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well</c><00:13:53.940><c>-known</c><00:13:54.379><c> fact.</c> 00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:59.120 Matter<00:13:55.899><c> of</c><00:13:56.059><c> fact,</c><00:13:56.220><c> it</c><00:13:56.220><c> was</c><00:13:56.700><c> a</c><00:13:56.899><c> painfully</c><00:13:57.419><c> well</c><00:13:57.720><c>-known</c><00:13:57.960><c> fact</c><00:13:58.419><c> by</c> 00:13:59.120 --> 00:13:59.580 the<00:13:59.320><c> Romans</c> 00:13:59.580 --> 00:14:02.220 and<00:13:59.820><c> anybody</c><00:14:00.299><c> who</c><00:14:00.559><c> had</c><00:14:00.740><c> the</c><00:14:01.019><c> Jews</c><00:14:01.200><c> under</c><00:14:01.440><c> the</c><00:14:01.659><c> jurisdiction</c> 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:07.740 that<00:14:02.740><c> the</c><00:14:03.059><c> Jews</c><00:14:03.480><c> hated</c><00:14:04.360><c> foreign</c><00:14:05.000><c> kings</c><00:14:05.480><c> and</c><00:14:05.720><c> wanted</c><00:14:06.159><c> a</c><00:14:06.399><c> Jewish</c><00:14:06.740><c> king.</c> 00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:11.659 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do</c><00:14:19.580><c> I</c><00:14:19.700><c> care</c><00:14:19.980><c> about</c><00:14:20.299><c> Jews?</c> 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.580 What's<00:14:21.799><c> their</c><00:14:22.019><c> policy</c><00:14:22.360><c> got</c><00:14:22.559><c> to</c><00:14:22.679><c> do</c><00:14:22.740><c> with</c><00:14:22.899><c> me,</c><00:14:23.200><c> a</c><00:14:23.220><c> Roman</c><00:14:23.580><c> governor?</c> 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:30.320 Listen,<00:14:26.379><c> it's</c><00:14:26.580><c> your</c><00:14:26.980><c> own</c><00:14:27.600><c> people</c><00:14:28.059><c> that's</c><00:14:29.840><c> against</c><00:14:29.980><c> you.</c> 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:33.440 It's<00:14:30.700><c> your</c><00:14:31.220><c> kingdom</c><00:14:31.679><c> that</c><00:14:32.039><c> you're</c><00:14:32.259><c> supposed</c><00:14:32.639><c> to</c><00:14:32.779><c> be</c><00:14:32.899><c> the</c><00:14:33.080><c> king</c><00:14:33.220><c> of.</c> 00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:36.259 It's<00:14:33.879><c> your</c><00:14:34.059><c> own</c><00:14:34.379><c> people</c><00:14:34.720><c> that</c><00:14:34.879><c> are</c><00:14:35.039><c> against</c><00:14:35.320><c> you.</c> 00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:38.679 What<00:14:36.620><c> have</c><00:14:37.039><c> you</c><00:14:37.379><c> done,</c><00:14:37.840><c> said</c><00:14:38.000><c> Pilate.</c> 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:40.159 End<00:14:39.259><c> of</c><00:14:39.399><c> verse</c><00:14:39.580><c> 35.</c> 00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:42.620 You<00:14:40.600><c> see,</c><00:14:40.980><c> Pilate</c><00:14:41.179><c> thought</c><00:14:41.419><c> this</c><00:14:41.720><c> way.</c> 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:47.340 If<00:14:42.980><c> this</c><00:14:43.340><c> is</c><00:14:44.100><c> a</c><00:14:44.460><c> passionate,</c><00:14:45.080><c> a</c><00:14:45.299><c> fanatical</c><00:14:46.100><c> desire</c><00:14:46.500><c> of</c><00:14:46.700><c> the</c><00:14:46.919><c> Jews</c><00:14:47.159><c> to</c> 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:48.440 have<00:14:47.559><c> 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be</c><00:15:03.000><c> king</c><00:15:03.179><c> of</c><00:15:03.340><c> the</c><00:15:03.460><c> Jews.</c> 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:06.019 Well,<00:15:04.000><c> why</c><00:15:04.200><c> don't</c><00:15:04.379><c> they</c><00:15:04.580><c> take</c><00:15:04.820><c> him?</c> 00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:07.539 What's<00:15:06.500><c> the</c><00:15:06.639><c> problem?</c> 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:10.960 Of<00:15:09.460><c> course</c><00:15:09.620><c> he</c><00:15:09.759><c> thought</c><00:15:09.940><c> to</c><00:15:10.120><c> himself,</c><00:15:10.379><c> if</c><00:15:10.539><c> they</c><00:15:10.759><c> did,</c> 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:13.460 we<00:15:11.080><c> can</c><00:15:11.240><c> put</c><00:15:11.500><c> down</c><00:15:11.679><c> that</c><00:15:11.840><c> quite</c><00:15:12.080><c> readily</c><00:15:12.399><c> with</c><00:15:12.600><c> the</c><00:15:12.759><c> Roman</c><00:15:13.019><c> legions.</c> 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:15.159 These<00:15:13.980><c> were</c><00:15:14.159><c> 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don't</c><00:15:23.419><c> they</c><00:15:23.639><c> do</c><00:15:23.820><c> it?</c> 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:26.220 What's<00:15:25.019><c> the</c><00:15:25.220><c> problem?</c> 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:28.159 What<00:15:26.740><c> have</c><00:15:26.940><c> you</c><00:15:27.179><c> done?</c> 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:32.759 And<00:15:30.080><c> Jesus</c><00:15:30.320><c> doesn't</c><00:15:30.720><c> answer</c><00:15:30.980><c> that</c><00:15:31.179><c> question,</c> 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:38.659 because<00:15:35.159><c> he</c><00:15:35.299><c> knows</c><00:15:36.039><c> that</c><00:15:37.240><c> there's</c><00:15:37.480><c> a</c><00:15:37.659><c> bigger</c><00:15:37.879><c> question</c><00:15:38.320><c> in</c> 00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:40.039 Pilate's<00:15:39.100><c> mind.</c> 00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:42.639 And<00:15:41.059><c> when</c><00:15:41.200><c> Jesus</c><00:15:41.580><c> answered</c><00:15:41.879><c> him</c><00:15:42.059><c> next</c><00:15:42.360><c> time,</c> 00:15:42.639 --> 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that</c><00:15:54.860><c> claim,</c><00:15:55.059><c> about</c><00:15:55.340><c> being</c><00:15:55.639><c> another</c> 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.399 king<00:15:57.100><c> like</c><00:15:57.440><c> Caesar.</c> 00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.379 What<00:15:58.759><c> have</c><00:15:58.919><c> you</c><00:15:59.100><c> done?</c> 00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:03.240 And<00:15:59.899><c> the</c><00:16:00.059><c> answer</c><00:16:00.340><c> to</c><00:16:00.460><c> the</c><00:16:00.539><c> Lord</c><00:16:00.679><c> in</c><00:16:00.860><c> verse</c><00:16:01.120><c> 36,</c><00:16:01.899><c> his</c><00:16:02.379><c> Pilate,</c> 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:07.879 my<00:16:04.220><c> kingdom</c><00:16:04.919><c> is</c><00:16:06.000><c> not</c><00:16:06.360><c> of</c><00:16:06.620><c> this</c><00:16:06.980><c> world.</c> 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:13.620 You<00:16:10.899><c> see,</c><00:16:11.639><c> brothers</c><00:16:11.740><c> and</c><00:16:12.000><c> sisters,</c><00:16:12.539><c> he</c><00:16:12.559><c> knew</c><00:16:12.759><c> exactly</c><00:16:13.299><c> what</c> 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.799 Pilate<00:16:13.759><c> was</c><00:16:13.919><c> thinking.</c> 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:18.059 So<00:16:15.059><c> he</c><00:16:15.200><c> brushed</c><00:16:15.480><c> aside</c><00:16:15.879><c> the</c><00:16:16.080><c> question</c><00:16:16.360><c> of</c><00:16:16.580><c> any</c><00:16:16.899><c> false</c><00:16:17.279><c> accusations</c><00:16:17.860><c> that</c> 00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:19.120 the<00:16:18.220><c> Jews</c><00:16:18.399><c> might</c><00:16:18.679><c> have</c><00:16:18.840><c> made.</c> 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:22.179 He<00:16:19.740><c> answers</c><00:16:20.100><c> Pilate's</c><00:16:20.740><c> real</c><00:16:21.100><c> question.</c> 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:25.919 You're<00:16:23.519><c> not</c><00:16:23.700><c> concerned</c><00:16:23.960><c> about</c><00:16:24.240><c> Jews,</c><00:16:24.480><c> but</c><00:16:24.580><c> you're</c><00:16:24.779><c> very</c><00:16:25.139><c> concerned</c><00:16:25.519><c> about</c><00:16:25.720><c> your</c> 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:27.100 own<00:16:26.120><c> position.</c> 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:28.720 Well,<00:16:27.399><c> let</c><00:16:27.559><c> me</c><00:16:27.659><c> tell</c><00:16:27.820><c> you</c><00:16:27.940><c> something.</c> 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:31.980 My<00:16:29.179><c> kingdom's</c><00:16:29.639><c> got</c><00:16:29.879><c> nothing</c><00:16:30.200><c> to</c><00:16:30.440><c> do</c><00:16:30.559><c> with</c><00:16:30.759><c> your</c><00:16:31.080><c> world.</c> 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:36.139 The<00:16:33.320><c> word</c><00:16:33.639><c> cosmos,</c><00:16:34.299><c> chosen</c><00:16:34.559><c> here</c><00:16:34.840><c> for</c><00:16:35.039><c> world,</c><00:16:35.600><c> brothers</c><00:16:35.620><c> and</c><00:16:35.840><c> sisters,</c> 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:42.720 is<00:16:36.399><c> a</c><00:16:36.600><c> word</c><00:16:36.940><c> which</c><00:16:37.559><c> I</c><00:16:37.740><c> suppose</c><00:16:38.379><c> in</c><00:16:38.899><c> its</c><00:16:39.100><c> basic</c><00:16:39.600><c> root</c><00:16:39.820><c> meaning</c><00:16:40.240><c> we</c><00:16:40.379><c> could</c><00:16:40.600><c> say</c><00:16:40.799><c> means</c><00:16:41.159><c> a</c><00:16:41.539><c> decoration.</c> 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:47.379 Just<00:16:44.480><c> like</c><00:16:44.720><c> Nicko</c><00:16:45.019><c> and</c><00:16:45.080><c> his</c><00:16:45.299><c> team</c><00:16:45.519><c> would</c><00:16:46.460><c> decorate</c><00:16:46.879><c> the</c><00:16:47.139><c> foyer</c> 00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:49.100 to<00:16:47.860><c> be</c><00:16:48.100><c> like</c><00:16:48.279><c> the</c><00:16:48.419><c> Garden</c><00:16:48.679><c> of</c><00:16:48.779><c> Gethsemane.</c> 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:51.840 They've<00:16:49.720><c> decorated</c><00:16:50.080><c> that</c><00:16:50.360><c> to</c><00:16:50.460><c> look</c><00:16:50.720><c> like</c><00:16:50.960><c> the</c><00:16:51.100><c> Garden</c><00:16:51.399><c> of</c><00:16:51.519><c> Gethsemane.</c> 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:54.899 It's<00:16:52.120><c> a</c><00:16:52.299><c> decoration</c><00:16:52.840><c> to</c><00:16:53.080><c> make</c><00:16:53.299><c> it</c><00:16:53.600><c> look</c><00:16:53.779><c> like</c><00:16:54.100><c> something.</c> 00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:57.259 That's<00:16:55.759><c> the</c><00:16:55.860><c> word</c><00:16:56.080><c> cosmos.</c> 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:02.460 It's<00:16:58.480><c> the</c><00:16:58.580><c> way</c><00:16:58.860><c> the</c><00:16:58.980><c> men</c><00:16:59.200><c> have</c><00:17:00.039><c> erected</c><00:17:00.539><c> their</c><00:17:00.860><c> systems</c><00:17:01.500><c> of</c><00:17:01.860><c> control</c><00:17:02.299><c> in</c> 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:03.059 this<00:17:02.740><c> world.</c> 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:06.559 They<00:17:03.460><c> have</c><00:17:03.820><c> decorated</c><00:17:04.359><c> themselves</c><00:17:04.940><c> with</c><00:17:05.180><c> this</c><00:17:05.420><c> control.</c> 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:09.859 They<00:17:07.759><c> manipulate</c><00:17:08.420><c> things</c><00:17:08.799><c> for</c><00:17:08.960><c> their</c><00:17:09.140><c> own</c><00:17:09.299><c> advantage.</c> 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.019 That's<00:17:10.380><c> the</c><00:17:10.599><c> cosmos.</c> 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:16.259 Well,<00:17:11.779><c> Jesus</c><00:17:11.940><c> said</c><00:17:12.200><c> my</c><00:17:12.440><c> kingdom's</c><00:17:12.960><c> got</c><00:17:13.380><c> nothing</c><00:17:14.140><c> to</c><00:17:14.440><c> do</c><00:17:14.539><c> with</c><00:17:14.720><c> that.</c> 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:23.099 And<00:17:19.680><c> Pilate</c><00:17:20.200><c> would</c><00:17:21.160><c> be</c><00:17:21.400><c> very</c><00:17:21.759><c> relieved,</c><00:17:22.279><c> brothers</c><00:17:22.420><c> and</c><00:17:22.680><c> sisters,</c><00:17:22.920><c> to</c> 00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:23.500 know<00:17:23.259><c> that.</c> 00:17:23.579 --> 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that</c><00:17:39.720><c> word</c><00:17:39.960><c> in</c><00:17:40.119><c> the</c><00:17:40.299><c> Greek,</c><00:17:40.480><c> brothers</c><00:17:40.740><c> and</c><00:17:40.940><c> sisters,</c><00:17:41.400><c> is</c><00:17:41.420><c> not</c> 00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:43.359 the<00:17:41.960><c> word</c><00:17:42.200><c> for</c><00:17:42.480><c> servants.</c> 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:48.900 It's<00:17:43.940><c> the</c><00:17:44.140><c> same</c><00:17:44.420><c> word</c><00:17:44.720><c> in</c><00:17:44.940><c> verse</c><00:17:45.180><c> 3</c><00:17:45.480><c> and</c><00:17:45.619><c> verse</c><00:17:45.920><c> 18</c><00:17:46.119><c> of</c><00:17:46.299><c> this</c><00:17:46.519><c> chapter</c><00:17:47.059><c> for</c><00:17:47.740><c> the</c><00:17:48.240><c> officers</c><00:17:48.660><c> of</c> 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:50.359 the<00:17:49.059><c> chief</c><00:17:49.319><c> priests.</c> 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:53.420 And<00:17:52.079><c> that's</c><00:17:52.299><c> how</c><00:17:52.420><c> Robert</c><00:17:52.599><c> Hamm</c><00:17:52.759><c> renders</c><00:17:53.079><c> it.</c> 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:55.680 My<00:17:54.420><c> officers</c><00:17:55.039><c> would</c><00:17:55.359><c> fight.</c> 00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:58.559 Jesus<00:17:56.240><c> has</c><00:17:56.640><c> officers</c><00:17:57.140><c> in</c><00:17:57.279><c> his</c><00:17:57.559><c> army,</c><00:17:57.920><c> brothers</c><00:17:58.119><c> and</c><00:17:58.359><c> sisters,</c> 00:17:58.599 --> 00:18:00.900 and<00:17:58.700><c> they</c><00:17:58.859><c> would</c><00:17:59.160><c> fight</c><00:17:59.460><c> at</c><00:17:59.859><c> the</c><00:18:00.000><c> stamp</c><00:18:00.180><c> of</c><00:18:00.359><c> his</c><00:18:00.539><c> fingers</c><00:18:00.759><c> if</c> 00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:02.460 that's<00:18:01.140><c> what</c><00:18:01.380><c> God</c><00:18:01.599><c> wanted.</c> 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:05.720 God<00:18:03.299><c> would</c><00:18:03.599><c> instill</c><00:18:03.960><c> in</c><00:18:04.099><c> them</c><00:18:04.220><c> the</c><00:18:04.480><c> courage</c><00:18:04.740><c> and</c><00:18:04.880><c> the</c><00:18:05.099><c> strength</c><00:18:05.339><c> to</c><00:18:05.619><c> fight.</c> 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.960 There's<00:18:05.880><c> no</c><00:18:06.099><c> question</c><00:18:06.400><c> of</c><00:18:06.579><c> that.</c> 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:09.480 So<00:18:07.660><c> Jesus</c><00:18:07.980><c> has</c><00:18:08.180><c> an</c><00:18:08.400><c> army.</c> 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:13.160 But<00:18:10.500><c> they're</c><00:18:10.640><c> not</c><00:18:10.960><c> interested</c><00:18:11.599><c> in</c><00:18:12.059><c> squabbling</c><00:18:12.559><c> over</c><00:18:12.839><c> this</c> 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:14.299 world's<00:18:13.579><c> good.</c> 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:15.799 They're<00:18:14.839><c> not</c><00:18:15.039><c> interested</c><00:18:15.460><c> in</c><00:18:15.660><c> that.</c> 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:19.259 They're<00:18:16.140><c> not</c><00:18:16.359><c> about</c><00:18:16.779><c> to</c><00:18:17.059><c> erase</c><00:18:17.420><c> the</c><00:18:17.759><c> standard</c><00:18:18.039><c> of</c><00:18:18.279><c> revolt.</c> 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:22.640 Another<00:18:20.420><c> sigh</c><00:18:20.759><c> of</c><00:18:20.880><c> relief</c><00:18:21.099><c> from</c><00:18:21.380><c> Pilate.</c> 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:26.700 And<00:18:23.220><c> says</c><00:18:23.420><c> Jesus,</c><00:18:24.960><c> I</c><00:18:25.200><c> could</c><00:18:25.480><c> call</c><00:18:25.660><c> upon</c><00:18:25.920><c> my</c><00:18:26.140><c> officers</c><00:18:26.380><c> to</c><00:18:26.579><c> fight,</c> 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:29.380 but<00:18:26.839><c> I</c><00:18:27.019><c> should</c><00:18:27.279><c> not</c><00:18:27.519><c> be</c><00:18:27.779><c> delivered</c><00:18:28.039><c> to</c><00:18:28.240><c> the</c><00:18:28.400><c> Jews.</c> 00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:35.859 So<00:18:31.839><c> he's</c><00:18:32.039><c> not</c><00:18:32.579><c> about</c><00:18:33.640><c> resisting</c><00:18:34.259><c> arrest</c><00:18:34.619><c> either.</c> 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:39.700 He's<00:18:37.160><c> not</c><00:18:37.400><c> about</c><00:18:37.599><c> resisting</c><00:18:38.579><c> arrest.</c> 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:43.480 Because<00:18:41.279><c> he</c><00:18:41.480><c> said,</c><00:18:41.980><c> as</c><00:18:42.240><c> he</c><00:18:42.480><c> concluded,</c> 00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:47.480 but<00:18:44.099><c> now</c><00:18:44.380><c> is</c><00:18:44.619><c> the</c><00:18:44.819><c> decoration</c><00:18:45.339><c> of</c><00:18:45.559><c> my</c><00:18:45.859><c> kingdom,</c><00:18:46.180><c> my</c><00:18:46.619><c> system</c><00:18:47.019><c> of</c><00:18:47.319><c> things,</c> 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:51.599 the<00:18:47.799><c> decoration</c><00:18:48.279><c> that</c><00:18:48.460><c> I</c><00:18:48.680><c> belong</c><00:18:48.980><c> to</c><00:18:50.299><c> is</c><00:18:50.660><c> not</c><00:18:50.880><c> about</c><00:18:51.119><c> this</c><00:18:51.359><c> world.</c> 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:55.539 The<00:18:51.779><c> RSV</c><00:18:52.359><c> says</c><00:18:52.740><c> is</c><00:18:52.940><c> not</c><00:18:53.700><c> from</c><00:18:54.140><c> this</c><00:18:54.559><c> world.</c> 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.839 Now,<00:18:56.599><c> brothers</c><00:18:56.640><c> and</c><00:18:56.940><c> sisters,</c> 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.900 that<00:18:58.500><c> was</c><00:18:58.940><c> a</c><00:18:59.160><c> turning</c><00:18:59.480><c> point</c><00:19:00.240><c> in</c><00:19:01.019><c> Pilate's</c><00:19:01.500><c> mind</c><00:19:01.640><c> with</c><00:19:01.819><c> the</c> 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.759 Lord<00:19:02.079><c> Jesus</c><00:19:02.500><c> Christ.</c> 00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:05.880 That<00:19:02.940><c> was</c><00:19:03.220><c> the</c><00:19:03.420><c> only</c><00:19:04.160><c> stumbling</c><00:19:04.579><c> block</c><00:19:04.880><c> he</c><00:19:05.019><c> had</c><00:19:05.180><c> with</c><00:19:05.400><c> that</c><00:19:05.599><c> man.</c> 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:08.440 As<00:19:06.480><c> yet,</c><00:19:06.920><c> brothers</c><00:19:07.019><c> and</c><00:19:07.259><c> sisters,</c><00:19:07.519><c> he</c><00:19:07.680><c> hadn't,</c><00:19:08.039><c> of</c><00:19:08.200><c> course,</c> 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:10.119 been<00:19:08.960><c> so</c><00:19:09.259><c> impressed</c><00:19:09.619><c> with</c><00:19:09.799><c> him.</c> 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:12.259 But<00:19:10.460><c> he's</c><00:19:10.680><c> becoming</c><00:19:11.079><c> impressed.</c> 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:14.519 And<00:19:12.660><c> that</c><00:19:12.819><c> was</c><00:19:13.019><c> the</c><00:19:13.119><c> only</c><00:19:13.440><c> stumbling</c><00:19:13.740><c> block</c><00:19:14.000><c> he</c><00:19:14.240><c> had.</c> 00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:16.579 Now,<00:19:15.160><c> Jesus</c><00:19:15.460><c> is</c><00:19:15.819><c> plainly</c><00:19:16.279><c> telling</c><00:19:16.460><c> you,</c> 00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:19.339 if<00:19:16.720><c> you</c><00:19:16.799><c> want</c><00:19:16.920><c> me</c><00:19:17.140><c> to</c><00:19:17.279><c> paraphrase</c><00:19:17.740><c> that,</c><00:19:18.500><c> listen,</c><00:19:19.019><c> Pilate,</c> 00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:21.420 you've<00:19:19.839><c> got</c><00:19:20.180><c> nothing</c><00:19:20.599><c> to</c><00:19:20.900><c> worry</c><00:19:21.180><c> about.</c> 00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:23.759 Forget<00:19:21.740><c> about</c><00:19:22.180><c> what</c><00:19:22.359><c> you</c><00:19:22.380><c> say,</c><00:19:22.579><c> what</c><00:19:22.720><c> have</c><00:19:22.819><c> I</c><00:19:22.940><c> done,</c><00:19:23.339><c> what</c><00:19:23.539><c> the</c> 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.039 Jews<00:19:23.900><c> have.</c> 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:25.480 They'll<00:19:24.279><c> tell</c><00:19:24.400><c> you</c><00:19:24.519><c> all</c><00:19:24.660><c> sorts</c><00:19:24.839><c> of</c><00:19:24.960><c> things,</c><00:19:25.200><c> Don</c><00:19:25.279><c> Robert.</c> 00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:27.180 I<00:19:25.619><c> know</c><00:19:25.779><c> what's</c><00:19:26.039><c> in</c><00:19:26.079><c> your</c><00:19:26.400><c> mind.</c> 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:30.099 You've<00:19:28.059><c> got</c><00:19:28.380><c> nothing</c><00:19:28.759><c> to</c><00:19:29.019><c> worry</c><00:19:29.279><c> about.</c> 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:33.039 I'm<00:19:30.960><c> not</c><00:19:31.119><c> about</c><00:19:31.420><c> to</c><00:19:31.579><c> wrest</c><00:19:31.720><c> power</c><00:19:31.960><c> from</c><00:19:32.160><c> you</c><00:19:32.380><c> or</c><00:19:32.500><c> anybody</c><00:19:32.799><c> else</c> 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:34.140 in<00:19:33.279><c> this</c><00:19:33.799><c> cosmos,</c> 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.920 in<00:19:34.359><c> this</c><00:19:34.559><c> order</c><00:19:34.759><c> of</c><00:19:34.880><c> things.</c> 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.400 I'm<00:19:35.220><c> not</c><00:19:35.460><c> interested,</c><00:19:36.059><c> if</c><00:19:36.259><c> I</c><00:19:36.519><c> were.</c> 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:39.400 I<00:19:37.859><c> tell</c><00:19:37.980><c> you</c><00:19:38.119><c> what,</c><00:19:38.319><c> it'll</c><00:19:38.400><c> all</c><00:19:38.539><c> be</c><00:19:38.720><c> over</c><00:19:38.880><c> in</c><00:19:39.039><c> a</c><00:19:39.140><c> moment.</c> 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:41.539 Because<00:19:39.900><c> I've</c><00:19:40.259><c> got</c><00:19:40.460><c> officers</c><00:19:40.819><c> in</c><00:19:41.059><c> my</c><00:19:41.319><c> army.</c> 00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:43.619 You<00:19:42.079><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:42.299><c> know</c><00:19:42.500><c> about</c><00:19:42.740><c> them,</c><00:19:42.900><c> but</c><00:19:43.059><c> I've</c><00:19:43.319><c> got</c><00:19:43.440><c> them.</c> 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:46.059 And<00:19:44.099><c> they</c><00:19:44.259><c> would</c><00:19:44.519><c> fight</c><00:19:44.839><c> if</c><00:19:45.200><c> this</c><00:19:45.500><c> was</c><00:19:45.740><c> my</c><00:19:45.960><c> world.</c> 00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:48.019 But<00:19:46.200><c> they're</c><00:19:46.240><c> not</c><00:19:46.420><c> going</c><00:19:46.559><c> to</c><00:19:46.619><c> fight</c><00:19:46.799><c> for</c><00:19:46.960><c> this</c><00:19:47.200><c> world.</c> 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:51.799 And<00:19:49.119><c> I'm</c><00:19:49.240><c> not</c><00:19:49.400><c> going</c><00:19:49.500><c> to</c><00:19:49.579><c> be</c><00:19:49.740><c> resisting</c><00:19:50.440><c> arrest</c><00:19:50.799><c> either.</c> 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:55.339 I've<00:19:53.079><c> been</c><00:19:53.220><c> delivered</c><00:19:53.380><c> to</c><00:19:53.539><c> the</c><00:19:53.700><c> Jews,</c><00:19:53.940><c> and</c><00:19:54.200><c> I'm</c><00:19:54.619><c> here</c><00:19:54.759><c> voluntarily.</c> 00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.400 I<00:19:55.539><c> haven't</c><00:19:55.740><c> resisted</c><00:19:56.279><c> arrest.</c> 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:59.259 I'm<00:19:56.759><c> not</c><00:19:56.900><c> about</c><00:19:57.400><c> to</c><00:19:57.960><c> raise</c><00:19:58.200><c> the</c><00:19:58.440><c> standard</c><00:19:58.640><c> of</c><00:19:58.839><c> revolt</c><00:19:59.039><c> about</c> 00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.240 that<00:19:59.460><c> either.</c> 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.160 Because<00:20:00.940><c> my</c><00:20:01.319><c> kingdom,</c><00:20:01.920><c> Pilate,</c><00:20:02.059><c> understand</c><00:20:02.559><c> this</c><00:20:02.759><c> has</c><00:20:02.980><c> got</c> 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:05.660 nothing<00:20:03.579><c> to</c><00:20:03.819><c> do</c><00:20:03.960><c> with</c><00:20:04.240><c> your</c><00:20:04.700><c> world.</c> 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.900 Wow. 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:11.500 Pilate<00:20:09.299><c> would</c><00:20:09.640><c> breathe</c><00:20:10.039><c> asyrically.</c> 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:17.180 But<00:20:13.019><c> you</c><00:20:13.180><c> know,</c><00:20:13.539><c> brothers</c><00:20:13.619><c> and</c><00:20:13.859><c> sisters,</c><00:20:16.339><c> he</c><00:20:16.480><c> now</c><00:20:16.740><c> became</c> 00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:18.880 visibly<00:20:17.680><c> impressed.</c> 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:21.240 That's<00:20:19.779><c> out</c><00:20:19.980><c> of</c><00:20:20.059><c> the</c><00:20:20.200><c> way.</c> 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:25.460 It<00:20:22.420><c> wasn't</c><00:20:22.740><c> until</c><00:20:23.079><c> they</c><00:20:23.440><c> raised</c><00:20:23.839><c> the</c><00:20:24.099><c> point</c><00:20:24.279><c> at</c><00:20:24.480><c> the</c><00:20:24.579><c> very</c><00:20:24.920><c> end,</c> 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:28.839 when<00:20:26.200><c> they</c><00:20:26.420><c> said</c><00:20:26.599><c> that</c><00:20:26.839><c> if</c><00:20:26.980><c> you</c><00:20:27.079><c> let</c><00:20:27.220><c> him</c><00:20:27.440><c> go,</c><00:20:27.839><c> you're</c><00:20:28.140><c> supporting</c><00:20:28.579><c> another</c> 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.519 king<00:20:29.119><c> but</c><00:20:29.319><c> Caesar.</c> 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:32.180 It<00:20:29.700><c> wasn't</c><00:20:30.000><c> until</c><00:20:30.279><c> the</c><00:20:30.500><c> very</c><00:20:30.920><c> end</c><00:20:31.180><c> that</c><00:20:31.359><c> that</c><00:20:31.579><c> won</c><00:20:31.740><c> the</c><00:20:31.880><c> day</c><00:20:32.000><c> in</c> 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.420 the<00:20:32.299><c> end.</c> 00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:36.240 But<00:20:32.880><c> right</c><00:20:33.279><c> up</c><00:20:33.500><c> until</c><00:20:33.720><c> then,</c><00:20:34.220><c> he</c><00:20:34.339><c> had</c><00:20:34.539><c> not</c><00:20:34.680><c> a</c><00:20:34.859><c> problem</c><00:20:35.019><c> with</c><00:20:35.220><c> that.</c> 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:40.059 But<00:20:37.640><c> in</c><00:20:37.779><c> verse</c><00:20:38.000><c> 37</c><00:20:38.559><c> of</c><00:20:38.720><c> this</c><00:20:38.920><c> chapter,</c> 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:43.660 when<00:20:40.859><c> Jesus</c><00:20:41.240><c> had</c><00:20:41.480><c> finished</c><00:20:41.759><c> answering</c><00:20:42.299><c> for</c><00:20:42.519><c> himself,</c> 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:47.500 Pilate<00:20:44.279><c> therefore</c><00:20:44.680><c> said</c><00:20:44.859><c> unto</c><00:20:44.980><c> him,</c><00:20:45.460><c> Art</c><00:20:45.720><c> thou</c><00:20:45.960><c> a</c><00:20:46.220><c> king,</c><00:20:46.599><c> then?</c> 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.220 See,<00:20:50.200><c> that's</c><00:20:50.640><c> expressed</c><00:20:51.000><c> in</c><00:20:51.180><c> the</c><00:20:51.259><c> way</c><00:20:51.460><c> that</c><00:20:51.619><c> he</c><00:20:51.700><c> was</c><00:20:51.920><c> saying,</c> 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:55.079 all<00:20:52.819><c> right,</c><00:20:53.059><c> you're</c><00:20:53.259><c> not</c><00:20:53.400><c> a</c><00:20:53.440><c> political</c><00:20:53.920><c> agitator.</c> 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.380 I<00:20:56.700><c> understand</c><00:20:57.140><c> you.</c> 00:20:57.420 --> 00:21:01.019 And<00:20:57.539><c> he</c><00:20:57.640><c> believed</c><00:20:57.980><c> him,</c><00:20:58.160><c> of</c><00:20:58.319><c> course,</c><00:20:58.579><c> because</c><00:20:58.859><c> Jesus</c><00:20:59.339><c> exerted</c><00:21:00.200><c> truth.</c> 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:03.339 Pilate<00:21:01.839><c> had</c><00:21:02.000><c> to</c><00:21:02.160><c> say</c><00:21:02.240><c> in</c><00:21:02.380><c> the</c><00:21:02.480><c> end,</c><00:21:02.740><c> what's</c><00:21:03.180><c> truth?</c> 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.460 He<00:21:03.619><c> was</c><00:21:03.779><c> looking</c><00:21:04.000><c> at</c><00:21:04.220><c> it.</c> 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:06.539 And<00:21:04.700><c> he</c><00:21:04.720><c> knew</c><00:21:04.920><c> he</c><00:21:05.039><c> was</c><00:21:05.200><c> looking</c><00:21:05.460><c> at</c><00:21:05.640><c> it.</c> 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:11.480 And<00:21:07.599><c> what</c><00:21:07.779><c> he's</c><00:21:07.900><c> saying</c><00:21:08.180><c> here</c><00:21:08.440><c> is,</c><00:21:08.940><c> so</c><00:21:09.180><c> you</c><00:21:09.380><c> really</c><00:21:10.140><c> are</c><00:21:10.559><c> a</c><00:21:10.859><c> king</c><00:21:11.160><c> of</c> 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.420 a<00:21:11.559><c> sort.</c> 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:16.859 He<00:21:14.420><c> didn't</c><00:21:14.680><c> say,</c><00:21:15.140><c> see,</c><00:21:15.519><c> Pilate</c><00:21:15.640><c> didn't</c><00:21:15.880><c> see</c><00:21:16.059><c> him</c><00:21:16.319><c> dismissing</c> 00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:18.099 the<00:21:17.039><c> claim</c><00:21:17.200><c> to</c><00:21:17.359><c> be</c><00:21:17.640><c> a</c><00:21:17.819><c> king.</c> 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:20.980 He<00:21:18.400><c> just</c><00:21:18.660><c> wasn't</c><00:21:19.039><c> of</c><00:21:19.359><c> this</c><00:21:19.779><c> decoration.</c> 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.680 Good,<00:21:22.039><c> that's</c><00:21:22.440><c> excellent.</c> 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:24.460 So<00:21:22.920><c> now</c><00:21:23.039><c> we</c><00:21:23.119><c> know</c><00:21:23.220><c> where</c><00:21:23.380><c> we</c><00:21:23.619><c> stand.</c> 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:28.140 But<00:21:24.720><c> now,</c><00:21:25.319><c> he</c><00:21:25.539><c> says,</c><00:21:25.980><c> almost</c><00:21:26.319><c> with</c><00:21:26.559><c> a</c><00:21:26.720><c> burst</c><00:21:26.920><c> of</c><00:21:27.160><c> ironic</c><00:21:27.500><c> surprise,</c> 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:30.720 well,<00:21:28.640><c> you</c><00:21:28.819><c> really</c><00:21:29.279><c> are</c><00:21:29.500><c> a</c><00:21:29.660><c> king</c><00:21:29.819><c> of</c><00:21:30.079><c> a</c><00:21:30.160><c> sort</c><00:21:30.319><c> then.</c> 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.940 The<00:21:31.339><c> answer</c><00:21:31.519><c> comes</c><00:21:31.839><c> back,</c><00:21:32.240><c> yes.</c> 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:36.859 That<00:21:34.279><c> expression,</c><00:21:34.940><c> valsaest,</c><00:21:35.859><c> in</c><00:21:36.039><c> verse</c><00:21:36.279><c> 37,</c> 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:41.019 valsaest,<00:21:37.680><c> I'm</c><00:21:37.740><c> a</c><00:21:37.960><c> king,</c><00:21:38.480><c> is</c><00:21:38.640><c> an</c><00:21:38.740><c> expression</c><00:21:39.160><c> meaning</c><00:21:39.519><c> yes.</c> 00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:45.440 So<00:21:42.559><c> there's</c><00:21:42.779><c> no</c><00:21:43.000><c> doubt</c><00:21:43.220><c> whatever,</c><00:21:43.819><c> brothers</c><00:21:44.000><c> and</c><00:21:44.240><c> sisters,</c> 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:48.920 no<00:21:46.539><c> doubt</c><00:21:46.759><c> whatever</c><00:21:47.160><c> in</c><00:21:47.500><c> Pilate's</c><00:21:47.940><c> mind</c><00:21:48.039><c> now</c><00:21:48.359><c> that</c><00:21:48.539><c> the</c><00:21:48.759><c> claim</c> 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:51.700 to<00:21:49.099><c> be</c><00:21:49.279><c> king,</c><00:21:49.519><c> of</c><00:21:49.759><c> course,</c><00:21:50.539><c> was</c><00:21:50.680><c> true.</c> 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:55.460 But<00:21:52.440><c> he</c><00:21:52.819><c> had</c><00:21:52.980><c> nothing</c><00:21:53.140><c> to</c><00:21:53.299><c> worry</c><00:21:53.440><c> about</c><00:21:53.680><c> this</c><00:21:54.019><c> sort</c><00:21:54.240><c> of</c><00:21:54.400><c> kingdom.</c> 00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:57.619 It<00:21:55.900><c> had</c><00:21:56.000><c> nothing</c><00:21:56.240><c> to</c><00:21:56.440><c> do</c><00:21:56.539><c> with</c><00:21:56.700><c> Pilate's</c><00:21:57.339><c> world.</c> 00:21:58.119 --> 00:22:01.599 Now<00:21:58.599><c> we</c><00:21:58.799><c> know</c><00:21:59.079><c> that,</c><00:21:59.559><c> as</c><00:21:59.740><c> I</c><00:21:59.980><c> soldiered</c><00:22:00.359><c> in</c><00:22:00.380><c> the</c><00:22:00.619><c> end,</c> 00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:04.079 in<00:22:01.960><c> the</c><00:22:02.140><c> 19th</c><00:22:02.539><c> chapter</c><00:22:02.839><c> of</c><00:22:02.960><c> John</c><00:22:03.220><c> and</c><00:22:03.359><c> verse</c><00:22:03.660><c> 12,</c> 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:06.519 it<00:22:04.220><c> was</c><00:22:04.440><c> that</c><00:22:04.779><c> claim</c><00:22:05.039><c> that</c><00:22:05.220><c> in</c><00:22:05.319><c> the</c><00:22:05.500><c> end</c><00:22:05.700><c> Pilate</c><00:22:05.960><c> was</c><00:22:06.220><c> forced</c> 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:10.180 in<00:22:06.880><c> public</c><00:22:07.339><c> to</c><00:22:08.660><c> give</c><00:22:08.880><c> in</c><00:22:09.500><c> to</c><00:22:09.720><c> the</c><00:22:09.900><c> Jews.</c> 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:13.519 That's<00:22:10.720><c> in</c><00:22:10.900><c> verse</c><00:22:11.099><c> 12</c><00:22:11.940><c> of</c><00:22:12.240><c> John</c><00:22:12.460><c> 19.</c> 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:17.079 Verse<00:22:13.960><c> 19</c><00:22:14.880><c> of</c><00:22:15.180><c> John</c><00:22:15.400><c> 19</c><00:22:15.960><c> is</c><00:22:16.259><c> Pilate's</c><00:22:16.779><c> caption,</c> 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:19.500 Jesus<00:22:17.940><c> of</c><00:22:18.200><c> Nazareth,</c><00:22:18.700><c> king</c><00:22:18.859><c> of</c><00:22:19.039><c> the</c><00:22:19.220><c> Jews.</c> 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:21.579 And<00:22:19.819><c> they</c><00:22:19.960><c> said,</c><00:22:20.180><c> don't</c><00:22:20.279><c> say</c><00:22:20.400><c> that,</c><00:22:20.599><c> don't</c><00:22:20.759><c> say</c><00:22:20.920><c> that,</c><00:22:21.279><c> say</c><00:22:21.339><c> it.</c> 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:23.740 He<00:22:21.720><c> said,</c><00:22:22.059><c> listen,</c><00:22:22.440><c> mind</c><00:22:22.660><c> your</c><00:22:22.839><c> business.</c> 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:25.960 What<00:22:24.119><c> I</c><00:22:24.380><c> have</c><00:22:24.579><c> written,</c><00:22:24.940><c> I</c><00:22:25.000><c> have</c><00:22:25.220><c> written.</c> 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:29.160 That<00:22:27.079><c> was</c><00:22:27.559><c> a</c><00:22:27.740><c> strong</c><00:22:28.119><c> conviction.</c> 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:31.440 Jesus<00:22:29.720><c> of</c><00:22:29.980><c> Nazareth,</c><00:22:30.480><c> king</c><00:22:30.740><c> of</c><00:22:30.920><c> the</c><00:22:31.099><c> Jews,</c> 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:34.299 not<00:22:31.960><c> he</c><00:22:32.160><c> said</c><00:22:32.380><c> he</c><00:22:32.460><c> was</c><00:22:32.599><c> the</c><00:22:32.680><c> king</c><00:22:32.799><c> of</c><00:22:32.960><c> the</c><00:22:32.980><c> Jews,</c><00:22:33.079><c> he</c><00:22:33.339><c> is.</c> 00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:38.039 And<00:22:35.380><c> they</c><00:22:35.519><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:35.859><c> shake</c><00:22:36.240><c> Pilate's</c><00:22:36.720><c> conviction</c><00:22:36.960><c> in</c><00:22:37.160><c> that.</c> 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:42.460 So<00:22:39.220><c> okay,</c><00:22:39.559><c> he's</c><00:22:39.759><c> satisfied</c><00:22:40.220><c> he's</c><00:22:40.460><c> not</c><00:22:40.700><c> looking</c><00:22:41.500><c> after</c><00:22:41.759><c> his</c><00:22:42.059><c> job,</c> 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.819 but<00:22:43.119><c> he's</c><00:22:43.319><c> a</c><00:22:43.420><c> king</c><00:22:43.559><c> 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he</c><00:22:57.460><c> was</c><00:22:57.839><c> in</c><00:22:58.680><c> that</c><00:22:58.940><c> 37th</c><00:22:59.619><c> verse.</c> 00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:01.839 Let's<00:23:00.339><c> read</c><00:23:00.559><c> it</c><00:23:00.720><c> together.</c> 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:05.059 Pilate<00:23:02.559><c> therefore</c><00:23:03.000><c> said</c><00:23:03.220><c> unto</c><00:23:03.440><c> him,</c><00:23:03.779><c> art</c><00:23:04.039><c> thou</c><00:23:04.279><c> a</c><00:23:04.460><c> king</c><00:23:04.619><c> then?</c> 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:08.220 Jesus<00:23:05.940><c> answered,</c><00:23:06.460><c> thou</c><00:23:06.619><c> sayest</c><00:23:06.940><c> that</c><00:23:07.079><c> I</c><00:23:07.160><c> am</c><00:23:07.259><c> a</c><00:23:07.400><c> king?</c> 00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:10.720 In<00:23:08.940><c> other</c><00:23:08.980><c> words,</c><00:23:09.220><c> yes</c><00:23:09.500><c> I</c><00:23:09.680><c> am.</c> 00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:14.519 To<00:23:11.380><c> this</c><00:23:11.759><c> end</c><00:23:12.279><c> was</c><00:23:12.880><c> I</c><00:23:13.240><c> born.</c> 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.519 Wow. 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:20.339 Do<00:23:18.579><c> you</c><00:23:18.579><c> know</c><00:23:18.680><c> what</c><00:23:18.759><c> they</c><00:23:18.880><c> used</c><00:23:19.039><c> to</c><00:23:19.160><c> do</c><00:23:19.299><c> in</c><00:23:19.519><c> Rome?</c> 00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:24.859 You<00:23:22.019><c> see,</c><00:23:22.539><c> brothers</c><00:23:22.799><c> and</c><00:23:22.839><c> sisters,</c><00:23:23.279><c> there</c><00:23:23.460><c> was</c><00:23:23.740><c> the</c><00:23:23.960><c> Caesar,</c> 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:29.339 and<00:23:26.380><c> they</c><00:23:26.619><c> didn't</c><00:23:27.140><c> always</c><00:23:27.500><c> succeed</c><00:23:27.859><c> in</c><00:23:28.140><c> line</c><00:23:28.339><c> either.</c> 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:34.319 Bloodshed<00:23:30.880><c> and</c><00:23:31.200><c> sword</c><00:23:31.579><c> was</c><00:23:32.839><c> very</c><00:23:33.160><c> much</c><00:23:33.460><c> the</c><00:23:33.660><c> voting</c><00:23:33.880><c> power</c> 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.619 when<00:23:34.559><c> Caesar</c><00:23:34.880><c> came</c><00:23:35.220><c> to</c><00:23:35.359><c> the</c><00:23:35.480><c> throne.</c> 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:38.160 Matter<00:23:35.880><c> of</c><00:23:36.039><c> fact,</c><00:23:36.279><c> the</c><00:23:36.440><c> army</c><00:23:36.759><c> had</c><00:23:37.079><c> a</c><00:23:37.240><c> lot</c><00:23:37.420><c> to</c><00:23:37.680><c> do</c> 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:40.380 with<00:23:38.619><c> who</c><00:23:38.759><c> was</c><00:23:38.900><c> going</c><00:23:39.019><c> to</c><00:23:39.079><c> be</c><00:23:39.200><c> the</c><00:23:39.240><c> next</c><00:23:39.619><c> Caesar.</c> 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:43.400 It's<00:23:40.960><c> what</c><00:23:41.140><c> the</c><00:23:41.420><c> army</c><00:23:41.660><c> said</c><00:23:42.079><c> that</c><00:23:42.539><c> went.</c> 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beneath</c><00:23:51.319><c> the</c><00:23:51.519><c> Caesars,</c><00:23:52.079><c> why?</c> 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:57.940 There<00:23:52.559><c> were</c><00:23:52.700><c> the</c><00:23:52.940><c> governors,</c><00:23:55.079><c> there</c><00:23:55.099><c> were</c><00:23:55.319><c> the</c><00:23:55.460><c> tetrarchs,</c> 00:23:58.519 --> 00:24:03.240 there<00:23:58.640><c> were</c><00:23:58.839><c> the</c><00:23:59.019><c> procurators,</c><00:24:01.160><c> very</c><00:24:01.759><c> few</c><00:24:02.079><c> kings.</c> 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:09.180 And<00:24:05.059><c> if</c><00:24:05.180><c> you</c><00:24:05.279><c> wanted</c><00:24:05.519><c> a</c><00:24:05.660><c> title</c><00:24:05.940><c> of</c><00:24:06.779><c> king</c><00:24:07.759><c> or</c><00:24:08.359><c> mate,</c> 00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:13.940 you<00:24:10.519><c> had</c><00:24:10.900><c> to</c><00:24:11.119><c> have</c><00:24:11.380><c> powerful</c><00:24:12.220><c> influences</c><00:24:12.900><c> in</c><00:24:13.119><c> the</c><00:24:13.299><c> court</c><00:24:13.480><c> of</c><00:24:13.720><c> Rome</c> 00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:15.920 and<00:24:14.420><c> a</c><00:24:14.740><c> lot</c><00:24:15.039><c> of</c><00:24:15.279><c> money.</c> 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:20.000 And<00:24:16.940><c> you</c><00:24:17.160><c> read</c><00:24:17.460><c> the</c><00:24:17.680><c> record,</c><00:24:18.279><c> you</c><00:24:18.619><c> read</c><00:24:18.859><c> the</c><00:24:19.019><c> record</c><00:24:19.279><c> of</c><00:24:19.460><c> Roman</c><00:24:19.700><c> history,</c> 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.019 you<00:24:20.200><c> ever</c><00:24:20.380><c> read</c><00:24:20.519><c> about</c><00:24:20.759><c> it?</c> 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:26.000 And<00:24:21.700><c> read</c><00:24:21.880><c> all</c><00:24:22.240><c> the</c><00:24:22.740><c> intrigues,</c><00:24:24.279><c> the</c><00:24:24.660><c> power</c><00:24:25.039><c> struggles,</c> 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:28.720 the<00:24:26.500><c> assassinations,</c><00:24:27.559><c> 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money.</c> 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:44.359 To<00:24:41.779><c> this</c><00:24:42.079><c> end</c><00:24:42.279><c> was</c><00:24:42.579><c> I</c><00:24:42.940><c> born.</c> 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.579 Wow. 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:50.700 What<00:24:48.039><c> sort</c><00:24:48.400><c> of</c><00:24:48.460><c> king</c><00:24:48.619><c> is</c><00:24:48.859><c> this,</c><00:24:49.519><c> brothers</c><00:24:49.619><c> and</c><00:24:49.740><c> sisters?</c> 00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:54.059 Have<00:24:51.079><c> a</c><00:24:51.099><c> look</c><00:24:51.220><c> at</c><00:24:51.380><c> Micah</c><00:24:51.900><c> chapter</c><00:24:52.200><c> 5,</c> 00:24:55.900 --> 00:25:01.299 the<00:24:56.019><c> prediction</c><00:24:56.500><c> of</c><00:24:56.660><c> his</c><00:24:56.859><c> birth</c><00:24:57.539><c> and</c><00:24:58.960><c> of</c><00:24:59.019><c> his</c><00:24:59.259><c> kingship.</c> 00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:05.920 In<00:25:01.420><c> Micah</c><00:25:01.839><c> 5,</c><00:25:03.400><c> verses</c><00:25:03.660><c> 2</c><00:25:03.940><c> and</c><00:25:04.099><c> 3,</c> 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:09.319 But<00:25:06.579><c> thou,</c><00:25:07.180><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:25:07.759><c> ephratah,</c> 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:12.180 though<00:25:09.759><c> thou</c><00:25:10.019><c> be</c><00:25:10.220><c> little</c><00:25:10.680><c> among</c><00:25:11.059><c> the</c><00:25:11.319><c> thousands</c><00:25:11.779><c> of</c><00:25:12.039><c> Judah,</c> 00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:14.539 in<00:25:12.299><c> other</c><00:25:12.420><c> words,</c><00:25:12.720><c> a</c><00:25:12.720><c> tiny</c><00:25:13.160><c> little</c><00:25:13.460><c> village,</c> 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:17.460 yet<00:25:14.980><c> out</c><00:25:15.299><c> of</c><00:25:15.599><c> thee</c><00:25:15.940><c> shall</c><00:25:16.200><c> he</c><00:25:16.400><c> come</c><00:25:16.700><c> forth</c><00:25:16.980><c> unto</c><00:25:17.200><c> me,</c> 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:21.200 that<00:25:17.619><c> is</c><00:25:17.799><c> 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literally</c><00:25:35.259><c> in</c><00:25:35.440><c> the</c><00:25:35.619><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:35.920><c> it</c><00:25:36.099><c> means</c> 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:40.480 the<00:25:37.759><c> evacuation</c><00:25:38.460><c> from</c><00:25:38.779><c> the</c><00:25:39.059><c> Baals.</c> 00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:45.119 He<00:25:41.980><c> came</c><00:25:42.339><c> out</c><00:25:42.519><c> of</c><00:25:42.619><c> the</c><00:25:42.819><c> Baals</c><00:25:43.299><c> a</c><00:25:43.779><c> long</c><00:25:44.019><c> way</c><00:25:44.400><c> back,</c> 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:48.339 says<00:25:45.460><c> the</c><00:25:45.640><c> prophet,</c><00:25:46.859><c> from</c><00:25:47.140><c> everlasting.</c> 00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:52.980 Way<00:25:49.700><c> back</c><00:25:50.079><c> there</c><00:25:50.460><c> was</c><00:25:50.740><c> the</c><00:25:50.900><c> birth</c><00:25:51.099><c> of</c><00:25:51.259><c> the</c><00:25:51.319><c> Lord</c><00:25:51.640><c> with</c><00:25:51.880><c> God.</c> 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prophecy,</c><00:26:23.559><c> brothers</c><00:26:23.799><c> and</c><00:26:24.039><c> sisters,</c> 00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:27.380 in<00:26:24.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:24.859><c> 9</c><00:26:25.279><c> and</c><00:26:25.440><c> verse</c><00:26:25.680><c> 6.</c> 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:29.400 And<00:26:27.759><c> here's</c><00:26:27.980><c> some</c><00:26:28.259><c> of</c><00:26:28.380><c> Jesus'</c><00:26:29.019><c> offices</c> 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:31.519 that<00:26:29.740><c> Pilate</c><00:26:29.980><c> could</c><00:26:30.240><c> never</c><00:26:30.579><c> see.</c> 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:34.460 What<00:26:32.059><c> a</c><00:26:32.279><c> marvellous</c><00:26:32.720><c> thing</c><00:26:32.859><c> this</c><00:26:33.099><c> was.</c> 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:39.359 In<00:26:36.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:36.720><c> 9</c><00:26:37.480><c> and</c><00:26:37.700><c> verse</c><00:26:37.940><c> 6,</c> 00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:42.880 for<00:26:39.559><c> unto</c><00:26:39.900><c> us</c><00:26:40.539><c> a</c><00:26:41.180><c> child</c><00:26:41.519><c> is</c><00:26:41.799><c> born,</c> 00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:45.400 and<00:26:43.559><c> unto</c><00:26:43.819><c> us</c><00:26:44.299><c> a</c><00:26:44.500><c> son</c><00:26:44.880><c> is</c><00:26:45.220><c> given.</c> 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:47.319 Now<00:26:45.660><c> I</c><00:26:45.680><c> want</c><00:26:45.799><c> you</c><00:26:45.900><c> to</c><00:26:46.039><c> pause</c><00:26:46.319><c> there,</c><00:26:46.660><c> brothers</c><00:26:46.759><c> and</c><00:26:46.980><c> sisters.</c> 00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.799 You<00:26:47.700><c> know</c><00:26:47.819><c> a</c><00:26:47.819><c> lot</c><00:26:48.000><c> of</c><00:26:48.099><c> people</c><00:26:48.299><c> read</c><00:26:48.579><c> that</c> 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:50.660 and<00:26:48.920><c> they</c><00:26:49.119><c> think</c><00:26:49.240><c> they're</c><00:26:49.400><c> reading</c><00:26:49.700><c> a</c><00:26:50.000><c> Hebraism.</c> 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:53.940 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00:27:06.859 He<00:27:04.720><c> is</c><00:27:05.140><c> not</c><00:27:05.500><c> our</c><00:27:05.819><c> son.</c> 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:09.519 Unto<00:27:07.299><c> us</c><00:27:07.539><c> a</c><00:27:07.660><c> son</c><00:27:07.920><c> is</c><00:27:08.579><c> given.</c> 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.960 He<00:27:11.319><c> was</c><00:27:11.519><c> born</c><00:27:11.740><c> of</c><00:27:11.940><c> God,</c><00:27:12.359><c> brothers</c><00:27:12.460><c> and</c><00:27:12.700><c> sisters.</c> 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.720 He<00:27:13.079><c> was</c><00:27:13.319><c> given</c><00:27:13.579><c> to</c><00:27:13.779><c> us.</c> 00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.740 And<00:27:14.839><c> the</c><00:27:15.000><c> prophecy</c><00:27:15.220><c> goes</c><00:27:15.519><c> on.</c> 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:17.500 The<00:27:15.940><c> government</c><00:27:16.380><c> shall</c><00:27:16.640><c> be</c><00:27:16.819><c> upon</c><00:27:17.019><c> his</c><00:27:17.319><c> shoulder.</c> 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:19.579 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end</c><00:27:32.220><c> upon</c><00:27:32.480><c> the</c><00:27:32.799><c> throne</c><00:27:33.220><c> of</c><00:27:33.539><c> David</c> 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:37.599 to<00:27:35.819><c> order</c><00:27:36.099><c> it</c><00:27:36.259><c> and</c><00:27:36.339><c> to</c><00:27:36.599><c> establish</c><00:27:36.900><c> it</c><00:27:37.039><c> with</c><00:27:37.279><c> judgment</c> 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:40.200 and<00:27:37.759><c> with</c><00:27:37.980><c> justice</c><00:27:38.279><c> from</c><00:27:38.559><c> henceforth</c><00:27:39.279><c> even</c><00:27:39.779><c> forever.</c> 00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:42.740 And<00:27:41.200><c> who's</c><00:27:41.480><c> going</c><00:27:41.660><c> to</c><00:27:41.819><c> guarantee</c><00:27:42.220><c> that?</c> 00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:45.660 What's<00:27:43.480><c> the</c><00:27:43.559><c> guarantee</c><00:27:44.059><c> that</c><00:27:44.220><c> will</c><00:27:44.460><c> be</c><00:27:44.680><c> fulfilled?</c> 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:48.500 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the</c><00:28:24.819><c> Lord.</c> 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:31.220 And<00:28:28.079><c> suddenly</c><00:28:28.599><c> there</c><00:28:28.880><c> was</c><00:28:29.119><c> with</c><00:28:29.500><c> the</c><00:28:29.880><c> angel</c> 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:33.980 a<00:28:32.180><c> multitude</c><00:28:32.859><c> of</c><00:28:33.119><c> the</c><00:28:33.220><c> heavenly</c><00:28:33.579><c> hosts.</c> 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:38.680 The<00:28:34.519><c> zeal</c><00:28:34.980><c> of</c><00:28:35.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:35.680><c> of</c><00:28:35.960><c> armies</c><00:28:36.220><c> will</c><00:28:36.480><c> make</c><00:28:36.740><c> sure</c><00:28:36.960><c> this</c><00:28:37.140><c> happens.</c> 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:41.299 Glory<00:28:39.400><c> to</c><00:28:39.579><c> God</c><00:28:39.779><c> in</c><00:28:39.920><c> the</c><00:28:40.019><c> highest</c><00:28:40.359><c> and</c><00:28:40.599><c> peace</c><00:28:40.859><c> on</c><00:28:41.119><c> earth</c> 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.440 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I</c><00:28:56.299><c> born.</c> 00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:00.299 Oh,<00:28:58.680><c> there</c><00:28:58.839><c> was</c><00:28:59.019><c> some</c><00:28:59.279><c> marvellous</c><00:28:59.799><c> prophecy,</c> 00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:02.480 brothers<00:29:00.700><c> and</c><00:29:00.980><c> sisters,</c><00:29:01.400><c> wasn't</c><00:29:01.619><c> there?</c> 00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:05.200 Look<00:29:03.339><c> at</c><00:29:03.539><c> Psalm</c><00:29:03.839><c> 72.</c> 00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:09.259 This<00:29:06.400><c> is</c><00:29:06.559><c> not</c><00:29:06.720><c> a</c><00:29:06.839><c> king</c><00:29:07.079><c> who</c><00:29:07.299><c> buys</c><00:29:07.619><c> his</c><00:29:07.900><c> way</c><00:29:08.259><c> in</c><00:29:08.819><c> with</c><00:29:09.000><c> money,</c> 00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.019 brothers<00:29:09.539><c> and</c><00:29:09.859><c> sisters,</c> 00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:13.900 who<00:29:10.200><c> has</c><00:29:10.500><c> no</c><00:29:10.920><c> relationship</c><00:29:11.660><c> to</c><00:29:12.319><c> the</c><00:29:12.539><c> former</c><00:29:12.740><c> king.</c> 00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:16.220 Nothing<00:29:14.720><c> of</c><00:29:14.880><c> that</c><00:29:15.119><c> sort</c><00:29:15.359><c> at</c><00:29:15.680><c> all.</c> 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:20.059 It's<00:29:17.480><c> a</c><00:29:17.480><c> wonderful</c><00:29:18.160><c> king</c><00:29:18.440><c> we're</c><00:29:18.859><c> contemplating.</c> 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:24.500 It's<00:29:22.420><c> his</c><00:29:22.660><c> by</c><00:29:22.920><c> hereditary</c><00:29:23.539><c> right.</c> 00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:31.799 Psalm<00:29:28.400><c> 72</c><00:29:28.940><c> opens</c><00:29:29.299><c> up</c><00:29:29.500><c> with</c><00:29:29.720><c> this</c><00:29:30.519><c> word</c><00:29:30.759><c> in</c><00:29:31.000><c> verse</c><00:29:31.279><c> 1,</c> 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:35.220 Give<00:29:32.519><c> the</c><00:29:32.779><c> king</c><00:29:33.220><c> thy</c><00:29:33.500><c> judgments,</c><00:29:34.059><c> O</c><00:29:34.259><c> God,</c> 00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:38.839 and<00:29:35.519><c> thy</c><00:29:35.779><c> righteousness</c><00:29:36.400><c> under</c><00:29:36.759><c> the</c><00:29:37.140><c> king's</c><00:29:37.799><c> son.</c> 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:42.400 To<00:29:39.259><c> this</c><00:29:39.680><c> end</c><00:29:40.180><c> I</c><00:29:40.839><c> was</c><00:29:41.240><c> born.</c> 00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:45.299 Now<00:29:43.700><c> that's</c><00:29:43.859><c> what</c><00:29:44.059><c> Jesus</c><00:29:44.380><c> is</c><00:29:44.640><c> telling</c><00:29:44.900><c> Pilate.</c> 00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:48.539 What<00:29:46.319><c> a</c><00:29:46.660><c> marvellous</c><00:29:47.079><c> statement</c><00:29:47.400><c> that</c><00:29:47.619><c> is,</c><00:29:47.900><c> brothers</c><00:29:48.079><c> and</c><00:29:48.319><c> sisters.</c> 00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.680 We<00:29:48.799><c> all</c><00:29:49.019><c> know</c><00:29:49.220><c> those</c><00:29:49.539><c> things.</c> 00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.960 They're<00:29:50.019><c> so</c><00:29:50.359><c> simple.</c> 00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:54.440 But<00:29:51.480><c> you</c><00:29:51.640><c> just</c><00:29:51.900><c> think</c><00:29:52.059><c> of</c><00:29:52.200><c> the</c><00:29:52.440><c> profundity</c><00:29:53.119><c> of</c><00:29:53.299><c> that.</c> 00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.380 There's<00:29:55.079><c> no</c><00:29:55.660><c> intrigue.</c> 00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:58.720 There's<00:29:56.980><c> no</c><00:29:57.299><c> need</c><00:29:57.599><c> to</c><00:29:58.220><c> intrigue</c> 00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:00.579 and<00:29:59.019><c> to</c><00:29:59.339><c> lobby</c><00:29:59.519><c> in</c><00:29:59.740><c> the</c><00:29:59.920><c> courts</c><00:30:00.119><c> of</c><00:30:00.400><c> Rome.</c> 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:03.380 No<00:30:01.099><c> need</c><00:30:01.279><c> to</c><00:30:01.579><c> pull</c><00:30:01.819><c> strings</c><00:30:02.220><c> and</c><00:30:02.500><c> pay</c><00:30:02.859><c> people</c> 00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:05.359 and<00:30:04.079><c> wield</c><00:30:04.319><c> all</c><00:30:04.500><c> your</c><00:30:04.599><c> way</c><00:30:04.740><c> into</c><00:30:05.000><c> power.</c> 00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:08.039 It's<00:30:06.079><c> hereditary</c><00:30:06.759><c> from</c><00:30:07.319><c> God</c><00:30:07.539><c> himself,</c> 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:10.400 from<00:30:08.480><c> God</c><00:30:08.759><c> Almighty,</c><00:30:09.420><c> who's</c><00:30:09.559><c> king</c><00:30:09.759><c> of</c><00:30:09.920><c> the</c><00:30:10.099><c> universe,</c> 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.700 and<00:30:10.579><c> I</c><00:30:10.799><c> am</c><00:30:10.980><c> his</c><00:30:11.279><c> son.</c> 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:14.700 To<00:30:12.500><c> this</c><00:30:12.819><c> end</c><00:30:13.039><c> I</c><00:30:13.160><c> was</c><00:30:13.539><c> born.</c> 00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:17.420 Take<00:30:16.619><c> that,</c><00:30:17.200><c> Pilate.</c> 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.500 Imagine<00:30:17.680><c> how</c><00:30:18.059><c> that</c><00:30:18.299><c> impact</c><00:30:18.700><c> would</c><00:30:18.859><c> have</c><00:30:18.980><c> hit</c><00:30:19.079><c> him,</c><00:30:19.319><c> brothers</c> 00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:19.920 and<00:30:19.720><c> sisters,</c> 00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:24.039 almost<00:30:20.700><c> like</c><00:30:21.500><c> far</c><00:30:21.819><c> more</c><00:30:22.079><c> than</c><00:30:22.220><c> when</c><00:30:22.700><c> Paul</c><00:30:23.079><c> told</c><00:30:23.460><c> the</c><00:30:23.740><c> Romans</c> 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:27.640 that<00:30:24.200><c> the</c><00:30:25.039><c> Roman</c><00:30:25.640><c> who</c><00:30:25.940><c> took</c><00:30:26.180><c> him</c><00:30:26.380><c> and</c><00:30:26.500><c> said</c><00:30:26.619><c> he</c><00:30:26.720><c> was</c><00:30:26.920><c> a</c><00:30:27.000><c> Roman</c><00:30:27.240><c> citizen.</c> 00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:29.700 It<00:30:28.160><c> nearly</c><00:30:28.319><c> flattened</c><00:30:28.640><c> him</c><00:30:28.779><c> to</c><00:30:28.980><c> learn</c><00:30:29.140><c> that.</c> 00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:31.819 And<00:30:30.039><c> Paul</c><00:30:30.160><c> was</c><00:30:30.359><c> a</c><00:30:30.480><c> Roman</c><00:30:30.759><c> citizen</c><00:30:31.180><c> because</c> 00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:35.059 it<00:30:32.200><c> just</c><00:30:32.380><c> happened</c><00:30:32.500><c> to</c><00:30:32.660><c> be</c><00:30:32.880><c> conferred</c><00:30:33.380><c> upon</c><00:30:33.559><c> his</c><00:30:34.599><c> town</c><00:30:34.859><c> where</c> 00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.220 he<00:30:35.119><c> lived.</c> 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:38.539 But<00:30:35.819><c> this</c><00:30:36.059><c> man</c><00:30:36.359><c> was</c><00:30:36.859><c> born</c><00:30:37.319><c> into</c><00:30:37.599><c> this.</c> 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:41.279 It's<00:30:39.539><c> tremendous</c><00:30:40.019><c> when</c><00:30:40.200><c> you</c><00:30:40.319><c> think</c><00:30:40.539><c> about</c><00:30:40.799><c> that,</c><00:30:41.039><c> brothers</c> 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.500 and<00:30:41.519><c> sisters.</c> 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:44.500 And<00:30:42.740><c> you</c><00:30:42.799><c> know,</c><00:30:42.980><c> when</c><00:30:43.099><c> you</c><00:30:43.240><c> come</c><00:30:43.440><c> back</c><00:30:43.579><c> to</c><00:30:43.680><c> that</c><00:30:43.819><c> 18th</c><00:30:44.259><c> chapter</c> 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.779 of<00:30:44.680><c> John,</c> 00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:49.480 really<00:30:46.880><c> interesting,</c><00:30:47.420><c> you</c><00:30:47.440><c> know,</c><00:30:47.579><c> this</c><00:30:47.799><c> conversation</c><00:30:48.380><c> with</c><00:30:48.720><c> Pilate.</c> 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:52.319 It<00:30:49.680><c> was</c><00:30:49.940><c> really</c><00:30:50.400><c> a</c><00:30:50.720><c> startling</c><00:30:51.180><c> conversation.</c> 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:54.940 And<00:30:52.599><c> he</c><00:30:52.640><c> went</c><00:30:52.799><c> on</c><00:30:52.960><c> to</c><00:30:53.099><c> say</c><00:30:53.220><c> to</c><00:30:53.380><c> Pilate</c><00:30:53.619><c> these</c><00:30:53.880><c> words.</c> 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:57.920 He<00:30:56.000><c> says,</c><00:30:56.299><c> look,</c><00:30:56.799><c> to</c><00:30:56.900><c> this</c><00:30:57.140><c> end</c><00:30:57.259><c> was</c><00:30:57.480><c> I</c><00:30:57.700><c> born,</c> 00:30:57.980 --> 00:31:00.900 and<00:30:58.140><c> for</c><00:30:58.259><c> this</c><00:30:58.500><c> cause</c><00:30:59.019><c> came</c><00:30:59.359><c> I</c><00:30:59.480><c> into</c><00:30:59.579><c> the</c><00:30:59.819><c> world,</c> 00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:04.039 that<00:31:01.359><c> I</c><00:31:01.599><c> should</c><00:31:01.779><c> bear</c><00:31:01.980><c> witness</c><00:31:02.380><c> unto</c><00:31:02.660><c> the</c><00:31:03.059><c> truth.</c> 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:07.000 Bear<00:31:04.859><c> witness</c><00:31:05.299><c> unto</c><00:31:05.640><c> the</c><00:31:06.019><c> truth.</c> 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.859 Now<00:31:07.839><c> keep</c><00:31:08.099><c> your</c><00:31:08.279><c> hand</c><00:31:08.480><c> there.</c> 00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:13.640 1<00:31:09.140><c> Timothy</c><00:31:09.539><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.980><c> 6</c><00:31:10.359><c> verses</c><00:31:10.720><c> 12</c><00:31:11.099><c> and</c><00:31:11.220><c> 13.</c> 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:17.460 Paul<00:31:15.819><c> comments</c><00:31:16.200><c> on</c><00:31:16.400><c> that</c><00:31:16.619><c> statement.</c> 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:21.200 We<00:31:18.720><c> should</c><00:31:18.880><c> pick</c><00:31:19.099><c> up</c><00:31:19.220><c> every</c><00:31:19.579><c> comment</c><00:31:19.799><c> we</c><00:31:20.119><c> can</c><00:31:20.480><c> that</c><00:31:20.680><c> are</c><00:31:20.839><c> made</c> 00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.759 straight<00:31:21.559><c> on</c><00:31:22.119><c> this</c><00:31:22.400><c> text.</c> 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.940 Here's<00:31:23.180><c> a</c><00:31:23.380><c> comment</c><00:31:23.539><c> from</c><00:31:23.740><c> the</c><00:31:23.960><c> text.</c> 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:28.400 He<00:31:26.759><c> whittles</c><00:31:27.119><c> to</c><00:31:27.299><c> the</c><00:31:27.519><c> truth.</c> 00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:31.940 So<00:31:29.400><c> in</c><00:31:29.640><c> 1</c><00:31:29.900><c> Timothy</c><00:31:30.240><c> chapter</c><00:31:30.579><c> 6</c><00:31:30.940><c> and</c><00:31:31.079><c> verse</c><00:31:31.319><c> 11,</c> 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.160 the<00:31:32.279><c> young</c><00:31:32.519><c> man</c><00:31:32.720><c> is</c><00:31:32.920><c> told,</c> 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:35.359 Remember,<00:31:33.460><c> thou,</c><00:31:33.740><c> O</c><00:31:33.839><c> man</c><00:31:34.000><c> of</c><00:31:34.140><c> God,</c><00:31:34.619><c> flee</c><00:31:34.740><c> these</c><00:31:35.140><c> things,</c> 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:38.200 and<00:31:35.579><c> follow</c><00:31:35.880><c> after</c><00:31:36.220><c> righteousness,</c><00:31:37.059><c> godliness,</c><00:31:37.880><c> faith,</c> 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:40.319 love,<00:31:38.960><c> patience,</c><00:31:39.460><c> weakness.</c> 00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:43.000 Fight<00:31:41.019><c> the</c><00:31:41.180><c> good</c><00:31:41.500><c> fight</c><00:31:41.779><c> of</c><00:31:41.980><c> faith.</c> 00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:47.319 Lay<00:31:43.380><c> hold</c><00:31:43.640><c> on</c><00:31:43.880><c> eternal</c><00:31:44.319><c> life,</c><00:31:44.799><c> whereunto</c><00:31:45.299><c> thou</c><00:31:45.740><c> art</c><00:31:45.980><c> also</c><00:31:46.500><c> called,</c> 00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:51.460 and<00:31:47.519><c> hast</c><00:31:47.779><c> professed</c><00:31:48.259><c> a</c><00:31:48.400><c> good</c><00:31:48.619><c> confession</c><00:31:49.200><c> before</c><00:31:49.619><c> many</c><00:31:50.279><c> witnesses.</c> 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:56.359 I<00:31:52.480><c> give</c><00:31:52.640><c> thee</c><00:31:52.859><c> charge</c><00:31:53.220><c> in</c><00:31:53.420><c> the</c><00:31:53.579><c> sight</c><00:31:53.740><c> of</c><00:31:53.839><c> God,</c><00:31:54.279><c> who</c><00:31:54.559><c> quickeneth</c><00:31:55.019><c> all</c><00:31:55.359><c> things,</c> 00:31:56.740 --> 00:32:00.380 and<00:31:57.079><c> before</c><00:31:57.480><c> Christ</c><00:31:57.960><c> Jesus,</c><00:31:58.400><c> who</c><00:31:58.539><c> before</c><00:31:59.180><c> Pontius</c><00:31:59.839><c> Pilate</c> 00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:02.160 has<00:32:00.839><c> witnessed</c><00:32:00.980><c> a</c><00:32:01.279><c> good</c><00:32:01.539><c> confession.</c> 00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:04.720 We<00:32:02.359><c> just</c><00:32:02.640><c> heard</c><00:32:02.819><c> it.</c> 00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:06.559 We<00:32:05.180><c> just</c><00:32:05.480><c> heard</c><00:32:05.660><c> it.</c> 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:09.019 I<00:32:07.200><c> should</c><00:32:07.480><c> bear</c><00:32:07.700><c> witness</c><00:32:08.119><c> unto</c><00:32:08.460><c> the</c><00:32:08.740><c> truth.</c> 00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:12.660 And<00:32:09.279><c> the</c><00:32:09.400><c> good</c><00:32:09.700><c> confession</c><00:32:10.119><c> was,</c><00:32:10.720><c> yes,</c><00:32:11.140><c> I</c><00:32:11.319><c> am</c><00:32:11.500><c> a</c><00:32:11.740><c> king</c><00:32:11.940><c> after</c><00:32:12.400><c> a</c><00:32:12.519><c> sword.</c> 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:14.900 Now<00:32:13.140><c> brothers</c><00:32:13.359><c> and</c><00:32:13.640><c> sisters,</c><00:32:14.900><c> alright,</c> 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:17.920 Pilate<00:32:15.400><c> was</c><00:32:15.980><c> relieved</c><00:32:16.460><c> to</c><00:32:16.720><c> know</c><00:32:16.900><c> that</c><00:32:17.019><c> there</c><00:32:17.160><c> was</c><00:32:17.359><c> no</c><00:32:17.640><c> claim</c> 00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:19.779 upon<00:32:18.240><c> his</c><00:32:18.579><c> kingship.</c> 00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:24.380 But<00:32:20.720><c> you</c><00:32:20.819><c> know,</c><00:32:21.319><c> a</c><00:32:21.519><c> lesser</c><00:32:21.740><c> man</c><00:32:22.480><c> than</c><00:32:22.900><c> the</c><00:32:23.059><c> Lord</c><00:32:23.200><c> Jesus</c><00:32:23.640><c> Christ</c> 00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:28.200 still<00:32:25.359><c> might</c><00:32:25.579><c> hesitate</c><00:32:26.039><c> to</c><00:32:26.240><c> make</c><00:32:26.380><c> that</c><00:32:26.740><c> claim</c><00:32:26.940><c> in</c><00:32:27.140><c> front</c><00:32:27.279><c> of</c><00:32:27.519><c> Pilate</c> 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:32.700 when<00:32:28.539><c> your</c><00:32:28.680><c> life</c><00:32:28.920><c> hung</c><00:32:29.119><c> in</c><00:32:29.259><c> the</c><00:32:29.440><c> balance,</c><00:32:30.180><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:31.960><c> you?</c> 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.519 When<00:32:33.079><c> you</c><00:32:33.259><c> thought</c><00:32:33.559><c> that</c><00:32:33.700><c> was</c><00:32:33.880><c> it,</c><00:32:34.019><c> you</c><00:32:34.519><c> know,</c> 00:32:34.519 --> 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and<00:32:46.539><c> you're</c><00:32:46.779><c> in</c><00:32:46.940><c> danger.</c> 00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.519 And<00:32:48.819><c> you</c><00:32:48.900><c> would</c><00:32:49.119><c> know</c><00:32:49.319><c> that.</c> 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:52.119 And<00:32:49.759><c> even</c><00:32:49.900><c> though</c><00:32:50.299><c> Pilate</c><00:32:50.640><c> might</c><00:32:50.880><c> be</c><00:32:51.140><c> relieved,</c> 00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:55.480 an<00:32:52.319><c> ordinary</c><00:32:52.640><c> man</c><00:32:52.900><c> might</c><00:32:53.259><c> shut</c><00:32:53.519><c> up</c><00:32:53.720><c> and</c><00:32:53.839><c> say</c><00:32:54.039><c> nothing</c><00:32:54.339><c> about</c><00:32:54.579><c> that</c> 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:57.039 because<00:32:56.259><c> that's</c><00:32:56.559><c> dangerous.</c> 00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:59.940 But<00:32:57.259><c> Jesus</c><00:32:57.720><c> witnessed</c><00:32:58.420><c> to</c><00:32:58.640><c> the</c><00:32:58.839><c> truth.</c> 00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:02.059 Now<00:33:00.700><c> Paul</c><00:33:00.859><c> said</c><00:33:01.059><c> to</c><00:33:01.279><c> Timothy,</c> 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:04.460 you'd<00:33:02.799><c> fight</c><00:33:02.980><c> the</c><00:33:03.160><c> good</c><00:33:03.460><c> fight</c> 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:08.799 and<00:33:05.579><c> you've</c><00:33:05.839><c> made</c><00:33:06.059><c> a</c><00:33:06.319><c> confession,</c><00:33:06.680><c> he</c><00:33:06.799><c> says,</c><00:33:07.079><c> before</c><00:33:07.640><c> many</c><00:33:08.299><c> witnesses.</c> 00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:12.400 Now<00:33:09.259><c> that's</c><00:33:09.640><c> obviously</c><00:33:10.079><c> a</c><00:33:10.400><c> reference</c><00:33:10.660><c> to</c><00:33:10.940><c> Timothy's</c><00:33:11.559><c> baptism</c> 00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:16.099 when<00:33:14.119><c> Timothy</c><00:33:14.539><c> came</c><00:33:14.859><c> to</c><00:33:15.019><c> the</c><00:33:15.240><c> truth.</c> 00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:19.720 And<00:33:17.000><c> he</c><00:33:17.059><c> would</c><00:33:17.240><c> have</c><00:33:17.460><c> confessed</c><00:33:17.779><c> his</c><00:33:18.140><c> faith</c><00:33:18.359><c> before</c><00:33:18.880><c> many</c><00:33:19.299><c> witnesses,</c> 00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:22.519 all<00:33:20.519><c> of</c><00:33:20.619><c> them</c><00:33:20.720><c> on</c><00:33:20.839><c> his</c><00:33:21.119><c> own</c><00:33:21.480><c> side.</c> 00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.740 All<00:33:23.420><c> his</c><00:33:23.700><c> friends.</c> 00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:27.299 Nothing<00:33:25.440><c> to</c><00:33:25.700><c> worry</c><00:33:25.940><c> about</c><00:33:26.180><c> from</c><00:33:26.400><c> them.</c> 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:30.400 All<00:33:27.559><c> he</c><00:33:27.720><c> could</c><00:33:27.880><c> expect</c><00:33:28.180><c> was</c><00:33:28.480><c> congratulations</c><00:33:29.240><c> and</c><00:33:29.460><c> happiness.</c> 00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:33.319 Well,<00:33:31.660><c> Timothy,</c><00:33:31.880><c> you've</c><00:33:32.099><c> made</c><00:33:32.319><c> your</c><00:33:32.660><c> confession</c><00:33:32.980><c> before</c> 00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.140 those<00:33:33.640><c> many</c><00:33:33.819><c> witnesses.</c> 00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:36.460 Think<00:33:34.480><c> about</c><00:33:34.740><c> this</c><00:33:35.000><c> man</c><00:33:35.200><c> who</c><00:33:35.380><c> made</c><00:33:35.539><c> the</c><00:33:35.759><c> confession</c><00:33:36.079><c> before</c> 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.539 that<00:33:36.619><c> witness.</c> 00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.819 And<00:33:39.140><c> think</c><00:33:39.339><c> about</c><00:33:39.680><c> what</c><00:33:39.880><c> could</c><00:33:40.079><c> have</c><00:33:40.279><c> been,</c> 00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:42.619 had<00:33:41.000><c> it</c><00:33:41.119><c> been</c><00:33:41.259><c> an</c><00:33:41.460><c> ordinary</c><00:33:41.839><c> circumstance,</c> 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:44.460 the<00:33:42.900><c> possibility</c><00:33:43.380><c> of</c><00:33:43.599><c> that</c><00:33:43.759><c> sort</c><00:33:43.920><c> of</c><00:33:44.119><c> confession.</c> 00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:46.420 But<00:33:44.980><c> he</c><00:33:45.059><c> never</c><00:33:45.359><c> flinched,</c><00:33:45.740><c> did</c><00:33:45.819><c> he,</c><00:33:45.940><c> Timothy?</c> 00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:49.480 Fight<00:33:47.359><c> the</c><00:33:47.819><c> good</c><00:33:48.160><c> fight</c><00:33:48.400><c> of</c><00:33:48.700><c> faith.</c> 00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:53.920 And<00:33:51.640><c> then</c><00:33:51.900><c> Jesus</c><00:33:52.140><c> said</c><00:33:52.359><c> this</c><00:33:52.579><c> to</c><00:33:52.819><c> Pilate.</c> 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:57.660 I<00:33:55.140><c> love</c><00:33:55.319><c> this</c><00:33:55.519><c> conversation,</c><00:33:56.259><c> brothers</c><00:33:56.380><c> and</c><00:33:56.619><c> sisters,</c><00:33:56.920><c> between</c><00:33:57.200><c> these</c><00:33:57.519><c> two</c> 00:33:57.660 --> 00:34:00.000 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--> 00:34:12.159 Everyone<00:34:09.059><c> that</c><00:34:09.219><c> is</c><00:34:09.480><c> of</c><00:34:09.900><c> the</c><00:34:10.239><c> truth</c><00:34:10.840><c> hearest</c><00:34:11.539><c> my</c><00:34:11.860><c> voice.</c> 00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:16.820 You<00:34:12.679><c> see,</c><00:34:12.980><c> brothers</c><00:34:13.079><c> and</c><00:34:13.340><c> sisters,</c><00:34:14.099><c> not</c><00:34:14.320><c> everybody</c><00:34:14.960><c> can</c><00:34:15.699><c> understand</c><00:34:16.219><c> the</c><00:34:16.539><c> truth.</c> 00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:20.320 Everybody<00:34:17.639><c> can</c><00:34:17.980><c> hear</c><00:34:18.239><c> it.</c> 00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:23.039 They<00:34:20.860><c> hear</c><00:34:21.239><c> it.</c> 00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:25.000 But<00:34:23.260><c> they're</c><00:34:23.400><c> not</c><00:34:23.599><c> of</c><00:34:23.800><c> the</c><00:34:24.079><c> truth.</c> 00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:29.480 So<00:34:26.340><c> people</c><00:34:26.579><c> can</c><00:34:26.880><c> hear</c><00:34:27.079><c> his</c><00:34:27.460><c> voice</c><00:34:28.019><c> and</c><00:34:28.400><c> still</c><00:34:28.659><c> be</c><00:34:28.840><c> not</c><00:34:28.960><c> of</c><00:34:29.099><c> the</c><00:34:29.320><c> truth.</c> 00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:31.780 So<00:34:29.800><c> there</c><00:34:29.860><c> can</c><00:34:29.960><c> be</c><00:34:30.099><c> two</c><00:34:30.380><c> people</c><00:34:30.679><c> listening.</c> 00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:35.300 And<00:34:32.539><c> their</c><00:34:32.639><c> ears</c><00:34:32.880><c> are</c><00:34:33.139><c> telling</c><00:34:33.280><c> them</c><00:34:33.460><c> the</c><00:34:33.760><c> same</c><00:34:34.139><c> thing.</c> 00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:39.119 All<00:34:36.260><c> the</c><00:34:36.559><c> syllables</c><00:34:36.900><c> are</c><00:34:37.019><c> being</c><00:34:37.280><c> picked</c><00:34:37.559><c> up</c><00:34:37.820><c> of</c><00:34:37.980><c> the</c><00:34:38.219><c> statement.</c> 00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:43.039 One<00:34:40.440><c> cannot</c><00:34:40.940><c> begin</c><00:34:42.000><c> to</c><00:34:42.420><c> understand</c><00:34:42.820><c> it.</c> 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.960 The<00:34:43.159><c> other</c><00:34:43.340><c> one</c><00:34:43.460><c> knows</c><00:34:43.739><c> exactly</c><00:34:44.179><c> what's</c><00:34:44.420><c> being</c><00:34:44.639><c> said.</c> 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:48.860 Now,<00:34:45.739><c> look</c><00:34:45.920><c> at</c><00:34:46.019><c> the</c><00:34:46.159><c> 1</c><00:34:46.380><c> John</c><00:34:46.880><c> chapter</c><00:34:47.260><c> 4</c><00:34:47.619><c> about</c><00:34:47.900><c> this,</c><00:34:48.860><c> eh?</c> 00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:51.840 Look<00:34:49.440><c> at</c><00:34:49.539><c> the</c><00:34:49.679><c> 1</c><00:34:49.920><c> John</c><00:34:50.360><c> chapter</c><00:34:50.679><c> 4.</c> 00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:57.699 Everyone<00:34:53.940><c> that</c><00:34:54.159><c> is</c><00:34:54.280><c> of</c><00:34:54.420><c> the</c><00:34:54.699><c> truth</c><00:34:55.400><c> hearest</c><00:34:56.260><c> my</c><00:34:56.559><c> voice.</c> 00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:01.800 In<00:34:58.619><c> the</c><00:34:58.800><c> 1</c><00:34:59.019><c> John</c><00:34:59.400><c> chapter</c><00:34:59.760><c> 4,</c><00:35:00.199><c> John</c><00:35:00.619><c> fills</c><00:35:00.980><c> this</c><00:35:01.199><c> out</c><00:35:01.440><c> for</c><00:35:01.639><c> us,</c> 00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:03.219 brothers<00:35:02.019><c> and</c><00:35:02.280><c> sisters.</c> 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:07.059 In<00:35:04.360><c> 1</c><00:35:04.639><c> John</c><00:35:04.920><c> 4</c><00:35:05.280><c> and</c><00:35:05.440><c> verse</c><00:35:05.699><c> 4</c><00:35:05.960><c> to</c><00:35:06.079><c> verse</c><00:35:06.320><c> 6</c><00:35:06.679><c> he</c><00:35:06.820><c> says,</c> 00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:09.780 Ye<00:35:07.400><c> are</c><00:35:07.559><c> of</c><00:35:07.659><c> God</c><00:35:07.900><c> little</c><00:35:08.199><c> children,</c><00:35:08.599><c> and</c><00:35:08.679><c> have</c><00:35:08.940><c> overcome</c><00:35:09.320><c> them,</c> 00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:13.260 because<00:35:10.699><c> greater</c><00:35:11.280><c> is</c><00:35:11.480><c> he</c><00:35:11.659><c> that</c><00:35:11.820><c> is</c><00:35:11.940><c> in</c><00:35:12.099><c> you</c><00:35:12.579><c> than</c><00:35:12.840><c> he</c><00:35:13.059><c> that</c><00:35:13.239><c> is</c> 00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.599 in<00:35:13.400><c> the</c><00:35:13.579><c> world.</c> 00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:19.900 They<00:35:15.639><c> are</c><00:35:16.139><c> of</c><00:35:16.380><c> the</c><00:35:16.619><c> world,</c><00:35:17.900><c> therefore</c><00:35:18.320><c> speak</c><00:35:18.760><c> they</c><00:35:19.099><c> of</c><00:35:19.340><c> the</c><00:35:19.579><c> world,</c> 00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:22.139 and<00:35:20.079><c> the</c><00:35:20.260><c> world</c><00:35:20.639><c> heareth</c><00:35:21.059><c> them.</c> 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:24.000 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not</c><00:35:37.260><c> mysterious</c><00:35:37.780><c> words.</c> 00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:40.159 They're<00:35:38.840><c> as</c><00:35:39.139><c> simple</c><00:35:39.420><c> as</c><00:35:39.639><c> ABC.</c> 00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:42.840 And<00:35:40.820><c> if</c><00:35:40.900><c> you</c><00:35:41.039><c> have</c><00:35:41.179><c> any</c><00:35:41.400><c> difficulty</c><00:35:41.840><c> understanding</c><00:35:42.440><c> that,</c> 00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:45.079 just<00:35:43.300><c> think</c><00:35:43.480><c> of</c><00:35:43.559><c> your</c><00:35:43.780><c> own</c><00:35:43.960><c> experience.</c> 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:48.320 I<00:35:46.260><c> would</c><00:35:46.579><c> dare</c><00:35:46.739><c> to</c><00:35:46.960><c> say</c><00:35:47.159><c> this,</c> 00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:51.099 that<00:35:48.840><c> there's</c><00:35:48.980><c> not</c><00:35:49.179><c> a</c><00:35:49.400><c> brother</c><00:35:49.619><c> and</c><00:35:49.940><c> sister</c><00:35:50.199><c> out</c><00:35:50.519><c> there</c><00:35:50.980><c> that</c> 00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.860 I'm<00:35:51.320><c> talking</c><00:35:51.579><c> to</c> 00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:53.980 that<00:35:52.019><c> doesn't</c><00:35:52.420><c> understand</c><00:35:52.940><c> this,</c> 00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:57.639 that<00:35:54.500><c> when</c><00:35:54.719><c> people</c><00:35:55.039><c> talk</c><00:35:55.300><c> about</c><00:35:55.579><c> the</c><00:35:55.960><c> truth</c><00:35:56.179><c> in</c><00:35:56.340><c> its</c><00:35:56.559><c> simplicity,</c> 00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:01.119 oh,<00:35:58.420><c> they</c><00:35:58.519><c> may</c><00:35:58.800><c> not,</c><00:35:59.059><c> everybody</c><00:35:59.559><c> might</c><00:35:59.820><c> not</c><00:35:59.960><c> have</c><00:36:00.079><c> the</c><00:36:00.360><c> same</c><00:36:00.679><c> ability</c> 00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:03.920 to<00:36:01.420><c> grasp</c><00:36:01.639><c> all</c><00:36:01.940><c> the</c><00:36:02.139><c> necessary</c><00:36:02.500><c> detail,</c><00:36:02.940><c> but</c><00:36:03.119><c> forget</c><00:36:03.420><c> that.</c> 00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:06.460 As<00:36:04.719><c> far</c><00:36:05.059><c> as</c><00:36:05.300><c> the</c><00:36:05.719><c> truth</c><00:36:05.920><c> is</c><00:36:06.239><c> concerned,</c> 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:08.699 the<00:36:07.079><c> underlying</c><00:36:07.599><c> principles</c><00:36:08.139><c> of</c><00:36:08.320><c> the</c><00:36:08.519><c> truth,</c> 00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:10.639 there<00:36:08.860><c> isn't</c><00:36:09.079><c> a</c><00:36:09.239><c> brother</c><00:36:09.420><c> or</c><00:36:09.559><c> sister</c><00:36:09.800><c> out</c><00:36:10.059><c> there</c><00:36:10.199><c> who</c><00:36:10.340><c> doesn't</c> 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.360 understand<00:36:11.059><c> that.</c> 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:13.659 And<00:36:11.679><c> we</c><00:36:11.739><c> can</c><00:36:11.860><c> have</c><00:36:12.059><c> a</c><00:36:12.219><c> conversation</c><00:36:12.679><c> between</c><00:36:13.039><c> ourselves.</c> 00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:17.000 As<00:36:14.280><c> I</c><00:36:14.519><c> say,</c><00:36:15.139><c> we</c><00:36:15.199><c> may</c><00:36:15.460><c> not</c><00:36:15.639><c> be</c><00:36:15.760><c> able</c><00:36:15.940><c> to</c><00:36:16.079><c> always</c><00:36:16.380><c> go</c><00:36:16.500><c> into</c><00:36:16.820><c> depth</c> 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:18.039 and<00:36:17.219><c> detail</c><00:36:17.539><c> with</c><00:36:17.679><c> everybody.</c> 00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.760 That<00:36:18.219><c> doesn't</c><00:36:18.440><c> matter.</c> 00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:22.300 But<00:36:19.219><c> this</c><00:36:19.480><c> we</c><00:36:19.719><c> know</c><00:36:20.179><c> that</c><00:36:20.860><c> the</c><00:36:21.099><c> spirit</c><00:36:21.400><c> of</c><00:36:21.559><c> what</c><00:36:21.679><c> we're</c><00:36:21.860><c> talking</c><00:36:22.139><c> about</c> 00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:25.940 is<00:36:22.619><c> 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00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:39.300 and<00:36:36.360><c> we're</c><00:36:36.500><c> right</c><00:36:36.820><c> around,</c><00:36:37.179><c> and</c><00:36:37.300><c> we</c><00:36:37.440><c> now</c><00:36:37.860><c> can</c><00:36:38.099><c> see</c><00:36:38.260><c> exactly</c><00:36:38.920><c> as</c> 00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:40.880 God<00:36:39.539><c> sees</c><00:36:39.880><c> things.</c> 00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:43.559 And<00:36:41.840><c> another</c><00:36:42.000><c> person</c><00:36:42.340><c> can</c><00:36:42.519><c> be</c><00:36:42.719><c> standing</c><00:36:42.920><c> in</c><00:36:43.139><c> our</c><00:36:43.280><c> midst,</c> 00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:46.199 an<00:36:44.139><c> interested</c><00:36:44.539><c> friend</c><00:36:44.820><c> come</c><00:36:45.039><c> here,</c><00:36:45.219><c> probably</c><00:36:45.460><c> out</c><00:36:45.599><c> of</c><00:36:45.800><c> curiosity,</c> 00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:48.179 for<00:36:46.400><c> no</c><00:36:46.619><c> other</c><00:36:46.820><c> reason,</c><00:36:47.480><c> and</c><00:36:47.519><c> he</c><00:36:47.659><c> stands</c><00:36:47.920><c> there,</c> 00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:51.800 and<00:36:48.260><c> he's</c><00:36:48.519><c> completely</c><00:36:49.199><c> bewildered</c><00:36:49.699><c> by</c><00:36:49.900><c> the</c><00:36:50.239><c> simplest</c><00:36:50.619><c> conversation.</c> 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:56.059 Not<00:36:53.360><c> a</c><00:36:53.519><c> question</c><00:36:53.800><c> of</c><00:36:53.900><c> being</c><00:36:54.159><c> a</c><00:36:54.420><c> professor</c><00:36:54.659><c> to</c><00:36:54.820><c> know</c><00:36:54.960><c> the</c><00:36:55.179><c> truth.</c> 00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:58.960 It's<00:36:57.059><c> having</c><00:36:57.280><c> a</c><00:36:57.539><c> spiritual</c><00:36:57.860><c> mind,</c><00:36:58.300><c> brothers</c><00:36:58.440><c> and</c><00:36:58.659><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:02.460 which<00:36:59.199><c> is</c><00:36:59.519><c> mostly</c><00:36:59.900><c> 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couldn't</c><00:37:32.840><c> see</c><00:37:33.079><c> beyond</c><00:37:33.400><c> this</c><00:37:33.719><c> decoration.</c> 00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:36.260 This<00:37:34.579><c> other</c><00:37:34.900><c> decoration</c><00:37:35.420><c> that</c><00:37:35.579><c> Jesus</c><00:37:35.900><c> talked</c><00:37:36.139><c> about,</c> 00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:38.840 this<00:37:36.400><c> other</c><00:37:36.679><c> world,</c><00:37:37.960><c> mystified</c><00:37:38.639><c> him.</c> 00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:40.960 He<00:37:38.960><c> knew</c><00:37:39.119><c> nothing</c><00:37:39.360><c> about</c><00:37:39.659><c> that.</c> 00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:42.679 He<00:37:41.179><c> didn't</c><00:37:41.380><c> have</c><00:37:41.579><c> a</c><00:37:41.780><c> clue.</c> 00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:45.199 But<00:37:43.260><c> Jesus</c><00:37:43.599><c> witnessed</c><00:37:44.099><c> to</c><00:37:44.260><c> that,</c><00:37:44.440><c> brothers</c><00:37:44.679><c> and</c><00:37:44.920><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:46.900 what<00:37:45.679><c> is</c><00:37:46.099><c> truth,</c><00:37:46.679><c> says</c><00:37:46.679><c> Pilate.</c> 00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:49.920 What's<00:37:47.480><c> truth</c><00:37:47.800><c> got</c><00:37:48.079><c> to</c><00:37:48.239><c> do</c><00:37:48.360><c> with</c><00:37:48.500><c> power</c><00:37:48.900><c> politics?</c> 00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:51.500 That's<00:37:50.219><c> what</c><00:37:50.340><c> he</c><00:37:50.480><c> was</c><00:37:50.599><c> saying.</c> 00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:53.440 What's<00:37:52.239><c> it</c><00:37:52.300><c> got</c><00:37:52.500><c> to</c><00:37:52.639><c> do?</c> 00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:56.320 And<00:37:54.159><c> yet,</c><00:37:54.500><c> brothers</c><00:37:54.599><c> and</c><00:37:54.900><c> sisters,</c><00:37:55.079><c> it</c><00:37:55.159><c> was</c><00:37:55.400><c> very</c><00:37:56.059><c> clear,</c> 00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:58.039 as<00:37:56.519><c> you</c><00:37:56.639><c> come</c><00:37:56.860><c> back</c><00:37:57.019><c> to</c><00:37:57.099><c> that</c><00:37:57.239><c> record</c><00:37:57.420><c> in</c><00:37:57.619><c> John,</c> 00:37:58.239 --> 00:38:01.079 that<00:37:58.420><c> even</c><00:37:58.599><c> though</c><00:37:58.860><c> Pilate</c><00:37:59.159><c> did</c><00:37:59.400><c> not</c><00:37:59.679><c> understand</c><00:38:00.119><c> the</c><00:38:00.420><c> spiritual</c><00:38:00.719><c> import</c> 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.599 of<00:38:01.280><c> that,</c> 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:03.599 and<00:38:01.960><c> even</c><00:38:02.219><c> though</c><00:38:02.380><c> it</c><00:38:02.460><c> was</c><00:38:02.699><c> lost</c><00:38:02.960><c> on</c><00:38:03.119><c> him</c><00:38:03.199><c> when</c><00:38:03.340><c> he</c><00:38:03.400><c> said,</c> 00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:05.159 what<00:38:03.820><c> is</c><00:38:04.159><c> truth?</c> 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:07.420 I'll<00:38:05.860><c> tell</c><00:38:05.920><c> you</c><00:38:05.960><c> what</c><00:38:06.079><c> he</c><00:38:06.179><c> did</c><00:38:06.400><c> say.</c> 00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:10.659 He<00:38:08.460><c> went</c><00:38:08.619><c> out</c><00:38:08.800><c> to</c><00:38:08.960><c> the</c><00:38:09.059><c> Jews</c><00:38:09.300><c> and</c><00:38:09.519><c> he</c><00:38:09.659><c> said,</c> 00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:14.440 I<00:38:12.480><c> don't</c><00:38:12.719><c> find</c><00:38:12.900><c> anything</c><00:38:13.059><c> wrong</c><00:38:13.280><c> with</c><00:38:13.440><c> that</c><00:38:13.619><c> man.</c> 00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:17.260 That's<00:38:15.579><c> a</c><00:38:15.659><c> pretty</c><00:38:15.800><c> good</c><00:38:15.960><c> confession</c><00:38:16.300><c> in</c><00:38:16.440><c> itself,</c><00:38:16.800><c> isn't</c><00:38:16.940><c> it?</c> 00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:20.320 Because<00:38:17.820><c> he</c><00:38:17.940><c> knew</c><00:38:18.099><c> the</c><00:38:18.260><c> reaction</c><00:38:18.519><c> he</c><00:38:18.659><c> was</c><00:38:18.760><c> going</c><00:38:18.900><c> to</c><00:38:19.019><c> get</c><00:38:19.139><c> too.</c> 00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:22.880 He<00:38:21.039><c> went</c><00:38:21.079><c> out</c><00:38:21.300><c> there,</c><00:38:21.539><c> brothers</c><00:38:21.719><c> and</c><00:38:21.920><c> sisters,</c><00:38:22.059><c> not</c><00:38:22.360><c> understanding,</c> 00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:24.960 having<00:38:23.280><c> a</c><00:38:23.659><c> clue</c><00:38:23.860><c> to</c><00:38:23.940><c> what</c><00:38:24.099><c> Jesus</c><00:38:24.340><c> was</c><00:38:24.539><c> talking</c><00:38:24.780><c> about,</c> 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:27.280 about<00:38:25.139><c> this</c><00:38:25.400><c> kingdom</c><00:38:25.719><c> and</c><00:38:26.039><c> kingship</c><00:38:26.380><c> he</c><00:38:26.519><c> was</c><00:38:26.539><c> talking</c><00:38:26.760><c> about.</c> 00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.539 But<00:38:27.679><c> he</c><00:38:27.719><c> knew</c><00:38:27.840><c> this.</c> 00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:34.420 He<00:38:29.320><c> could</c><00:38:29.500><c> clearly</c><00:38:29.980><c> see</c><00:38:31.380><c> that</c><00:38:32.239><c> this</c><00:38:32.420><c> man</c><00:38:32.559><c> was</c><00:38:32.800><c> not</c><00:38:32.960><c> an</c><00:38:33.139><c> evil</c><00:38:33.360><c>-doer.</c> 00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:37.199 That<00:38:35.059><c> was</c><00:38:35.320><c> crystal</c><00:38:35.679><c> clear</c><00:38:35.940><c> to</c><00:38:36.099><c> him.</c> 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:41.119 And<00:38:37.320><c> he</c><00:38:37.360><c> went</c><00:38:37.539><c> out</c><00:38:37.860><c> to</c><00:38:38.019><c> make</c><00:38:38.280><c> the</c><00:38:38.619><c> first</c><00:38:38.920><c> of</c><00:38:39.500><c> five</c><00:38:40.559><c> acquittals</c> 00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:42.280 of<00:38:41.320><c> the</c><00:38:41.420><c> Lord</c><00:38:41.579><c> Jesus</c><00:38:41.980><c> Christ.</c> 00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:46.119 No<00:38:42.699><c> less</c><00:38:43.059><c> than</c><00:38:43.500><c> five</c><00:38:44.179><c> times</c><00:38:44.739><c> he</c><00:38:45.000><c> acquitted</c><00:38:45.260><c> him.</c> 00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.960 You<00:38:46.579><c> think</c><00:38:46.800><c> of</c><00:38:46.940><c> that.</c> 00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:52.940 Under<00:38:48.420><c> extreme</c><00:38:49.000><c> pressure,</c><00:38:50.219><c> five</c><00:38:50.800><c> times</c><00:38:51.280><c> he</c><00:38:51.539><c> acquitted</c><00:38:51.820><c> the</c><00:38:52.059><c> Lord.</c> 00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:57.340 Now<00:38:54.159><c> the</c><00:38:54.239><c> reaction</c><00:38:54.699><c> that</c><00:38:55.039><c> Pilate</c><00:38:55.199><c> got</c><00:38:55.400><c> to</c><00:38:55.599><c> that</c><00:38:55.940><c> was</c><00:38:56.380><c> fierce.</c> 00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:59.599 That's<00:38:58.340><c> where</c><00:38:58.519><c> we're</c><00:38:58.519><c> going</c><00:38:58.659><c> to</c><00:38:58.679><c> go</c><00:38:58.820><c> back</c><00:38:59.039><c> to</c><00:38:59.159><c> Luke</c><00:38:59.340><c> now</c> 00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:01.199 because<00:38:59.739><c> then</c><00:38:59.920><c> we're</c><00:39:00.019><c> going</c><00:39:00.079><c> to</c><00:39:00.119><c> pick</c><00:39:00.320><c> the</c><00:39:00.480><c> story</c><00:39:00.699><c> up</c><00:39:00.880><c> in</c><00:39:00.980><c> Luke</c> 00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:02.159 chapter<00:39:01.559><c> 23</c> 00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:06.059 because<00:39:03.059><c> Luke</c><00:39:03.320><c> adds</c><00:39:03.559><c> the</c><00:39:03.780><c> detail</c><00:39:04.159><c> here</c><00:39:04.420><c> that</c><00:39:04.559><c> John</c><00:39:04.760><c> hasn't</c><00:39:05.119><c> got</c> 00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:09.780 as<00:39:06.900><c> to</c><00:39:07.019><c> the</c><00:39:07.159><c> reaction</c><00:39:07.559><c> that</c><00:39:07.900><c> Pilate</c><00:39:08.039><c> got</c><00:39:08.340><c> to</c><00:39:08.539><c> that</c><00:39:08.820><c> statement.</c> 00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:14.079 So<00:39:11.219><c> we</c><00:39:11.380><c> come</c><00:39:11.559><c> now</c><00:39:11.800><c> to</c><00:39:11.880><c> Luke</c><00:39:12.099><c> chapter</c><00:39:12.400><c> 23</c> 00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:18.039 and<00:39:15.119><c> we</c><00:39:15.239><c> pick</c><00:39:15.400><c> up</c><00:39:15.619><c> a</c><00:39:15.860><c> comparable</c><00:39:16.360><c> statement</c><00:39:16.840><c> in</c><00:39:17.280><c> verse</c><00:39:17.619><c> four.</c> 00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:20.219 Then<00:39:18.340><c> he</c><00:39:18.400><c> said,</c><00:39:18.639><c> Pilate,</c><00:39:19.039><c> to</c><00:39:19.179><c> the</c><00:39:19.280><c> chief</c><00:39:19.579><c> priests</c><00:39:19.800><c> of</c><00:39:19.920><c> the</c><00:39:20.079><c> people,</c> 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.940 I<00:39:20.460><c> find</c><00:39:20.780><c> no</c><00:39:21.219><c> fault</c><00:39:21.380><c> in</c><00:39:21.539><c> this</c><00:39:21.760><c> man.</c> 00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.320 That's<00:39:22.380><c> taking</c><00:39:22.539><c> it</c><00:39:22.639><c> from</c><00:39:22.820><c> John</c><00:39:23.079><c> 18.</c> 00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:24.960 We<00:39:23.539><c> brought</c><00:39:23.679><c> it</c><00:39:23.960><c> straight</c><00:39:24.139><c> over</c><00:39:24.420><c> here</c><00:39:24.519><c> into</c><00:39:24.659><c> Luke.</c> 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:27.239 Now<00:39:25.360><c> look</c><00:39:25.559><c> at</c><00:39:25.659><c> the</c><00:39:25.800><c> reaction</c><00:39:26.139><c> he</c><00:39:26.219><c> gets,</c><00:39:26.619><c> brothers</c><00:39:26.760><c> and</c><00:39:27.019><c> sisters.</c> 00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:28.619 Look<00:39:27.420><c> at</c><00:39:27.519><c> the</c><00:39:27.619><c> reaction.</c> 00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:32.119 Then<00:39:29.320><c> they</c><00:39:29.800><c> were</c><00:39:30.000><c> the</c><00:39:30.280><c> more</c><00:39:30.880><c> fierce.</c> 00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:37.599 The<00:39:34.199><c> Greek</c><00:39:34.440><c> means</c><00:39:35.099><c> instantly</c><00:39:36.380><c> fierce.</c> 00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:39.260 That's<00:39:38.000><c> what</c><00:39:38.139><c> it</c><00:39:38.320><c> means.</c> 00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:41.320 R<00:39:39.860><c>.V.</c><00:39:40.219><c> and</c><00:39:40.380><c> the</c><00:39:40.659><c> R</c><00:39:40.880><c>.S</c><00:39:41.119><c>.V.</c> 00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:44.860 Rotherham<00:39:41.920><c> rendered</c><00:39:42.300><c> urgently</c><00:39:43.519><c> fierce.</c> 00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:49.860 You<00:39:46.159><c> see,</c><00:39:46.260><c> they'd</c><00:39:46.500><c> come</c><00:39:46.659><c> along</c><00:39:47.380><c> having</c><00:39:48.820><c> prejudged</c><00:39:49.440><c> the</c><00:39:49.639><c> case</c> 00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:52.599 thinking<00:39:50.260><c> all</c><00:39:50.579><c> we</c><00:39:50.780><c> need</c><00:39:50.920><c> is</c><00:39:51.099><c> the</c><00:39:51.320><c> governor's</c><00:39:51.780><c> stand.</c> 00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:56.960 He's<00:39:53.659><c> got</c><00:39:53.760><c> the</c><00:39:53.940><c> audacity</c><00:39:54.480><c> to</c><00:39:54.719><c> say,</c><00:39:56.000><c> what's</c><00:39:56.179><c> he</c><00:39:56.300><c> done</c><00:39:56.440><c> wrong?</c> 00:39:57.300 --> 00:40:00.460 As<00:39:57.480><c> if</c><00:39:57.699><c> we</c><00:39:58.199><c> had</c><00:39:58.460><c> brought</c><00:39:58.579><c> him</c><00:39:58.800><c> here,</c><00:39:58.980><c> if</c><00:39:59.099><c> he</c><00:39:59.159><c> had</c><00:39:59.280><c> nothing</c><00:39:59.619><c> wrong.</c> 00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:03.719 Now<00:40:00.940><c> he's</c><00:40:01.219><c> coming</c><00:40:01.460><c> at</c><00:40:01.619><c> him</c><00:40:01.739><c> to</c><00:40:01.860><c> say</c><00:40:01.900><c> he's</c><00:40:02.119><c> done</c><00:40:02.300><c> nothing</c><00:40:02.659><c> wrong.</c> 00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:07.699 The<00:40:04.659><c> reaction</c><00:40:04.880><c> that</c><00:40:05.159><c> crowd,</c><00:40:05.659><c> brothers</c><00:40:05.679><c> and</c><00:40:05.940><c> sisters,</c><00:40:06.340><c> was</c><00:40:06.539><c> enormous.</c> 00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:11.739 They<00:40:08.940><c> were</c><00:40:09.360><c> instantly</c><00:40:10.239><c> fierce.</c> 00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:14.380 And<00:40:12.860><c> he's</c><00:40:13.039><c> not</c><00:40:13.199><c> going</c><00:40:13.320><c> to</c><00:40:13.380><c> get</c><00:40:13.519><c> away</c><00:40:13.719><c> with</c><00:40:13.900><c> it.</c> 00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:16.840 So<00:40:14.900><c> they</c><00:40:15.760><c> stirred</c><00:40:16.159><c> up</c><00:40:16.440><c> the</c><00:40:16.639><c> people.</c> 00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:19.039 Now<00:40:17.179><c> you</c><00:40:17.219><c> can</c><00:40:17.400><c> imagine,</c><00:40:17.820><c> this</c><00:40:17.980><c> always</c><00:40:18.340><c> happens,</c><00:40:18.719><c> doesn't</c><00:40:18.820><c> it?</c> 00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:21.219 You've<00:40:19.420><c> got</c><00:40:19.500><c> this</c><00:40:19.739><c> man,</c><00:40:20.119><c> Pilate,</c><00:40:20.340><c> coming</c><00:40:20.539><c> out</c><00:40:20.800><c> and</c><00:40:20.920><c> saying</c><00:40:21.039><c> it.</c> 00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:23.559 He's<00:40:21.239><c> got</c><00:40:21.360><c> the</c><00:40:21.519><c> chief</c><00:40:21.800><c> priests</c><00:40:22.159><c> here</c><00:40:22.699><c> and</c><00:40:22.880><c> the</c><00:40:23.039><c> mob</c><00:40:23.179><c> standing</c> 00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.179 behind<00:40:23.940><c> them.</c> 00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:26.599 Can<00:40:24.480><c> you</c><00:40:24.559><c> imagine</c><00:40:24.900><c> the</c><00:40:25.079><c> crowd</c><00:40:25.300><c> listening</c><00:40:25.619><c> to</c><00:40:25.800><c> the</c><00:40:25.860><c> Roman</c><00:40:26.179><c> governor</c> 00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:28.380 saying,<00:40:27.179><c> I</c><00:40:27.300><c> don't</c><00:40:27.579><c> find</c><00:40:27.699><c> any</c><00:40:27.920><c> fault</c><00:40:28.079><c> with</c><00:40:28.179><c> him.</c> 00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:30.820 Now<00:40:28.760><c> that</c><00:40:28.980><c> could</c><00:40:29.139><c> have</c><00:40:29.280><c> an</c><00:40:29.460><c> effect</c><00:40:29.599><c> upon</c><00:40:29.820><c> the</c><00:40:30.039><c> people.</c> 00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.699 Mustn't<00:40:31.219><c> let</c><00:40:31.300><c> that</c><00:40:31.480><c> happen.</c> 00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:33.480 Well,<00:40:32.260><c> gee,</c><00:40:32.719><c> you</c><00:40:32.880><c> mustn't</c><00:40:33.039><c> let</c><00:40:33.159><c> that</c><00:40:33.300><c> happen.</c> 00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:36.679 They<00:40:33.860><c> turn</c><00:40:34.159><c> around</c><00:40:34.460><c> and</c><00:40:34.719><c> they</c><00:40:35.159><c> stir</c><00:40:35.280><c> the</c><00:40:35.519><c> people</c><00:40:35.739><c> up.</c> 00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:39.440 Really<00:40:38.019><c> stir</c><00:40:38.260><c> those</c><00:40:38.559><c> people</c><00:40:38.840><c> up.</c> 00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:41.659 And<00:40:39.880><c> they</c><00:40:40.019><c> come</c><00:40:40.179><c> back</c><00:40:40.360><c> to</c><00:40:40.579><c> Pilate</c><00:40:40.760><c> and</c><00:40:40.920><c> they</c><00:40:41.019><c> say,</c><00:40:41.260><c> look,</c> 00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:44.780 he<00:40:42.219><c> teaches</c><00:40:42.579><c> throughout</c><00:40:43.059><c> all</c><00:40:43.599><c> juries.</c> 00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:49.599 And<00:40:46.800><c> part</c><00:40:47.059><c> of</c><00:40:47.260><c> jury,</c><00:40:47.719><c> Pilate,</c><00:40:47.920><c> is</c><00:40:48.159><c> your</c><00:40:48.500><c> jurisdiction.</c> 00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:52.099 You're<00:40:50.940><c> responsible</c><00:40:51.420><c> for</c><00:40:51.619><c> that.</c> 00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:55.679 This<00:40:52.579><c> man</c><00:40:52.840><c> has</c><00:40:53.079><c> caused</c><00:40:53.320><c> insurrection,</c><00:40:54.199><c> stirred</c><00:40:54.340><c> up</c><00:40:54.559><c> the</c><00:40:54.719><c> people.</c> 00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:58.340 Troublemaker<00:40:56.340><c> in</c><00:40:56.760><c> your</c><00:40:57.219><c> jurisdiction.</c> 00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:00.460 Talk<00:40:59.619><c> about</c><00:40:59.780><c> no</c><00:41:00.059><c> fault</c><00:41:00.260><c> in</c><00:41:00.400><c> the</c><00:41:00.440><c> man.</c> 00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:01.820 What<00:41:00.579><c> are</c><00:41:00.659><c> you</c><00:41:00.719><c> going</c><00:41:00.820><c> to</c><00:41:00.860><c> do</c><00:41:01.000><c> about</c><00:41:01.300><c> it?</c> 00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:03.079 This<00:41:01.940><c> is</c><00:41:01.960><c> what</c><00:41:02.079><c> they're</c><00:41:02.400><c> saying.</c> 00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:05.280 Then<00:41:03.599><c> they</c><00:41:03.739><c> made</c><00:41:03.920><c> this</c><00:41:04.159><c> mistake.</c> 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:07.039 Beginning<00:41:05.739><c> from</c><00:41:06.039><c> Galilee</c><00:41:06.460><c> to</c><00:41:06.659><c> this</c><00:41:06.900><c> place.</c> 00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:09.519 Oh,<00:41:07.840><c> Pilate</c><00:41:07.980><c> would</c><00:41:08.019><c> love</c><00:41:08.260><c> to</c><00:41:08.400><c> hear</c><00:41:08.519><c> that.</c> 00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:16.019 Beginning<00:41:11.539><c> from</c><00:41:12.019><c> Galilee</c><00:41:12.739><c> to</c><00:41:14.119><c> this</c><00:41:14.559><c> place,</c><00:41:15.119><c> here.</c> 00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:18.139 You<00:41:16.900><c> know,</c><00:41:17.539><c> brothers</c><00:41:17.719><c> and</c><00:41:17.900><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:20.800 it<00:41:18.320><c> did</c><00:41:18.619><c> begin</c><00:41:18.880><c> from</c><00:41:19.079><c> Galilee,</c><00:41:19.679><c> officially.</c> 00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:25.139 That<00:41:22.599><c> the</c><00:41:22.800><c> ministry</c><00:41:23.119><c> of</c><00:41:23.300><c> the</c><00:41:23.380><c> Lord</c><00:41:23.579><c> really</c><00:41:24.139><c> officially</c><00:41:24.760><c> began</c> 00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:26.440 in<00:41:25.360><c> Galilee.</c> 00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.320 That<00:41:27.699><c> were</c><00:41:27.860><c> the</c><00:41:28.039><c> facts.</c> 00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:31.340 If<00:41:28.820><c> you</c><00:41:28.980><c> want</c><00:41:29.139><c> to</c><00:41:29.300><c> compare,</c><00:41:29.619><c> for</c><00:41:29.860><c> example,</c><00:41:30.579><c> Mark</c><00:41:30.800><c> chapter</c><00:41:31.119><c> 1</c> 00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:32.800 and<00:41:31.500><c> verse</c><00:41:31.760><c> 14</c> 00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:36.340 with<00:41:33.480><c> Acts</c><00:41:33.760><c> chapter</c><00:41:34.119><c> 10</c><00:41:34.500><c> and</c><00:41:34.679><c> verse</c><00:41:34.940><c> 37,</c> 00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:39.360 you<00:41:36.539><c> will</c><00:41:36.840><c> find</c><00:41:37.039><c> Peter</c><00:41:37.400><c> really</c><00:41:38.219><c> taking</c><00:41:38.380><c> the</c><00:41:38.579><c> words</c><00:41:38.739><c> of</c><00:41:39.000><c> Mark</c> 00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:42.679 and<00:41:39.699><c> telling</c><00:41:40.000><c> Cornelius</c><00:41:40.920><c> that</c><00:41:41.340><c> beginning</c><00:41:41.780><c> after</c><00:41:42.159><c> the</c><00:41:42.380><c> baptism</c> 00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:44.099 was<00:41:42.920><c> John</c><00:41:43.239><c> preach.</c> 00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:45.840 And<00:41:44.139><c> from</c><00:41:44.880><c> the</c><00:41:44.880><c> beginning</c><00:41:45.119><c> from</c><00:41:45.500><c> Galilee,</c> 00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.000 the<00:41:46.079><c> gospel</c><00:41:46.280><c> was</c><00:41:46.559><c> preached</c><00:41:46.739><c> there.</c> 00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:48.420 So<00:41:47.260><c> it</c><00:41:47.360><c> did</c><00:41:47.719><c> begin</c><00:41:47.940><c> in</c><00:41:48.099><c> Galilee,</c> 00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.900 but<00:41:48.679><c> that's</c><00:41:48.880><c> not</c><00:41:49.119><c> the</c><00:41:49.239><c> point</c><00:41:49.420><c> there,</c><00:41:49.840><c> Mason.</c> 00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:52.280 Oh,<00:41:50.420><c> it</c><00:41:50.460><c> was</c><00:41:50.719><c> historical</c><00:41:51.219><c> fact.</c> 00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:54.420 Jesus<00:41:53.340><c> made</c><00:41:53.599><c> a</c><00:41:53.800><c> point</c><00:41:53.960><c> of</c><00:41:54.139><c> that.</c> 00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:57.139 You<00:41:54.820><c> know,</c><00:41:55.099><c> it</c><00:41:55.219><c> finished</c><00:41:55.460><c> and</c><00:41:55.619><c> ended</c><00:41:55.780><c> in</c><00:41:56.039><c> Galilee.</c> 00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.219 When<00:41:58.420><c> the</c><00:41:58.519><c> Lord</c><00:41:58.719><c> had</c><00:41:58.840><c> risen</c><00:41:59.019><c> from</c><00:41:59.199><c> the</c><00:41:59.360><c> dead</c> 00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:02.519 and<00:42:00.920><c> all</c><00:42:01.219><c> the</c><00:42:01.500><c> women</c><00:42:01.679><c> that</c><00:42:01.820><c> he</c><00:42:02.059><c> appeared</c><00:42:02.280><c> to,</c> 00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:04.780 Mary<00:42:02.780><c> Magdalene</c><00:42:03.300><c> and</c><00:42:03.440><c> then</c><00:42:03.639><c> afterwards</c><00:42:04.019><c> the</c><00:42:04.239><c> two</c><00:42:04.320><c> on</c><00:42:04.480><c> the</c><00:42:04.599><c> way</c> 00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:05.280 to<00:42:04.900><c> Emmaus,</c> 00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:07.380 and<00:42:05.460><c> then</c><00:42:05.599><c> later</c><00:42:05.760><c> on</c><00:42:05.940><c> with</c><00:42:06.079><c> the</c><00:42:06.219><c> disciples</c><00:42:06.599><c> gathered</c><00:42:06.940><c> in</c><00:42:07.079><c> the</c><00:42:07.260><c> room</c> 00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:09.780 and<00:42:07.500><c> he</c><00:42:07.679><c> walked</c><00:42:07.840><c> through</c><00:42:08.119><c> the</c><00:42:08.360><c> door</c><00:42:08.619><c> with</c><00:42:09.059><c> not</c><00:42:09.320><c> being</c><00:42:09.500><c> opened</c> 00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.519 and<00:42:09.980><c> so</c><00:42:10.199><c> forth.</c> 00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:11.940 Where<00:42:10.940><c> did</c><00:42:11.039><c> he</c><00:42:11.179><c> end?</c><00:42:11.340><c> He</c><00:42:11.340><c> finished</c><00:42:11.599><c> with</c><00:42:11.760><c> them.</c> 00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:14.559 He<00:42:12.219><c> finished</c><00:42:12.559><c> up</c><00:42:12.760><c> on</c><00:42:12.880><c> the</c><00:42:13.039><c> mountain</c><00:42:13.280><c> in</c><00:42:13.579><c> Galilee.</c> 00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:17.059 Galilee<00:42:15.780><c> are</c><00:42:15.940><c> the</c><00:42:16.059><c> nations,</c><00:42:16.440><c> brothers</c><00:42:16.719><c> and</c><00:42:16.940><c> sisters.</c> 00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:21.260 The<00:42:17.360><c> despised</c><00:42:17.920><c> district</c><00:42:18.420><c> is</c><00:42:18.719><c> where</c><00:42:18.820><c> it</c><00:42:19.019><c> started</c><00:42:19.420><c> and</c><00:42:19.679><c> ended,</c><00:42:20.400><c> deliberately.</c> 00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:24.139 And<00:42:22.340><c> the</c><00:42:22.480><c> point</c><00:42:22.619><c> they</c><00:42:22.820><c> were</c><00:42:22.980><c> making</c><00:42:23.239><c> was</c><00:42:23.460><c> not</c><00:42:23.679><c> so</c><00:42:23.900><c> much,</c> 00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:27.019 but,<00:42:24.539><c> you</c><00:42:24.699><c> know,</c><00:42:24.760><c> it</c><00:42:24.880><c> just</c><00:42:25.019><c> happened</c><00:42:25.199><c> to</c><00:42:25.320><c> be</c><00:42:25.460><c> a</c><00:42:25.559><c> historical</c><00:42:26.000><c> fact.</c> 00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:30.800 But<00:42:27.480><c> Pilate,</c><00:42:27.679><c> do</c><00:42:27.960><c> you</c><00:42:28.159><c> know</c><00:42:28.480><c> where</c><00:42:28.900><c> this</c><00:42:29.420><c> chap</c><00:42:29.699><c> got</c><00:42:29.980><c> all</c><00:42:30.739><c> the</c> 00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.300 problems<00:42:31.159><c> from?</c> 00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:34.380 Do<00:42:31.699><c> you</c><00:42:31.780><c> know</c><00:42:31.980><c> where</c><00:42:32.139><c> this</c><00:42:32.460><c> troublemaker</c><00:42:33.019><c> started</c><00:42:33.579><c> from,</c><00:42:34.139><c> Pilate?</c> 00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:36.780 Do<00:42:34.960><c> you</c><00:42:35.039><c> know</c><00:42:35.099><c> he</c><00:42:35.239><c> came</c><00:42:35.659><c> from</c><00:42:36.039><c> Galilee?</c> 00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:39.320 What<00:42:37.380><c> goes</c><00:42:37.760><c> on</c><00:42:37.980><c> up</c><00:42:38.139><c> in</c><00:42:38.360><c> Galilee?</c> 00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:44.079 Well,<00:42:40.860><c> I</c><00:42:41.219><c> mean,</c><00:42:41.980><c> there</c><00:42:42.039><c> were</c><00:42:42.280><c> case</c><00:42:42.559><c> history</c><00:42:42.920><c> after</c><00:42:43.260><c> case</c><00:42:43.760><c> history</c> 00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:45.760 what<00:42:44.280><c> went</c><00:42:44.420><c> on</c><00:42:44.559><c> in</c><00:42:44.760><c> Galilee.</c> 00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:49.260 The<00:42:46.599><c> Galileans</c><00:42:46.960><c> were</c><00:42:47.119><c> different</c><00:42:47.440><c> people,</c><00:42:48.039><c> brothers</c><00:42:48.179><c> and</c><00:42:48.380><c> sisters.</c> 00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:52.960 You<00:42:49.619><c> see,</c><00:42:49.760><c> they</c><00:42:49.900><c> were</c><00:42:50.099><c> not</c><00:42:50.320><c> hidebound</c><00:42:50.820><c> like</c><00:42:51.559><c> the</c><00:42:51.800><c> Judeans.</c> 00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:56.599 They<00:42:53.900><c> were</c><00:42:54.139><c> not</c><00:42:54.440><c> that</c><00:42:54.679><c> sort</c><00:42:55.059><c> of</c><00:42:55.659><c> attitude</c><00:42:56.119><c> of</c><00:42:56.420><c> mind,</c> 00:42:56.960 --> 00:43:02.619 of<00:42:57.199><c> self</c><00:42:57.500><c>-righteousness</c><00:42:58.199><c> puffed</c><00:42:58.599><c> up</c><00:42:58.820><c> in</c><00:42:59.179><c> pride</c><00:42:59.460><c> and</c><00:43:00.219><c> very</c><00:43:01.760><c> supercilious</c> 00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:07.099 and<00:43:03.440><c> all</c><00:43:03.820><c> so</c><00:43:04.480><c> concerned</c><00:43:05.639><c> about</c><00:43:05.920><c> washing</c><00:43:06.300><c> of</c><00:43:06.679><c> hands</c> 00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:10.079 and<00:43:07.719><c> hearing</c><00:43:08.380><c> to</c><00:43:08.619><c> be</c><00:43:08.840><c> right</c><00:43:09.199><c> in</c><00:43:09.380><c> front</c><00:43:09.539><c> of</c><00:43:09.719><c> people.</c> 00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:12.440 They<00:43:10.780><c> were</c><00:43:10.780><c> nothing</c><00:43:10.880><c> like</c><00:43:11.280><c> that.</c> 00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:15.039 The<00:43:13.340><c> Galileans</c><00:43:13.639><c> were</c><00:43:13.880><c> fishermen.</c> 00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:18.980 They<00:43:16.480><c> grew</c><00:43:16.679><c> corn</c><00:43:17.139><c> on</c><00:43:17.420><c> the</c><00:43:17.579><c> plain</c><00:43:17.719><c> of</c><00:43:17.840><c> Gennesra.</c> 00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:22.059 They<00:43:19.920><c> lived</c><00:43:20.159><c> up</c><00:43:20.340><c> in</c><00:43:20.460><c> the</c><00:43:20.599><c> mountain</c><00:43:20.880><c> regions,</c><00:43:21.340><c> a</c><00:43:21.480><c> hide</c><00:43:21.659><c>-let</c><00:43:21.840><c>-loose.</c> 00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:24.079 They<00:43:22.199><c> were</c><00:43:22.500><c> free</c><00:43:22.820><c> people.</c> 00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:27.699 They<00:43:24.880><c> were</c><00:43:25.000><c> people</c><00:43:25.320><c> who</c><00:43:25.920><c> were</c><00:43:26.519><c> happy</c><00:43:26.960><c> and</c><00:43:27.480><c> rejoiced.</c> 00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:30.739 They<00:43:27.940><c> sang,</c><00:43:28.760><c> and</c><00:43:28.920><c> they</c><00:43:29.099><c> sang</c><00:43:29.300><c> in</c><00:43:29.460><c> different</c><00:43:29.679><c> languages.</c> 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:33.860 They<00:43:31.179><c> mixed</c><00:43:31.500><c> freely</c><00:43:31.820><c> with</c><00:43:32.119><c> all</c><00:43:32.500><c> people</c><00:43:32.699><c> from</c><00:43:32.940><c> all</c><00:43:33.219><c> over</c><00:43:33.420><c> the</c><00:43:33.599><c> world.</c> 00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:36.559 It<00:43:34.280><c> was</c><00:43:34.579><c> a</c><00:43:34.780><c> cosmopolitan</c><00:43:35.420><c> situation</c><00:43:36.039><c> up</c><00:43:36.280><c> there,</c> 00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:40.159 and<00:43:36.880><c> there</c><00:43:36.880><c> was</c><00:43:37.159><c> none</c><00:43:37.320><c> of</c><00:43:37.460><c> this</c><00:43:37.940><c> rigid</c><00:43:38.420><c> formalism</c><00:43:39.300><c> in</c><00:43:39.579><c> Judea.</c> 00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:42.380 And,<00:43:40.619><c> of</c><00:43:40.880><c> course,</c><00:43:41.079><c> out</c><00:43:41.320><c> of</c><00:43:41.400><c> that</c><00:43:41.599><c> situation,</c> 00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:45.039 there<00:43:42.860><c> were</c><00:43:43.099><c> bred</c><00:43:43.280><c> some</c><00:43:43.519><c> very,</c><00:43:43.820><c> very</c><00:43:44.280><c> passionate</c><00:43:44.659><c> and</c><00:43:44.900><c> hot</c> 00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.800 -headed<00:43:45.179><c> people</c> 00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:47.280 in<00:43:46.340><c> the</c><00:43:46.500><c> days</c><00:43:46.679><c> of</c><00:43:46.860><c> the</c><00:43:47.039><c> taxes.</c> 00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:51.559 Judas<00:43:47.739><c> of</c><00:43:48.119><c> Galilee,</c><00:43:48.599><c> it</c><00:43:48.900><c> says</c><00:43:49.039><c> in</c><00:43:49.320><c> Acts,</c><00:43:50.019><c> caused</c><00:43:50.340><c> an</c><00:43:50.539><c> insurrection.</c> 00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:54.420 All<00:43:52.500><c> sorts</c><00:43:53.000><c> of</c><00:43:53.219><c> problems</c><00:43:53.480><c> came</c><00:43:53.739><c> out</c><00:43:53.920><c> of</c><00:43:54.099><c> Galilee.</c> 00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:57.179 Don't<00:43:55.039><c> you</c><00:43:55.219><c> know</c><00:43:55.420><c> where</c><00:43:55.559><c> this</c><00:43:55.840><c> chap</c><00:43:55.980><c> started?</c> 00:43:57.699 --> 00:43:59.340 This<00:43:57.840><c> is</c><00:43:57.880><c> what</c><00:43:57.940><c> they're</c><00:43:58.199><c> saying</c><00:43:58.360><c> to</c><00:43:58.699><c> Pilate,</c> 00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:01.920 and<00:43:59.679><c> they're</c><00:43:59.960><c> saying</c><00:44:00.039><c> it</c><00:44:00.239><c> very</c><00:44:00.679><c> passionately.</c> 00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:06.699 Now,<00:44:03.159><c> Pilate</c><00:44:03.420><c> caught</c><00:44:03.880><c> the</c><00:44:04.139><c> fact</c><00:44:04.340><c> that</c><00:44:04.480><c> he</c><00:44:04.800><c> started</c><00:44:05.219><c> in</c><00:44:05.480><c> Galilee.</c> 00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:09.079 Oh,<00:44:07.960><c> he</c><00:44:08.119><c> was</c><00:44:08.219><c> an</c><00:44:08.420><c> out.</c> 00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:12.500 And<00:44:09.679><c> if</c><00:44:09.840><c> ever</c><00:44:10.019><c> Pilate</c><00:44:10.280><c> was</c><00:44:10.420><c> looking</c><00:44:10.619><c> for</c><00:44:10.820><c> an</c><00:44:10.960><c> out,</c><00:44:11.159><c> this</c><00:44:11.320><c> was</c><00:44:11.539><c> it.</c> 00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:13.679 And<00:44:12.880><c> verse</c><00:44:13.119><c> 7</c><00:44:13.420><c> says,</c> 00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:16.579 And<00:44:13.840><c> as</c><00:44:13.960><c> soon</c><00:44:14.139><c> as</c><00:44:14.280><c> he</c><00:44:14.360><c> knew</c><00:44:14.559><c> that</c><00:44:14.699><c> he</c><00:44:14.860><c> belonged</c><00:44:15.099><c> under</c><00:44:15.340><c> Herod's</c><00:44:16.019><c> jurisdiction,</c> 00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:18.340 he<00:44:16.820><c> sent</c><00:44:17.000><c> him</c><00:44:17.179><c> to</c><00:44:17.380><c> Herod,</c> 00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:22.159 who<00:44:18.639><c> himself</c><00:44:19.139><c> also</c><00:44:19.559><c> was</c><00:44:19.800><c> at</c><00:44:20.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:44:20.380><c> at</c><00:44:20.739><c> that</c><00:44:21.079><c> time.</c> 00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:24.039 How<00:44:23.059><c> coincidental.</c> 00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:26.079 How<00:44:25.599><c> coincidental.</c> 00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:27.500 Herod. 00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:31.800 Herod<00:44:28.440><c> was</c><00:44:28.800><c> the</c><00:44:29.179><c> tetrarch</c><00:44:29.840><c> of</c><00:44:30.460><c> Galilee.</c> 00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:35.480 Him<00:44:32.780><c> and</c><00:44:33.019><c> Pilate</c><00:44:33.460><c> were</c><00:44:33.639><c> not</c><00:44:33.840><c> on</c><00:44:34.039><c> good</c><00:44:34.260><c> terms.</c> 00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:37.780 Why? 00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:40.440 Well,<00:44:39.260><c> we</c><00:44:39.320><c> don't</c><00:44:39.519><c> know</c><00:44:39.659><c> exactly</c><00:44:40.139><c> why,</c> 00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:43.079 but<00:44:40.579><c> we</c><00:44:40.719><c> could</c><00:44:40.860><c> hazard</c><00:44:41.139><c> a</c><00:44:41.280><c> pretty</c><00:44:41.500><c> educated</c><00:44:42.039><c> guess,</c><00:44:42.460><c> couldn't</c><00:44:42.800><c> we?</c> 00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:45.840 Because<00:44:43.599><c> in</c><00:44:43.840><c> Luke</c><00:44:44.059><c> 13,</c> 00:44:46.219 --> 00:44:48.659 Pilate<00:44:46.480><c> had</c><00:44:46.840><c> mingled</c><00:44:47.239><c> the</c><00:44:47.519><c> blood</c><00:44:47.639><c> of</c><00:44:47.800><c> the</c><00:44:48.000><c> Galileans</c><00:44:48.460><c> with</c> 00:44:48.659 --> 00:44:50.039 their<00:44:48.940><c> sacrifices.</c> 00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:52.679 Hey,<00:44:51.400><c> they</c><00:44:51.840><c> don't</c><00:44:52.039><c> belong</c><00:44:52.300><c> to</c><00:44:52.480><c> you.</c> 00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:53.480 They're<00:44:52.940><c> my</c><00:44:53.139><c> people.</c> 00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:56.480 Can<00:44:53.739><c> you</c><00:44:53.800><c> imagine</c><00:44:54.199><c> the</c><00:44:55.400><c> tension</c><00:44:55.760><c> over</c><00:44:56.079><c> that?</c> 00:44:56.480 --> 00:45:00.199 It<00:44:56.900><c> was</c><00:44:57.139><c> Galileans</c><00:44:58.099><c> that</c><00:44:58.340><c> Pilate</c><00:44:58.639><c> dealt</c><00:44:58.920><c> hardly</c><00:44:59.400><c> with</c><00:44:59.619><c> in</c><00:44:59.760><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:02.659 and<00:45:00.380><c> in</c><00:45:00.480><c> a</c><00:45:00.820><c> disgraceful</c><00:45:01.480><c> fashion.</c> 00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:04.860 They<00:45:03.099><c> weren't</c><00:45:03.280><c> on</c><00:45:03.440><c> good</c><00:45:03.659><c> terms.</c> 00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:09.519 And<00:45:05.719><c> this</c><00:45:06.000><c> chap</c><00:45:06.320><c> Herod,</c><00:45:08.059><c> who's</c><00:45:08.579><c> he?</c> 00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:12.360 Well,<00:45:10.539><c> he's</c><00:45:10.780><c> Herod</c><00:45:11.019><c> Antipas.</c> 00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.400 Not<00:45:13.760><c> Herod</c><00:45:13.980><c> the</c><00:45:14.179><c> Great.</c> 00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:15.739 He's<00:45:15.360><c> a</c><00:45:15.460><c> relation.</c> 00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:16.619 He's<00:45:15.960><c> Herod</c><00:45:16.199><c> Antipas.</c> 00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:21.380 And<00:45:17.059><c> he's</c><00:45:17.300><c> the</c><00:45:17.460><c> fellow</c><00:45:17.840><c> that</c><00:45:18.920><c> married</c><00:45:19.199><c> his</c><00:45:19.460><c> brother</c><00:45:19.800><c> Philip's</c><00:45:20.320><c> wife.</c> 00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:23.519 Ran<00:45:22.039><c> off</c><00:45:22.280><c> with</c><00:45:22.460><c> her.</c> 00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:25.599 His<00:45:23.900><c> own</c><00:45:24.139><c> brother</c><00:45:24.400><c> Philip,</c> 00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:29.760 whose<00:45:26.380><c> region</c><00:45:26.679><c> of</c><00:45:26.900><c> Trachonitis</c><00:45:27.320><c> was</c><00:45:27.539><c> right</c><00:45:27.800><c> alongside</c><00:45:28.179><c> of</c><00:45:28.320><c> his</c><00:45:28.440><c> up</c><00:45:28.679><c> there.</c> 00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:31.820 They<00:45:30.260><c> boarded</c><00:45:30.559><c> each</c><00:45:30.820><c> other.</c> 00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:33.800 And<00:45:32.559><c> it</c><00:45:32.559><c> was</c><00:45:32.699><c> in</c><00:45:32.840><c> a</c><00:45:32.960><c> party</c><00:45:33.179><c> in</c><00:45:33.519><c> Rome</c> 00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:37.280 that<00:45:34.699><c> he</c><00:45:34.880><c> struck</c><00:45:35.099><c> up</c><00:45:35.340><c> this</c><00:45:36.119><c> romance,</c><00:45:36.719><c> as</c><00:45:36.920><c> it</c><00:45:37.099><c> were,</c> 00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:39.300 with<00:45:37.519><c> Herodias,</c><00:45:38.079><c> his</c><00:45:38.340><c> brother</c><00:45:38.599><c> Philip's</c><00:45:39.039><c> wife.</c> 00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.739 And<00:45:39.639><c> you</c><00:45:39.679><c> know,</c><00:45:39.920><c> brothers</c><00:45:40.099><c> and</c><00:45:40.360><c> sisters,</c> 00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:44.260 we've<00:45:41.219><c> got</c><00:45:41.360><c> a</c><00:45:41.460><c> pretty</c><00:45:41.760><c> strong</c><00:45:42.000><c> view</c><00:45:42.199><c> about</c><00:45:42.480><c> divorce</c><00:45:42.820><c> and</c><00:45:43.039><c> remarriage.</c> 00:45:45.739 --> 00:45:48.280 You<00:45:45.800><c> know,</c><00:45:45.980><c> so</c><00:45:46.360><c> bad</c><00:45:46.599><c> was</c><00:45:46.840><c> this</c><00:45:47.119><c> case</c> 00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:51.420 that<00:45:49.280><c> it's</c><00:45:49.639><c> noted</c><00:45:49.880><c> in</c><00:45:50.239><c> the</c><00:45:50.420><c> history</c><00:45:50.739><c> of</c><00:45:51.000><c> Rome</c> 00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:55.639 that<00:45:52.119><c> it</c><00:45:52.119><c> was</c><00:45:52.420><c> a</c><00:45:52.559><c> public</c><00:45:52.860><c> disgrace</c><00:45:53.539><c> in</c><00:45:54.039><c> the</c><00:45:54.219><c> world.</c> 00:45:56.960 --> 00:45:59.519 Even<00:45:57.219><c> the</c><00:45:57.539><c> Romans</c><00:45:57.980><c> hated</c><00:45:58.360><c> it.</c> 00:45:59.960 --> 00:46:02.860 You<00:46:00.179><c> see,</c><00:46:00.460><c> because</c><00:46:00.699><c> it</c><00:46:00.840><c> was</c><00:46:01.059><c> not</c><00:46:01.219><c> only</c><00:46:01.639><c> an</c><00:46:01.900><c> adulterous</c><00:46:02.380><c> union</c> 00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:05.420 of<00:46:03.559><c> his</c><00:46:03.940><c> own</c><00:46:04.260><c> brother,</c> 00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:07.480 but<00:46:06.380><c> he's</c><00:46:06.639><c> related</c><00:46:06.940><c> to</c><00:46:07.119><c> the</c><00:46:07.280><c> girl.</c> 00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:09.900 It<00:46:07.739><c> was</c><00:46:07.980><c> an</c><00:46:08.340><c> incestuous</c><00:46:09.000><c> union.</c> 00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:12.539 That's<00:46:11.420><c> the</c><00:46:11.500><c> sort</c><00:46:11.659><c> of</c><00:46:11.820><c> fellow</c><00:46:11.940><c> he</c><00:46:12.219><c> is.</c> 00:46:12.760 --> 00:46:16.219 And<00:46:12.920><c> he</c><00:46:13.059><c> is</c><00:46:13.260><c> the</c><00:46:13.480><c> murderer</c><00:46:14.059><c> of</c><00:46:14.860><c> John</c><00:46:15.119><c> the</c><00:46:15.280><c> Baptist.</c> 00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:20.380 He'd<00:46:18.460><c> become</c><00:46:18.679><c> converted</c><00:46:19.139><c> to</c><00:46:19.980><c> Judaism.</c> 00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:24.159 Ah,<00:46:21.500><c> but</c><00:46:21.800><c> the</c><00:46:22.019><c> Sadduceean</c><00:46:22.719><c> twist</c><00:46:23.019><c> of</c><00:46:23.219><c> Judaism.</c> 00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:27.059 So<00:46:26.059><c> he</c><00:46:26.159><c> was</c><00:46:26.360><c> a</c><00:46:26.559><c> pragmatist.</c> 00:46:27.139 --> 00:46:29.039 You<00:46:27.139><c> know,</c><00:46:27.900><c> this</c><00:46:28.300><c> world's</c><00:46:28.820><c> good.</c> 00:46:29.139 --> 00:46:30.940 It's<00:46:29.300><c> a</c><00:46:29.300><c> reward</c><00:46:29.679><c> for</c><00:46:30.440><c> virtue,</c> 00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:33.380 virtue,<00:46:32.420><c> whatever</c><00:46:32.619><c> you</c><00:46:32.739><c> like</c><00:46:32.900><c> to</c><00:46:33.079><c> call</c><00:46:33.239><c> it.</c> 00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:35.579 But<00:46:33.679><c> whatever</c><00:46:34.039><c> it</c><00:46:34.139><c> is,</c><00:46:34.280><c> you've</c><00:46:34.460><c> got</c><00:46:34.559><c> nothing</c><00:46:34.780><c> after</c><00:46:35.079><c> this</c><00:46:35.340><c> life.</c> 00:46:35.599 --> 00:46:36.800 You<00:46:35.780><c> cancel</c><00:46:36.139><c> out.</c><00:46:36.579><c> That's</c><00:46:36.679><c> it.</c> 00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:38.840 So<00:46:37.159><c> get</c><00:46:37.420><c> what</c><00:46:37.679><c> you</c><00:46:37.880><c> can</c><00:46:38.139><c> while</c><00:46:38.460><c> you</c><00:46:38.679><c> can.</c> 00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:41.000 That<00:46:39.159><c> was</c><00:46:39.400><c> here</c><00:46:39.619><c> in</c><00:46:40.059><c> the</c><00:46:40.219><c> past.</c> 00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:45.119 Jesus<00:46:42.519><c> had</c><00:46:42.739><c> a</c><00:46:42.860><c> name</c><00:46:43.079><c> for</c><00:46:43.320><c> him.</c> 00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:49.820 Somebody<00:46:47.519><c> magnificently</c><00:46:48.000><c> called</c><00:46:48.400><c> him</c><00:46:48.619><c> a</c><00:46:48.960><c> fox.</c> 00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:55.300 No,<00:46:51.719><c> he</c><00:46:51.820><c> called</c><00:46:52.079><c> him</c><00:46:52.320><c> a</c><00:46:52.480><c> vixen,</c><00:46:53.280><c> a</c><00:46:53.539><c> female</c><00:46:54.199><c> fox.</c> 00:46:57.139 --> 00:46:58.719 Because<00:46:57.280><c> when</c><00:46:57.420><c> they</c><00:46:57.599><c> drew</c><00:46:57.760><c> attention</c><00:46:58.219><c> to</c><00:46:58.400><c> Jesus,</c> 00:46:59.219 --> 00:47:00.179 Herod<00:46:59.440><c> was</c><00:46:59.579><c> looking</c><00:46:59.820><c> for</c><00:46:59.980><c> him</c><00:47:00.079><c> and</c><00:47:00.139><c> said,</c> 00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:02.019 You<00:47:00.320><c> go</c><00:47:00.519><c> and</c><00:47:00.719><c> tell</c><00:47:00.840><c> that</c><00:47:01.599><c> vixen.</c> 00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:03.940 You<00:47:02.159><c> go</c><00:47:02.400><c> and</c><00:47:02.579><c> tell</c><00:47:02.699><c> that</c><00:47:03.079><c> fox.</c> 00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:05.679 That's<00:47:04.199><c> what</c><00:47:04.320><c> he</c><00:47:04.519><c> thought</c><00:47:04.679><c> of</c><00:47:04.820><c> him.</c> 00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:08.980 And<00:47:06.000><c> you</c><00:47:06.079><c> know</c><00:47:06.219><c> that</c><00:47:06.380><c> described</c><00:47:07.039><c> Herod</c><00:47:07.420><c> Antipas</c><00:47:07.719><c> to</c><00:47:07.920><c> a</c><00:47:08.179><c> T?</c> 00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:12.739 He<00:47:09.960><c> was</c><00:47:10.300><c> weak</c><00:47:10.679><c> and</c><00:47:11.280><c> sickly.</c> 00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:18.059 Herodias,<00:47:14.539><c> his</c><00:47:15.019><c> so</c><00:47:15.380><c>-called</c><00:47:15.579><c> wife,</c><00:47:16.400><c> lorded</c><00:47:16.739><c> it</c><00:47:16.920><c> over</c><00:47:17.059><c> him.</c> 00:47:18.659 --> 00:47:20.900 He<00:47:18.780><c> had</c><00:47:18.940><c> a</c><00:47:19.079><c> great</c><00:47:19.300><c> love</c><00:47:19.559><c> of</c><00:47:19.800><c> buildings.</c> 00:47:21.099 --> 00:47:24.420 He<00:47:21.460><c> indulged</c><00:47:21.880><c> himself</c><00:47:22.300><c> in</c><00:47:22.579><c> opulence</c><00:47:23.019><c> and</c><00:47:23.219><c> luxury.</c> 00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:26.539 And<00:47:24.760><c> let</c><00:47:24.860><c> other</c><00:47:25.079><c> people</c><00:47:25.440><c> pave</c><00:47:25.739><c> the</c><00:47:25.900><c> way</c><00:47:26.059><c> for</c><00:47:26.360><c> him.</c> 00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:29.159 He<00:47:26.639><c> had</c><00:47:26.860><c> no</c><00:47:28.059><c> strength</c><00:47:28.539><c> of</c><00:47:28.860><c> character.</c> 00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:31.460 You<00:47:29.440><c> know,</c><00:47:29.579><c> he</c><00:47:29.800><c> even</c><00:47:30.300><c> listened</c><00:47:30.579><c> to</c><00:47:30.739><c> John</c><00:47:30.980><c> the</c><00:47:31.139><c> Baptist.</c> 00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:34.360 And<00:47:31.860><c> he</c><00:47:32.000><c> did</c><00:47:32.260><c> many</c><00:47:32.599><c> things,</c><00:47:33.619><c> says</c><00:47:33.840><c> the</c><00:47:34.039><c> record,</c> 00:47:34.440 --> 00:47:36.139 did<00:47:34.699><c> many</c><00:47:35.079><c> things</c><00:47:35.320><c> that</c><00:47:35.480><c> John</c><00:47:35.679><c> told</c><00:47:35.960><c> him,</c> 00:47:36.219 --> 00:47:38.360 except<00:47:36.460><c> the</c><00:47:36.679><c> one</c><00:47:37.019><c> thing</c><00:47:37.300><c> needful.</c> 00:47:39.340 --> 00:47:43.260 So<00:47:39.820><c> he</c><00:47:40.300><c> had</c><00:47:40.539><c> a</c><00:47:40.639><c> better</c><00:47:40.860><c> side</c><00:47:41.139><c> to</c><00:47:41.260><c> it</c><00:47:41.340><c> if</c><00:47:41.360><c> he</c><00:47:41.420><c> wanted</c><00:47:41.619><c> to</c><00:47:41.840><c> use</c><00:47:41.960><c> it.</c> 00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:45.039 He<00:47:43.800><c> listened</c><00:47:44.079><c> to</c><00:47:44.340><c> John.</c> 00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:49.320 Well,<00:47:46.159><c> he</c><00:47:46.179><c> happened</c><00:47:46.480><c> to</c><00:47:46.699><c> be</c><00:47:47.059><c> in</c><00:47:47.400><c> Jerusalem</c><00:47:47.820><c> at</c><00:47:48.000><c> that</c><00:47:48.239><c> time.</c> 00:47:49.500 --> 00:47:52.460 His<00:47:49.619><c> usual</c><00:47:50.460><c> residence,</c><00:47:50.940><c> brothers</c><00:47:51.179><c> and</c><00:47:51.420><c> sisters,</c> 00:47:52.820 --> 00:47:55.039 was<00:47:53.039><c> at</c><00:47:53.219><c> Capernaum.</c> 00:47:56.500 --> 00:48:00.699 Now<00:47:56.719><c> verse</c><00:47:57.039><c> 8</c><00:47:57.320><c> says</c><00:47:57.760><c> he</c><00:47:58.280><c> was</c><00:47:58.679><c> desirous</c><00:47:59.280><c> to</c><00:47:59.400><c> see</c><00:47:59.619><c> Jesus.</c> 00:48:01.380 --> 00:48:02.840 He<00:48:01.619><c> was</c><00:48:01.840><c> desirous</c><00:48:02.460><c> to</c><00:48:02.599><c> see</c><00:48:02.760><c> him.</c> 00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:06.619 Now<00:48:03.039><c> you</c><00:48:03.079><c> remember</c><00:48:03.340><c> the</c><00:48:03.539><c> occasion</c><00:48:04.300><c> that</c><00:48:06.340><c> Herod</c> 00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:08.079 had<00:48:06.840><c> put</c><00:48:06.960><c> John</c><00:48:07.239><c> the</c><00:48:07.380><c> Baptist</c><00:48:07.679><c> to</c><00:48:07.900><c> death.</c> 00:48:08.380 --> 00:48:11.000 And<00:48:08.599><c> right</c><00:48:08.880><c> back</c><00:48:09.179><c> earlier</c><00:48:09.579><c> in</c><00:48:09.739><c> the</c><00:48:09.900><c> ministry</c><00:48:10.420><c> of</c><00:48:10.659><c> our</c><00:48:10.800><c> Lord</c> 00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:12.139 Jesus<00:48:11.420><c> Christ,</c> 00:48:12.460 --> 00:48:14.420 news<00:48:12.559><c> came</c><00:48:12.940><c> to</c><00:48:13.059><c> Herod,</c><00:48:13.300><c> this</c><00:48:13.559><c> Herod</c><00:48:13.800><c> Antipas</c><00:48:14.079><c> here,</c> 00:48:14.760 --> 00:48:16.559 of<00:48:14.920><c> all</c><00:48:15.099><c> the</c><00:48:15.260><c> miracles</c><00:48:15.519><c> that</c><00:48:15.719><c> Jesus</c><00:48:15.960><c> was</c><00:48:16.199><c> before</c><00:48:16.480><c> him.</c> 00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:17.860 And<00:48:16.679><c> he</c><00:48:16.880><c> shook.</c> 00:48:17.940 --> 00:48:19.900 And<00:48:18.059><c> he</c><00:48:18.199><c> said,</c><00:48:18.360><c> oh,</c><00:48:19.000><c> it's</c><00:48:19.199><c> John</c><00:48:19.460><c> the</c><00:48:19.659><c> Baptist.</c> 00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:20.940 He's<00:48:20.199><c> risen</c><00:48:20.380><c> from</c><00:48:20.619><c> the</c><00:48:20.800><c> dead.</c> 00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:23.820 You<00:48:21.300><c> see,</c><00:48:21.579><c> he</c><00:48:21.579><c> had</c><00:48:21.760><c> nightmares</c><00:48:22.280><c> over</c><00:48:22.559><c> John</c><00:48:22.780><c> the</c><00:48:22.960><c> Baptist.</c> 00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:25.179 Because<00:48:24.179><c> he</c><00:48:24.360><c> liked</c><00:48:24.800><c> the</c><00:48:25.019><c> man.</c> 00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:26.059 He<00:48:25.380><c> respected</c><00:48:25.920><c> him.</c> 00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:28.079 He<00:48:26.340><c> protected</c><00:48:26.659><c> him</c><00:48:26.860><c> up</c><00:48:27.000><c> to</c><00:48:27.159><c> a</c><00:48:27.320><c> point</c><00:48:27.440><c> against</c><00:48:27.719><c> Herodias</c> 00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:29.159 that<00:48:28.159><c> he</c><00:48:28.239><c> could</c><00:48:28.400><c> do</c><00:48:28.539><c> it</c><00:48:28.659><c> no</c><00:48:28.880><c> longer.</c> 00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:30.599 He<00:48:29.639><c> really</c><00:48:30.039><c> liked</c><00:48:30.300><c> him.</c> 00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:33.360 And<00:48:30.840><c> he</c><00:48:30.980><c> did</c><00:48:31.159><c> what</c><00:48:31.360><c> John</c><00:48:31.619><c> said</c><00:48:31.940><c> up</c><00:48:32.219><c> to</c><00:48:32.440><c> a</c><00:48:32.559><c> point.</c> 00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:35.159 So<00:48:33.800><c> when</c><00:48:34.099><c> he</c><00:48:34.340><c> heard</c><00:48:34.599><c> about</c><00:48:34.820><c> the</c><00:48:35.019><c> Lord,</c> 00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:37.500 he<00:48:35.380><c> was</c><00:48:35.460><c> absolutely</c><00:48:36.440><c> fearful</c><00:48:37.079><c> that</c><00:48:37.340><c> John</c> 00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:38.719 had<00:48:37.639><c> come</c><00:48:37.880><c> back</c><00:48:38.019><c> from</c><00:48:38.199><c> the</c><00:48:38.360><c> dead.</c> 00:48:39.139 --> 00:48:41.059 Prism<00:48:39.340><c> says</c><00:48:39.559><c> he's</c><00:48:39.980><c> a</c><00:48:40.159><c> Sadducee,</c> 00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:44.559 not<00:48:41.820><c> supposed</c><00:48:42.139><c> to</c><00:48:42.400><c> believe</c><00:48:42.699><c> in</c><00:48:42.860><c> the</c><00:48:43.019><c> resurrection</c><00:48:43.400><c> of</c><00:48:43.619><c> the</c><00:48:43.719><c> dead.</c> 00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:46.800 That's<00:48:45.159><c> the</c><00:48:45.280><c> strength</c><00:48:45.480><c> of</c><00:48:45.659><c> his</c><00:48:45.860><c> conviction.</c> 00:48:47.699 --> 00:48:49.519 He<00:48:47.780><c> had</c><00:48:47.960><c> nightmares</c><00:48:48.420><c> about</c><00:48:48.860><c> him.</c> 00:48:49.639 --> 00:48:51.539 That<00:48:49.820><c> was</c><00:48:50.000><c> three</c><00:48:50.260><c> years</c><00:48:50.519><c> ago.</c> 00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:53.460 He's<00:48:52.340><c> gotten</c><00:48:52.480><c> over</c><00:48:52.719><c> that</c><00:48:52.940><c> now.</c> 00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:58.340 Now<00:48:54.099><c> he's</c><00:48:54.420><c> just</c><00:48:54.659><c> simply</c><00:48:55.280><c> curious,</c><00:48:56.820><c> very</c><00:48:57.260><c> curious,</c> 00:48:58.579 --> 00:49:00.500 because<00:48:58.780><c> he's</c><00:48:59.019><c> heard</c><00:48:59.119><c> a</c><00:48:59.239><c> lot</c><00:48:59.360><c> about</c><00:48:59.559><c> the</c><00:48:59.739><c> Lord.</c> 00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:02.639 And<00:49:01.019><c> the</c><00:49:01.340><c> fear</c><00:49:01.599><c> and</c><00:49:01.780><c> the</c><00:49:01.960><c> trembling</c><00:49:02.159><c> has</c><00:49:02.460><c> gone,</c> 00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:03.840 because<00:49:02.880><c> it's</c><00:49:03.219><c> not</c><00:49:03.440><c> John.</c> 00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:06.119 The<00:49:04.440><c> ghost</c><00:49:04.760><c> of</c><00:49:04.960><c> John's</c><00:49:05.260><c> not</c><00:49:05.519><c> haunting</c><00:49:05.679><c> him.</c> 00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:07.159 So<00:49:06.539><c> he</c><00:49:06.559><c> got</c><00:49:06.699><c> over</c><00:49:06.960><c> that.</c> 00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:09.639 Now<00:49:07.360><c> he's</c><00:49:07.599><c> just</c><00:49:07.800><c> simply</c><00:49:08.380><c> curious.</c> 00:49:09.780 --> 00:49:12.659 Curious<00:49:10.099><c> because</c><00:49:10.420><c> he</c><00:49:10.579><c> wants</c><00:49:10.840><c> to</c><00:49:11.119><c> see</c><00:49:11.280><c> some</c><00:49:11.579><c> miracle</c><00:49:11.960><c> done</c><00:49:12.199><c> by</c><00:49:12.480><c> him,</c> 00:49:12.840 --> 00:49:15.420 says<00:49:12.940><c> verse</c><00:49:13.260><c> eight,</c><00:49:13.519><c> the</c><00:49:13.599><c> end</c><00:49:13.760><c> of</c><00:49:13.920><c> verse</c><00:49:14.159><c> eight.</c> 00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:17.840 And<00:49:16.079><c> the</c><00:49:16.239><c> murderer</c><00:49:16.619><c> of</c><00:49:16.900><c> John</c><00:49:17.139><c> the</c><00:49:17.300><c> Baptist</c> 00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:20.860 wants<00:49:18.900><c> to</c><00:49:19.219><c> see</c><00:49:19.480><c> a</c><00:49:19.780><c> wonder</c><00:49:20.019><c> worker.</c> 00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:24.480 The<00:49:22.340><c> Lord,</c><00:49:23.059><c> brethren</c><00:49:23.340><c> and</c><00:49:23.619><c> sisters,</c> 00:49:24.980 --> 00:49:28.719 never<00:49:25.539><c> expelled</c><00:49:26.099><c> a</c><00:49:26.699><c> breath</c><00:49:27.000><c> on</c><00:49:27.239><c> his</c><00:49:27.559><c> behalf.</c> 00:49:29.699 --> 00:49:36.099 He<00:49:30.300><c> just</c><00:49:30.599><c> stood</c><00:49:30.840><c> there</c><00:49:32.380><c> and</c><00:49:33.000><c> eyed</c><00:49:33.260><c> him</c><00:49:33.420><c> with</c><00:49:33.780><c> supreme</c><00:49:34.840><c> content.</c> 00:49:37.699 --> 00:49:42.260 He<00:49:38.000><c> never</c><00:49:38.440><c> got</c><00:49:38.860><c> a</c><00:49:39.320><c> syllable</c><00:49:39.579><c> out</c><00:49:39.860><c> of</c><00:49:40.860><c> it.</c> 00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:44.139 That's<00:49:42.639><c> what</c><00:49:42.880><c> the</c><00:49:42.960><c> Lord</c><00:49:43.159><c> Jesus</c><00:49:43.539><c> Christ</c><00:49:43.900><c> thought</c> 00:49:44.139 --> 00:49:45.559 of<00:49:44.340><c> the</c><00:49:44.440><c> murderer</c><00:49:44.760><c> of</c><00:49:44.940><c> John</c><00:49:45.099><c> the</c><00:49:45.260><c> Baptist.</c> 00:49:45.619 --> 00:49:47.340 He<00:49:45.960><c> answered</c><00:49:46.119><c> him,</c><00:49:46.679><c> no.</c> 00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:52.059 That<00:49:48.400><c> would</c><00:49:48.599><c> be</c><00:49:48.679><c> a</c><00:49:48.780><c> very</c><00:49:49.139><c> great</c><00:49:49.380><c> insult</c><00:49:49.860><c> and</c><00:49:50.340><c> meant</c><00:49:50.539><c> to</c><00:49:50.780><c> be</c><00:49:50.960><c> so.</c> 00:49:53.440 --> 00:49:55.760 That's<00:49:53.679><c> what</c><00:49:53.820><c> I</c><00:49:54.000><c> think</c><00:49:54.159><c> of</c><00:49:54.360><c> you.</c> 00:49:56.579 --> 00:49:59.760 Imagine<00:49:57.340><c> that</c><00:49:57.579><c> man's</c><00:49:58.000><c> blood</c><00:49:58.280><c> rising</c><00:49:58.619><c> to</c><00:49:58.840><c> his</c><00:49:59.019><c> face,</c> 00:49:59.900 --> 00:50:04.159 treated<00:50:00.179><c> like</c><00:50:00.519><c> that</c><00:50:00.920><c> before</c><00:50:01.400><c> his</c><00:50:02.199><c> contemporaries.</c> 00:50:04.659 --> 00:50:06.440 Oh,<00:50:05.059><c> but</c><00:50:05.219><c> verse</c><00:50:05.480><c> 10</c><00:50:05.860><c> says,</c> 00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:08.599 and<00:50:06.940><c> the</c><00:50:07.059><c> chief</c><00:50:07.480><c> priests</c><00:50:07.780><c> and</c><00:50:08.079><c> scribes</c> 00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:11.960 stood<00:50:09.000><c> and</c><00:50:09.400><c> vehemently</c><00:50:10.099><c> accused</c><00:50:10.400><c> him.</c> 00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:14.219 Chief<00:50:12.619><c> priests</c><00:50:12.980><c> and</c><00:50:13.280><c> scribes,</c> 00:50:14.320 --> 00:50:15.860 standing<00:50:14.699><c> there,</c><00:50:15.159><c> brothers</c><00:50:15.199><c> and</c><00:50:15.480><c> sisters,</c> 00:50:16.260 --> 00:50:18.719 pleading<00:50:16.619><c> their</c><00:50:16.920><c> case</c><00:50:17.219><c> before</c><00:50:17.579><c> that</c><00:50:17.820><c> monster,</c> 00:50:19.059 --> 00:50:22.679 before<00:50:19.460><c> that</c><00:50:19.739><c> man</c><00:50:20.199><c> who</c><00:50:20.619><c> was</c><00:50:21.500><c> an</c><00:50:21.659><c> incestuous,</c> 00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:24.599 adulterous<00:50:23.559><c> union.</c> 00:50:25.059 --> 00:50:26.019 And<00:50:25.179><c> who</c><00:50:25.280><c> were</c><00:50:25.539><c> they?</c> 00:50:26.260 --> 00:50:27.380 Who<00:50:26.519><c> were</c><00:50:27.000><c> they?</c> 00:50:27.559 --> 00:50:30.519 The<00:50:27.880><c> chief</c><00:50:28.239><c> priests,</c><00:50:28.960><c> custodians</c><00:50:29.599><c> of</c><00:50:29.840><c> the</c><00:50:30.099><c> Torah</c> 00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:33.780 and<00:50:31.440><c> the</c><00:50:31.760><c> scribes</c><00:50:32.219><c> who</c><00:50:32.619><c> wrote</c><00:50:32.960><c> it.</c> 00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:39.699 And<00:50:34.420><c> the</c><00:50:34.679><c> Torah</c><00:50:35.179><c> was</c><00:50:36.300><c> deadly</c><00:50:37.019><c> against</c><00:50:37.880><c> incest</c><00:50:38.500><c> and</c><00:50:38.679><c> adultery.</c> 00:50:40.460 --> 00:50:42.579 Where<00:50:40.920><c> are</c><00:50:41.199><c> their</c><00:50:41.500><c> scruples?</c> 00:50:43.300 --> 00:50:45.980 What<00:50:43.719><c> are</c><00:50:43.860><c> they</c><00:50:44.079><c> doing</c><00:50:44.380><c> there,</c><00:50:44.719><c> brothers</c><00:50:44.860><c> and</c><00:50:45.099><c> sisters?</c> 00:50:46.139 --> 00:50:48.380 Where<00:50:46.599><c> are</c><00:50:46.940><c> their</c><00:50:47.260><c> scruples?</c> 00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:55.139 You<00:50:49.780><c> know,</c><00:50:50.340><c> it</c><00:50:50.360><c> has</c><00:50:50.599><c> been</c><00:50:50.739><c> a</c><00:50:51.019><c> very</c><00:50:51.559><c> sad</c><00:50:52.539><c> experience</c><00:50:53.460><c> in</c><00:50:53.639><c> my</c><00:50:53.860><c> own</c><00:50:54.079><c> life</c> 00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:58.159 that<00:50:56.000><c> there</c><00:50:56.179><c> have</c><00:50:56.179><c> been</c><00:50:56.300><c> people</c><00:50:56.739><c> who</c><00:50:56.980><c> may</c><00:50:57.280><c> have</c><00:50:57.440><c> not</c><00:50:57.719><c> agreed</c> 00:50:58.159 --> 00:51:01.179 with<00:50:58.420><c> some</c><00:50:58.599><c> of</c><00:50:58.699><c> the</c><00:50:58.820><c> things</c><00:50:59.119><c> that</c><00:50:59.340><c> I</c><00:50:59.480><c> may</c><00:50:59.579><c> have</c><00:50:59.739><c> said</c><00:50:59.860><c> and</c><00:51:00.079><c> done.</c> 00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:03.300 And<00:51:01.739><c> they're</c><00:51:01.920><c> on</c><00:51:02.079><c> two</c><00:51:02.239><c> opposite</c><00:51:02.639><c> sides</c><00:51:02.900><c> of</c><00:51:03.099><c> the</c><00:51:03.179><c> fence</c> 00:51:03.300 --> 00:51:04.280 on<00:51:03.500><c> a</c><00:51:03.659><c> certain</c><00:51:03.880><c> question,</c> 00:51:04.340 --> 00:51:07.539 but<00:51:04.440><c> they're</c><00:51:04.739><c> together</c><00:51:05.360><c> when</c><00:51:05.840><c> they've</c><00:51:05.980><c> got</c><00:51:06.119><c> a</c><00:51:06.320><c> common</c><00:51:06.440><c> enemy.</c> 00:51:08.199 --> 00:51:10.219 And<00:51:08.500><c> they</c><00:51:08.659><c> forget</c><00:51:09.000><c> their</c><00:51:09.260><c> scruples.</c> 00:51:11.360 --> 00:51:14.400 They<00:51:11.659><c> should</c><00:51:11.940><c> have</c><00:51:12.099><c> not</c><00:51:12.300><c> even</c><00:51:12.719><c> spat</c><00:51:13.119><c> on</c><00:51:13.300><c> that</c><00:51:13.619><c> chap.</c> 00:51:14.579 --> 00:51:17.980 The<00:51:15.099><c> chief</c><00:51:15.619><c> priests</c><00:51:16.280><c> and</c><00:51:16.659><c> the</c><00:51:17.000><c> writers</c><00:51:17.300><c> of</c><00:51:17.460><c> the</c><00:51:17.659><c> law,</c> 00:51:18.219 --> 00:51:21.360 standing<00:51:18.500><c> there,</c><00:51:19.000><c> arguing</c><00:51:19.179><c> their</c><00:51:19.440><c> case</c><00:51:19.699><c> before</c><00:51:20.079><c> him,</c> 00:51:21.619 --> 00:51:24.539 were<00:51:21.699><c> to</c><00:51:21.840><c> hang</c><00:51:22.039><c> their</c><00:51:22.159><c> heads</c><00:51:22.400><c> in</c><00:51:22.679><c> shame,</c><00:51:22.920><c> brothers</c><00:51:23.179><c> and</c><00:51:23.420><c> sisters.</c> 00:51:24.619 --> 00:51:27.000 And<00:51:24.860><c> standing</c><00:51:25.079><c> alongside</c><00:51:25.539><c> of</c><00:51:25.699><c> them</c><00:51:25.780><c> was</c><00:51:25.980><c> the</c><00:51:26.159><c> supreme</c><00:51:26.559><c> example</c> 00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:31.460 of<00:51:27.159><c> the</c><00:51:27.239><c> Lord</c><00:51:27.400><c> Jesus</c><00:51:27.820><c> Christ,</c><00:51:28.880><c> who</c><00:51:29.019><c> answered</c><00:51:29.380><c> him</c><00:51:30.480><c> nothing.</c> 00:51:33.780 --> 00:51:38.099 Well,<00:51:36.460><c> in</c><00:51:36.519><c> verse</c><00:51:36.780><c> 11,</c> 00:51:38.360 --> 00:51:41.199 as<00:51:38.440><c> is</c><00:51:38.679><c> inherited</c><00:51:39.079><c> with</c><00:51:39.440><c> his</c><00:51:39.619><c> men</c><00:51:39.800><c> of</c><00:51:40.039><c> war,</c><00:51:40.719><c> said</c><00:51:40.760><c> he,</c><00:51:41.000><c> McNaught.</c> 00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:42.179 What<00:51:41.480><c> men</c><00:51:41.480><c> of</c><00:51:41.659><c> war?</c> 00:51:42.679 --> 00:51:45.139 You<00:51:42.679><c> know,</c><00:51:43.300><c> I</c><00:51:43.360><c> believe</c><00:51:43.539><c> that's</c><00:51:43.860><c> deliberately</c><00:51:44.159><c> said.</c> 00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:47.300 His<00:51:45.679><c> men</c><00:51:45.920><c> of</c><00:51:46.340><c> war.</c> 00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:49.780 Well,<00:51:48.460><c> Jesus</c><00:51:48.780><c> had</c><00:51:49.079><c> men</c><00:51:49.340><c> of</c><00:51:49.619><c> war.</c> 00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:51.480 We've<00:51:50.139><c> seen</c><00:51:50.340><c> it,</c><00:51:51.239><c> haven't</c><00:51:51.320><c> we?</c> 00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:52.199 They're<00:51:51.780><c> all</c><00:51:52.039><c> there.</c> 00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:54.699 The<00:51:52.559><c> time</c><00:51:52.699><c> had</c><00:51:52.920><c> not</c><00:51:53.159><c> come,</c><00:51:53.440><c> brothers</c><00:51:53.599><c> and</c><00:51:53.860><c> sisters.</c> 00:51:54.780 --> 00:51:56.719 Could<00:51:54.980><c> I</c><00:51:55.179><c> not</c><00:51:55.360><c> ask</c><00:51:55.719><c> twelve</c><00:51:56.059><c> legions</c><00:51:56.400><c> of</c><00:51:56.539><c> angels,</c> 00:51:56.780 --> 00:51:57.659 and<00:51:56.880><c> would</c><00:51:56.940><c> he</c><00:51:57.079><c> not</c><00:51:57.280><c> give</c><00:51:57.420><c> it?</c> 00:51:57.739 --> 00:51:59.119 They're<00:51:57.980><c> all</c><00:51:58.119><c> there</c><00:51:58.340><c> ready.</c> 00:51:59.400 --> 00:52:00.559 But<00:51:59.539><c> the</c><00:51:59.719><c> time</c><00:51:59.900><c> had</c><00:52:00.099><c> not</c><00:52:00.380><c> come</c> 00:52:00.559 --> 00:52:02.000 that<00:52:00.719><c> the</c><00:52:00.900><c> Scriptures</c><00:52:01.099><c> should</c><00:52:01.380><c> be</c><00:52:01.559><c> fulfilled.</c> 00:52:02.199 --> 00:52:03.559 But<00:52:02.340><c> they're</c><00:52:02.559><c> there,</c><00:52:02.820><c> brothers</c><00:52:03.079><c> and</c><00:52:03.360><c> sisters,</c> 00:52:03.639 --> 00:52:05.360 at<00:52:03.739><c> the</c><00:52:03.940><c> snap</c><00:52:04.099><c> of</c><00:52:04.260><c> his</c><00:52:04.480><c> fingers,</c><00:52:04.739><c> they're</c><00:52:04.980><c> there.</c> 00:52:05.820 --> 00:52:07.440 Who<00:52:06.079><c> cares</c><00:52:06.380><c> for</c><00:52:06.539><c> his</c><00:52:06.719><c> men</c><00:52:06.900><c> of</c><00:52:07.139><c> war?</c> 00:52:07.440 --> 00:52:11.699 The<00:52:08.519><c> Lord</c><00:52:08.780><c> would</c><00:52:09.079><c> endure</c><00:52:09.239><c> as</c><00:52:09.539><c> seeing</c><00:52:09.719><c> him</c><00:52:10.019><c> who</c><00:52:10.139><c> was</c><00:52:10.360><c> invisible.</c> 00:52:11.980 --> 00:52:14.039 He<00:52:12.119><c> wouldn't</c><00:52:12.300><c> have</c><00:52:12.440><c> worried</c><00:52:12.599><c> about</c><00:52:12.880><c> that.</c> 00:52:14.539 --> 00:52:18.079 And<00:52:14.619><c> they</c><00:52:15.239><c> arrayed</c><00:52:16.619><c> the</c><00:52:16.639><c> Lord</c><00:52:16.920><c> in</c><00:52:17.079><c> a</c><00:52:17.320><c> gorgeous</c><00:52:17.820><c> robe.</c> 00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:20.719 Now,<00:52:18.360><c> the</c><00:52:18.400><c> word</c><00:52:18.699><c> gorgeous</c><00:52:19.139><c> is</c><00:52:19.920><c> lampross,</c> 00:52:21.099 --> 00:52:23.599 from<00:52:21.280><c> which</c><00:52:21.440><c> we</c><00:52:21.639><c> get</c><00:52:21.880><c> our</c><00:52:22.079><c> word</c><00:52:22.440><c> lamp,</c> 00:52:24.019 --> 00:52:27.800 because<00:52:24.420><c> the</c><00:52:24.699><c> robe</c><00:52:24.880><c> was</c><00:52:25.219><c> bright</c><00:52:25.920><c> and</c><00:52:26.820><c> radiant.</c> 00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:31.840 It<00:52:29.059><c> was</c><00:52:29.320><c> a</c><00:52:29.440><c> very,</c><00:52:29.840><c> very</c><00:52:30.380><c> bright</c><00:52:30.800><c> color,</c> 00:52:32.019 --> 00:52:36.199 almost<00:52:32.400><c> iridescent,</c><00:52:33.300><c> as</c><00:52:33.320><c> the</c><00:52:33.519><c> word</c><00:52:33.719><c> implies,</c><00:52:34.699><c> radiant</c><00:52:35.280><c> with</c><00:52:35.599><c> color.</c> 00:52:36.199 --> 00:52:39.639 And<00:52:36.639><c> it</c><00:52:36.639><c> was</c><00:52:37.619><c> the</c><00:52:37.800><c> darkest</c><00:52:38.219><c> hour</c><00:52:38.440><c> for</c><00:52:38.639><c> our</c><00:52:38.800><c> Lord.</c> 00:52:40.159 --> 00:52:41.840 It<00:52:40.199><c> meant</c><00:52:40.400><c> nothing</c><00:52:40.719><c> to</c><00:52:40.960><c> him.</c> 00:52:42.639 --> 00:52:44.300 He<00:52:42.679><c> used</c><00:52:42.860><c> to</c><00:52:42.880><c> be</c><00:52:43.079><c> the</c><00:52:43.260><c> bright</c><00:52:43.440><c> and</c><00:52:43.579><c> the</c><00:52:43.719><c> morning</c><00:52:43.980><c> star,</c> 00:52:44.440 --> 00:52:45.119 brothers<00:52:44.619><c> and</c><00:52:44.840><c> sisters,</c> 00:52:45.179 --> 00:52:47.079 when<00:52:45.360><c> the</c><00:52:45.579><c> darkness</c><00:52:46.099><c> will</c><00:52:46.420><c> be</c><00:52:46.659><c> dispelled.</c> 00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:49.880 But<00:52:47.719><c> he</c><00:52:47.940><c> doesn't</c><00:52:48.179><c> want</c><00:52:48.460><c> that</c><00:52:49.119><c> one.</c> 00:52:50.039 --> 00:52:53.219 Now,<00:52:50.219><c> they</c><00:52:50.400><c> send</c><00:52:50.559><c> him</c><00:52:50.679><c> back</c><00:52:50.880><c> to</c><00:52:51.119><c> Pilate</c><00:52:51.260><c> again,</c><00:52:51.639><c> says</c><00:52:51.760><c> verse</c><00:52:52.059><c> 12.</c> 00:52:53.480 --> 00:52:54.500 And<00:52:53.539><c> just</c><00:52:53.760><c> in</c><00:52:53.880><c> anticipation,</c> 00:52:54.599 --> 00:52:55.599 because<00:52:54.739><c> I</c><00:52:54.920><c> just</c><00:52:55.059><c> want</c><00:52:55.159><c> to</c><00:52:55.300><c> say</c><00:52:55.420><c> this,</c> 00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:57.699 to<00:52:55.840><c> show</c><00:52:55.920><c> you</c><00:52:56.199><c> the</c><00:52:56.239><c> second</c><00:52:56.880><c> acquittal.</c> 00:52:58.119 --> 00:53:01.619 You<00:52:58.320><c> see,</c><00:52:59.260><c> in</c><00:52:59.440><c> verse</c><00:52:59.659><c> 14</c><00:52:59.980><c> and</c><00:53:00.159><c> 15,</c><00:53:00.780><c> it</c><00:53:00.780><c> says,</c> 00:53:04.739 --> 00:53:10.360 And<00:53:05.219><c> behold,</c><00:53:08.480><c> I,</c><00:53:08.760><c> having</c><00:53:09.099><c> examined</c><00:53:09.539><c> him</c><00:53:09.739><c> before</c><00:53:10.159><c> you,</c> 00:53:10.420 --> 00:53:12.579 have<00:53:10.559><c> found</c><00:53:10.739><c> no</c><00:53:11.000><c> fault</c><00:53:11.179><c> in</c><00:53:11.360><c> this</c><00:53:11.539><c> man,</c> 00:53:12.780 --> 00:53:14.639 touching<00:53:13.039><c> those</c><00:53:13.340><c> things</c><00:53:13.519><c> wherever</c><00:53:13.760><c> you</c><00:53:14.039><c> accuse</c><00:53:14.280><c> him,</c> 00:53:14.820 --> 00:53:16.139 nor<00:53:15.059><c> yet</c><00:53:15.460><c> hear</c><00:53:15.679><c> it.</c> 00:53:16.619 --> 00:53:17.280 Brothers<00:53:16.860><c> and</c><00:53:17.119><c> sisters,</c> 00:53:17.280 --> 00:53:18.539 with<00:53:17.500><c> all</c><00:53:17.780><c> the</c><00:53:18.159><c> insult,</c> 00:53:18.820 --> 00:53:21.199 with<00:53:19.039><c> all</c><00:53:19.320><c> the</c><00:53:19.599><c> complete</c><00:53:20.199><c> insult</c><00:53:20.739><c> of</c><00:53:20.900><c> the</c><00:53:21.039><c> Lord,</c> 00:53:21.239 --> 00:53:22.900 after<00:53:21.380><c> that</c><00:53:21.599><c> man</c><00:53:21.820><c> by</c><00:53:22.119><c> absolute</c><00:53:22.679><c> sight,</c> 00:53:23.099 --> 00:53:25.980 he<00:53:23.500><c> caught</c><00:53:23.960><c> the</c><00:53:24.219><c> prime</c><00:53:24.639><c> fault</c><00:53:24.820><c> with</c><00:53:25.059><c> him.</c> 00:53:26.400 --> 00:53:27.440 And<00:53:26.639><c> back</c><00:53:26.780><c> he</c><00:53:26.880><c> went</c><00:53:27.079><c> to</c><00:53:27.280><c> Pilate,</c> 00:53:27.579 --> 00:53:29.199 and<00:53:27.639><c> for</c><00:53:27.800><c> the</c><00:53:28.059><c> second</c><00:53:28.380><c> time,</c> 00:53:29.500 --> 00:53:30.679 he's<00:53:29.699><c> acquitted</c><00:53:29.960><c> before</c><00:53:30.260><c> them</c><00:53:30.480><c> all.</c> 00:53:30.699 --> 00:53:31.599 I<00:53:30.960><c> can't</c><00:53:31.099><c> believe</c><00:53:31.099><c> it.</c> 00:53:32.099 --> 00:53:34.719 That's<00:53:32.539><c> the</c><00:53:32.760><c> second</c><00:53:33.099><c> time.</c> 00:53:34.840 --> 00:53:37.179 And<00:53:34.900><c> then</c><00:53:35.079><c> verse</c><00:53:35.280><c> 12</c><00:53:35.619><c> says,</c> 00:53:37.659 --> 00:53:40.619 Herod<00:53:37.760><c> and</c><00:53:37.960><c> Pilate</c><00:53:38.239><c> were</c><00:53:38.420><c> made</c><00:53:38.659><c> friends</c><00:53:38.960><c> together</c><00:53:39.360><c> that</c><00:53:39.519><c> day.</c> 00:53:41.239 --> 00:53:43.139 Marvellous<00:53:41.679><c> what</c><00:53:41.880><c> a</c><00:53:42.019><c> common</c><00:53:42.179><c> enemy</c><00:53:42.440><c> will</c><00:53:42.659><c> do,</c><00:53:42.860><c> isn't</c><00:53:43.019><c> it?</c> 00:53:43.159 --> 00:53:44.960 When<00:53:43.300><c> you've</c><00:53:43.420><c> got</c><00:53:43.539><c> a</c><00:53:43.699><c> common</c><00:53:43.920><c> cause,</c> 00:53:45.039 --> 00:53:46.139 overcomes<00:53:45.480><c> all</c><00:53:45.800><c> difficulties</c> 00:53:46.139 --> 00:53:47.360 until<00:53:46.440><c> that</c><00:53:46.679><c> difficulty</c><00:53:46.900><c> is</c><00:53:47.039><c> out</c><00:53:47.119><c> of</c><00:53:47.179><c> the</c><00:53:47.280><c> way</c> 00:53:47.360 --> 00:53:48.780 and<00:53:47.460><c> then</c><00:53:47.519><c> you</c><00:53:47.599><c> go</c><00:53:47.780><c> back</c><00:53:47.980><c> fighting.</c> 00:53:49.619 --> 00:53:50.440 That's<00:53:50.059><c> what</c><00:53:50.139><c> happens,</c> 00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:52.059 isn't<00:53:50.659><c> it,</c><00:53:50.800><c> brothers</c><00:53:51.000><c> and</c><00:53:51.219><c> sisters?</c> 00:53:52.460 --> 00:53:53.380 What<00:53:52.639><c> really</c><00:53:53.039><c> happens,</c> 00:53:53.500 --> 00:53:55.440 friends<00:53:53.860><c> are</c><00:53:54.159><c> good</c><00:53:54.420><c> friends</c> 00:53:55.579 --> 00:53:58.880 when<00:53:56.019><c> they</c><00:53:56.219><c> are</c><00:53:56.260><c> with</c><00:53:56.460><c> you</c><00:53:56.679><c> in</c><00:53:56.820><c> good</c><00:53:57.099><c> times</c><00:53:57.380><c> and</c><00:53:57.639><c> bad</c><00:53:57.920><c> times,</c> 00:53:59.559 --> 00:54:00.719 as<00:53:59.760><c> the</c><00:54:00.019><c> Proverb</c><00:54:00.300><c> says.</c> 00:54:00.719 --> 00:54:02.880 They're<00:54:01.500><c> your</c><00:54:01.699><c> real</c><00:54:01.940><c> friends.</c> 00:54:03.420 --> 00:54:05.500 Now<00:54:03.519><c> I</c><00:54:03.559><c> want</c><00:54:03.780><c> to</c><00:54:03.840><c> conclude</c><00:54:04.159><c> tonight</c><00:54:04.559><c> with</c><00:54:04.800><c> a</c><00:54:04.960><c> hymn.</c> 00:54:05.739 --> 00:54:06.519 I'm<00:54:05.820><c> not</c><00:54:05.980><c> going</c><00:54:06.159><c> to</c><00:54:06.260><c> sing,</c> 00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:08.039 so<00:54:06.679><c> don't</c><00:54:06.820><c> worry</c><00:54:07.079><c> about</c><00:54:07.239><c> it,</c> 00:54:08.440 --> 00:54:10.760 but<00:54:08.699><c> I'm</c><00:54:08.820><c> going</c><00:54:08.860><c> to</c><00:54:08.980><c> talk</c><00:54:09.159><c> to</c><00:54:09.159><c> you</c><00:54:09.239><c> about</c><00:54:09.380><c> a</c><00:54:09.579><c> hymn.</c> 00:54:10.920 --> 00:54:11.320 Because<00:54:11.019><c> you</c><00:54:11.079><c> see,</c> 00:54:11.420 --> 00:54:12.519 having<00:54:11.679><c> reached</c><00:54:11.980><c> this</c><00:54:12.320><c> point</c> 00:54:12.519 --> 00:54:13.900 of<00:54:12.739><c> Pilate</c><00:54:13.119><c> and</c><00:54:13.360><c> Herod</c><00:54:13.519><c> together</c> 00:54:13.900 --> 00:54:15.099 with<00:54:14.079><c> the</c><00:54:14.239><c> people</c><00:54:14.440><c> of</c><00:54:14.579><c> Israel,</c> 00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:17.000 do<00:54:15.619><c> you</c><00:54:15.619><c> know</c><00:54:15.739><c> there</c><00:54:15.860><c> was</c><00:54:16.059><c> the</c><00:54:16.219><c> first</c><00:54:16.599><c> hymn,</c> 00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:17.440 I<00:54:17.260><c> believe,</c> 00:54:17.619 --> 00:54:19.739 ever<00:54:17.840><c> recorded</c><00:54:18.340><c> in</c><00:54:19.019><c> the</c><00:54:19.139><c> New</c><00:54:19.340><c> Testament</c> 00:54:19.739 --> 00:54:21.000 what<00:54:19.960><c> the</c><00:54:20.179><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:54:20.760><c> say</c> 00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:23.059 over<00:54:21.840><c> this</c><00:54:22.159><c> incident?</c> 00:54:23.480 --> 00:54:26.320 It's<00:54:23.780><c> recorded</c><00:54:24.260><c> in</c><00:54:24.639><c> Acts</c><00:54:24.900><c> chapter</c><00:54:25.159><c> 4.</c> 00:54:26.639 --> 00:54:28.019 Now<00:54:26.860><c> it</c><00:54:26.860><c> doesn't</c><00:54:27.159><c> say</c><00:54:27.460><c> it's</c><00:54:27.719><c> a</c><00:54:27.780><c> hymn,</c> 00:54:28.019 --> 00:54:30.119 and<00:54:28.420><c> we</c><00:54:28.599><c> can't</c><00:54:28.940><c> prove</c><00:54:29.239><c> that</c><00:54:29.400><c> it</c><00:54:29.559><c> was,</c> 00:54:30.119 --> 00:54:31.539 but<00:54:30.860><c> you</c><00:54:31.320><c> see,</c> 00:54:31.639 --> 00:54:32.579 there<00:54:31.639><c> are</c><00:54:31.880><c> certain</c><00:54:32.119><c> things</c><00:54:32.360><c> here</c> 00:54:32.579 --> 00:54:34.380 which<00:54:32.760><c> make</c><00:54:32.980><c> it</c><00:54:33.099><c> very</c><00:54:33.380><c> interesting.</c> 00:54:34.760 --> 00:54:36.300 The<00:54:34.940><c> occasion,</c><00:54:35.619><c> brothers</c><00:54:35.739><c> and</c><00:54:36.000><c> sisters,</c> 00:54:36.460 --> 00:54:40.119 was<00:54:36.539><c> when</c><00:54:37.239><c> Peter</c><00:54:37.780><c> was</c><00:54:38.380><c> loosed</c><00:54:38.679><c> from</c><00:54:38.940><c> prison</c><00:54:39.199><c> by</c><00:54:39.420><c> the</c><00:54:39.639><c> angel</c> 00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:43.000 and<00:54:40.960><c> then</c><00:54:41.239><c> reappeared</c><00:54:41.599><c> among</c><00:54:41.840><c> his</c><00:54:42.099><c> friends.</c> 00:54:44.539 --> 00:54:47.000 You<00:54:44.760><c> see,</c><00:54:44.960><c> it</c><00:54:45.000><c> was</c><00:54:45.219><c> a</c><00:54:45.239><c> marvellous</c><00:54:45.780><c> occasion.</c> 00:54:49.960 --> 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voice</c><00:55:16.539><c> with</c><00:55:16.900><c> one</c><00:55:17.239><c> accord</c><00:55:17.619><c> and</c><00:55:17.940><c> says,</c> 00:55:18.039 --> 00:55:19.780 they<00:55:18.219><c> all</c><00:55:18.639><c> said</c><00:55:18.820><c> it!</c> 00:55:20.659 --> 00:55:23.599 Now,<00:55:20.960><c> they</c><00:55:21.179><c> either</c><00:55:21.480><c> recited</c><00:55:22.099><c> the</c><00:55:22.360><c> same</c><00:55:22.559><c> words,</c> 00:55:24.179 --> 00:55:26.179 or<00:55:24.699><c> probably</c><00:55:25.159><c> Peter</c><00:55:25.539><c> said</c><00:55:25.880><c> it</c> 00:55:26.179 --> 00:55:28.480 and<00:55:26.260><c> they</c><00:55:26.559><c> probably</c><00:55:27.179><c> recited</c><00:55:27.860><c> it</c><00:55:28.119><c> after</c><00:55:28.340><c> him,</c> 00:55:28.480 --> 00:55:31.079 or<00:55:28.639><c> as</c><00:55:28.739><c> I</c><00:55:28.940><c> like</c><00:55:29.179><c> to</c><00:55:29.460><c> believe,</c><00:55:29.719><c> and</c><00:55:29.880><c> a</c><00:55:29.920><c> lot</c><00:55:30.079><c> of</c><00:55:30.199><c> other</c><00:55:30.360><c> people</c><00:55:30.579><c> do,</c> 00:55:31.460 --> 00:55:34.559 is<00:55:31.619><c> that</c><00:55:31.739><c> they</c><00:55:31.820><c> actually</c><00:55:32.199><c> sang</c><00:55:32.480><c> this.</c> 00:55:34.619 --> 00:55:37.980 And<00:55:34.820><c> this</c><00:55:34.920><c> would</c><00:55:35.079><c> appear</c><00:55:35.320><c> to</c><00:55:35.539><c> be</c><00:55:36.420><c> the</c><00:55:36.739><c> first</c><00:55:37.039><c> hymn</c> 00:55:38.019 --> 00:55:40.460 that's<00:55:38.400><c> ever</c><00:55:38.579><c> recorded,</c><00:55:39.059><c> the</c><00:55:39.320><c> only</c><00:55:39.519><c> one.</c> 00:55:40.699 --> 00:55:42.400 Now,<00:55:40.920><c> it's</c><00:55:41.019><c> very</c><00:55:41.239><c> interesting,</c><00:55:41.559><c> but</c><00:55:41.639><c> look</c><00:55:41.760><c> what</c><00:55:41.880><c> they</c><00:55:42.179><c> sang.</c> 00:55:42.579 --> 00:55:43.960 Let's<00:55:42.820><c> read</c><00:55:42.980><c> it</c><00:55:43.159><c> quickly.</c> 00:55:44.199 --> 00:55:45.039 When<00:55:44.360><c> they</c><00:55:44.559><c> heard</c><00:55:44.820><c> that,</c> 00:55:45.139 --> 00:55:47.239 they<00:55:45.199><c> lifted</c><00:55:45.420><c> up</c><00:55:45.599><c> their</c><00:55:45.760><c> voices</c><00:55:46.059><c> to</c><00:55:46.260><c> God</c><00:55:46.440><c> with</c><00:55:46.659><c> one</c><00:55:46.920><c> accord</c> 00:55:47.239 --> 00:55:47.699 and<00:55:47.460><c> said,</c> 00:55:47.920 --> 00:55:50.960 Lord,<00:55:48.519><c> thou</c><00:55:48.739><c> art</c><00:55:48.960><c> God,</c><00:55:49.340><c> which</c><00:55:49.539><c> has</c><00:55:50.059><c> made</c><00:55:50.260><c> heaven</c><00:55:50.579><c> and</c><00:55:50.760><c> earth</c> 00:55:50.960 --> 00:55:51.599 and<00:55:51.119><c> the</c><00:55:51.360><c> sea</c> 00:55:51.599 --> 00:55:54.139 and<00:55:51.760><c> all</c><00:55:52.079><c> that</c><00:55:52.360><c> is</c><00:55:52.519><c> in</c><00:55:52.820><c> them</c><00:55:53.079><c> is,</c> 00:55:54.920 --> 00:55:57.260 who<00:55:55.159><c> by</c><00:55:55.460><c> the</c><00:55:55.619><c> mouth</c><00:55:55.800><c> of</c><00:55:55.980><c> thy</c><00:55:56.119><c> servant</c><00:55:56.440><c> David</c><00:55:56.820><c> has</c><00:55:57.059><c> said,</c> 00:55:57.260 --> 00:56:00.940 Why<00:55:57.579><c> do</c><00:55:57.780><c> the</c><00:55:57.960><c> heathen</c><00:55:58.280><c> rage</c><00:55:58.599><c> and</c><00:55:58.739><c> the</c><00:55:58.920><c> people</c><00:55:59.119><c> imagine</c><00:55:59.579><c> vain</c><00:55:59.940><c> things?</c> 00:56:01.179 --> 00:56:02.599 The<00:56:01.280><c> kings</c><00:56:01.599><c> of</c><00:56:01.780><c> the</c><00:56:01.940><c> earth</c><00:56:02.099><c> stood</c><00:56:02.360><c> up</c> 00:56:02.599 --> 00:56:04.780 and<00:56:02.719><c> the</c><00:56:02.860><c> rulers</c><00:56:03.099><c> were</c><00:56:03.320><c> gathered</c><00:56:03.519><c> together</c><00:56:03.920><c> against</c><00:56:04.300><c> the</c><00:56:04.519><c> Lord</c> 00:56:04.780 --> 00:56:07.059 and<00:56:04.940><c> against</c><00:56:05.219><c> his</c><00:56:05.500><c> Christ.</c> 00:56:07.159 --> 00:56:10.460 For<00:56:07.260><c> of</c><00:56:07.420><c> a</c><00:56:07.619><c> truth,</c><00:56:08.780><c> against</c><00:56:09.019><c> thy</c><00:56:09.239><c> holy</c><00:56:09.639><c> child</c><00:56:10.019><c> Jesus,</c> 00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:15.940 whom<00:56:10.739><c> thou</c><00:56:11.059><c> hast</c><00:56:11.360><c> anointed,</c><00:56:12.300><c> both</c><00:56:12.900><c> Herod</c><00:56:13.940><c> and</c><00:56:14.760><c> Pontius</c><00:56:15.360><c> Pilate,</c> 00:56:16.099 --> 00:56:18.599 with<00:56:16.420><c> the</c><00:56:16.599><c> Gentiles</c><00:56:17.159><c> and</c><00:56:17.679><c> the</c><00:56:17.820><c> people</c><00:56:18.139><c> of</c><00:56:18.260><c> Israel,</c> 00:56:18.639 --> 00:56:20.639 were<00:56:18.800><c> gathered</c><00:56:19.099><c> together.</c> 00:56:20.900 --> 00:56:23.860 For<00:56:21.059><c> to</c><00:56:21.260><c> do</c><00:56:21.440><c> whatsoever</c><00:56:21.760><c> thy</c><00:56:22.059><c> hand</c><00:56:22.340><c> and</c><00:56:22.480><c> thy</c><00:56:22.679><c> counsel</c><00:56:23.019><c> determined</c><00:56:23.519><c> before</c> 00:56:23.860 --> 00:56:24.539 to<00:56:24.039><c> be</c><00:56:24.219><c> done.</c> 00:56:24.539 --> 00:56:27.840 And<00:56:25.340><c> now,</c><00:56:25.679><c> Lord,</c><00:56:26.099><c> behold</c><00:56:26.500><c> their</c><00:56:26.840><c> threatenings</c><00:56:27.360><c> and</c><00:56:27.619><c> grant</c> 00:56:27.840 --> 00:56:28.579 unto<00:56:27.980><c> thy</c><00:56:28.260><c> servants</c> 00:56:28.579 --> 00:56:31.239 that<00:56:28.760><c> with</c><00:56:28.960><c> all</c><00:56:29.260><c> boldness</c><00:56:29.659><c> that</c><00:56:29.840><c> we</c><00:56:29.940><c> may</c><00:56:30.139><c> speak</c><00:56:30.480><c> thy</c><00:56:30.800><c> word</c> 00:56:31.239 --> 00:56:34.119 by<00:56:31.840><c> stretching</c><00:56:32.460><c> forth</c><00:56:32.880><c> thy</c><00:56:33.159><c> hand</c><00:56:33.519><c> to</c><00:56:33.840><c> heel</c> 00:56:34.119 --> 00:56:36.579 and<00:56:34.639><c> that</c><00:56:34.920><c> signs</c><00:56:35.300><c> and</c><00:56:35.599><c> wonders</c><00:56:35.900><c> may</c><00:56:36.159><c> be</c><00:56:36.400><c> done</c> 00:56:36.579 --> 00:56:39.099 by<00:56:36.840><c> the</c><00:56:37.159><c> name</c><00:56:37.519><c> of</c><00:56:37.699><c> thy</c><00:56:37.840><c> holy</c><00:56:38.199><c> child</c><00:56:38.579><c> Jesus.</c> 00:56:39.159 --> 00:56:41.780 And<00:56:39.440><c> that's</c><00:56:39.639><c> the</c><00:56:39.739><c> end</c><00:56:39.900><c> of</c><00:56:40.059><c> the</c><00:56:40.139><c> little</c><00:56:40.300><c> hymn.</c> 00:56:42.059 --> 00:56:45.579 They<00:56:42.380><c> all</c><00:56:42.619><c> sang</c><00:56:42.880><c> that,</c><00:56:43.159><c> I</c><00:56:43.380><c> believe</c><00:56:43.579><c> they</c><00:56:43.780><c> sang</c><00:56:43.960><c> in</c><00:56:44.119><c> one</c><00:56:44.579><c> accord.</c> 00:56:46.719 --> 00:56:49.039 Now<00:56:46.840><c> let's</c><00:56:47.000><c> have</c><00:56:47.099><c> a</c><00:56:47.099><c> look</c><00:56:47.219><c> at</c><00:56:47.300><c> some</c><00:56:47.420><c> of</c><00:56:47.539><c> the</c><00:56:47.679><c> details</c><00:56:47.960><c> they</c><00:56:48.280><c> sang.</c> 00:56:49.900 --> 00:56:52.239 The<00:56:50.079><c> words,</c><00:56:50.460><c> they</c><00:56:50.719><c> lifted</c><00:56:51.119><c> up.</c> 00:56:52.500 --> 00:56:54.280 That's<00:56:53.019><c> a</c><00:56:53.199><c> common</c><00:56:53.340><c> word</c><00:56:53.559><c> in</c><00:56:53.699><c> the</c><00:56:53.880><c> Greek.</c> 00:56:54.719 --> 00:56:57.579 But<00:56:54.840><c> you</c><00:56:54.940><c> know,</c><00:56:55.260><c> it</c><00:56:55.260><c> really</c><00:56:55.579><c> means</c><00:56:55.880><c> up</c><00:56:56.360><c> and</c><00:56:56.519><c> away.</c> 00:56:58.420 --> 00:57:01.420 It<00:56:58.579><c> means</c><00:56:58.820><c> to</c><00:56:59.099><c> rise</c><00:56:59.539><c> and</c><00:57:00.099><c> it's</c><00:57:00.380><c> used,</c><00:57:00.800><c> brothers</c><00:57:00.920><c> and</c><00:57:01.179><c> sisters,</c> 00:57:01.440 --> 00:57:04.559 in<00:57:01.579><c> a</c><00:57:01.780><c> special</c><00:57:02.019><c> sense,</c><00:57:02.860><c> to</c><00:57:03.239><c> sail</c><00:57:03.599><c> away.</c> 00:57:05.920 --> 00:57:07.840 And<00:57:06.199><c> because</c><00:57:06.599><c> of</c><00:57:06.800><c> this</c><00:57:06.960><c> miracle</c><00:57:07.280><c> that</c><00:57:07.400><c> was</c><00:57:07.579><c> done</c> 00:57:07.840 --> 00:57:10.920 and<00:57:08.019><c> because</c><00:57:08.360><c> of</c><00:57:08.519><c> the</c><00:57:08.840><c> answer</c><00:57:09.079><c> that</c><00:57:09.159><c> was</c><00:57:09.320><c> given</c><00:57:09.579><c> to</c><00:57:09.820><c> the</c><00:57:09.960><c> scribes</c><00:57:10.300><c> and</c><00:57:10.460><c> Pharisees</c> 00:57:10.920 --> 00:57:13.519 and<00:57:11.039><c> the</c><00:57:11.239><c> deliverance</c><00:57:11.579><c> that</c><00:57:11.639><c> was</c><00:57:12.019><c> accorded</c><00:57:12.440><c> to</c><00:57:12.719><c> them,</c> 00:57:13.840 --> 00:57:16.880 they<00:57:14.360><c> sailed</c><00:57:14.739><c> away</c><00:57:15.119><c> of</c><00:57:15.280><c> this</c><00:57:15.480><c> hymn,</c><00:57:16.079><c> spontaneously.</c> 00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:19.920 With<00:57:17.659><c> one</c><00:57:17.940><c> accord</c><00:57:18.320><c> they</c><00:57:18.539><c> lifted</c><00:57:18.699><c> up</c><00:57:18.920><c> their</c><00:57:19.039><c> voices</c><00:57:19.400><c> to</c><00:57:19.639><c> God.</c> 00:57:19.920 --> 00:57:22.579 That's<00:57:20.440><c> what</c><00:57:20.559><c> we</c><00:57:20.719><c> should</c><00:57:20.860><c> be</c><00:57:21.019><c> doing,</c><00:57:21.300><c> brothers</c><00:57:21.440><c> and</c><00:57:21.659><c> sisters.</c> 00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:26.360 We<00:57:22.840><c> should</c><00:57:23.179><c> sing</c><00:57:23.699><c> with</c><00:57:23.960><c> gusto</c><00:57:24.360><c> if</c><00:57:24.980><c> we</c><00:57:25.179><c> all</c><00:57:25.500><c> move</c><00:57:25.820><c> by</c><00:57:26.039><c> the</c><00:57:26.179><c> power</c> 00:57:26.360 --> 00:57:26.699 of<00:57:26.500><c> the</c><00:57:26.599><c> word.</c> 00:57:26.800 --> 00:57:29.679 We<00:57:26.840><c> should</c><00:57:27.340><c> sail</c><00:57:27.679><c> away</c><00:57:28.039><c> in</c><00:57:28.219><c> our</c><00:57:28.380><c> hymns</c> 00:57:29.679 --> 00:57:31.480 and<00:57:29.960><c> sing</c><00:57:30.380><c> with</c><00:57:30.579><c> a</c><00:57:30.579><c> great</c><00:57:30.820><c> deal</c><00:57:31.000><c> of</c><00:57:31.199><c> feeling.</c> 00:57:31.980 --> 00:57:35.880 And<00:57:32.019><c> they</c><00:57:32.159><c> did</c><00:57:32.320><c> it</c><00:57:32.480><c> with</c><00:57:32.760><c> one</c><00:57:33.320><c> accord,</c><00:57:33.780><c> a</c><00:57:34.039><c> favourite</c><00:57:34.340><c> statement</c><00:57:34.679><c> of</c><00:57:34.920><c> Luke,</c> 00:57:35.960 --> 00:57:39.780 chapter<00:57:36.159><c> 1</c><00:57:36.420><c> verse</c><00:57:36.679><c> 14,</c><00:57:37.400><c> chapter</c><00:57:37.619><c> 2</c><00:57:37.900><c> verse</c><00:57:38.159><c> 1,</c><00:57:38.460><c> chapter</c><00:57:38.719><c> 2</c><00:57:38.960><c> verse</c><00:57:39.219><c> 26.</c> 00:57:40.099 --> 00:57:42.619 One<00:57:40.280><c> accord,</c><00:57:40.800><c> one</c><00:57:41.099><c> accord,</c><00:57:41.760><c> one</c><00:57:42.139><c> accord.</c> 00:57:42.940 --> 00:57:45.179 You<00:57:42.940><c> know,</c><00:57:43.639><c> singing</c><00:57:43.719><c> is</c><00:57:43.980><c> marvellous,</c><00:57:44.420><c> brothers</c><00:57:44.639><c> and</c><00:57:44.900><c> sisters.</c> 00:57:45.340 --> 00:57:47.500 Not<00:57:45.519><c> only</c><00:57:45.719><c> when</c><00:57:45.880><c> people</c><00:57:46.159><c> can</c><00:57:46.519><c> sing</c><00:57:46.780><c> well</c><00:57:47.059><c> together</c> 00:57:47.500 --> 00:57:51.760 but<00:57:47.940><c> it's</c><00:57:49.420><c> even</c><00:57:49.800><c> more</c><00:57:50.099><c> marvellous</c><00:57:50.360><c> when</c><00:57:50.539><c> their</c><00:57:50.980><c> hearts</c><00:57:51.400><c> can</c> 00:57:51.760 --> 00:57:53.239 sing<00:57:51.980><c> together.</c> 00:57:53.980 --> 00:57:56.840 It's<00:57:54.099><c> when</c><00:57:54.239><c> your</c><00:57:54.460><c> hearts</c><00:57:54.780><c> are</c><00:57:55.059><c> in</c><00:57:55.179><c> tune</c><00:57:55.380><c> that</c><00:57:55.539><c> makes</c><00:57:55.840><c> the</c><00:57:56.000><c> words</c><00:57:56.159><c> mean</c><00:57:56.460><c> something.</c> 00:57:57.300 --> 00:57:59.500 Well,<00:57:57.440><c> these</c><00:57:57.639><c> people</c><00:57:57.840><c> were</c><00:57:58.079><c> in</c><00:57:58.320><c> one</c><00:57:58.539><c> accord.</c> 00:57:59.659 --> 00:58:01.360 So<00:57:59.860><c> who</c><00:58:00.019><c> do</c><00:58:00.079><c> they</c><00:58:00.300><c> address?</c> 00:58:02.019 --> 00:58:03.699 They<00:58:02.239><c> said,</c><00:58:02.460><c> Lord.</c> 00:58:04.739 --> 00:58:09.280 Now,<00:58:05.139><c> normally</c><00:58:05.619><c> they</c><00:58:06.940><c> would</c><00:58:07.179><c> choose</c><00:58:07.420><c> the</c><00:58:07.539><c> Greek</c><00:58:07.820><c> word</c><00:58:08.159><c> kurios,</c> 00:58:10.039 --> 00:58:12.900 which<00:58:10.239><c> simply</c><00:58:10.599><c> means</c><00:58:10.920><c> Lord,</c><00:58:11.300><c> but</c><00:58:11.440><c> that's</c><00:58:11.639><c> not</c><00:58:11.880><c> kurios.</c> 00:58:13.019 --> 00:58:17.019 That<00:58:13.579><c> word</c><00:58:13.880><c> in</c><00:58:14.000><c> the</c><00:58:14.159><c> Greek</c><00:58:14.360><c> is</c><00:58:14.579><c> despotis,</c><00:58:15.840><c> despot.</c> 00:58:18.159 --> 00:58:22.440 And<00:58:18.260><c> they're</c><00:58:18.539><c> going</c><00:58:18.559><c> to</c><00:58:18.739><c> sing</c><00:58:18.920><c> about</c><00:58:19.320><c> Herod</c><00:58:19.880><c> and</c><00:58:20.639><c> about</c><00:58:21.099><c> Pilate</c> 00:58:22.440 --> 00:58:25.340 and<00:58:22.900><c> about</c><00:58:23.159><c> the</c><00:58:23.420><c> chief</c><00:58:23.719><c> priests</c><00:58:24.059><c> of</c><00:58:24.219><c> the</c><00:58:24.380><c> Jews.</c> 00:58:25.460 --> 00:58:26.840 Who<00:58:25.699><c> are</c><00:58:25.920><c> they?</c> 00:58:27.159 --> 00:58:32.219 Against<00:58:27.679><c> the</c><00:58:28.079><c> despot,</c><00:58:29.880><c> the</c><00:58:30.179><c> master</c><00:58:30.699><c> of</c><00:58:30.900><c> the</c><00:58:31.139><c> universe.</c> 00:58:33.619 --> 00:58:36.539 Despot<00:58:34.139><c> is</c><00:58:34.360><c> the</c><00:58:34.780><c> master</c><00:58:35.260><c> and</c><00:58:35.440><c> the</c><00:58:35.659><c> owner</c><00:58:35.880><c> of</c><00:58:36.019><c> all,</c><00:58:36.400><c> brothers</c> 00:58:36.539 --> 00:58:36.960 and<00:58:36.760><c> sisters.</c> 00:58:37.000 --> 00:58:40.199 So<00:58:37.179><c> that's</c><00:58:37.420><c> who</c><00:58:37.559><c> they</c><00:58:37.800><c> address.</c><00:58:38.980><c> Isn't</c><00:58:39.139><c> it</c><00:58:39.380><c> interesting?</c> 00:58:40.539 --> 00:58:43.320 And<00:58:41.019><c> he's</c><00:58:41.440><c> the</c><00:58:41.619><c> Lord</c><00:58:41.960><c> of</c><00:58:42.199><c> heaven,</c><00:58:42.579><c> earth</c><00:58:42.860><c> and</c><00:58:43.099><c> sea.</c> 00:58:43.579 --> 00:58:45.820 And<00:58:43.719><c> do</c><00:58:43.880><c> you</c><00:58:43.960><c> know</c><00:58:44.079><c> the</c><00:58:44.340><c> definite</c><00:58:44.619><c> articles</c><00:58:45.000><c> in</c><00:58:45.219><c> front</c><00:58:45.380><c> of</c><00:58:45.539><c> all</c> 00:58:45.820 --> 00:58:47.199 those<00:58:46.199><c> elements?</c> 00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:50.800 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Lord</c><00:58:59.699><c> of</c><00:59:00.059><c> the</c><00:59:00.280><c> heaven.</c> 00:59:01.079 --> 00:59:02.480 He's<00:59:01.360><c> Lord</c><00:59:01.619><c> of</c><00:59:01.960><c> the</c><00:59:02.179><c> earth.</c> 00:59:02.780 --> 00:59:04.199 He's<00:59:02.980><c> Lord</c><00:59:03.280><c> of</c><00:59:03.539><c> the</c><00:59:03.800><c> sea.</c> 00:59:04.480 --> 00:59:06.579 Who<00:59:04.659><c> can</c><00:59:04.900><c> fear</c><00:59:05.059><c> him,</c><00:59:05.420><c> brothers</c><00:59:05.559><c> and</c><00:59:05.800><c> sisters?</c> 00:59:06.980 --> 00:59:09.159 Imagine<00:59:07.380><c> the</c><00:59:07.780><c> fervour,</c><00:59:08.079><c> which</c><00:59:08.260><c> is</c><00:59:08.480><c> just</c><00:59:08.599><c> the</c><00:59:08.780><c> sun.</c> 00:59:09.559 --> 00:59:10.320 Oh,<00:59:09.880><c> I</c><00:59:09.920><c> tell</c><00:59:10.079><c> you.</c> 00:59:10.599 --> 00:59:12.780 No,<00:59:10.920><c> it</c><00:59:10.920><c> says</c><00:59:11.300><c> in</c><00:59:11.639><c> the</c><00:59:11.739><c> end</c><00:59:11.840><c> of</c><00:59:11.900><c> it,</c><00:59:12.099><c> the</c><00:59:12.219><c> place</c><00:59:12.480><c> shook.</c> 00:59:13.039 --> 00:59:13.960 Yes,<00:59:13.280><c> God</c><00:59:13.500><c> shook</c><00:59:13.739><c> it.</c> 00:59:14.059 --> 00:59:15.699 But<00:59:14.199><c> I</c><00:59:14.340><c> tell</c><00:59:14.420><c> you</c><00:59:14.519><c> what,</c><00:59:14.860><c> they</c><00:59:15.079><c> were</c><00:59:15.340><c> shaking</c><00:59:15.579><c> it.</c> 00:59:15.699 --> 00:59:17.639 They<00:59:15.800><c> were</c><00:59:16.199><c> shaking</c><00:59:16.440><c> it</c><00:59:16.619><c> with</c><00:59:16.739><c> their</c><00:59:16.960><c> emotion</c><00:59:17.239><c> and</c><00:59:17.400><c> with</c><00:59:17.519><c> the</c> 00:59:17.639 --> 00:59:18.639 power<00:59:18.000><c> of</c><00:59:18.159><c> their</c><00:59:18.380><c> feeling</c> 00:59:18.639 --> 00:59:20.739 because<00:59:19.119><c> of</c><00:59:19.340><c> what</c><00:59:19.500><c> happened</c><00:59:19.800><c> here.</c> 00:59:22.360 --> 00:59:23.539 Do<00:59:22.519><c> you</c><00:59:22.519><c> know</c><00:59:22.639><c> where</c><00:59:22.739><c> those</c><00:59:22.960><c> words</c><00:59:23.239><c> are?</c> 00:59:23.599 --> 00:59:24.639 Heaven,<00:59:23.940><c> earth</c><00:59:24.199><c> and</c><00:59:24.400><c> sea.</c> 00:59:24.719 --> 00:59:25.559 There<00:59:24.780><c> were</c><00:59:24.860><c> a</c><00:59:25.000><c> couple</c><00:59:25.159><c> of</c><00:59:25.340><c> places.</c> 00:59:25.940 --> 00:59:27.199 I<00:59:26.179><c> only</c><00:59:26.360><c> had</c><00:59:26.559><c> turned</c><00:59:26.659><c> one</c><00:59:26.860><c> of</c><00:59:26.940><c> them</c><00:59:27.059><c> up.</c> 00:59:27.619 --> 00:59:30.219 But<00:59:27.780><c> in</c><00:59:28.000><c> Exodus</c><00:59:28.219><c> chapter</c><00:59:28.539><c> 20,</c><00:59:29.039><c> the</c><00:59:29.380><c> Ten</c><00:59:29.699><c> Commandments,</c> 00:59:30.340 --> 00:59:31.420 they're<00:59:30.460><c> there.</c> 00:59:32.219 --> 00:59:33.599 They're<00:59:32.420><c> there</c><00:59:32.579><c> about</c><00:59:32.760><c> the</c><00:59:33.000><c> Sabbath</c><00:59:33.219><c> law.</c> 00:59:33.599 --> 00:59:36.280 The<00:59:34.199><c> Lord</c><00:59:34.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:59:34.940><c> who</c><00:59:35.099><c> made</c><00:59:35.280><c> the</c><00:59:35.460><c> heavens</c><00:59:35.699><c> and</c><00:59:35.940><c> the</c><00:59:36.079><c> earth</c> 00:59:36.280 --> 00:59:36.940 and<00:59:36.420><c> the</c><00:59:36.639><c> sea.</c> 00:59:37.239 --> 00:59:40.960 But<00:59:37.280><c> look</c><00:59:37.420><c> at</c><00:59:37.559><c> this</c><00:59:37.699><c> one</c><00:59:37.960><c> in</c><00:59:38.219><c> Psalm</c><00:59:38.400><c> 146.</c> 00:59:41.219 --> 00:59:43.900 And<00:59:41.320><c> all</c><00:59:41.500><c> of</c><00:59:41.619><c> this</c><00:59:41.780><c> is</c><00:59:41.960><c> a</c><00:59:41.960><c> result</c><00:59:42.420><c> of</c><00:59:43.199><c> the</c><00:59:43.280><c> history</c><00:59:43.579><c> that</c><00:59:43.659><c> we've</c> 00:59:43.900 --> 00:59:44.760 been<00:59:44.079><c> considering</c><00:59:44.380><c> tonight.</c> 00:59:44.960 --> 00:59:48.440 Herod,<00:59:45.480><c> Pilate</c><00:59:45.719><c> and</c><00:59:45.880><c> the</c><00:59:46.039><c> Jews</c><00:59:46.559><c> being</c><00:59:47.599><c> overcome,</c><00:59:48.260><c> brothers</c> 00:59:48.440 --> 00:59:49.599 and<00:59:48.699><c> sisters.</c> 00:59:50.260 --> 00:59:55.800 Have<00:59:50.460><c> a</c><00:59:50.579><c> look</c><00:59:50.679><c> at</c><00:59:50.820><c> the</c><00:59:51.019><c> context</c><00:59:51.500><c> of</c><00:59:51.739><c> this</c><00:59:52.480><c> in</c><00:59:53.739><c> Psalm</c><00:59:53.960><c> 146</c><00:59:54.980><c> and</c><00:59:55.159><c> verses</c><00:59:55.440><c> 3</c> 00:59:55.800 --> 00:59:57.039 to<00:59:55.980><c> 7.</c> 00:59:57.519 --> 01:00:02.260 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his</c><01:00:11.739><c> thoughts</c><01:00:12.039><c> perish.</c> 01:00:13.039 --> 01:00:14.820 Happy<01:00:13.380><c> is</c><01:00:13.679><c> that</c><01:00:13.980><c> man.</c> 01:00:15.280 --> 01:00:18.300 Happy<01:00:15.679><c> is</c><01:00:15.860><c> he</c><01:00:16.099><c> that</c><01:00:16.280><c> hath</c><01:00:16.440><c> the</c><01:00:16.699><c> God</c><01:00:16.880><c> of</c><01:00:17.159><c> Jacob</c><01:00:17.500><c> for</c><01:00:17.739><c> his</c><01:00:18.000><c> help,</c> 01:00:18.639 --> 01:00:21.599 whose<01:00:18.840><c> hope</c><01:00:19.300><c> is</c><01:00:19.639><c> in</c><01:00:19.880><c> Yahweh</c><01:00:20.300><c> Elohim,</c> 01:00:21.739 --> 01:00:26.420 which<01:00:22.340><c> made</c><01:00:22.659><c> the</c><01:00:22.880><c> heaven</c><01:00:23.320><c> and</c><01:00:24.099><c> the</c><01:00:24.280><c> earth</c><01:00:24.760><c> and</c><01:00:25.199><c> the</c><01:00:25.559><c> sea</c><01:00:26.019><c> and</c> 01:00:26.420 --> 01:00:27.719 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those</c><01:01:04.860><c> words,</c><01:01:05.239><c> brothers</c><01:01:05.480><c> and</c><01:01:05.699><c> sisters.</c> 01:01:07.059 --> 01:01:09.000 And<01:01:07.199><c> while</c><01:01:07.320><c> we're</c><01:01:07.480><c> here</c><01:01:07.579><c> in</c><01:01:07.739><c> the</c><01:01:07.940><c> Psalms,</c><01:01:08.199><c> we'll</c><01:01:08.400><c> stay</c><01:01:08.639><c> here</c><01:01:08.860><c> for</c><01:01:08.960><c> a</c> 01:01:09.000 --> 01:01:10.059 little<01:01:09.179><c> while.</c> 01:01:10.699 --> 01:01:12.559 The<01:01:10.880><c> mouth</c><01:01:11.139><c> of</c><01:01:11.320><c> David.</c> 01:01:12.780 --> 01:01:13.900 The<01:01:13.019><c> mouth</c><01:01:13.280><c> of</c><01:01:13.460><c> David.</c> 01:01:13.900 --> 01:01:16.599 The<01:01:14.900><c> kings</c><01:01:15.480><c> of</c><01:01:15.659><c> the</c><01:01:15.780><c> earth</c><01:01:15.920><c> rise</c><01:01:16.280><c> up.</c> 01:01:16.659 --> 01:01:17.699 He<01:01:16.880><c> quotes</c><01:01:17.139><c> 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01:05:44.760 --> 01:05:48.059 Now,<01:05:45.099><c> you</c><01:05:45.199><c> come</c><01:05:45.460><c> back</c><01:05:45.719><c> to</c><01:05:45.940><c> Acts,</c><01:05:46.519><c> and</c><01:05:46.599><c> I</c><01:05:46.639><c> want</c><01:05:46.780><c> to</c><01:05:46.860><c> show</c><01:05:47.039><c> you</c><01:05:47.199><c> something.</c> 01:05:50.199 --> 01:05:51.960 This<01:05:50.380><c> is</c><01:05:50.579><c> really</c><01:05:50.920><c> beautiful.</c> 01:05:54.039 --> 01:06:00.179 In<01:05:54.199><c> this</c><01:05:54.440><c> hymn,</c><01:05:56.659><c> in</c><01:05:57.119><c> the</c><01:05:57.199><c> fourth</c><01:05:57.480><c> chapter</c><01:05:57.820><c> of</c><01:05:57.980><c> Acts</c><01:05:58.239><c> here,</c> 01:06:01.900 --> 01:06:03.699 see<01:06:02.019><c> in</c><01:06:02.199><c> verse</c><01:06:02.380><c> 30,</c><01:06:02.920><c> or</c><01:06:03.019><c> verse</c><01:06:03.260><c> 29,</c> 01:06:03.800 --> 01:06:06.920 And<01:06:03.920><c> now,</c><01:06:04.599><c> 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just</c><01:07:40.019><c> said,</c><01:07:41.039><c> by</c><01:07:41.039><c> the</c><01:07:41.519><c> name</c><01:07:42.000><c> of</c><01:07:42.199><c> thy</c><01:07:42.360><c> holy</c><01:07:42.719><c> child,</c> 01:07:43.900 --> 01:07:46.099 we<01:07:44.079><c> would</c><01:07:44.219><c> have</c><01:07:44.460><c> known</c><01:07:44.760><c> it</c><01:07:44.940><c> was</c><01:07:45.099><c> Jesus.</c> 01:07:46.920 --> 01:07:49.840 But<01:07:47.219><c> he</c><01:07:47.280><c> didn't</c><01:07:47.539><c> leave</c><01:07:47.739><c> it</c><01:07:47.960><c> there,</c><01:07:48.079><c> he</c><01:07:48.280><c> gave</c><01:07:48.639><c> his</c><01:07:48.880><c> name.</c> 01:07:50.219 --> 01:07:52.280 Jesus,<01:07:50.860><c> that's</c><01:07:51.199><c> how</c><01:07:51.320><c> it's</c><01:07:51.559><c> done.</c> 01:07:52.599 --> 01:07:54.880 And<01:07:52.719><c> who's</c><01:07:52.980><c> he?</c><01:07:53.460><c> Well,</c><01:07:53.619><c> he's</c><01:07:53.860><c> Joshua.</c> 01:07:55.260 --> 01:07:57.099 But<01:07:55.400><c> that's</c><01:07:55.599><c> the</c><01:07:55.760><c> Hebrew,</c><01:07:56.019><c> isn't</c><01:07:56.199><c> it?</c> 01:07:57.380 --> 01:07:59.900 Jesus<01:07:57.880><c> is</c><01:07:58.139><c> the</c><01:07:58.340><c> Greek,</c><01:07:58.659><c> Joshua</c><01:07:59.079><c> is</c><01:07:59.360><c> the</c><01:07:59.519><c> Hebrew.</c> 01:07:59.900 --> 01:08:05.420 And<01:08:00.539><c> the</c><01:08:00.800><c> full</c><01:08:01.079><c> title</c><01:08:01.500><c> in</c><01:08:01.699><c> the</c><01:08:01.840><c> Hebrew</c><01:08:02.079><c> is</c><01:08:02.840><c> Yahoshua.</c> 01:08:06.739 --> 01:08:10.900 So<01:08:06.860><c> it'll</c><01:08:07.099><c> be</c><01:08:07.420><c> Yahweh</c><01:08:07.800><c> who</c><01:08:08.059><c> will</c><01:08:08.519><c> say</c><01:08:09.059><c> it's</c><01:08:10.179><c> God's</c><01:08:10.599><c> work</c> 01:08:10.900 --> 01:08:14.099 through<01:08:11.500><c> his</c><01:08:11.780><c> son</c><01:08:12.199><c> and</c><01:08:12.699><c> through</c><01:08:12.960><c> the</c><01:08:13.179><c> apostles.</c> 01:08:14.260 --> 01:08:17.460 Do<01:08:14.420><c> you</c><01:08:14.440><c> know</c><01:08:14.579><c> what?</c><01:08:15.659><c> Do</c><01:08:15.820><c> you</c><01:08:15.840><c> know</c><01:08:15.980><c> what,</c><01:08:16.279><c> brothers</c><01:08:16.359><c> and</c><01:08:16.619><c> sisters?</c> 01:08:17.640 --> 01:08:20.539 Peter<01:08:17.859><c> had</c><01:08:18.680><c> just</c><01:08:18.960><c> been</c><01:08:19.319><c> doing</c><01:08:19.539><c> that.</c> 01:08:20.699 --> 01:08:21.899 Now,<01:08:20.880><c> you</c><01:08:21.039><c> watch</c><01:08:21.279><c> this.</c> 01:08:22.300 --> 01:08:25.359 Peter<01:08:22.539><c> had</c><01:08:22.720><c> just</c><01:08:22.960><c> been</c><01:08:23.180><c> doing</c><01:08:23.340><c> that</c><01:08:23.680><c> very</c><01:08:24.100><c> thing,</c><01:08:24.439><c> using</c><01:08:24.859><c> that</c> 01:08:25.359 --> 01:08:26.979 name<01:08:25.899><c> to</c><01:08:26.420><c> do</c><01:08:26.600><c> that.</c> 01:08:26.979 --> 01:08:30.579 Now,<01:08:27.359><c> in</c><01:08:27.520><c> chapter</c><01:08:27.880><c> 3,</c><01:08:28.300><c> just</c><01:08:28.460><c> look</c><01:08:28.659><c> at</c><01:08:28.760><c> this.</c> 01:08:31.560 --> 01:08:33.680 The<01:08:32.000><c> lame</c><01:08:32.300><c> man</c><01:08:32.539><c> at</c><01:08:32.680><c> the</c><01:08:32.840><c> temple</c><01:08:33.020><c> has</c><01:08:33.199><c> been</c><01:08:33.460><c> healed.</c> 01:08:33.920 --> 01:08:36.159 He's<01:08:34.060><c> leeching</c><01:08:34.380><c> up,</c><01:08:34.600><c> goes</c><01:08:34.800><c> into</c><01:08:34.979><c> the</c><01:08:35.180><c> temple.</c> 01:08:36.640 --> 01:08:39.779 And<01:08:36.720><c> they're</c><01:08:36.880><c> all</c><01:08:37.060><c> wondering</c><01:08:37.300><c> what</c><01:08:37.560><c> happened</c><01:08:38.300><c> in</c><01:08:38.640><c> verse</c><01:08:39.000><c> 13</c> 01:08:39.779 --> 01:08:41.939 of<01:08:40.119><c> Acts</c><01:08:40.380><c> chapter</c><01:08:40.739><c> 3.</c> 01:08:42.380 --> 01:08:45.199 The<01:08:42.460><c> God</c><01:08:42.760><c> of</c><01:08:42.920><c> Abraham,</c><01:08:43.819><c> of</c><01:08:44.039><c> Isaac,</c><01:08:44.500><c> and</c><01:08:44.640><c> of</c><01:08:44.859><c> Jacob,</c> 01:08:45.420 --> 01:08:49.300 the<01:08:45.579><c> God</c><01:08:45.779><c> of</c><01:08:45.899><c> our</c><01:08:46.079><c> fathers</c><01:08:46.380><c> hath</c><01:08:46.619><c> glorified</c><01:08:47.180><c> his</c><01:08:47.479><c> son,</c><01:08:47.960><c> Yahoshua,</c> 01:08:49.420 --> 01:08:51.439 whom<01:08:49.560><c> you</c><01:08:49.880><c> delivered</c><01:08:50.140><c> up</c><01:08:50.380><c> and</c><01:08:50.539><c> denied</c><01:08:50.800><c> him</c><01:08:50.939><c> in</c><01:08:51.079><c> the</c><01:08:51.220><c> presence</c> 01:08:51.439 --> 01:08:51.859 of<01:08:51.739><c> God</c> 01:08:51.859 --> 01:08:53.279 at<01:08:51.979><c> 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know</c><01:08:59.180><c> what</c><01:08:59.319><c> that's</c><01:08:59.600><c> a</c><01:08:59.600><c> quotation</c><01:09:00.000><c> of?</c> 01:09:00.520 --> 01:09:04.159 That's<01:09:00.819><c> a</c><01:09:00.899><c> quotation</c><01:09:01.359><c> of</c><01:09:01.600><c> Exodus</c><01:09:01.960><c> 3,</c><01:09:02.520><c> verses</c><01:09:02.779><c> 15</c><01:09:03.300><c> and</c><01:09:03.439><c> 16,</c> 01:09:04.380 --> 01:09:06.439 where<01:09:04.579><c> the</c><01:09:05.020><c> name</c><01:09:05.420><c> was</c><01:09:05.659><c> given.</c> 01:09:06.960 --> 01:09:10.079 So<01:09:07.340><c> Peter</c><01:09:07.579><c> is</c><01:09:08.060><c> expounding</c><01:09:08.579><c> the</c><01:09:08.979><c> name,</c> 01:09:11.119 --> 01:09:13.460 the<01:09:11.340><c> name</c><01:09:11.640><c> of</c><01:09:11.899><c> salvation</c><01:09:12.420><c> with</c><01:09:12.819><c> which</c><01:09:13.140><c> Israel</c> 01:09:13.460 --> 01:09:16.159 is<01:09:13.720><c> going</c><01:09:13.720><c> 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verses</c><01:09:25.300><c> 15</c><01:09:25.699><c> and</c><01:09:25.840><c> 16.</c> 01:09:26.359 --> 01:09:27.960 That's<01:09:26.520><c> where</c><01:09:26.680><c> the</c><01:09:26.859><c> quotation's</c><01:09:27.439><c> coming</c><01:09:27.659><c> from.</c> 01:09:28.340 --> 01:09:30.560 Now,<01:09:28.439><c> if</c><01:09:28.479><c> you</c><01:09:28.560><c> don't</c><01:09:28.760><c> believe</c><01:09:28.979><c> that,</c><01:09:29.600><c> just</c><01:09:29.859><c> look</c><01:09:30.119><c> at</c><01:09:30.300><c> the</c><01:09:30.420><c> use</c> 01:09:30.560 --> 01:09:32.260 of<01:09:30.760><c> the</c><01:09:30.819><c> word</c><01:09:31.020><c> name.</c> 01:09:34.079 --> 01:09:35.199 Verse<01:09:34.640><c> 16.</c> 01:09:35.539 --> 01:09:39.039 And<01:09:35.640><c> his</c><01:09:35.899><c> name,</c><01:09:37.020><c> through</c><01:09:37.300><c> faith</c><01:09:37.619><c> in</c><01:09:37.800><c> his</c><01:09:38.100><c> name,</c><01:09:38.659><c> hath</c><01:09:38.800><c> made</c> 01:09:39.039 --> 01:09:39.939 this<01:09:39.279><c> man</c><01:09:39.579><c> strong.</c> 01:09:40.180 --> 01:09:41.680 Turn<01:09:40.420><c> the</c><01:09:40.640><c> page.</c> 01:09:42.399 --> 01:09:44.720 Verse<01:09:42.659><c> 7</c><01:09:43.000><c> of</c><01:09:43.159><c> chapter</c><01:09:43.479><c> 4.</c> 01:09:45.239 --> 01:09:48.279 By<01:09:45.420><c> what</c><01:09:45.739><c> power</c><01:09:46.020><c> or</c><01:09:46.239><c> by</c><01:09:46.439><c> what</c><01:09:46.840><c> name</c><01:09:47.199><c> have</c><01:09:47.380><c> you</c><01:09:47.479><c> done</c><01:09:47.659><c> this?</c> 01:09:48.279 --> 01:09:51.159 Verse<01:09:48.979><c> 10,</c><01:09:50.079><c> halfway</c><01:09:50.439><c> through</c><01:09:50.680><c> the</c><01:09:50.840><c> verse.</c> 01:09:51.560 --> 01:09:54.619 By<01:09:51.560><c> the</c><01:09:51.800><c> name</c><01:09:52.319><c> of</c><01:09:52.539><c> Jesus</c><01:09:52.899><c> Christ</c><01:09:53.340><c> of</c><01:09:53.539><c> Nazareth.</c> 01:09:54.939 --> 01:09:56.000 End<01:09:55.079><c> of</c><01:09:55.199><c> verse</c><01:09:55.420><c> 17.</c> 01:09:56.260 --> 01:09:59.079 They<01:09:56.340><c> were</c><01:09:56.500><c> to</c><01:09:56.619><c> speak</c><01:09:56.859><c> no</c><01:09:57.180><c> more</c><01:09:57.359><c> in</c><01:09:57.600><c> this</c><01:09:57.899><c> name.</c> 01:09:59.840 --> 01:10:01.659 And<01:09:59.859><c> they</c><01:10:00.140><c> called</c><01:10:00.319><c> them</c><01:10:00.520><c> and</c><01:10:00.640><c> commanded</c><01:10:00.939><c> them</c><01:10:01.100><c> not</c><01:10:01.239><c> to</c><01:10:01.460><c> speak,</c> 01:10:01.739 --> 01:10:03.899 nor<01:10:01.819><c> to</c><01:10:02.060><c> teach</c><01:10:02.220><c> it,</c><01:10:02.340><c> or</c><01:10:02.439><c> in</c><01:10:02.579><c> the</c><01:10:02.899><c> name</c><01:10:03.199><c> of</c><01:10:03.359><c> Jesus.</c> 01:10:04.380 --> 01:10:06.979 Look<01:10:04.600><c> at</c><01:10:05.279><c> the</c><01:10:05.319><c> use</c><01:10:05.520><c> of</c><01:10:05.699><c> that</c><01:10:05.939><c> name.</c> 01:10:07.699 --> 01:10:09.600 But,<01:10:07.920><c> look</c><01:10:08.079><c> at</c><01:10:08.199><c> verse</c><01:10:08.420><c> 30.</c> 01:10:09.920 --> 01:10:12.000 By<01:10:10.039><c> stretching</c><01:10:10.600><c> forth</c><01:10:10.939><c> thy</c><01:10:11.159><c> hand</c><01:10:11.539><c> to</c><01:10:11.819><c> heal,</c> 01:10:12.159 --> 01:10:14.720 and<01:10:12.239><c> that</c><01:10:12.399><c> signs</c><01:10:12.760><c> and</c><01:10:12.979><c> wonders</c><01:10:13.180><c> may</c><01:10:13.439><c> be</c><01:10:13.579><c> done</c><01:10:13.720><c> by</c><01:10:13.920><c> the</c><01:10:14.180><c> name</c><01:10:14.539><c> of</c> 01:10:14.720 --> 01:10:15.579 thy<01:10:14.899><c> holy</c><01:10:15.300><c> child.</c> 01:10:15.579 --> 01:10:17.720 So<01:10:16.039><c> Peter</c><01:10:16.319><c> prayed</c><01:10:16.680><c> for</c><01:10:16.859><c> that,</c><01:10:17.279><c> brothers</c><01:10:17.340><c> and</c><01:10:17.460><c> sisters,</c> 01:10:17.720 --> 01:10:20.819 and<01:10:17.920><c> he</c><01:10:18.100><c> received</c><01:10:18.420><c> it</c><01:10:18.560><c> according</c><01:10:18.800><c> to</c><01:10:18.979><c> Hebrews</c><01:10:19.180><c> 2.</c> 01:10:20.840 --> 01:10:23.159 Now,<01:10:20.899><c> we</c><01:10:21.140><c> quoted</c><01:10:21.319><c> you</c><01:10:21.560><c> all</c><01:10:21.920><c> the</c><01:10:22.220><c> instances</c><01:10:22.600><c> of</c><01:10:22.779><c> that</c><01:10:23.000><c> name</c> 01:10:23.159 --> 01:10:24.739 except<01:10:23.520><c> one.</c> 01:10:25.119 --> 01:10:25.979 Left<01:10:25.279><c> it</c><01:10:25.460><c> till</c><01:10:25.640><c> last.</c> 01:10:26.060 --> 01:10:28.680 Verse<01:10:26.279><c> 12</c><01:10:26.600><c> of</c><01:10:26.779><c> chapter</c><01:10:27.039><c> 4.</c> 01:10:28.880 --> 01:10:31.399 Neither<01:10:29.239><c> is</c><01:10:29.779><c> there</c><01:10:30.020><c> salvation</c><01:10:30.619><c> in</c><01:10:30.819><c> any</c><01:10:31.039><c> other,</c> 01:10:31.640 --> 01:10:35.979 for<01:10:31.720><c> there</c><01:10:31.899><c> is</c><01:10:32.079><c> no</c><01:10:32.359><c> other</c><01:10:32.619><c> name</c><01:10:33.600><c> given</c><01:10:35.460><c> under</c><01:10:35.699><c> heaven,</c> 01:10:36.039 --> 01:10:38.579 whereby<01:10:36.260><c> men</c><01:10:36.579><c> can</c><01:10:36.859><c> be</c><01:10:37.520><c> saved.</c> 01:10:39.920 --> 01:10:41.819 God<01:10:40.239><c> has</c><01:10:40.460><c> many</c><01:10:40.720><c> titles.</c> 01:10:42.159 --> 01:10:44.220 He<01:10:42.680><c> only</c><01:10:42.880><c> has</c><01:10:43.079><c> one</c><01:10:43.340><c> name.</c> 01:10:45.640 --> 01:10:51.439 And<01:10:45.899><c> there</c><01:10:46.020><c> is</c><01:10:46.399><c> no</c><01:10:46.899><c> other</c><01:10:47.899><c> name</c><01:10:48.380><c> given</c><01:10:48.680><c> under</c><01:10:49.140><c> the</c><01:10:49.420><c> whole</c><01:10:50.020><c> heaven,</c><01:10:50.500><c> brothers</c><01:10:50.859><c> and</c><01:10:51.060><c> sisters,</c> 01:10:51.840 --> 01:10:53.500 whereby<01:10:52.220><c> men</c><01:10:52.739><c> can</c><01:10:52.939><c> be</c><01:10:53.199><c> saved.</c> 01:10:53.779 --> 01:10:55.159 And<01:10:53.859><c> so</c><01:10:53.960><c> when</c><01:10:54.100><c> they</c><01:10:54.279><c> came</c><01:10:54.500><c> together,</c> 01:10:55.560 --> 01:10:58.180 Peter<01:10:55.720><c> having</c><01:10:56.100><c> expounded</c><01:10:56.920><c> Exodus</c><01:10:57.479><c> 3,</c> 01:10:58.579 --> 01:11:00.399 and<01:10:58.600><c> then</c><01:10:59.020><c> stretched</c><01:10:59.300><c> that</c><01:10:59.539><c> out</c><01:10:59.640><c> in</c><01:10:59.739><c> the</c><01:10:59.899><c> work</c><01:11:00.020><c> of</c><01:11:00.199><c> the</c><01:11:00.260><c> Lord</c> 01:11:00.399 --> 01:11:01.140 Jesus<01:11:00.819><c> Christ,</c> 01:11:01.380 --> 01:11:05.239 and<01:11:01.600><c> demonstrated</c><01:11:02.260><c> in</c><01:11:02.479><c> the</c><01:11:02.680><c> power</c><01:11:02.899><c> of</c><01:11:03.140><c> God</c><01:11:03.319><c> to</c><01:11:03.640><c> heal</c><01:11:03.920><c> in</c><01:11:04.180><c> the</c><01:11:04.359><c> apostles,</c> 01:11:05.479 --> 01:11:07.619 and<01:11:05.640><c> then</c><01:11:05.760><c> went</c><01:11:05.899><c> back</c><01:11:06.140><c> to</c><01:11:06.319><c> God,</c><01:11:06.579><c> and</c><01:11:06.579><c> at</c><01:11:06.859><c> the</c><01:11:06.979><c> end</c><01:11:07.119><c> of</c><01:11:07.239><c> that</c><01:11:07.399><c> hymn,</c> 01:11:07.939 --> 01:11:09.859 that<01:11:08.159><c> prayer,</c><01:11:08.680><c> that</c><01:11:08.840><c> hymn</c><01:11:09.159><c> they</c><01:11:09.600><c> sang,</c> 01:11:09.859 --> 01:11:13.060 the<01:11:10.260><c> request</c><01:11:10.699><c> of</c><01:11:10.920><c> God</c><01:11:11.119><c> that</c><01:11:11.260><c> he</c><01:11:11.279><c> would</c><01:11:11.539><c> continue</c><01:11:11.979><c> that</c><01:11:12.220><c> work,</c> 01:11:13.100 --> 01:11:15.300 that<01:11:13.100><c> that</c><01:11:13.359><c> power</c><01:11:13.659><c> of</c><01:11:13.840><c> signs</c><01:11:14.039><c> and</c><01:11:14.279><c> wonders</c><01:11:14.460><c> would</c><01:11:14.720><c> continue,</c> 01:11:15.619 --> 01:11:17.880 that<01:11:15.739><c> Yahushua</c><01:11:16.579><c> might</c><01:11:16.760><c> be</c><01:11:16.939><c> manifested</c><01:11:17.319><c> to</c><01:11:17.500><c> the</c><01:11:17.680><c> people,</c> 01:11:18.060 --> 01:11:20.720 not<01:11:18.260><c> that</c><01:11:18.380><c> people</c><01:11:18.619><c> might</c><01:11:18.939><c> be</c><01:11:19.340><c> beholding</c><01:11:19.939><c> wonder</c><01:11:20.319><c> workers,</c> 01:11:21.000 --> 01:11:23.720 but<01:11:21.140><c> that</c><01:11:21.340><c> wonder</c><01:11:21.800><c> might</c><01:11:22.100><c> bring</c><01:11:22.359><c> people</c><01:11:22.640><c> to</c><01:11:22.779><c> the</c><01:11:22.979><c> truth.</c> 01:11:24.420 --> 01:11:27.220 And<01:11:24.619><c> that</c><01:11:24.800><c> was</c><01:11:25.039><c> the</c><01:11:25.640><c> thrilling</c><01:11:25.899><c> end</c><01:11:26.220><c> of</c><01:11:26.600><c> that</c><01:11:26.859><c> prayer,</c> 01:11:27.439 --> 01:11:30.479 which<01:11:27.800><c> was</c><01:11:28.039><c> sung,</c><01:11:28.239><c> I</c><01:11:28.439><c> believe,</c><01:11:28.779><c> on</c><01:11:28.859><c> that</c><01:11:29.020><c> occasion</c><01:11:29.479><c> with</c><01:11:29.939><c> one</c><01:11:30.159><c> accord.</c> 01:11:30.659 --> 01:11:34.000 And<01:11:30.800><c> as</c><01:11:30.920><c> I</c><01:11:31.079><c> say,</c><01:11:32.020><c> the</c><01:11:32.079><c> words</c><01:11:32.539><c> lifted</c><01:11:33.039><c> up</c><01:11:33.260><c> doesn't</c><01:11:33.520><c> necessarily</c> 01:11:34.000 --> 01:11:34.800 mean<01:11:34.140><c> to</c><01:11:34.359><c> sing</c><01:11:34.479><c> it,</c> 01:11:34.899 --> 01:11:36.340 but<01:11:35.020><c> whatever</c><01:11:35.300><c> happened,</c><01:11:35.739><c> brothers</c><01:11:35.819><c> and</c><01:11:36.060><c> sisters,</c> 01:11:36.460 --> 01:11:37.819 it<01:11:36.539><c> was</c><01:11:36.720><c> all</c><01:11:36.939><c> done</c><01:11:37.060><c> with</c><01:11:37.220><c> one</c><01:11:37.460><c> accord.</c> 01:11:37.979 --> 01:11:39.399 All<01:11:38.239><c> those</c><01:11:38.439><c> words</c><01:11:38.699><c> were</c><01:11:38.859><c> in</c><01:11:39.000><c> one</c><01:11:39.159><c> accord.</c> 01:11:39.399 --> 01:11:40.420 They<01:11:39.539><c> had</c><01:11:39.659><c> to</c><01:11:39.800><c> recite</c><01:11:40.079><c> together.</c> 01:11:40.600 --> 01:11:42.899 In<01:11:40.819><c> some</c><01:11:41.159><c> way</c><01:11:41.359><c> they</c><01:11:41.460><c> had</c><01:11:41.600><c> to</c><01:11:41.699><c> be</c><01:11:41.939><c> recited.</c> 01:11:43.319 --> 01:11:45.380 And<01:11:43.439><c> I</c><01:11:43.539><c> believe</c><01:11:43.819><c> that</c><01:11:44.199><c> probably</c><01:11:44.500><c> someone</c><01:11:44.760><c> put</c><01:11:44.960><c> that</c><01:11:45.159><c> together</c> 01:11:45.380 --> 01:11:45.939 very<01:11:45.739><c> quickly,</c> 01:11:46.000 --> 01:11:47.539 probably<01:11:46.279><c> Peter</c><01:11:46.560><c> himself,</c> 01:11:48.159 --> 01:11:50.340 and<01:11:48.260><c> they</c><01:11:48.539><c> sang</c><01:11:48.659><c> it</c><01:11:48.859><c> with</c><01:11:49.060><c> a</c><01:11:49.239><c> joyous</c><01:11:49.739><c> acclamation</c> 01:11:50.340 --> 01:11:53.680 for<01:11:51.180><c> the</c><01:11:51.340><c> wonderful</c><01:11:51.659><c> deliverance</c><01:11:52.119><c> that</c><01:11:52.340><c> God</c><01:11:52.500><c> had</c><01:11:52.720><c> given</c><01:11:52.840><c> them.</c> 01:11:54.000 --> 01:11:57.579 And<01:11:54.119><c> it</c><01:11:54.140><c> was</c><01:11:54.279><c> all</c><01:11:54.500><c> about</c><01:11:54.939><c> Herod</c><01:11:55.960><c> and</c><01:11:56.439><c> Pontius</c><01:11:56.859><c> Pilate,</c> 01:11:58.000 --> 01:12:01.279 and<01:11:58.100><c> the</c><01:11:58.340><c> Jews</c><01:11:58.640><c> and</c><01:11:59.000><c> their</c><01:11:59.199><c> council</c><01:11:59.560><c> being</c><01:11:59.840><c> brought</c><01:12:00.180><c> to</c><01:12:00.560><c> nought.</c> 01:12:02.020 --> 01:12:04.359 They<01:12:02.300><c> set</c><01:12:02.500><c> the</c><01:12:02.659><c> Lord</c><01:12:02.819><c> Jesus</c><01:12:03.239><c> Christ</c><01:12:03.560><c> at</c><01:12:03.779><c> nought,</c> 01:12:04.560 --> 01:12:07.180 and<01:12:04.859><c> in</c><01:12:05.060><c> the</c><01:12:05.180><c> end</c><01:12:05.319><c> God</c><01:12:05.560><c> set</c><01:12:05.760><c> their</c><01:12:06.020><c> council</c><01:12:06.479><c> to</c><01:12:06.800><c> nought.</c> 01:12:07.180 --> 01:12:08.060 They<01:12:07.180><c> didn't</c><01:12:07.399><c> come</c><01:12:07.619><c> to</c><01:12:07.819><c> nought.</c> 01:12:08.220 --> 01:12:11.199 They<01:12:08.220><c> said,</c><01:12:08.619><c> oh,</c><01:12:08.979><c> yes,</c><01:12:09.520><c> came</c><01:12:09.640><c> to</c><01:12:09.800><c> fruition,</c><01:12:10.680><c> but</c><01:12:10.779><c> not</c><01:12:10.960><c> the</c><01:12:11.039><c> way</c> 01:12:11.199 --> 01:12:12.159 they<01:12:11.399><c> wanted.</c> 01:12:12.380 --> 01:12:15.880 And<01:12:12.539><c> the</c><01:12:12.619><c> Lord</c><01:12:12.760><c> was</c><01:12:12.960><c> lifted</c><01:12:13.220><c> up</c><01:12:13.500><c> to</c><01:12:13.659><c> be</c><01:12:13.819><c> the</c><01:12:13.960><c> salvation</c><01:12:14.500><c> of</c><01:12:14.840><c> all</c><01:12:15.000><c> men.</c> 01:12:16.319 --> 01:12:18.180 And<01:12:16.399><c> so,</c><01:12:16.640><c> brothers</c><01:12:16.800><c> and</c><01:12:16.979><c> sisters,</c><01:12:17.140><c> when</c><01:12:17.260><c> we</c><01:12:17.359><c> come</c><01:12:17.560><c> back</c><01:12:17.739><c> next</c><01:12:18.039><c> time,</c> 01:12:18.239 --> 01:12:21.220 of<01:12:18.399><c> course</c><01:12:18.880><c> we'll</c><01:12:20.220><c> pick</c><01:12:20.359><c> up</c><01:12:20.520><c> the</c><01:12:20.680><c> record</c><01:12:20.899><c> again</c> 01:12:21.220 --> 01:12:25.399 when<01:12:21.739><c> Jesus</c><01:12:22.100><c> is</c><01:12:22.319><c> with</c><01:12:22.520><c> Pilate</c><01:12:22.859><c> and</c><01:12:23.439><c> continue</c><01:12:23.880><c> this</c><01:12:24.600><c> dramatic</c><01:12:25.079><c> story.</c> 01:12:25.420 --> 01:12:26.880 I<01:12:25.579><c> think</c><01:12:25.699><c> it</c><01:12:25.800><c> is</c><01:12:25.960><c> a</c><01:12:26.060><c> dramatic</c><01:12:26.359><c> story</c> 01:12:26.880 --> 01:12:29.699 concerning<01:12:27.479><c> the</c><01:12:27.760><c> trials</c><01:12:27.939><c> of</c><01:12:28.140><c> our</c><01:12:28.260><c> Lord</c><01:12:28.380><c> Jesus</c><01:12:28.779><c> Christ.</c>