,</c>

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also,<00:21:34.420><c> the</c><00:21:34.680><c> other</c><00:21:34.900><c> John,</c><00:21:35.740><c> tells</c><00:21:35.920><c> us</c><00:21:36.240><c> that</c><00:21:36.460><c> the</c><00:21:36.619><c> Jews</c>

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attendance<00:23:13.519><c> on</c><00:23:13.740><c> John's</c><00:23:14.220><c> preaching,</c><00:23:15.099><c> O</c><00:23:15.240><c> generation</c><00:23:15.819><c> of</c><00:23:16.059><c> vipers</c><00:23:16.400><c> who</c>

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hath<00:23:16.819><c> warned</c><00:23:17.099><c> you</c><00:23:17.339><c> to</c><00:23:17.480><c> flee</c><00:23:17.619><c> from</c><00:23:17.839><c> the</c>

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descent,<00:23:22.480><c> think</c><00:23:22.640><c> not</c><00:23:22.900><c> to</c><00:23:23.119><c> say</c><00:23:23.299><c> within</c><00:23:23.559><c> yourselves,</c><00:23:24.640><c> we</c><00:23:24.799><c> have</c>

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Abraham<00:23:25.539><c> to</c><00:23:25.819><c> our</c><00:23:26.059><c> father,</c><00:23:26.759><c> for</c><00:23:26.960><c> I</c><00:23:27.299><c> say</c><00:23:27.440><c> unto</c><00:23:27.700><c> you</c>

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that<00:23:28.099><c> God</c><00:23:28.339><c> is</c><00:23:28.579><c> able</c><00:23:28.839><c> of</c><00:23:28.980><c> these</c><00:23:29.259><c> stones</c><00:23:29.599><c> to</c><00:23:29.839><c> raise</c><00:23:30.039><c> up</c><00:23:30.279><c> children</c>

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unto<00:23:30.880><c> Abraham,</c><00:23:31.859><c> the</c><00:23:32.099><c> context</c><00:23:32.660><c> supplies</c><00:23:33.119><c> the</c>

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explanation<00:23:34.079><c> of</c><00:23:34.339><c> John's</c><00:23:34.799><c> apparent</c><00:23:35.099><c> brusqueness,</c><00:23:36.200><c> he</c><00:23:36.400><c> said,</c>

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bring<00:23:37.200><c> forth</c><00:23:37.539><c> fruits</c><00:23:37.880><c> meet</c><00:23:38.099><c> for</c><00:23:38.420><c> repentance,</c>

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implying<00:23:39.819><c> that</c><00:23:39.980><c> they</c><00:23:40.180><c> were</c><00:23:40.380><c> not</c><00:23:40.599><c> fit</c><00:23:40.759><c> subjects</c><00:23:41.180><c> for</c><00:23:41.420><c> the</c><00:23:41.579><c> remission</c><00:23:41.900><c> of</c>

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sins,<00:23:42.940><c> remission</c><00:23:43.259><c> of</c><00:23:43.480><c> sins</c><00:23:43.680><c> is</c><00:23:43.920><c> offered</c>

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only<00:23:44.400><c> to</c><00:23:44.579><c> those</c><00:23:44.759><c> who</c><00:23:45.039><c> confess</c><00:23:45.299><c> and</c><00:23:45.559><c> forsake</c><00:23:46.019><c> their</c><00:23:46.259><c> sins,</c><00:23:47.059><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:23:47.779><c> and</c><00:23:48.019><c> Sadducees</c><00:23:48.579><c> were</c><00:23:48.799><c> not</c><00:23:48.980><c> in</c><00:23:49.140><c> the</c><00:23:49.279><c> mood</c>

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to<00:23:49.740><c> do</c><00:23:49.799><c> either,</c><00:23:50.460><c> they</c><00:23:50.660><c> were</c><00:23:50.880><c> in</c><00:23:51.019><c> the</c><00:23:51.240><c> state</c><00:23:51.420><c> afterwards</c><00:23:51.960><c> described</c><00:23:52.539><c> by</c><00:23:52.839><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:53.799><c> outwardly</c><00:23:54.299><c> righteous,</c><00:23:55.079><c> but</c><00:23:55.279><c> in</c>

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their<00:23:55.640><c> hearts</c><00:23:55.940><c> and</c><00:23:56.160><c> lives,</c><00:23:56.839><c> as</c><00:23:57.160><c> God</c><00:23:57.380><c> estimates</c><00:23:57.880><c> them,</c><00:23:58.519><c> full</c><00:23:58.700><c> of</c><00:23:58.900><c> iniquity,</c><00:23:59.799><c> John,</c><00:24:00.319><c> as</c><00:24:00.539><c> a</c>

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man<00:24:00.839><c> by</c><00:24:01.160><c> whom</c><00:24:01.259><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:24:01.799><c> spoke,</c><00:24:02.519><c> was</c><00:24:02.660><c> able</c><00:24:02.940><c> to</c><00:24:03.180><c> address</c><00:24:03.440><c> words</c><00:24:03.819><c> which,</c><00:24:04.500><c> though</c>

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extremely<00:24:05.279><c> harsh,</c><00:24:06.140><c> were</c><00:24:06.279><c> perfectly</c><00:24:06.740><c> suitable</c>

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to<00:24:07.400><c> their</c><00:24:07.680><c> state,</c><00:24:08.299><c> to</c><00:24:08.440><c> those</c><00:24:08.640><c> who</c><00:24:08.880><c> came</c><00:24:09.079><c> with</c><00:24:09.359><c> sincere</c><00:24:09.740><c> desire</c>

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to<00:24:10.279><c> know</c><00:24:10.500><c> God's</c><00:24:10.859><c> will,</c><00:24:11.359><c> that</c><00:24:11.599><c> they</c><00:24:11.759><c> might</c><00:24:12.000><c> do</c><00:24:12.240><c> it,</c>

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he<00:24:12.980><c> spoke</c><00:24:13.200><c> in</c><00:24:13.420><c> terms</c><00:24:13.759><c> of</c><00:24:13.960><c> instruction,</c><00:24:14.920><c> the</c><00:24:15.079><c> people</c><00:24:15.400><c> asked</c><00:24:15.720><c> him,</c><00:24:16.319><c> what</c><00:24:16.500><c> shall</c><00:24:16.740><c> we</c>

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do<00:24:17.140><c> then,</c><00:24:17.720><c> he</c><00:24:17.980><c> answereth</c>

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he<00:24:19.660><c> that</c><00:24:19.920><c> hath</c><00:24:20.180><c> two</c><00:24:20.460><c> coats,</c><00:24:21.319><c> let</c><00:24:21.440><c> him</c><00:24:21.640><c> impart</c><00:24:21.940><c> to</c><00:24:22.099><c> him</c><00:24:22.220><c> that</c><00:24:22.460><c> hath</c><00:24:22.720><c> none,</c><00:24:23.259><c> and</c><00:24:23.460><c> he</c>

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that<00:24:23.819><c> hath</c><00:24:24.079><c> meat,</c><00:24:24.799><c> let</c><00:24:24.920><c> him</c><00:24:25.079><c> do</c>

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likewise,<00:24:26.180><c> then</c><00:24:26.440><c> came</c><00:24:26.680><c> also</c><00:24:27.059><c> the</c><00:24:27.299><c> publicans</c><00:24:27.759><c> to</c><00:24:27.920><c> be</c><00:24:28.079><c> baptized,</c><00:24:28.980><c> and</c><00:24:29.140><c> said</c>

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unto<00:24:29.559><c> him,</c><00:24:30.200><c> master,</c><00:24:31.039><c> what</c><00:24:31.279><c> shall</c>

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we<00:24:31.779><c> do,</c><00:24:32.299><c> and</c><00:24:32.539><c> he</c><00:24:32.740><c> said</c><00:24:32.900><c> unto</c><00:24:33.160><c> them,</c><00:24:33.900><c> exact</c><00:24:34.140><c> no</c><00:24:34.359><c> more</c><00:24:34.599><c> than</c><00:24:34.759><c> that</c>

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which<00:24:35.240><c> is</c><00:24:35.480><c> appointed</c><00:24:35.839><c> you,</c><00:24:36.539><c> and</c><00:24:36.740><c> the</c><00:24:36.920><c> soldiers</c>

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likewise<00:24:37.799><c> demanded</c><00:24:38.299><c> of</c><00:24:38.539><c> him,</c><00:24:39.180><c> saying,</c><00:24:39.819><c> and</c><00:24:40.039><c> what</c><00:24:40.299><c> shall</c><00:24:40.500><c> we</c>

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do,<00:24:41.359><c> and</c><00:24:41.500><c> he</c><00:24:41.700><c> said</c><00:24:41.859><c> unto</c><00:24:42.160><c> them,</c><00:24:42.740><c> do</c><00:24:42.920><c> violence</c><00:24:43.420><c> unto</c><00:24:43.740><c> no</c>

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man,<00:24:44.599><c> neither</c><00:24:45.039><c> accuse</c><00:24:45.400><c> any</c><00:24:45.680><c> falsely,</c><00:24:46.480><c> and</c><00:24:46.619><c> be</c><00:24:46.819><c> content</c><00:24:47.220><c> with</c>

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your<00:24:47.619><c> wages,</c><00:24:48.480><c> Luke</c><00:24:48.740><c> 10,</c><00:24:49.920><c> 14,</c><00:24:50.900><c> it</c><00:24:50.900><c> has</c><00:24:51.200><c> been</c><00:24:51.380><c> a</c>

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difficulty<00:24:52.039><c> with</c><00:24:52.259><c> the</c><00:24:52.460><c> learned</c><00:24:52.640><c> why</c><00:24:52.920><c> John</c><00:24:53.180><c> took</c><00:24:53.440><c> such</c><00:24:53.680><c> an</c><00:24:53.980><c> extreme</c><00:24:54.299><c> and</c>

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authoritative<00:24:55.279><c> attitude,</c><00:24:56.240><c> and</c><00:24:56.480><c> particularly</c>

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why<00:24:57.319><c> he</c><00:24:57.579><c> baptized</c><00:24:58.119><c> with</c><00:24:58.400><c> water,</c><00:24:59.140><c> much</c><00:24:59.440><c> labor</c><00:24:59.700><c> and</c><00:25:00.039><c> ingenuity</c>

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have<00:25:00.799><c> been</c><00:25:01.079><c> expended</c><00:25:01.579><c> for</c><00:25:01.759><c> the</c><00:25:01.940><c> purpose</c><00:25:02.279><c> of</c>

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showing<00:25:02.779><c> that</c><00:25:03.140><c> baptism</c><00:25:03.599><c> was</c><00:25:03.960><c> orientally</c><00:25:04.579><c> practiced</c><00:25:05.039><c> as</c><00:25:05.299><c> a</c><00:25:05.420><c> religious</c><00:25:05.759><c> rite</c><00:25:06.099><c> before</c><00:25:06.420><c> the</c><00:25:06.640><c> days</c><00:25:06.799><c> of</c><00:25:07.000><c> John,</c>

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from<00:25:08.019><c> which</c><00:25:08.200><c> it</c><00:25:08.319><c> is</c><00:25:08.480><c> argued</c><00:25:08.779><c> that</c><00:25:09.039><c> John,</c><00:25:09.859><c> whose</c><00:25:10.000><c> fervor</c><00:25:10.339><c> is</c><00:25:10.539><c> attributed</c><00:25:10.980><c> by</c>

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this<00:25:11.519><c> class</c><00:25:11.779><c> to</c><00:25:11.940><c> his</c><00:25:12.140><c> emulation</c><00:25:12.660><c> of</c><00:25:12.900><c> the</c>

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of<00:25:14.140><c> the</c><00:25:14.380><c> first</c><00:25:14.779><c> century,</c><00:25:15.799><c> adopted</c><00:25:16.059><c> it</c><00:25:16.299><c> from</c><00:25:16.539><c> predecessors,</c>

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there<00:25:17.819><c> is</c><00:25:18.019><c> not</c><00:25:18.220><c> the</c><00:25:18.400><c> least</c><00:25:18.619><c> room</c><00:25:18.940><c> for</c><00:25:19.200><c> this</c><00:25:19.440><c> idea,</c>

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or<00:25:20.380><c> for</c><00:25:20.579><c> any</c><00:25:20.799><c> uncertainty</c><00:25:21.440><c> on</c><00:25:21.680><c> the</c><00:25:21.859><c> point</c><00:25:22.180><c> when</c><00:25:22.680><c> men</c><00:25:22.880><c> accept</c>

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the<00:25:23.559><c> apostolic</c><00:25:24.079><c> account,</c><00:25:24.799><c> and</c><00:25:24.980><c> if</c><00:25:25.119><c> that</c><00:25:25.299><c> is</c><00:25:25.519><c> not</c>

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accepted,<00:25:26.660><c> there</c><00:25:26.859><c> is</c><00:25:27.059><c> no</c><00:25:27.259><c> reason</c><00:25:27.579><c> for</c><00:25:27.900><c> attaching</c><00:25:28.299><c> value</c><00:25:28.660><c> to</c>

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any<00:25:29.160><c> account,</c><00:25:29.920><c> for</c><00:25:30.240><c> all</c><00:25:30.440><c> other</c><00:25:30.599><c> literature</c><00:25:31.099><c> on</c><00:25:31.319><c> the</c>

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subject,<00:25:32.400><c> ancient</c><00:25:32.680><c> or</c><00:25:32.920><c> modern,</c><00:25:33.559><c> is</c><00:25:33.740><c> hazy</c><00:25:34.059><c> and</c><00:25:34.279><c> incoherent,</c><00:25:35.240><c> but</c><00:25:35.539><c> most</c><00:25:35.900><c> men</c><00:25:36.079><c> have</c><00:25:36.319><c> a</c>

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curious<00:25:36.859><c> propensity</c><00:25:37.480><c> for</c>

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preferring<00:25:38.259><c> the</c><00:25:38.519><c> cloudy</c><00:25:38.759><c> and</c><00:25:39.000><c> bewildering</c><00:25:39.559><c> vaticinations</c>

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of<00:25:40.599><c> unbelieving</c><00:25:41.160><c> bookworms</c><00:25:42.200><c> to</c><00:25:42.380><c> the</c><00:25:42.680><c> straight.</c>

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Clear<00:25:43.680><c> and</c><00:25:44.059><c> authenticated</c><00:25:44.819><c> record</c><00:25:45.180><c> of</c><00:25:45.420><c> apostolic</c><00:25:45.920><c> inspiration,</c><00:25:47.099><c> the</c><00:25:47.299><c> apostolic</c><00:25:47.900><c> account</c><00:25:48.200><c> is</c><00:25:48.400><c> simple</c>

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and<00:25:48.960><c> all</c><00:25:49.140><c> sufficient,</c><00:25:50.099><c> John</c><00:25:50.279><c> tells</c><00:25:50.640><c> us</c><00:25:50.960><c> that</c><00:25:51.180><c> the</c><00:25:51.420><c> Pharisees</c>

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sent<00:25:52.200><c> a</c><00:25:52.339><c> deputation</c><00:25:52.880><c> to</c><00:25:53.140><c> John,</c><00:25:53.900><c> inquiring,</c>

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why<00:25:55.099><c> baptize</c><00:25:55.700><c> est</c><00:25:55.900><c> thou,</c><00:25:56.720><c> JNOI</c><00:25:57.299><c> 24,</c><00:25:58.359><c> 25,</c><00:25:59.539><c> the</c><00:25:59.680><c> very</c><00:26:00.000><c> question</c>

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of<00:26:00.559><c> the</c><00:26:00.740><c> modern</c><00:26:00.960><c> literati,</c><00:26:02.019><c> John's</c><00:26:02.420><c> answer</c>

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sets<00:26:03.000><c> the</c><00:26:03.279><c> question</c><00:26:03.619><c> at</c><00:26:03.920><c> rest</c><00:26:04.119><c> forever,</c><00:26:05.099><c> the</c><00:26:05.259><c> pith</c><00:26:05.460><c> of</c><00:26:05.619><c> it</c><00:26:05.759><c> is</c>

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contained<00:26:06.279><c> in</c><00:26:06.480><c> verse</c><00:26:06.720><c> 33,</c><00:26:07.819><c> he,</c><00:26:08.579><c> God,</c><00:26:09.240><c> sent</c><00:26:09.400><c> me</c><00:26:09.619><c> to</c>

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baptize<00:26:10.339><c> with</c><00:26:10.539><c> water,</c><00:26:11.240><c> with</c><00:26:11.420><c> what</c><00:26:11.619><c> object,</c><00:26:12.579><c> John,</c><00:26:13.119><c> this</c><00:26:13.380><c> also</c>

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is<00:26:14.019><c> settled,</c><00:26:14.839><c> after</c><00:26:15.000><c> me</c><00:26:15.319><c> cometh</c><00:26:15.579><c> a</c><00:26:15.759><c> man</c><00:26:15.900><c> who</c><00:26:16.079><c> was</c>

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preferred<00:26:16.660><c> before</c><00:26:16.960><c> me,</c><00:26:17.460><c> for</c><00:26:17.640><c> he</c><00:26:17.779><c> was</c><00:26:18.000><c> before</c><00:26:18.279><c> me,</c><00:26:18.799><c> and</c><00:26:19.039><c> I</c><00:26:19.259><c> knew</c>

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him<00:26:19.619><c> not,</c><00:26:20.180><c> but</c><00:26:20.359><c> that</c><00:26:20.539><c> he</c><00:26:20.700><c> should</c><00:26:20.859><c> be</c><00:26:21.099><c> made</c><00:26:21.380><c> manifest</c>

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to<00:26:21.980><c> Israel,</c><00:26:22.839><c> therefore,</c><00:26:23.779><c> am</c><00:26:23.920><c> I</c><00:26:24.039><c> come</c><00:26:24.279><c> baptizing</c><00:26:24.900><c> with</c><00:26:25.140><c> water,</c>

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verses<00:26:26.240><c> 30,</c><00:26:27.180><c> 31,</c><00:26:28.259><c> John's</c><00:26:28.660><c> baptism</c><00:26:29.119><c> was,</c><00:26:29.859><c> therefore,</c>

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