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fact</c><00:19:45.240><c> that</c><00:19:45.460><c> God</c><00:19:45.839><c> knew</c><00:19:46.420><c> that</c><00:19:46.799><c> Jesus</c><00:19:47.200><c> knew</c><00:19:47.539><c> that</c><00:19:47.759><c> God</c> 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.759 x had<00:19:48.140><c> a</c><00:19:48.400><c> plan</c> 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:55.299 x and<00:19:49.759><c> the</c><00:19:50.059><c> plan</c><00:19:50.480><c> was</c><00:19:50.819><c> about</c><00:19:51.099><c> to</c><00:19:51.339><c> come</c><00:19:51.519><c> to</c><00:19:51.779><c> pass</c><00:19:52.200><c> and</c><00:19:52.900><c> that</c><00:19:53.059><c> he</c><00:19:53.359><c> set</c><00:19:53.559><c> his</c><00:19:54.019><c> mind</c><00:19:54.559><c> to</c> 00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.019 x carry<00:19:55.559><c> it</c><00:19:55.779><c> out</c> 00:19:56.019 --> 00:20:02.759 x and<00:19:57.279><c> he</c><00:19:57.400><c> gave</c><00:19:57.839><c> the</c><00:19:58.640><c> Apostles</c><00:19:59.740><c> some</c><00:20:00.140><c> advice.</c><00:20:01.940><c> When</c><00:20:02.099><c> he</c><00:20:02.299><c> came</c><00:20:02.559><c> to</c> 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:04.660 x the<00:20:02.980><c> place</c><00:20:03.319><c> he</c><00:20:03.500><c> said</c><00:20:03.720><c> to</c><00:20:03.880><c> them</c> 00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:10.700 x pray<00:20:05.519><c> that</c><00:20:05.859><c> you</c><00:20:06.059><c> may</c><00:20:06.339><c> not</c><00:20:06.720><c> enter</c><00:20:07.220><c> into</c><00:20:08.279><c> temptation.</c><00:20:10.359><c> That</c><00:20:10.519><c> was</c> 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.579 x in<00:20:10.920><c> the</c><00:20:11.099><c> garden</c><00:20:11.319><c> of</c> 00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:17.240 x Gethsemane,<00:20:13.220><c> he</c><00:20:13.599><c> told</c><00:20:13.880><c> them.</c><00:20:15.500><c> And</c><00:20:15.819><c> he</c><00:20:15.960><c> went</c><00:20:16.220><c> into</c><00:20:16.619><c> the</c><00:20:16.859><c> garden</c> 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:20.660 x and<00:20:17.900><c> 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