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the<00:11:51.080><c> time</c><00:11:51.279><c> when</c><00:11:51.480><c> God</c><00:11:51.679><c> had</c><00:11:52.039><c> chosen</c>

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Abraham.<00:11:54.200><c> Before</c><00:11:54.519><c> even</c><00:11:54.779><c> he</c><00:11:54.960><c> dwelt</c><00:11:55.120><c> in</c><00:11:55.399><c> Charon,</c><00:11:55.980><c> the</c><00:11:56.500><c> upper</c><00:11:56.840><c> part</c><00:11:57.039><c> of</c>

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still<00:11:59.080><c> in</c><00:11:59.299><c> Ur</c><00:11:59.419><c> of</c><00:11:59.580><c> the</c><00:11:59.740><c> Chaldees,</c><00:12:00.639><c> a</c><00:12:00.799><c> place</c><00:12:00.940><c> of</c><00:12:01.139><c> heathen</c><00:12:01.460><c> worship.</c><00:12:03.220><c> God</c>

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himself<00:12:05.720><c> known</c><00:12:06.080><c> to</c><00:12:06.340><c> Abraham</c><00:12:06.759><c> on</c><00:12:07.159><c> a</c><00:12:07.299><c> Gentile</c><00:12:07.779><c> river</c><00:12:08.039><c> in</c><00:12:08.179><c> a</c><00:12:08.259><c> Gentile</c><00:12:08.759><c> country.</c><00:12:10.039><c> It</c>

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was<00:12:10.419><c> thence</c><00:12:10.679><c> he</c><00:12:10.720><c> had</c>

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called<00:12:11.200><c> him.</c><00:12:12.919><c> There</c><00:12:13.159><c> had</c><00:12:13.279><c> been</c><00:12:13.379><c> no</c><00:12:13.659><c> problem</c><00:12:13.960><c> about</c><00:12:14.179><c> God</c><00:12:14.399><c> speaking</c><00:12:14.659><c> to</c><00:12:14.860><c> Abraham</c><00:12:15.320><c> while</c><00:12:15.740><c> a</c>

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had<00:12:20.679><c> been</c><00:12:20.860><c> quite</c><00:12:21.240><c> possible</c><00:12:21.700><c> for</c><00:12:21.899><c> God</c>

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to<00:12:22.440><c> cause</c><00:12:22.679><c> Joseph</c><00:12:23.080><c> to</c><00:12:23.240><c> be</c><00:12:23.419><c> taken</c><00:12:23.639><c> down</c><00:12:24.059><c> through</c><00:12:24.460><c> the</c><00:12:24.679><c> malice</c>

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Egypt<00:12:26.399><c> and</c><00:12:26.620><c> appear</c><00:12:26.820><c> to</c><00:12:26.940><c> him</c><00:12:27.159><c> there.</c><00:12:28.960><c> And</c><00:12:29.200><c> when</c><00:12:29.360><c> the</c><00:12:29.519><c> days</c><00:12:29.700><c> were</c>

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fulfilled<00:12:30.240><c> which</c><00:12:30.440><c> God</c><00:12:30.620><c> had</c><00:12:30.779><c> promised</c>

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at<00:12:39.559><c> the</c><00:12:39.759><c> burning</c><00:12:39.980><c> bush</c><00:12:40.200><c> reveal</c><00:12:40.460><c> himself</c>

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to<00:12:41.039><c> him.</c><00:12:43.200><c> Their</c><00:12:43.440><c> fathers</c><00:12:43.720><c> had</c><00:12:43.879><c> the</c><00:12:44.080><c> tabernacle</c><00:12:44.419><c> of</c><00:12:44.580><c> witness</c><00:12:44.779><c> in</c><00:12:44.980><c> the</c><00:12:45.139><c> wilderness.</c><00:12:46.379><c> That</c><00:12:46.639><c> was</c><00:12:46.860><c> a</c><00:12:47.019><c> perfectly</c>

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acceptable<00:12:47.759><c> place</c><00:12:48.000><c> of</c><00:12:48.220><c> worship.</c><00:12:49.080><c> Indeed</c><00:12:49.279><c> there</c><00:12:49.399><c> was</c><00:12:49.620><c> no</c><00:12:49.840><c> difficulty</c><00:12:50.259><c> whenever</c><00:12:50.639><c> God</c>

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caused<00:12:51.220><c> them</c>

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and<00:12:55.500><c> carry</c><00:12:55.720><c> them</c><00:12:55.960><c> away</c><00:12:56.159><c> to</c><00:12:56.360><c> somewhere</c><00:12:56.600><c> else</c><00:12:56.899><c> and</c><00:12:57.100><c> set</c><00:12:57.200><c> up</c><00:12:57.320><c> the</c>

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tabernacle<00:12:57.840><c> there.</c><00:12:58.519><c> All</c><00:12:58.919><c> these</c><00:12:59.179><c> were</c>

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chosen<00:12:59.759><c> places</c><00:13:00.139><c> of</c><00:13:00.379><c> worship</c><00:13:00.639><c> of</c><00:13:00.860><c> God.</c><00:13:01.299><c> There</c><00:13:01.419><c> was</c><00:13:01.639><c> an</c><00:13:01.960><c> excellent</c><00:13:02.440><c> long</c>

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-standing<00:13:03.279><c> precedent</c><00:13:03.759><c> for</c><00:13:03.980><c> God</c>

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being<00:13:04.419><c> worshipped</c><00:13:04.840><c> in</c><00:13:05.200><c> many</c><00:13:05.480><c> other</c><00:13:05.759><c> places</c><00:13:06.039><c> than</c><00:13:06.320><c> one.</c><00:13:08.159><c> It</c><00:13:08.480><c> was</c><00:13:08.700><c> so</c>

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when<00:13:09.000><c> they</c><00:13:09.139><c> got</c><00:13:09.279><c> into</c><00:13:09.519><c> the</c><00:13:09.600><c> land</c>

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of<00:13:09.980><c> Canaan.</c><00:13:11.559><c> First</c><00:13:11.840><c> perhaps</c><00:13:12.259><c> at</c><00:13:12.539><c> Shiloh</c><00:13:13.440><c> and</c><00:13:13.820><c> then</c><00:13:14.039><c> when</c><00:13:14.279><c> Shiloh</c><00:13:14.600><c> was</c>

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sacked,<00:13:16.139><c> well</c><00:13:16.519><c> there</c><00:13:16.759><c> was</c><00:13:17.019><c> a</c><00:13:17.220><c> tabernacle</c>

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somewhere<00:13:17.899><c> near</c><00:13:18.159><c> Gibeon</c><00:13:18.600><c> and</c><00:13:18.759><c> there</c><00:13:18.879><c> was</c><00:13:19.100><c> the</c><00:13:19.240><c> ark</c><00:13:19.419><c> at</c><00:13:19.580><c> Kiryat</c>

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they<00:13:30.840><c> him</c><00:13:31.039><c> and</c><00:13:31.519><c> the</c><00:13:31.679><c> city</c><00:13:31.840><c> was</c><00:13:32.059><c> united</c><00:13:32.419><c> under</c><00:13:32.740><c> the</c><00:13:33.100><c> hands</c><00:13:33.279><c> of</c><00:13:33.460><c> a</c>

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man<00:13:33.700><c> who</c><00:13:33.960><c> combined</c><00:13:34.399><c> the</c><00:13:35.059><c> Judaic</c><00:13:35.539><c> and</c>

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Benjamite<00:13:36.120><c> portions</c><00:13:36.480><c> together.</c><00:13:38.480><c> It</c><00:13:38.639><c> was</c><00:13:38.840><c> there</c><00:13:39.100><c> of</c><00:13:39.320><c> course</c>

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worshipped.<00:13:49.220><c> Though</c><00:13:49.360><c> of</c><00:13:49.500><c> course</c><00:13:49.639><c> it</c>

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wasn't.<00:13:51.279><c> What</c><00:13:51.419><c> they</c><00:13:51.639><c> had</c><00:13:51.820><c> then</c><00:13:51.980><c> was</c><00:13:52.159><c> a</c><00:13:52.279><c> temple</c><00:13:52.500><c> erected</c><00:13:52.919><c> under</c>

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the<00:13:53.279><c> guidance</c><00:13:53.580><c> of</c><00:13:53.980><c> Haggai</c><00:13:54.340><c> and</c><00:13:54.519><c> Zechariah</c>

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in<00:13:55.559><c> the</c><00:13:55.720><c> days</c><00:13:55.919><c> of</c><00:13:56.059><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:13:56.500><c> and</c><00:13:56.720><c> the</c><00:13:56.940><c> others</c><00:13:57.139><c> who</c><00:13:57.340><c> led</c><00:13:57.500><c> them</c>

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and<00:14:00.559><c> perhaps</c><00:14:00.879><c> the</c><00:14:01.059><c> residue</c><00:14:01.340><c> of</c><00:14:01.580><c> that</c><00:14:01.740><c> had</c><00:14:01.940><c> been</c><00:14:02.139><c> glorified</c><00:14:02.580><c> by</c>

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Herod<00:14:03.080><c> when</c><00:14:03.559><c> forty</c><00:14:03.879><c> and</c><00:14:04.120><c> six</c><00:14:04.340><c> years</c><00:14:04.519><c> was</c><00:14:04.720><c> this</c>

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temple<00:14:05.200><c> in</c><00:14:05.419><c> building.</c><00:14:06.519><c> But</c><00:14:06.700><c> it</c><00:14:06.799><c> wasn't</c><00:14:07.080><c> Solomon's</c><00:14:07.519><c> temple.</c>

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in<00:14:10.779><c> very</c><00:14:11.059><c> building</c><00:14:11.340><c> it</c><00:14:11.779><c> had</c><00:14:11.980><c> confessed</c><00:14:12.419><c> that</c><00:14:12.840><c> the</c><00:14:13.000><c> Most</c><00:14:13.320><c> High</c>

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will<00:14:13.659><c> not</c><00:14:13.899><c> dwell</c><00:14:14.179><c> in</c><00:14:14.500><c> such</c><00:14:14.659><c> a</c><00:14:14.759><c> thing</c><00:14:14.840><c> as</c>

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he<00:14:15.080><c> had</c><00:14:15.259><c> made,</c><00:14:15.940><c> not</c><00:14:16.019><c> at</c><00:14:16.159><c> least</c><00:14:16.279><c> be</c><00:14:16.480><c> confined</c><00:14:16.919><c> within</c><00:14:17.220><c> it.</c><00:14:18.000><c> However</c><00:14:18.240><c> much</c>

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of<00:14:18.620><c> God</c><00:14:18.720><c> there</c><00:14:18.899><c> might</c><00:14:19.220><c> be</c><00:14:19.440><c> with</c>

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his<00:14:19.820><c> indwelling</c><00:14:20.259><c> glory</c><00:14:20.799><c> within</c><00:14:21.120><c> the</c><00:14:21.299><c> most</c><00:14:21.519><c> holy</c><00:14:21.740><c> place</c><00:14:22.039><c> there</c>

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was<00:14:22.320><c> all</c><00:14:22.620><c> the</c><00:14:22.740><c> rest</c><00:14:22.960><c> of</c><00:14:23.100><c> God's</c><00:14:23.519><c> infinity</c>

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outside.<00:14:26.080><c> And</c><00:14:26.259><c> in</c><00:14:26.419><c> any</c><00:14:26.600><c> case</c><00:14:27.039><c> even</c><00:14:28.100><c> when</c><00:14:28.340><c> Solomon</c><00:14:28.639><c> had</c><00:14:28.919><c> built</c>

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like<00:14:56.019><c> you</c><00:15:11.620><c> to</c>

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house.<00:15:25.100><c> Howbeit</c>

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take<00:15:29.720><c> up</c><00:15:29.820><c> your</c><00:15:29.980><c> reading.</c><00:15:31.200><c> The</c><00:15:31.279><c> heaven</c><00:15:31.519><c> is</c><00:15:31.700><c> my</c><00:15:31.940><c> throne,</c><00:15:33.200><c> and</c><00:15:33.379><c> the</c><00:15:33.480><c> earth</c><00:15:33.659><c> the</c><00:15:33.799><c> footstool</c><00:15:34.120><c> of</c>

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my<00:15:34.519><c> feet.</c><00:15:34.960><c> What</c>

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manner<00:15:35.539><c> of</c><00:15:35.700><c> house</c><00:15:35.879><c> will</c><00:15:36.059><c> ye</c><00:15:36.200><c> build</c><00:15:36.379><c> me,</c><00:15:36.659><c> saith</c><00:15:36.759><c> the</c><00:15:36.980><c> Lord?</c><00:15:37.679><c> Or</c>

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what<00:15:37.940><c> is</c><00:15:38.159><c> the</c><00:15:38.240><c> place</c><00:15:38.460><c> of</c><00:15:38.679><c> my</c><00:15:38.899><c> rest?</c><00:15:39.919><c> Did</c>

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didn't.<00:15:47.860><c> Ye</c>

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in<00:16:02.240><c> heart.</c><00:16:02.539><c> Can</c><00:16:02.740><c> you</c><00:16:02.940><c> wonder</c><00:16:03.159><c> that</c><00:16:03.320><c> they</c><00:16:03.500><c> gnashed</c><00:16:03.700><c> upon</c><00:16:03.840><c> him</c>

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with<00:16:04.080><c> their</c><00:16:04.240><c> teeth?</c><00:16:06.440><c> The</c><00:16:06.659><c> weakness</c><00:16:06.899><c> of</c>

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troubles<00:16:12.620><c> was</c><00:16:12.799><c> their</c><00:16:13.080><c> stiff</c><00:16:13.320><c>-neckedness,</c><00:16:14.139><c> their</c><00:16:14.340><c> hardness</c>

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lose<00:16:19.620><c> their</c><00:16:19.840><c> temple.</c><00:16:21.360><c> That</c><00:16:21.679><c> was</c>

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why<00:16:22.100><c> Stephen</c><00:16:22.399><c> lost</c><00:16:22.700><c> his</c><00:16:22.919><c> life.</c><00:16:24.799><c> Now</c><00:16:25.019><c> when</c><00:16:25.139><c> they</c><00:16:25.340><c> heard</c><00:16:25.559><c> these</c>

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things,<00:16:26.139><c> they</c><00:16:26.279><c> were</c><00:16:26.679><c> cut</c><00:16:27.059><c> to</c><00:16:27.320><c> the</c><00:16:27.539><c> heart.</c>

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presence<00:18:20.000><c> of</c><00:18:20.160><c> the</c><00:18:20.299><c> Father,</c><00:18:20.920><c> taken</c><00:18:21.119><c> the</c>

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for<00:18:36.259><c> the</c><00:18:36.460><c> faith</c><00:18:36.640><c> since</c><00:18:36.920><c> the</c><00:18:37.119><c> Lord</c><00:18:37.319><c> died</c><00:18:37.660><c> was</c>

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not<00:18:38.279><c> unnoticed</c><00:18:38.799><c> in</c><00:18:38.960><c> heavenly</c><00:18:39.240><c> places.</c><00:18:42.440><c> The</c><00:18:42.700><c> Lord</c><00:18:42.859><c> Jesus</c><00:18:43.200><c> Christ</c><00:18:44.519><c> continues</c><00:18:45.420><c> to</c>

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suffer<00:18:46.039><c> the</c><00:18:47.660><c> death</c>

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of<00:18:47.980><c> his</c><00:18:48.140><c> cross,</c><00:18:50.779><c> will</c><00:18:51.000><c> continue</c><00:18:51.480><c> so</c><00:18:51.700><c> to</c><00:18:51.920><c> suffer</c><00:18:52.299><c> until</c><00:18:54.039><c> the</c>

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one<00:19:07.720><c> is</c><00:19:07.940><c> left</c><00:19:08.160><c> to</c><00:19:08.339><c> crucify</c>

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to<00:19:08.859><c> themselves</c><00:19:09.180><c> afresh</c><00:19:09.519><c> the</c><00:19:09.640><c> Son</c><00:19:09.799><c> of</c><00:19:09.980><c> God,</c><00:19:11.339><c> or</c><00:19:11.500><c> to</c><00:19:11.759><c> trample</c><00:19:11.980><c> him</c><00:19:12.160><c> under</c><00:19:12.420><c> foot,</c><00:19:13.759><c> or</c>

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rejection<00:19:35.519><c> of</c><00:19:35.680><c> him</c><00:19:36.160><c> to</c><00:19:36.640><c> his</c><00:19:36.799><c> own</c><00:19:37.039><c> sorrow</c><00:19:37.319><c> and</c><00:19:37.579><c> grief.</c><00:19:39.400><c> And</c><00:19:39.779><c> now</c>

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and<00:20:46.380><c> said,</c><00:20:47.460><c> Lord</c><00:20:47.819><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:48.279><c> receive</c><00:20:48.700><c> my</c><00:20:49.039><c> spirit.</c><00:20:50.539><c> And</c><00:20:50.819><c> he</c><00:20:51.000><c> kneeled</c><00:20:51.299><c> down</c>

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and<00:20:51.900><c> cried</c><00:20:52.140><c> with</c><00:20:52.420><c> a</c><00:20:52.480><c> loud</c><00:20:52.680><c> voice,</c><00:20:53.299><c> Lord,</c>

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lay<00:20:53.880><c> not</c><00:20:54.099><c> this</c><00:20:54.400><c> sin</c><00:20:54.500><c> to</c><00:20:54.700><c> their</c><00:20:54.980><c> charge.</c><00:20:56.480><c> And</c><00:20:57.039><c> when</c><00:20:57.200><c> he</c><00:20:57.339><c> had</c><00:20:57.539><c> said</c><00:20:57.700><c> this,</c><00:20:58.720><c> he</c>

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fell<00:20:59.019><c> asleep</c><00:20:59.440><c> and</c><00:20:59.799><c> Saul</c><00:21:00.039><c> was</c><00:21:00.359><c> consenting</c>

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to<00:21:00.940><c> his</c><00:21:01.099><c> death.</c><00:21:04.740><c> Unforgettable</c><00:21:05.220><c> things</c><00:21:05.619><c> were</c><00:21:05.880><c> seen</c><00:21:06.119><c> and</c><00:21:06.380><c> heard</c><00:21:06.579><c> that</c>

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day,<00:21:08.660><c> as</c><00:21:08.799><c> a</c><00:21:08.960><c> man</c><00:21:09.079><c> with</c><00:21:09.279><c> the</c><00:21:09.400><c> face</c><00:21:09.519><c> of</c><00:21:09.660><c> an</c><00:21:09.880><c> angel</c>

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spoke<00:21:10.440><c> his</c><00:21:10.640><c> defence,</c><00:21:12.680><c> as</c><00:21:12.859><c> a</c><00:21:13.000><c> man</c><00:21:13.200><c> seeing</c><00:21:13.500><c> the</c><00:21:13.640><c> Lord</c><00:21:13.819><c> Jesus</c><00:21:14.240><c> Christ</c><00:21:14.700><c> standing</c><00:21:15.039><c> at</c>

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the<00:21:15.319><c> right</c><00:21:15.460><c> hand</c><00:21:15.579><c> of</c><00:21:15.619><c> God</c><00:21:15.920><c> told</c>

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them<00:21:16.599><c> so,</c><00:21:18.960><c> and</c><00:21:19.160><c> as</c><00:21:19.380><c> Stephen,</c><00:21:21.400><c> speaking</c><00:21:21.920><c> words</c><00:21:22.359><c> which</c><00:21:22.519><c> had</c><00:21:22.640><c> only</c><00:21:22.859><c> been</c><00:21:23.099><c> spoken</c><00:21:23.440><c> once</c><00:21:23.859><c> before,</c><00:21:25.799><c> said</c><00:21:25.920><c> in</c>

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effect<00:21:26.420><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:26.859><c> Lord</c><00:21:26.859><c> Jesus</c><00:21:27.259><c> Christ,</c><00:21:27.640><c> Lord,</c><00:21:28.660><c> remember,</c><00:21:29.839><c> when</c><00:21:29.940><c> you</c><00:21:30.240><c> spoke</c>

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out<00:21:30.700><c> of</c><00:21:30.859><c> your</c><00:21:31.119><c> darkness</c><00:21:31.480><c> to</c><00:21:31.680><c> your</c><00:21:31.819><c> Father</c><00:21:32.039><c> and</c><00:21:32.180><c> said,</c>

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Father,<00:21:32.960><c> into</c><00:21:33.180><c> thy</c><00:21:33.339><c> hands</c><00:21:33.539><c> I</c><00:21:33.759><c> commend</c><00:21:34.000><c> my</c><00:21:34.319><c> spirit.</c><00:21:34.859><c> He</c><00:21:35.019><c> heard</c>

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you<00:21:35.440><c> and</c><00:21:35.759><c> he</c><00:21:36.019><c> brought</c><00:21:36.180><c> it</c><00:21:36.440><c> back</c><00:21:36.599><c> for</c><00:21:36.720><c> you,</c>

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you<00:21:37.019><c> were</c><00:21:37.019><c> given</c><00:21:37.200><c> your</c><00:21:37.460><c> life</c><00:21:37.640><c> on</c><00:21:37.799><c> the</c><00:21:37.880><c> day</c><00:21:38.019><c> of</c><00:21:38.180><c> resurrection.</c>

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Do<00:21:38.900><c> the</c><00:21:39.119><c> same</c><00:21:39.240><c> for</c><00:21:39.380><c> me,</c><00:21:39.660><c> Lord.</c><00:21:40.819><c> Lord</c><00:21:41.059><c> Jesus,</c>

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receive<00:21:42.700><c> my</c><00:21:43.000><c> spirit.</c><00:21:44.480><c> I</c><00:21:44.660><c> put</c><00:21:44.880><c> my</c><00:21:45.119><c> life</c><00:21:45.339><c> as</c><00:21:45.519><c> I</c><00:21:45.740><c> die</c><00:21:45.900><c> in</c><00:21:46.039><c> your</c><00:21:46.259><c> hands.</c><00:21:48.440><c> And</c>

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again,<00:21:49.480><c> Lord,</c><00:21:49.680><c> as</c><00:21:49.740><c> they</c><00:21:49.920><c> crucified</c><00:21:50.440><c> you,</c>

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you<00:21:51.460><c> said,</c><00:21:51.720><c> Father,</c><00:21:52.059><c> forgive</c><00:21:52.279><c> them</c><00:21:52.400><c> for</c><00:21:52.500><c> they</c><00:21:52.680><c> know</c><00:21:52.859><c> not</c><00:21:53.059><c> what</c>

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they<00:21:53.519><c> do.</c><00:21:54.099><c> Lord,</c><00:21:55.140><c> treat</c><00:21:55.440><c> these</c><00:21:55.700><c> people</c><00:21:55.940><c> who</c><00:21:56.119><c> are</c>

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murdering<00:21:56.539><c> me</c><00:21:56.759><c> in</c><00:21:56.799><c> the</c><00:21:57.019><c> same</c><00:21:57.200><c> way</c><00:21:57.380><c> if</c><00:21:57.440><c> it</c><00:21:57.539><c> be</c><00:21:57.740><c> possible.</c><00:21:59.119><c> Lord,</c>

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lay<00:21:59.460><c> not</c><00:21:59.640><c> this</c><00:21:59.859><c> sin</c><00:21:59.960><c> to</c><00:22:00.119><c> their</c><00:22:00.359><c> charge.</c><00:22:03.420><c> And</c><00:22:03.700><c> some</c>

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of<00:22:04.220><c> those</c><00:22:04.420><c> who</c><00:22:04.680><c> stood</c><00:22:04.940><c> there</c><00:22:05.279><c> must</c><00:22:05.500><c> have</c><00:22:05.640><c> heard</c><00:22:05.940><c> the</c><00:22:06.119><c> Lord</c><00:22:06.339><c> Jesus</c><00:22:06.700><c> say</c>

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his<00:22:07.880><c> parallels</c><00:22:08.380><c> to</c><00:22:08.619><c> these</c><00:22:08.839><c> words.</c><00:22:11.059><c> And</c><00:22:11.380><c> perhaps</c>

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one<00:22:12.119><c> of</c><00:22:12.279><c> those</c><00:22:12.480><c> who</c><00:22:12.700><c> stood</c><00:22:12.880><c> there</c><00:22:13.119><c> with</c><00:22:13.319><c> the</c><00:22:13.559><c> garments</c><00:22:13.799><c> of</c><00:22:14.019><c> the</c>

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stoners<00:22:14.519><c> round</c><00:22:14.799><c> his</c><00:22:15.059><c> feet</c><00:22:15.700><c> had</c><00:22:16.940><c> heard</c><00:22:17.119><c> it</c><00:22:17.400><c> too.</c>

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Moreover,<00:22:22.500><c> how</c><00:22:22.839><c> Stephen</c><00:22:23.339><c> died.</c><00:22:25.420><c> If</c><00:22:25.559><c> we</c><00:22:25.700><c> had</c><00:22:25.900><c> just</c><00:22:26.220><c> those</c><00:22:26.460><c> last</c>

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few<00:22:27.099><c> words,</c><00:22:28.500><c> when</c><00:22:28.640><c> he</c><00:22:28.779><c> had</c><00:22:28.960><c> said</c><00:22:29.160><c> this,</c>

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he<00:22:30.799><c> fell</c><00:22:30.980><c> asleep</c><00:22:31.700><c> to</c><00:22:32.380><c> read.</c><00:22:34.160><c> We</c><00:22:34.339><c> would</c><00:22:34.480><c> have</c><00:22:34.519><c> not</c><00:22:34.680><c> have</c><00:22:34.799><c> pictured</c><00:22:34.980><c> a</c><00:22:35.200><c> man</c>

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cast<00:22:35.740><c> out</c><00:22:35.940><c> of</c><00:22:36.079><c> the</c><00:22:36.220><c> city,</c>

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stoned<00:22:36.779><c> with</c><00:22:37.039><c> stones,</c><00:22:38.000><c> dying</c><00:22:38.220><c> painfully,</c><00:22:39.119><c> brutally</c><00:22:39.380><c> and</c><00:22:39.640><c> bloodily.</c><00:22:39.980><c> We</c>

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wouldn't<00:22:40.299><c> have</c><00:22:40.460><c> seen</c><00:22:40.660><c> that.</c><00:22:41.640><c> We'd</c>

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have<00:22:41.920><c> been</c><00:22:42.079><c> thinking</c><00:22:42.220><c> of</c><00:22:42.380><c> a</c><00:22:42.500><c> child</c><00:22:42.680><c> leaning</c><00:22:42.880><c> by</c><00:22:43.059><c> his</c><00:22:43.240><c> bedside,</c>

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saying<00:22:43.960><c> his</c><00:22:44.220><c> prayers.</c><00:22:44.720><c> And</c><00:22:44.859><c> when</c><00:22:44.940><c> he</c><00:22:45.019><c> said</c>

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his<00:22:45.339><c> prayers,</c><00:22:45.640><c> he</c><00:22:45.700><c> went</c><00:22:45.900><c> into</c><00:22:46.099><c> bed</c><00:22:46.240><c> and</c><00:22:46.319><c> fell</c><00:22:46.480><c> asleep.</c><00:22:47.119><c> So</c><00:22:47.420><c> sweet</c><00:22:47.720><c> and</c>

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peaceful<00:22:48.220><c> was</c><00:22:48.440><c> it</c><00:22:49.859><c> when</c><00:22:50.599><c> Stephen</c><00:22:50.940><c> died.</c>

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And<00:22:53.380><c> they</c><00:22:53.519><c> saw</c><00:22:53.720><c> that,</c><00:22:55.980><c> and</c><00:22:56.220><c> Saul</c><00:22:56.500><c> saw</c><00:22:56.779><c> it</c><00:22:57.140><c> too.</c><00:23:00.839><c> Saul</c><00:23:01.079><c> of</c><00:23:01.299><c> Tarsus</c><00:23:01.680><c> was</c><00:23:01.920><c> a</c>

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man<00:23:02.160><c> of</c><00:23:02.339><c> the</c><00:23:02.500><c> tribe</c><00:23:02.640><c> of</c><00:23:02.839><c> Benjamin.</c>

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He<00:23:05.539><c> was</c><00:23:05.799><c> born,</c><00:23:06.180><c> one</c><00:23:06.299><c> presumes,</c><00:23:06.940><c> in</c><00:23:07.039><c> Tarsus</c><00:23:07.420><c> itself,</c><00:23:07.920><c> where</c><00:23:08.180><c> his</c><00:23:08.440><c> parents,</c><00:23:09.019><c> who</c><00:23:09.119><c> were</c><00:23:09.660><c> free</c><00:23:09.900><c> men</c><00:23:10.079><c> of</c><00:23:10.299><c> Rome,</c>

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Roman<00:23:10.900><c> citizens,</c><00:23:11.960><c> lived.</c><00:23:13.759><c> They</c><00:23:13.960><c> were</c><00:23:14.180><c> Pharisees,</c><00:23:14.779><c> his</c><00:23:14.920><c> parents,</c><00:23:15.279><c> for</c><00:23:15.380><c> he</c><00:23:15.559><c> calls</c><00:23:15.740><c> himself</c><00:23:16.200><c> a</c>

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Pharisee<00:23:17.039><c> of</c><00:23:17.200><c> the</c>

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Pharisees.<00:23:19.339><c> They</c><00:23:19.519><c> were</c><00:23:19.819><c> pure</c><00:23:20.160><c>-bred</c><00:23:20.500><c> Hebrews</c><00:23:20.900><c> of</c><00:23:21.119><c> the</c><00:23:21.339><c> tribe</c>

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of<00:23:21.900><c> Abraham,</c><00:23:22.420><c> because</c><00:23:22.579><c> he</c><00:23:22.700><c> calls</c><00:23:22.900><c> himself</c><00:23:23.420><c> an</c>

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Hebrew<00:23:24.099><c> of</c><00:23:24.279><c> the</c><00:23:24.480><c> Hebrews.</c><00:23:26.680><c> They</c><00:23:26.920><c> were</c><00:23:27.140><c> apparently</c><00:23:27.539><c> wealthy</c>

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and<00:23:28.220><c> loyal</c><00:23:28.579><c> too,</c><00:23:28.900><c> for</c><00:23:29.299><c> he</c><00:23:29.660><c> was</c><00:23:29.839><c> able</c><00:23:30.059><c> to</c><00:23:30.259><c> come</c>

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to<00:23:30.559><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:23:31.339><c> brought</c><00:23:31.480><c> up</c><00:23:31.640><c> in</c><00:23:31.759><c> this</c><00:23:31.980><c> city</c><00:23:32.740><c> at</c><00:23:33.920><c> the</c><00:23:34.079><c> feet</c><00:23:34.180><c> of</c>

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Gamaliel.<00:23:36.640><c> And</c><00:23:37.019><c> the</c><00:23:37.160><c> Gamaliel</c><00:23:37.539><c> who</c><00:23:37.720><c> instructed</c><00:23:38.160><c> him</c>

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was<00:23:38.480><c> that</c><00:23:38.640><c> same</c><00:23:39.019><c> man</c><00:23:39.339><c> who,</c><00:23:39.680><c> in</c><00:23:39.680><c> chapter</c><00:23:40.019><c> five,</c><00:23:40.819><c> is</c><00:23:40.960><c> reported</c>

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as<00:23:41.640><c> having</c><00:23:42.079><c> warned</c><00:23:42.559><c> against</c><00:23:43.720><c> hard</c><00:23:44.279><c> policies</c>

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in<00:23:44.940><c> relation</c><00:23:45.319><c> to</c><00:23:45.539><c> the</c><00:23:45.680><c> work</c><00:23:45.859><c> of</c><00:23:46.059><c> these</c><00:23:46.279><c> disciples</c><00:23:46.720><c> of</c><00:23:46.940><c> the</c><00:23:47.099><c> Lord,</c><00:23:48.000><c> lest</c><00:23:48.119><c> they</c><00:23:48.299><c> should</c><00:23:48.440><c> be</c>

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found<00:23:48.799><c> striving</c>

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against<00:23:49.539><c> God.</c><00:23:51.440><c> For</c><00:23:51.680><c> some</c><00:23:51.920><c> reason,</c><00:23:53.319><c> no</c><00:23:53.519><c> such</c><00:23:53.859><c> scruples</c><00:23:54.259><c> disturbed</c><00:23:54.799><c> Saul.</c>

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He<00:23:56.519><c> was</c><00:23:56.700><c> prepared</c><00:23:56.920><c> to</c><00:23:57.160><c> fight</c><00:23:57.299><c> to</c><00:23:57.480><c> the</c>

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end,<00:23:59.119><c> even,</c><00:24:00.140><c> it</c><00:24:00.460><c> seemed,</c><00:24:01.619><c> against</c><00:24:01.839><c> God.</c><00:24:05.279><c> He</c><00:24:05.500><c> calls</c><00:24:05.700><c> himself</c>

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Saul<00:24:06.559><c> the</c><00:24:06.839><c> Aged</c><00:24:07.119><c> as</c><00:24:07.299><c> he</c><00:24:07.460><c> nears</c><00:24:07.640><c> the</c><00:24:07.779><c> end</c><00:24:07.960><c> of</c><00:24:08.099><c> his</c>

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pilgrimage.<00:24:10.700><c> So</c><00:24:11.039><c> round</c><00:24:11.599><c> about</c><00:24:11.819><c> the</c><00:24:11.980><c> time</c><00:24:12.200><c> when</c><00:24:12.420><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:12.740><c> was</c><00:24:12.980><c> destroyed,</c><00:24:13.500><c> Paul</c><00:24:13.759><c> would</c><00:24:13.980><c> perhaps</c><00:24:14.200><c> have</c><00:24:14.359><c> been</c><00:24:14.519><c> 70</c>

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or<00:24:15.099><c> so.</c><00:24:17.480><c> He</c><00:24:17.660><c> is</c><00:24:18.039><c> apparently</c><00:24:18.440><c> a</c><00:24:18.559><c> member</c><00:24:18.799><c> of</c><00:24:19.000><c> the</c><00:24:19.140><c> chief</c><00:24:19.339><c> council</c>

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of<00:24:19.859><c> the</c><00:24:20.019><c> Jews</c><00:24:20.180><c> at</c><00:24:20.380><c> the</c><00:24:20.500><c> time</c><00:24:20.720><c> when</c><00:24:21.000><c> Stephen</c><00:24:21.259><c> is</c>

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known.<00:24:21.859><c> So</c><00:24:22.099><c> about</c><00:24:22.599><c> that</c><00:24:22.799><c> time</c><00:24:22.960><c> he</c><00:24:23.079><c> could</c><00:24:23.279><c> hardly</c><00:24:23.579><c> have</c><00:24:23.779><c> been</c>

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less<00:24:24.119><c> than</c><00:24:24.339><c> 30.</c><00:24:27.299><c> And</c><00:24:27.519><c> had</c><00:24:27.700><c> the</c><00:24:27.819><c> Lord</c><00:24:27.980><c> Jesus</c><00:24:28.299><c> Christ</c>

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:30.920
still<00:24:28.900><c> been</c><00:24:29.119><c> walking</c><00:24:29.440><c> the</c><00:24:29.640><c> earth</c><00:24:29.759><c> in</c><00:24:29.980><c> mortal</c><00:24:30.220><c> form</c><00:24:30.480><c> at</c><00:24:30.680><c> that</c>

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:34.559
time,<00:24:31.539><c> then</c><00:24:31.940><c> he</c><00:24:32.319><c> would</c><00:24:32.539><c> perhaps</c><00:24:32.920><c> have</c><00:24:33.140><c> been,</c><00:24:33.579><c> what,</c>

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36?<00:24:36.200><c> Something</c><00:24:36.599><c> of</c><00:24:36.740><c> the</c><00:24:36.880><c> kind.</c><00:24:38.940><c> So</c><00:24:39.160><c> there</c><00:24:39.359><c> cannot</c><00:24:39.660><c> be</c><00:24:39.920><c> a</c><00:24:40.099><c> difference</c><00:24:40.339><c> of</c><00:24:40.539><c> more</c><00:24:40.700><c> than</c><00:24:40.859><c> a</c>

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very<00:24:41.259><c> few</c><00:24:41.420><c> years</c><00:24:41.720><c> between</c>

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the<00:24:42.160><c> age</c><00:24:42.319><c> of</c><00:24:42.539><c> Saul</c><00:24:42.900><c> and</c><00:24:43.839><c> the</c><00:24:43.960><c> age</c><00:24:44.099><c> of</c><00:24:44.240><c> the</c><00:24:44.319><c> Lord</c><00:24:44.460><c> Jesus</c><00:24:44.819><c> Christ.</c>

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:49.440
He<00:24:47.339><c> was</c><00:24:47.539><c> in</c><00:24:47.720><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:48.140><c> at</c><00:24:48.400><c> this</c><00:24:48.619><c> time,</c><00:24:49.279><c> and</c>

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having<00:24:49.619><c> been</c><00:24:50.000><c> brought</c><00:24:50.240><c> up,</c><00:24:50.440><c> presumably,</c><00:24:51.279><c> in</c><00:24:51.420><c> the</c><00:24:51.579><c> later</c><00:24:51.819><c> stages</c><00:24:52.180><c> of</c>

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:54.700
his<00:24:52.900><c> education</c><00:24:53.460><c> for</c><00:24:53.680><c> the</c><00:24:53.839><c> rabbinate</c><00:24:54.299><c> at</c><00:24:54.539><c> the</c>

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feet<00:24:54.819><c> of</c><00:24:55.019><c> Gamaliel,</c><00:24:55.759><c> it</c><00:24:55.900><c> would</c><00:24:56.099><c> seem</c><00:24:56.279><c> almost</c><00:24:56.720><c> certain</c><00:24:57.000><c> that</c>

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:59.220
he<00:24:57.220><c> would</c><00:24:57.380><c> have</c><00:24:57.539><c> been</c><00:24:57.680><c> in</c><00:24:57.880><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:58.359><c> at</c><00:24:58.880><c> the</c><00:24:59.019><c> time</c>

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when<00:24:59.380><c> the</c><00:24:59.460><c> Lord</c><00:24:59.619><c> Jesus</c><00:24:59.940><c> Christ</c><00:25:00.220><c> was</c><00:25:00.440><c> preaching.</c><00:25:02.920><c> If</c><00:25:03.359><c> he</c><00:25:03.539><c> were</c>

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:06.359
at<00:25:03.960><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:04.299><c> at</c><00:25:04.500><c> that</c><00:25:04.759><c> time,</c><00:25:05.619><c> though</c><00:25:05.819><c> not</c><00:25:06.039><c> then</c><00:25:06.200><c> a</c>

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rabbi,<00:25:07.220><c> then</c><00:25:07.480><c> perhaps</c><00:25:07.920><c> he</c><00:25:08.059><c> would</c><00:25:08.259><c> have</c><00:25:08.420><c> known</c><00:25:08.619><c> a</c><00:25:08.740><c> good</c><00:25:08.940><c> deal</c>

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:16.859
about<00:25:09.339><c> that</c><00:25:09.559><c> preaching.</c><00:25:14.299><c> In</c><00:25:14.740><c> which</c><00:25:14.960><c> case</c><00:25:15.559><c> he</c><00:25:16.700><c> would</c>

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have<00:25:17.039><c> heard</c><00:25:17.119><c> the</c><00:25:17.279><c> Lord</c><00:25:17.440><c> Jesus,</c><00:25:18.220><c> he</c><00:25:18.420><c> himself</c><00:25:18.819><c> had</c><00:25:19.000><c> heard,</c><00:25:19.880><c> say,</c>

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:23.759
Father<00:25:21.640><c> into</c><00:25:21.839><c> thy</c><00:25:22.000><c> hands</c><00:25:22.220><c> I</c><00:25:22.380><c> commend</c><00:25:22.599><c> thy</c><00:25:22.819><c> spirit.</c>

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:26.359
He<00:25:24.839><c> would</c><00:25:24.960><c> have</c><00:25:25.099><c> heard</c><00:25:25.200><c> the</c><00:25:25.380><c> Lord</c><00:25:25.519><c> Jesus</c><00:25:25.799><c> perhaps</c><00:25:26.059><c> with</c><00:25:26.279><c> his</c>

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own<00:25:26.519><c> ears,</c><00:25:27.660><c> say,</c><00:25:29.099><c> Father</c><00:25:29.339><c> forgive</c><00:25:29.599><c> them,</c>

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for<00:25:29.940><c> they</c><00:25:30.119><c> know</c><00:25:30.240><c> not</c><00:25:30.400><c> what</c><00:25:30.599><c> they</c><00:25:30.839><c> do.</c><00:25:32.700><c> He</c><00:25:32.900><c> might</c><00:25:33.079><c> have</c><00:25:33.259><c> heard</c>

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much<00:25:33.680><c> else</c><00:25:33.900><c> that</c><00:25:34.059><c> the</c><00:25:34.200><c> Lord</c><00:25:34.359><c> said.</c><00:25:36.119><c> He</c><00:25:36.380><c> might</c>

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:38.980
even<00:25:36.799><c> have</c><00:25:37.019><c> heard</c><00:25:37.119><c> him</c><00:25:37.299><c> say,</c><00:25:37.900><c> if</c><00:25:38.119><c> thou</c><00:25:38.279><c> wouldst</c><00:25:38.500><c> be</c><00:25:38.700><c> perfect,</c>

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go<00:25:39.220><c> and</c><00:25:39.440><c> sell</c><00:25:39.579><c> all</c><00:25:39.740><c> that</c><00:25:39.839><c> thou</c><00:25:40.000><c> hast</c><00:25:40.220><c> and</c>

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poor.<00:25:42.500><c> He</c><00:25:42.980><c> might</c><00:25:43.200><c> have</c><00:25:43.319><c> gone</c><00:25:43.440><c> away</c><00:25:43.640><c> sorrowful,</c><00:25:44.079><c> for</c><00:25:44.180><c> he</c><00:25:44.279><c> had</c>

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:47.819
great<00:25:44.660><c> possessions.</c><00:25:47.019><c> He</c><00:25:47.180><c> might</c><00:25:47.359><c> have</c><00:25:47.480><c> gone</c><00:25:47.619><c> away,</c>

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:50.279
not<00:25:47.980><c> be</c><00:25:48.140><c> sorrowful,</c><00:25:48.619><c> but</c><00:25:48.839><c> bitter,</c><00:25:49.480><c> that</c><00:25:49.619><c> the</c><00:25:49.759><c> Lord</c><00:25:49.900><c> would</c><00:25:50.079><c> not</c>

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receive<00:25:50.480><c> him</c><00:25:50.599><c> on</c><00:25:50.680><c> his</c><00:25:50.839><c> own</c><00:25:51.160><c> terms.</c><00:25:52.940><c> Something</c><00:25:53.339><c> has</c>

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:58.720
to<00:25:53.839><c> explain</c><00:25:54.319><c> why</c><00:25:54.880><c> the</c><00:25:55.299><c> disciple</c><00:25:55.680><c> of</c><00:25:55.880><c> the</c><00:25:56.059><c> relatively</c><00:25:56.599><c> mild</c><00:25:57.200><c>-mannered</c><00:25:57.539><c> Gamaliel,</c><00:25:58.160><c> following</c><00:25:58.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:58.839><c> footsteps</c>

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of<00:25:59.359><c> his</c><00:25:59.519><c> father</c><00:25:59.759><c>-in</c><00:25:59.980><c>-law</c><00:26:00.059><c> Hillel,</c><00:26:01.180><c> so</c><00:26:01.220><c> utterly</c><00:26:01.599><c> forsook</c><00:26:02.039><c> the</c>

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:04.660
policy<00:26:02.660><c> of</c><00:26:02.859><c> toleration</c><00:26:03.299><c> that</c><00:26:03.440><c> Gamaliel</c><00:26:03.880><c> advocated,</c>

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:07.039
and<00:26:05.200><c> breathing</c><00:26:05.420><c> out</c><00:26:05.759><c> threatenings</c><00:26:06.180><c> and</c><00:26:06.440><c> slaughters,</c><00:26:06.880><c> caught</c>

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:09.400
Stephen<00:26:07.400><c> to</c><00:26:07.599><c> his</c><00:26:07.720><c> slain</c><00:26:07.900><c> and</c><00:26:08.140><c> then</c><00:26:08.960><c> persecuted</c>

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:12.359
the<00:26:09.539><c> whole</c><00:26:09.720><c> church.</c><00:26:10.940><c> Something</c><00:26:11.299><c> has</c><00:26:11.500><c> to</c><00:26:11.660><c> account</c><00:26:11.920><c> for</c><00:26:12.099><c> that</c>

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:15.039
total<00:26:12.700><c> change</c><00:26:13.039><c> in</c><00:26:13.259><c> policy.</c><00:26:13.900><c> It</c><00:26:14.079><c> could</c><00:26:14.319><c> in</c><00:26:14.599><c> part</c><00:26:14.839><c> be</c>

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:17.599
that<00:26:15.119><c> he</c><00:26:15.240><c> was</c><00:26:15.519><c> worsted</c><00:26:15.799><c> at</c><00:26:15.960><c> Stephen's</c><00:26:16.440><c> hands.</c><00:26:16.799><c> That</c><00:26:17.000><c> certainly</c><00:26:17.319><c> wouldn't</c>

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improve<00:26:17.880><c> the</c><00:26:18.059><c> situation,</c>

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but<00:26:19.720><c> it</c><00:26:19.940><c> might</c><00:26:20.099><c> have</c><00:26:20.319><c> arisen</c><00:26:20.519><c> from</c><00:26:20.720><c> an</c><00:26:20.839><c> even</c><00:26:21.019><c> earlier</c><00:26:21.460><c> cause,</c>

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:26.720
from<00:26:22.619><c> a</c><00:26:22.980><c> rebuff</c><00:26:23.200><c> that</c><00:26:23.359><c> was</c><00:26:23.599><c> resented.</c><00:26:26.460><c> There's</c>

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:31.839
no<00:26:26.960><c> certainty</c><00:26:27.440><c> that</c><00:26:27.680><c> the</c><00:26:27.920><c> parallels</c><00:26:28.160><c> are</c><00:26:28.660><c> any</c><00:26:28.980><c> more</c><00:26:29.180><c> than</c><00:26:29.440><c> parallels,</c><00:26:31.079><c> but,</c><00:26:31.400><c> well,</c><00:26:31.680><c> he</c>

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was<00:26:32.059><c> certainly</c><00:26:32.339><c> young,</c>

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and<00:26:33.759><c> he's</c><00:26:34.000><c> called</c><00:26:34.140><c> a</c><00:26:34.200><c> young</c><00:26:34.400><c> man,</c><00:26:34.779><c> this</c><00:26:34.940><c> one</c><00:26:35.059><c> who</c><00:26:35.180><c> came</c><00:26:35.380><c> to</c><00:26:35.519><c> Jesus</c><00:26:35.839><c> in</c>

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:38.619
all<00:26:36.740><c> or</c><00:26:36.920><c> two</c><00:26:37.119><c> at</c><00:26:37.279><c> least</c><00:26:37.400><c> of</c><00:26:37.559><c> the</c><00:26:37.700><c> records.</c>

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:42.980
He<00:26:39.579><c> was</c><00:26:39.759><c> certainly</c><00:26:39.980><c> one</c><00:26:40.140><c> who</c><00:26:40.299><c> prided</c><00:26:40.480><c> himself</c><00:26:40.779><c> in</c><00:26:40.980><c> keeping</c><00:26:41.220><c> the</c><00:26:41.420><c> law.</c><00:26:41.900><c> All</c><00:26:42.240><c> these</c><00:26:42.440><c> things</c><00:26:42.619><c> that</c><00:26:42.740><c> I</c><00:26:42.859><c> kept</c>

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:46.220
from<00:26:43.160><c> my</c><00:26:43.339><c> youth</c><00:26:43.539><c> up,</c><00:26:44.019><c> and</c><00:26:44.339><c> that</c><00:26:44.519><c> at</c><00:26:44.740><c> least</c><00:26:45.220><c> Paul</c><00:26:45.680><c> could</c><00:26:45.960><c> remind</c>

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.680
himself<00:26:46.619><c> of</c><00:26:46.900><c> when</c><00:26:47.059><c> he</c><00:26:47.200><c> said</c><00:26:47.380><c> later,</c>

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my<00:26:48.140><c> manner</c><00:26:48.400><c> of</c><00:26:48.619><c> life</c><00:26:48.779><c> from</c><00:26:48.940><c> my</c><00:26:49.160><c> youth</c><00:26:49.359><c> up.</c><00:26:51.059><c> Know</c><00:26:51.160><c> all</c><00:26:51.339><c> the</c><00:26:51.480><c> people.</c><00:26:52.960><c> He</c>

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was<00:26:53.599><c> almost</c><00:26:54.039><c> certainly</c><00:26:54.500><c> wealthy,</c>

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for<00:26:56.119><c> he</c><00:26:56.319><c> knew</c><00:26:56.500><c> how</c><00:26:56.720><c> to</c><00:26:56.920><c> abound,</c><00:26:58.400><c> and</c><00:26:58.519><c> for</c><00:26:58.700><c> the</c><00:26:58.799><c> sake</c><00:26:58.920><c> of</c><00:26:59.079><c> the</c>

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.640
Lord<00:26:59.299><c> Jesus</c><00:26:59.640><c> Christ</c><00:26:59.920><c> had</c><00:27:00.099><c> suffered</c><00:27:00.380><c> the</c><00:27:00.519><c> loss</c>

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of<00:27:00.819><c> all</c><00:27:01.019><c> things,</c><00:27:01.299><c> and</c><00:27:01.519><c> did</c><00:27:01.700><c> count</c><00:27:01.900><c> them</c><00:27:02.119><c> but</c><00:27:02.460><c> dung,</c><00:27:03.000><c> that</c><00:27:03.099><c> he</c>

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:08.059
might<00:27:03.400><c> win</c><00:27:03.660><c> Christ.</c><00:27:06.079><c> So</c><00:27:06.519><c> the</c><00:27:06.960><c> self</c><00:27:07.160><c>-righteousness,</c>

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:12.519
the<00:27:08.839><c> wealth.</c><00:27:09.720><c> He's</c><00:27:09.940><c> called</c><00:27:10.079><c> a</c><00:27:10.259><c> ruler,</c><00:27:10.680><c> by</c><00:27:10.680><c> the</c><00:27:10.799><c> way,</c><00:27:10.940><c> in</c><00:27:11.039><c> Luke's</c><00:27:11.339><c> record</c><00:27:11.539><c> as</c><00:27:11.799><c> well,</c><00:27:11.980><c> which</c><00:27:12.160><c> fits</c><00:27:12.339><c> in</c>

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very<00:27:12.799><c> well</c>

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with<00:27:13.180><c> Saul's</c><00:27:13.480><c> position</c><00:27:13.759><c> here.</c><00:27:14.720><c> All</c><00:27:14.940><c> conspire</c><00:27:15.380><c> to</c><00:27:15.539><c> tell</c><00:27:15.700><c> us,</c>

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.839
well,<00:27:16.599><c> if</c><00:27:16.859><c> they</c><00:27:17.099><c> weren't</c><00:27:17.259><c> identical,</c>

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they<00:27:18.039><c> had</c><00:27:18.339><c> very</c><00:27:18.740><c> much</c><00:27:18.960><c> in</c><00:27:19.220><c> common.</c><00:27:20.460><c> And</c><00:27:20.640><c> the</c><00:27:20.740><c> lessons</c><00:27:20.900><c> that</c><00:27:21.200><c> belong</c><00:27:21.359><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:21.660><c> one</c><00:27:21.779><c> belong</c><00:27:22.000><c> equally</c><00:27:22.339><c> to</c><00:27:22.519><c> the</c><00:27:22.680><c> other.</c>

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Saul<00:27:23.700><c> was</c><00:27:23.920><c> in</c><00:27:24.059><c> the</c><00:27:24.200><c> tradition</c><00:27:24.519><c> of</c><00:27:24.680><c> that</c><00:27:24.839><c> rich</c><00:27:25.039><c> young</c><00:27:25.200><c> man</c><00:27:25.339><c> if</c>

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he<00:27:25.539><c> were</c><00:27:25.680><c> not</c><00:27:25.839><c> that</c><00:27:26.039><c> rich</c><00:27:26.240><c> young</c><00:27:26.400><c> man</c><00:27:26.539><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:27:28.859><c> with</c><00:27:29.039><c> that,</c><00:27:29.400><c> we</c><00:27:29.539><c> rest</c><00:27:29.700><c> our</c><00:27:29.980><c> case</c><00:27:30.180><c> and</c><00:27:30.319><c> let</c><00:27:30.460><c> the</c><00:27:30.740><c> identification</c><00:27:31.259><c> stay,</c><00:27:33.000><c> stand</c><00:27:33.299><c> or</c>

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fall<00:27:34.559><c> as</c><00:27:35.519><c> you</c><00:27:35.740><c> wish.</c>

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And<00:27:38.599><c> now</c><00:27:38.819><c> Stephen</c><00:27:39.079><c> has</c><00:27:39.319><c> died,</c><00:27:41.180><c> and</c><00:27:41.359><c> Saul</c><00:27:41.480><c> is</c><00:27:41.660><c> at</c><00:27:41.859><c> large,</c><00:27:42.240><c> very</c>

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much<00:27:42.660><c> at</c><00:27:42.859><c> large.</c><00:27:43.940><c> Chapter</c><00:27:44.099><c> 8</c><00:27:44.400><c> verse</c><00:27:44.619><c> 2.</c>

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Saul<00:27:46.700><c> was</c><00:27:46.940><c> consenting</c><00:27:47.319><c> unto</c><00:27:47.480><c> his</c><00:27:47.740><c> death,</c><00:27:48.299><c> and</c><00:27:48.319><c> at</c><00:27:48.480><c> that</c><00:27:48.660><c> time</c>

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there<00:27:49.079><c> arose</c><00:27:49.279><c> a</c><00:27:49.480><c> great</c><00:27:49.700><c> persecution</c><00:27:50.279><c> against</c><00:27:50.640><c> the</c>

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church<00:27:51.059><c> which</c><00:27:51.240><c> was</c><00:27:51.440><c> in</c><00:27:51.660><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:27:52.480><c> and</c><00:27:52.619><c> they</c><00:27:52.720><c> were</c><00:27:52.900><c> all</c><00:27:53.160><c> scattered</c><00:27:53.460><c> abroad</c><00:27:53.859><c> through</c><00:27:54.140><c> the</c>

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regions<00:27:54.579><c> of</c><00:27:54.779><c> Judea</c><00:27:55.119><c> and</c>

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Samaria<00:27:55.920><c> except</c><00:27:56.440><c> the</c><00:27:56.660><c> apostles.</c><00:27:58.480><c> So</c><00:27:58.740><c> we</c><00:27:58.880><c> have</c><00:27:59.079><c> got</c><00:27:59.420><c> the</c><00:27:59.559><c> preaching</c><00:27:59.779><c> of</c>

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.640
the<00:28:00.059><c> gospel</c><00:28:00.359><c> spreading</c><00:28:00.839><c> further</c><00:28:01.259><c> afield</c>

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:04.920
now.<00:28:02.279><c> They</c><00:28:02.359><c> had</c><00:28:02.559><c> been</c><00:28:02.740><c> in</c><00:28:03.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:03.539><c> to</c><00:28:03.859><c> begin</c><00:28:04.160><c> with,</c><00:28:04.680><c> now</c>

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:06.619
they're<00:28:05.140><c> going</c><00:28:05.420><c> further</c><00:28:05.900><c> through</c><00:28:06.160><c> the</c><00:28:06.339><c> province</c>

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:10.019
of<00:28:06.839><c> Judea</c><00:28:07.220><c> and</c><00:28:07.579><c> further</c><00:28:07.859><c> again</c><00:28:08.240><c> into</c><00:28:08.599><c> Samaria,</c><00:28:09.539><c> Philip</c><00:28:09.740><c> being</c>

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:11.420
the<00:28:10.220><c> leader</c><00:28:10.400><c> of</c><00:28:10.559><c> that</c><00:28:10.799><c> particular</c><00:28:11.180><c> group,</c>

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the<00:28:11.779><c> other</c><00:28:12.000><c> one</c><00:28:12.220><c> whom</c><00:28:12.319><c> we</c><00:28:12.500><c> know</c><00:28:12.680><c> something</c><00:28:12.940><c> about,</c><00:28:13.559><c> of</c><00:28:13.700><c> the</c><00:28:13.880><c> seven</c><00:28:14.279><c> caught</c><00:28:14.700><c> to</c>

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deal<00:28:15.279><c> with</c><00:28:15.480><c> the</c><00:28:15.640><c> problem</c><00:28:15.940><c> of</c>

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widow's<00:28:16.759><c> relief.</c><00:28:19.160><c> Saul</c><00:28:19.380><c> has</c><00:28:19.519><c> started</c><00:28:19.819><c> his</c><00:28:20.079><c> preaching</c><00:28:20.420><c> work,</c>

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:23.880
not<00:28:21.359><c> exactly</c><00:28:21.680><c> meaning</c><00:28:22.000><c> to,</c><00:28:23.140><c> not</c><00:28:23.400><c> precisely</c>

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:27.059
wanting<00:28:24.160><c> to.</c><00:28:25.240><c> A</c><00:28:25.519><c> chosen</c><00:28:25.799><c> vessel</c><00:28:26.039><c> in</c><00:28:26.240><c> God's</c><00:28:26.559><c> hand,</c><00:28:26.799><c> in</c><00:28:26.900><c> spite</c>

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:29.539
of<00:28:27.220><c> himself</c><00:28:27.539><c> at</c><00:28:27.779><c> this</c><00:28:28.019><c> time,</c><00:28:28.720><c> causing</c><00:28:28.900><c> that</c><00:28:29.180><c> disciples</c>

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:32.420
who<00:28:29.660><c> might</c><00:28:29.880><c> otherwise</c><00:28:30.200><c> have</c><00:28:30.440><c> stayed</c><00:28:30.619><c> at</c><00:28:30.839><c> home</c><00:28:31.000><c> should</c><00:28:31.180><c> go</c><00:28:31.420><c> abroad,</c><00:28:32.279><c> and</c>

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.859
causing<00:28:32.660><c> the</c><00:28:32.880><c> word</c><00:28:32.960><c> in</c><00:28:33.099><c> their</c><00:28:33.359><c> lips</c><00:28:33.539><c> to</c><00:28:33.700><c> go</c>

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to<00:28:34.200><c> other</c><00:28:34.579><c> circumcised</c><00:28:35.200><c> people,</c><00:28:36.579><c> and</c><00:28:36.779><c> others</c><00:28:36.980><c> of</c><00:28:37.220><c> a</c><00:28:37.799><c> half</c><00:28:38.220><c> Jewish</c><00:28:38.660><c> frame</c><00:28:38.980><c> of</c>

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mind<00:28:39.380><c> who</c><00:28:39.559><c> lived</c><00:28:39.740><c> in</c><00:28:39.960><c> Samaria.</c>

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As<00:28:43.660><c> Philip</c><00:28:43.819><c> went</c><00:28:44.000><c> to</c><00:28:44.200><c> Samaria,</c><00:28:45.700><c> went</c><00:28:45.779><c> to</c><00:28:45.940><c> a</c><00:28:46.039><c> city</c><00:28:46.200><c> of</c><00:28:46.319><c> Samaria,</c>

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.880
went<00:28:48.200><c> to</c><00:28:48.380><c> a</c><00:28:48.440><c> city</c><00:28:48.720><c> called</c><00:28:49.000><c> Samaria,</c><00:28:49.519><c> or</c><00:28:49.619><c> a</c><00:28:49.720><c> city</c>

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:52.559
called<00:28:50.079><c> something</c><00:28:50.380><c> else,</c><00:28:50.680><c> perhaps</c><00:28:50.900><c> Sychar</c><00:28:51.359><c> say,</c><00:28:52.180><c> as</c><00:28:52.380><c> Philip</c>

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:55.019
went<00:28:52.859><c> to</c><00:28:53.180><c> that</c><00:28:53.420><c> place</c><00:28:53.720><c> where</c><00:28:54.200><c> it</c><00:28:54.440><c> could</c><00:28:54.660><c> be</c><00:28:54.880><c> the</c>

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:58.220
had<00:28:55.299><c> once</c><00:28:55.619><c> before</c><00:28:56.019><c> spoken</c><00:28:56.500><c> to</c><00:28:56.859><c> the</c><00:28:56.980><c> woman</c><00:28:57.160><c> at</c><00:28:57.339><c> the</c><00:28:57.579><c> well,</c><00:28:58.220><c> and</c>

00:28:58.220 --> 00:29:00.700
the<00:28:58.400><c> men</c><00:28:58.519><c> of</c><00:28:58.640><c> that</c><00:28:58.799><c> city</c><00:28:59.000><c> had</c><00:28:59.279><c> believed,</c><00:29:00.160><c> in</c><00:29:00.339><c> part</c><00:29:00.539><c> at</c>

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least,<00:29:01.599><c> because</c><00:29:01.759><c> of</c><00:29:01.940><c> her</c><00:29:02.119><c> word.</c><00:29:03.539><c> Perhaps</c><00:29:03.839><c> the</c><00:29:04.039><c> nucleus</c><00:29:04.319><c> already</c><00:29:04.720><c> there</c>

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.279
was<00:29:05.119><c> ready</c><00:29:05.359><c> to</c><00:29:05.640><c> receive,</c><00:29:05.920><c> and</c><00:29:06.000><c> that</c><00:29:06.180><c> was</c>

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:08.880
why<00:29:06.440><c> the</c><00:29:06.579><c> gospel</c><00:29:06.799><c> was</c><00:29:07.039><c> so</c><00:29:07.259><c> favorably</c><00:29:07.680><c> received</c><00:29:08.119><c> at</c><00:29:08.500><c> the</c><00:29:08.619><c> first</c>

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time<00:29:09.160><c> when</c><00:29:09.400><c> Philip</c><00:29:09.559><c> preached.</c><00:29:12.079><c> The</c><00:29:12.339><c> second</c>

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outpouring<00:29:13.099><c> of</c><00:29:13.380><c> miraculous</c><00:29:13.700><c> gifts</c><00:29:14.039><c> comes</c><00:29:14.380><c> now.</c><00:29:15.700><c> What</c><00:29:15.880><c> was</c><00:29:16.140><c> needed</c><00:29:16.359><c> and</c><00:29:16.579><c> provided</c><00:29:16.980><c> at</c>

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.460
Jerusalem<00:29:17.720><c> to</c><00:29:17.980><c> convince</c>

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:22.500
those<00:29:18.819><c> there</c><00:29:19.160><c> that</c><00:29:19.500><c> this</c><00:29:19.940><c> work</c><00:29:20.119><c> was</c><00:29:20.299><c> the</c><00:29:20.460><c> work</c><00:29:20.619><c> of</c><00:29:20.819><c> God</c><00:29:21.000><c> was</c><00:29:21.200><c> now</c><00:29:21.480><c> needed</c><00:29:21.720><c> and</c><00:29:22.059><c> provided</c><00:29:22.259><c> at</c>

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Samaria<00:29:22.980><c> to</c><00:29:23.380><c> make</c>

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to<00:29:23.940><c> all</c><00:29:24.220><c> when</c><00:29:24.400><c> Peter</c><00:29:24.660><c> got</c><00:29:24.920><c> there</c><00:29:25.140><c> that</c><00:29:25.279><c> this</c><00:29:25.519><c> was</c><00:29:25.700><c> the</c><00:29:25.819><c> work</c>

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:28.039
which<00:29:26.140><c> God</c><00:29:26.299><c> approved</c><00:29:26.740><c> that</c><00:29:27.200><c> Samaritans</c><00:29:27.740><c> might</c>

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:31.660
rightly<00:29:28.400><c> be</c><00:29:28.680><c> received</c><00:29:28.940><c> upon</c><00:29:29.180><c> the</c><00:29:29.420><c> terms</c><00:29:29.619><c> in</c><00:29:29.799><c> which</c><00:29:29.940><c> Philip</c><00:29:30.140><c> had</c><00:29:30.400><c> preached</c><00:29:30.680><c> to</c><00:29:30.900><c> them.</c>

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:37.440
But<00:29:34.279><c> we're</c><00:29:34.579><c> concerned</c><00:29:34.859><c> primarily</c><00:29:35.359><c> with</c><00:29:35.759><c> Saul,</c><00:29:36.059><c> so</c><00:29:36.440><c> we'll</c><00:29:36.839><c> leave</c><00:29:37.220><c> the</c>

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preaching<00:29:37.680><c> in</c><00:29:37.940><c> Samaria</c><00:29:39.000><c> and</c><00:29:39.359><c> consider</c><00:29:39.720><c> what</c>

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:42.140
happened<00:29:40.220><c> to</c><00:29:40.440><c> this</c><00:29:40.640><c> man</c><00:29:40.779><c> who,</c><00:29:41.059><c> breathing</c><00:29:41.299><c> out</c><00:29:41.660><c> threatenings</c>

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:44.839
and<00:29:42.400><c> slaughter,</c><00:29:43.059><c> first</c><00:29:43.420><c> caused</c><00:29:43.819><c> the</c><00:29:44.079><c> persecution</c><00:29:44.480><c> to</c>

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:48.819
lead<00:29:45.140><c> the</c><00:29:45.339><c> disciples</c><00:29:45.759><c> right</c><00:29:46.339><c> outside</c><00:29:46.880><c> Judea</c><00:29:47.299><c> into</c><00:29:47.500><c> the</c><00:29:47.720><c> neighboring</c><00:29:48.099><c> providence,</c><00:29:48.559><c> and</c>

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then,<00:29:49.019><c> as</c><00:29:49.180><c> we</c><00:29:49.279><c> shall</c><00:29:49.460><c> see,</c>

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took<00:29:50.140><c> them</c><00:29:50.359><c> further</c><00:29:50.680><c> again.</c><00:29:52.799><c> Chapter</c><00:29:52.839><c> 9</c><00:29:53.180><c> verse</c><00:29:53.420><c> 1,</c>

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:59.200
But<00:29:55.759><c> Saul,</c><00:29:56.220><c> yet</c><00:29:56.539><c> breathing,</c><00:29:57.160><c> threatening</c><00:29:57.380><c> and</c><00:29:57.680><c> slaughter</c><00:29:58.019><c> against</c><00:29:58.400><c> the</c><00:29:58.640><c> disciples</c><00:29:59.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:59.339><c> Lord,</c>

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went<00:30:00.039><c> unto</c><00:30:00.240><c> the</c><00:30:00.380><c> high</c><00:30:00.660><c> priest,</c><00:30:01.900><c> and</c><00:30:02.039><c> asked</c><00:30:02.200><c> of</c><00:30:02.299><c> him</c><00:30:02.440><c> letters</c>

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to<00:30:02.900><c> Damascus,</c><00:30:04.099><c> unto</c><00:30:04.200><c> the</c><00:30:04.460><c> synagogues,</c>

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:06.740
that<00:30:04.920><c> if</c><00:30:05.000><c> he</c><00:30:05.180><c> found</c><00:30:05.339><c> any</c><00:30:05.619><c> that</c><00:30:05.759><c> were</c><00:30:05.940><c> of</c><00:30:06.079><c> this</c><00:30:06.279><c> way,</c><00:30:06.660><c> whether</c>

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:08.640
men<00:30:07.000><c> or</c><00:30:07.180><c> women,</c><00:30:07.720><c> he</c><00:30:07.880><c> might</c><00:30:08.119><c> bring</c><00:30:08.380><c> them</c>

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:13.160
bound<00:30:08.920><c> to</c><00:30:09.140><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:30:11.279><c> It</c><00:30:11.700><c> isn't</c><00:30:11.940><c> quite</c><00:30:12.240><c> easy</c><00:30:12.460><c> to</c><00:30:12.640><c> understand</c>

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:15.480
how<00:30:13.660><c> the</c><00:30:14.140><c> Jews'</c><00:30:14.460><c> rip</c><00:30:14.660><c> would</c><00:30:14.920><c> extend</c><00:30:15.259><c> as</c>

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:18.279
far<00:30:15.680><c> north</c><00:30:15.819><c> as</c><00:30:16.019><c> Damascus,</c><00:30:16.519><c> which</c><00:30:16.599><c> was</c><00:30:16.859><c> well</c><00:30:17.099><c> outside</c><00:30:17.819><c> Jewish</c>

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territory<00:30:18.900><c> proper</c><00:30:19.220><c> politically,</c><00:30:20.819><c> except</c><00:30:20.960><c> when</c>

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we<00:30:21.380><c> remember</c><00:30:21.819><c> that,</c><00:30:22.380><c> if</c><00:30:22.480><c> you</c><00:30:22.539><c> look</c><00:30:22.680><c> on</c><00:30:22.839><c> your</c><00:30:23.019><c> maps,</c><00:30:23.200><c> you</c><00:30:23.400><c> discover</c><00:30:23.660><c> Damascus,</c><00:30:24.180><c> and</c>

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.220
then<00:30:24.519><c> in</c><00:30:24.720><c> parentheses,</c>

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one<00:30:25.819><c> of</c><00:30:25.960><c> the</c><00:30:26.119><c> cities</c><00:30:26.279><c> of</c><00:30:26.460><c> the</c><00:30:26.599><c> Decapolis.</c><00:30:27.539><c> So</c><00:30:27.779><c> in</c><00:30:27.980><c> some</c><00:30:28.240><c> way</c><00:30:28.380><c> it</c>

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:30.700
had<00:30:28.920><c> Jewish</c><00:30:29.380><c> suzerainty</c><00:30:29.960><c> over</c><00:30:30.180><c> some</c><00:30:30.380><c> of</c><00:30:30.500><c> its</c>

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:33.339
activities,<00:30:31.160><c> particularly</c><00:30:31.720><c> its</c><00:30:32.000><c> religious</c><00:30:32.380><c> ones,</c><00:30:32.960><c> and</c><00:30:33.180><c> that</c>

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.940
was<00:30:33.579><c> about</c><00:30:33.740><c> as</c><00:30:33.960><c> far</c><00:30:34.160><c> north</c><00:30:34.339><c> as</c><00:30:34.440><c> you</c><00:30:34.579><c> could</c><00:30:34.759><c> go,</c>

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:38.299
and<00:30:35.079><c> that</c><00:30:35.299><c> still</c><00:30:35.480><c> be</c><00:30:35.700><c> true.</c><00:30:36.420><c> So</c><00:30:36.619><c> as</c><00:30:36.779><c> it</c><00:30:36.960><c> were,</c><00:30:37.599><c> extending</c><00:30:37.940><c> his</c>

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:39.720
net<00:30:38.440><c> to</c><00:30:38.640><c> the</c><00:30:38.740><c> other</c><00:30:38.880><c> most</c><00:30:39.119><c> northern</c><00:30:39.440><c> limits,</c>

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:42.900
and<00:30:39.960><c> then</c><00:30:40.160><c> intending</c><00:30:40.400><c> to</c><00:30:40.619><c> draw</c><00:30:40.720><c> it</c><00:30:41.019><c> tight</c><00:30:41.160><c> as</c><00:30:41.319><c> he</c><00:30:41.460><c> came</c><00:30:41.640><c> southwards</c><00:30:42.099><c> again,</c>

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:44.720
Saul<00:30:43.220><c> went</c><00:30:43.640><c> to</c><00:30:43.859><c> make</c><00:30:44.000><c> an</c><00:30:44.220><c> end</c><00:30:44.440><c> of</c><00:30:44.619><c> the</c>

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:48.920
Christian<00:30:45.079><c> faith.</c><00:30:46.200><c> If</c><00:30:46.319><c> it</c><00:30:46.539><c> was</c><00:30:46.819><c> indeed</c><00:30:47.220><c> that</c><00:30:47.460><c> his</c><00:30:47.619><c> persecution</c><00:30:48.299><c> had</c><00:30:48.759><c> caused</c>

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.740
them<00:30:49.119><c> to</c><00:30:49.220><c> scatter</c><00:30:49.460><c> away,</c>

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:53.640
then<00:30:49.900><c> he</c><00:30:49.960><c> would</c><00:30:50.099><c> bring</c><00:30:50.220><c> them</c><00:30:50.380><c> back</c><00:30:50.559><c> again.</c><00:30:52.480><c> It</c><00:30:52.700><c> was</c><00:30:52.880><c> a</c><00:30:53.019><c> hopeless</c><00:30:53.240><c> quest.</c>

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.880
No<00:30:53.900><c> man</c><00:30:54.019><c> would</c><00:30:54.559><c> have</c><00:30:54.720><c> thought</c><00:30:54.779><c> it</c>

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:58.299
could<00:30:55.079><c> be</c><00:30:55.240><c> done.</c><00:30:56.339><c> No</c><00:30:56.539><c> man</c><00:30:56.940><c> who</c><00:30:57.079><c> was</c><00:30:57.319><c> completely</c><00:30:57.779><c> out</c><00:30:57.960><c> of</c><00:30:58.099><c> his</c>

00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:00.220
senses<00:30:58.559><c> by</c><00:30:58.799><c> the</c><00:30:59.000><c> zeal</c><00:30:59.140><c> he</c><00:30:59.240><c> was</c><00:30:59.380><c> showing</c><00:30:59.640><c> could</c><00:31:00.140><c> have</c>

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:04.519
thought<00:31:00.359><c> it</c><00:31:00.579><c> possible</c><00:31:01.180><c> by</c><00:31:01.660><c> his</c><00:31:01.839><c> own</c><00:31:02.759><c> imperfectly</c><00:31:03.440><c> aided</c><00:31:03.779><c> activities</c><00:31:04.259><c> to</c>

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.740
destroy<00:31:04.859><c> the</c><00:31:05.000><c> Gospel</c><00:31:05.220><c> in</c><00:31:05.400><c> that</c><00:31:05.579><c> way,</c>

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:09.380
but<00:31:05.880><c> he</c><00:31:06.079><c> tried</c><00:31:06.259><c> so</c><00:31:06.640><c> hard,</c><00:31:08.059><c> breathing</c><00:31:08.240><c> out</c><00:31:08.700><c> threatenings</c><00:31:09.119><c> and</c>

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slaughter<00:31:09.619><c> to</c><00:31:09.779><c> do</c><00:31:09.960><c> it.</c>

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:16.259
He<00:31:12.779><c> never</c><00:31:13.059><c> reached</c><00:31:13.299><c> the</c><00:31:13.440><c> end</c><00:31:13.640><c> of</c><00:31:13.839><c> that</c><00:31:14.019><c> journey.</c><00:31:15.779><c> He</c><00:31:15.839><c> got</c><00:31:16.039><c> as</c>

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:18.380
far<00:31:16.400><c> as</c><00:31:16.559><c> Damascus</c><00:31:16.980><c> indeed,</c><00:31:17.440><c> but</c><00:31:17.640><c> there,</c><00:31:18.299><c> well,</c>

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:22.240
you<00:31:18.539><c> know</c><00:31:18.680><c> what</c><00:31:18.900><c> happened.</c><00:31:20.400><c> And</c><00:31:20.799><c> as</c><00:31:21.259><c> he</c><00:31:21.539><c> journeyed,</c><00:31:21.980><c> it</c><00:31:22.019><c> came</c>

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:24.079
to<00:31:22.480><c> pass</c><00:31:22.680><c> that</c><00:31:22.839><c> he</c><00:31:22.960><c> drew</c><00:31:23.160><c> nigh</c><00:31:23.339><c> unto</c><00:31:23.539><c> Damascus,</c>

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:26.759
and<00:31:24.480><c> suddenly</c><00:31:24.900><c> there</c><00:31:25.180><c> shone</c><00:31:25.460><c> round</c><00:31:25.759><c> about</c><00:31:25.980><c> him</c><00:31:26.160><c> a</c><00:31:26.339><c> light</c><00:31:26.559><c> out</c>

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:29.019
of<00:31:26.940><c> heaven,</c><00:31:27.480><c> and</c><00:31:27.680><c> he</c><00:31:27.859><c> fell</c><00:31:28.059><c> upon</c><00:31:28.319><c> the</c><00:31:28.519><c> earth</c><00:31:28.680><c> and</c><00:31:28.799><c> heard</c>

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:33.460
a<00:31:29.200><c> voice</c><00:31:29.400><c> saying</c><00:31:29.700><c> unto</c><00:31:29.880><c> him,</c><00:31:30.500><c> Saul,</c><00:31:32.180><c> Saul,</c><00:31:32.619><c> why</c><00:31:32.920><c> persecutest</c>

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:36.640
thou<00:31:33.619><c> me?</c><00:31:34.839><c> And</c><00:31:35.240><c> he</c><00:31:35.359><c> said,</c><00:31:35.480><c> Who</c><00:31:35.680><c> art</c><00:31:35.880><c> thou,</c>

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:40.900
and<00:31:37.200><c> the</c><00:31:37.299><c> Lord</c><00:31:37.500><c> said,</c><00:31:38.579><c> I</c><00:31:38.579><c> am</c><00:31:38.759><c> Jesus,</c><00:31:39.180><c> whom</c><00:31:39.259><c> thou</c><00:31:39.440><c> persecutest.</c>

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.759
And<00:31:41.279><c> the</c><00:31:41.420><c> King</c><00:31:41.599><c> James</c><00:31:41.859><c> Version</c><00:31:42.160><c> says</c><00:31:42.460><c> here,</c>

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:45.779
and<00:31:43.019><c> the</c><00:31:43.099><c> Revised</c><00:31:43.339><c> Version</c><00:31:43.599><c> says</c><00:31:43.859><c> later,</c><00:31:44.720><c> it</c><00:31:44.839><c> is</c><00:31:45.039><c> hard</c><00:31:45.299><c> for</c><00:31:45.539><c> thee</c><00:31:45.700><c> to</c>

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:47.259
kick<00:31:45.960><c> against</c><00:31:46.319><c> the</c><00:31:46.539><c> gold.</c>

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:51.720
And<00:31:48.019><c> he,</c><00:31:48.319><c> trembling</c><00:31:48.640><c> and</c><00:31:48.920><c> astonished,</c><00:31:49.380><c> said,</c><00:31:49.640><c> Lord,</c><00:31:50.559><c> what</c><00:31:50.799><c> wilt</c><00:31:51.059><c> thou</c><00:31:51.240><c> have</c><00:31:51.460><c> me</c>

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.700
to<00:31:51.940><c> do?</c>

00:31:55.960 --> 00:32:03.660
Saul,<00:31:56.480><c> Saul,</c><00:31:58.660><c> why</c><00:31:59.099><c> persecutest</c><00:31:59.859><c> thou</c><00:32:00.200><c> me?</c><00:32:02.700><c> Why</c><00:32:03.140><c> did</c><00:32:03.299><c> you</c><00:32:03.500><c> let</c>

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:06.160
them<00:32:03.920><c> throw</c><00:32:04.140><c> their</c><00:32:04.460><c> stones</c><00:32:04.779><c> at</c><00:32:04.980><c> me</c><00:32:05.119><c> when</c><00:32:05.319><c> Stephen</c>

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.940
died?<00:32:08.240><c> Do</c><00:32:08.680><c> you</c><00:32:08.799><c> not</c><00:32:09.059><c> feel</c><00:32:09.339><c> the</c><00:32:09.640><c> bruises</c><00:32:09.940><c> I</c><00:32:10.200><c> suffered</c><00:32:10.460><c> when</c><00:32:10.619><c> they</c><00:32:10.759><c> hit</c>

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:15.279
him?<00:32:13.599><c> Was</c><00:32:13.779><c> I</c><00:32:13.980><c> not</c><00:32:14.240><c> there</c><00:32:14.480><c> when</c><00:32:14.640><c> he</c><00:32:14.799><c> gave</c><00:32:15.019><c> his</c>

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:23.819
life<00:32:15.440><c> up,</c><00:32:17.000><c> as</c><00:32:17.200><c> I</c><00:32:17.339><c> had</c><00:32:17.500><c> given</c><00:32:17.720><c> mine?</c><00:32:19.819><c> Saul,</c><00:32:20.920><c> you</c><00:32:21.259><c> wounded</c><00:32:21.640><c> me</c><00:32:21.960><c> grievously</c><00:32:22.440><c> that</c><00:32:22.700><c> day.</c><00:32:23.000><c> You're</c><00:32:23.220><c> doing</c><00:32:23.400><c> it</c><00:32:23.640><c> again.</c>

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:26.440
Each<00:32:24.099><c> time</c><00:32:24.339><c> you</c><00:32:24.539><c> take</c><00:32:24.740><c> one</c><00:32:24.940><c> of</c><00:32:25.079><c> my</c><00:32:25.240><c> disciples</c><00:32:25.680><c> and,</c><00:32:26.200><c> hailing</c>

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:28.019
them,<00:32:26.720><c> put</c><00:32:26.839><c> them</c><00:32:26.980><c> into</c><00:32:27.220><c> prison,</c><00:32:27.519><c> and</c><00:32:27.740><c> some</c><00:32:27.920><c> of</c>

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:30.180
them<00:32:28.180><c> again</c><00:32:28.420><c> put</c><00:32:28.640><c> to</c><00:32:28.799><c> death</c><00:32:28.960><c> as</c><00:32:29.119><c> Stephen</c><00:32:29.420><c> was</c><00:32:29.619><c> put</c><00:32:29.819><c> to</c><00:32:29.960><c> death.</c>

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:32.539
Saul,<00:32:30.720><c> what</c><00:32:30.859><c> are</c><00:32:30.960><c> you</c><00:32:31.099><c> doing</c><00:32:31.359><c> it</c><00:32:31.640><c> for?</c>

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:35.980
Not<00:32:33.960><c> just,</c><00:32:34.480><c> Saul,</c><00:32:34.559><c> what</c><00:32:34.740><c> in</c><00:32:34.880><c> your</c><00:32:35.180><c> folly</c><00:32:35.440><c> are</c><00:32:35.500><c> you</c><00:32:35.640><c> doing</c><00:32:35.779><c> it</c>

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:38.720
for?<00:32:36.220><c> But,</c><00:32:36.339><c> Saul,</c><00:32:36.819><c> do</c><00:32:37.000><c> you</c><00:32:37.160><c> realise</c><00:32:37.420><c> who</c><00:32:37.599><c> you're</c><00:32:37.839><c> hurting?</c>

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:46.599
When<00:32:43.059><c> the</c><00:32:43.180><c> Son</c><00:32:43.359><c> of</c><00:32:43.500><c> Man</c><00:32:43.660><c> shall</c><00:32:43.839><c> come</c><00:32:44.059><c> in</c><00:32:44.200><c> his</c><00:32:44.339><c> glory,</c><00:32:46.259><c> and</c><00:32:46.400><c> all</c>

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:48.559
the<00:32:46.759><c> holy</c><00:32:46.940><c> angels</c><00:32:47.319><c> with</c><00:32:47.519><c> him,</c><00:32:47.799><c> then</c><00:32:48.059><c> shall</c><00:32:48.200><c> he</c><00:32:48.420><c> sit</c>

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:52.059
upon<00:32:48.799><c> the</c><00:32:49.039><c> throne</c><00:32:49.180><c> of</c><00:32:49.359><c> his</c><00:32:49.559><c> glory.</c><00:32:51.259><c> And</c><00:32:51.480><c> before</c><00:32:51.680><c> him</c><00:32:51.799><c> shall</c><00:32:51.920><c> be</c>

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:53.839
gathered<00:32:52.240><c> all</c><00:32:52.519><c> nations,</c><00:32:52.920><c> and</c><00:32:52.980><c> he</c><00:32:53.119><c> shall</c><00:32:53.279><c> separate</c><00:32:53.660><c> them,</c>

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:55.960
the<00:32:53.980><c> one</c><00:32:54.099><c> from</c><00:32:54.240><c> the</c><00:32:54.420><c> other,</c><00:32:54.819><c> as</c><00:32:54.980><c> the</c><00:32:55.119><c> shepherd</c><00:32:55.339><c> divideth</c><00:32:55.779><c> his</c>

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:59.299
sheep<00:32:56.140><c> from</c><00:32:56.339><c> the</c><00:32:56.539><c> goats.</c><00:32:58.460><c> And</c><00:32:58.720><c> to</c><00:32:58.819><c> them</c><00:32:58.980><c> on</c><00:32:59.119><c> his</c>

00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:04.539
left<00:32:59.660><c> hand,</c><00:33:00.039><c> he</c><00:33:00.160><c> will</c><00:33:00.480><c> say,</c><00:33:00.900><c> depart</c><00:33:01.220><c> from</c><00:33:01.440><c> me</c><00:33:01.660><c> ye</c><00:33:01.859><c> cursed,</c><00:33:02.759><c> into</c><00:33:02.900><c> everlasting</c><00:33:03.480><c> fire</c><00:33:03.920><c> prepared</c><00:33:04.299><c> for</c>

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.059
the<00:33:04.660><c> devil</c><00:33:04.900><c> and</c>

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:08.799
his<00:33:05.259><c> angels.</c><00:33:06.140><c> For</c><00:33:06.140><c> I</c><00:33:06.980><c> was</c><00:33:07.200><c> hungry</c><00:33:07.559><c> and</c><00:33:07.619><c> you</c><00:33:07.779><c> gave</c><00:33:07.920><c> me</c><00:33:08.099><c> no</c><00:33:08.279><c> food,</c>

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:11.200
thirsty<00:33:09.420><c> and</c><00:33:09.559><c> you</c><00:33:09.619><c> gave</c><00:33:09.779><c> me</c><00:33:09.960><c> no</c><00:33:10.200><c> drink,</c>

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:15.299
naked<00:33:12.299><c> and</c><00:33:12.480><c> you</c><00:33:12.539><c> gave</c><00:33:12.700><c> me</c><00:33:12.859><c> no</c><00:33:13.039><c> clothing,</c><00:33:14.579><c> sick</c><00:33:14.759><c> and</c><00:33:14.940><c> in</c><00:33:15.140><c> prison</c>

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.920
and<00:33:15.480><c> you</c><00:33:15.660><c> ministered</c><00:33:16.000><c> not</c><00:33:16.160><c> unto</c><00:33:16.359><c> me.</c>

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:19.400
Inasmuch<00:33:17.700><c> as</c><00:33:17.839><c> you</c><00:33:17.960><c> did</c><00:33:18.099><c> it</c><00:33:18.359><c> not</c><00:33:18.539><c> unto</c><00:33:18.720><c> one</c><00:33:18.920><c> of</c><00:33:19.039><c> the</c><00:33:19.099><c> least</c><00:33:19.259><c> of</c>

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:21.740
these,<00:33:19.700><c> my</c><00:33:19.880><c> brethren,</c><00:33:20.200><c> you</c><00:33:20.339><c> did</c><00:33:20.460><c> it</c><00:33:20.680><c> not</c><00:33:20.839><c> to</c><00:33:21.039><c> me.</c>

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:26.859
And<00:33:23.880><c> again</c><00:33:24.140><c> we</c><00:33:24.420><c> see</c><00:33:24.619><c> the</c><00:33:24.859><c> sufferings</c><00:33:25.220><c> of</c><00:33:25.400><c> the</c><00:33:25.480><c> risen</c><00:33:25.680><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:31.119
When<00:33:28.000><c> one</c><00:33:28.200><c> of</c><00:33:28.299><c> his</c><00:33:28.480><c> disciples</c><00:33:28.980><c> is</c><00:33:29.380><c> naked,</c><00:33:29.839><c> the</c><00:33:29.940><c> Lord</c><00:33:30.160><c> shivers.</c>

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:34.359
He's<00:33:31.920><c> hungry,</c><00:33:32.460><c> the</c><00:33:32.599><c> Lord</c><00:33:32.799><c> is</c><00:33:33.059><c> empty</c><00:33:33.440><c> within.</c>

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:39.420
He's<00:33:35.220><c> neglected</c><00:33:35.700><c> and</c><00:33:36.000><c> confined,</c><00:33:36.579><c> the</c><00:33:36.700><c> Lord</c><00:33:36.920><c> is</c><00:33:37.180><c> lonely.</c><00:33:38.380><c> Saul,</c><00:33:38.960><c> why</c>

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:41.480
persecutest<00:33:40.119><c> thou</c><00:33:40.440><c> me?</c>

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:47.920
Now<00:33:43.920><c> at</c><00:33:44.099><c> last</c><00:33:44.279><c> it</c><00:33:44.420><c> had</c><00:33:44.519><c> to</c><00:33:44.779><c> stop.</c><00:33:46.759><c> It</c><00:33:46.900><c> is</c><00:33:47.160><c> hard</c><00:33:47.400><c> for</c><00:33:47.640><c> thee</c><00:33:47.799><c> to</c>

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kick<00:33:48.140><c> against</c><00:33:48.480><c> the</c><00:33:48.720><c> goat.</c>

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:54.839
And<00:33:51.140><c> Saul,</c><00:33:51.200><c> you</c><00:33:51.420><c> donkey,</c><00:33:53.779><c> that's</c><00:33:54.039><c> what</c><00:33:54.180><c> the</c><00:33:54.319><c> Lord</c><00:33:54.440><c> is</c><00:33:54.640><c> saying</c>

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:58.119
to<00:33:55.059><c> him.</c><00:33:56.500><c> Here</c><00:33:56.720><c> am</c><00:33:56.920><c> I</c><00:33:57.059><c> trying</c><00:33:57.319><c> to</c><00:33:57.599><c> lead</c><00:33:57.819><c> you</c><00:33:58.000><c> in</c>

00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:01.079
the<00:33:58.240><c> right</c><00:33:58.420><c> way</c><00:33:58.559><c> and</c><00:33:58.660><c> all</c><00:33:58.779><c> you</c><00:33:58.940><c> do</c><00:33:59.059><c> is</c><00:33:59.180><c> dig</c><00:33:59.339><c> in</c><00:33:59.460><c> your</c><00:33:59.619><c> heels</c><00:33:59.980><c> and</c>

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:03.700
I<00:34:01.200><c> have</c><00:34:01.420><c> to</c><00:34:01.579><c> prod</c><00:34:01.660><c> you</c><00:34:01.799><c> out</c><00:34:02.000><c> of</c><00:34:02.140><c> it.</c><00:34:02.880><c> It</c><00:34:03.039><c> can't</c><00:34:03.319><c> go</c><00:34:03.539><c> on</c>

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:10.500
like<00:34:03.920><c> this,</c><00:34:05.220><c> Saul,</c><00:34:06.500><c> and</c><00:34:07.200><c> it</c><00:34:07.380><c> couldn't.</c><00:34:09.539><c> It's</c><00:34:09.880><c> difficult</c><00:34:10.280><c> to</c>

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:12.519
pursue<00:34:10.760><c> an</c><00:34:11.000><c> active</c><00:34:11.380><c> life</c><00:34:11.699><c> when</c><00:34:11.900><c> you</c><00:34:12.099><c> are</c><00:34:12.340><c> shouting</c>

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.019
yourself<00:34:12.920><c> hoarse</c><00:34:13.179><c> and</c><00:34:13.280><c> you've</c><00:34:13.420><c> got</c><00:34:13.420><c> your</c><00:34:13.559><c> hands</c><00:34:13.679><c> over</c><00:34:13.880><c> your</c>

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:16.440
ears,<00:34:15.139><c> which</c><00:34:15.320><c> is</c><00:34:15.420><c> what</c><00:34:15.559><c> they</c><00:34:15.760><c> did</c><00:34:15.920><c> when</c><00:34:16.079><c> they</c><00:34:16.260><c> killed</c>

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:21.300
Stephen.<00:34:18.559><c> It's</c><00:34:18.820><c> not</c><00:34:19.039><c> easy</c><00:34:19.360><c> to</c><00:34:19.539><c> go</c><00:34:19.699><c> on</c><00:34:20.280><c> a</c><00:34:20.619><c> determined</c><00:34:21.019><c> course</c>

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:23.219
of<00:34:21.579><c> persecution</c><00:34:22.079><c> when</c><00:34:22.300><c> every</c><00:34:22.619><c> time</c><00:34:22.800><c> you</c><00:34:23.000><c> drop</c>

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:28.059
your<00:34:23.460><c> voice</c><00:34:24.400><c> somebody</c><00:34:25.579><c> whispers</c><00:34:25.860><c> to</c><00:34:26.079><c> you,</c><00:34:26.820><c> Lord,</c><00:34:27.320><c> lay</c><00:34:27.400><c> not</c><00:34:27.559><c> this</c><00:34:27.780><c> sin</c><00:34:27.880><c> to</c>

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:31.340
their<00:34:28.320><c> charge.</c><00:34:30.380><c> You</c><00:34:30.519><c> have</c><00:34:30.739><c> either</c><00:34:31.099><c> to</c>

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:35.260
disown<00:34:31.559><c> the</c><00:34:31.719><c> Lord</c><00:34:31.840><c> completely</c><00:34:32.420><c> and</c><00:34:33.199><c> turn</c><00:34:33.400><c> yourself</c><00:34:33.739><c> irreconcilably</c><00:34:34.739><c> into</c><00:34:34.980><c> the</c>

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:36.019
snare<00:34:35.400><c> of</c><00:34:35.579><c> the</c><00:34:35.699><c> devil</c><00:34:35.900><c> or</c>

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:38.059
else<00:34:36.400><c> on</c><00:34:36.840><c> a</c><00:34:36.860><c> sudden</c><00:34:36.860><c> day</c><00:34:37.019><c> you</c><00:34:37.119><c> have</c><00:34:37.300><c> to</c><00:34:37.400><c> admit</c><00:34:37.619><c> that</c><00:34:37.760><c> you</c><00:34:37.880><c> were</c>

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:42.159
wrong.<00:34:40.320><c> It</c><00:34:40.480><c> wasn't</c><00:34:40.719><c> so</c><00:34:40.940><c> much</c><00:34:41.119><c> that</c><00:34:41.340><c> Saul's</c><00:34:41.719><c> conversion</c>

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:45.659
came<00:34:42.480><c> that</c><00:34:42.659><c> day.</c><00:34:43.980><c> It</c><00:34:44.039><c> was</c><00:34:44.280><c> Saul's</c><00:34:44.639><c> admission</c><00:34:45.039><c> of</c><00:34:45.260><c> conversion</c>

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:48.159
that<00:34:45.840><c> came</c><00:34:46.079><c> that</c><00:34:46.340><c> day,</c><00:34:46.780><c> long,</c><00:34:47.340><c> long</c><00:34:47.639><c> before.</c>

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:53.039
Saul<00:34:48.659><c> had</c><00:34:49.000><c> seen</c><00:34:49.179><c> that</c><00:34:49.340><c> he</c><00:34:49.440><c> was</c><00:34:49.639><c> wrong</c><00:34:50.260><c> and</c><00:34:51.820><c> even</c><00:34:52.099><c> though</c><00:34:52.320><c> in</c><00:34:52.460><c> the</c><00:34:52.599><c> synagogue</c><00:34:52.860><c> of</c>

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.840
the<00:34:53.179><c> Libertines</c><00:34:53.500><c> and</c><00:34:53.699><c> the</c>

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:57.000
Siletians<00:34:54.179><c> he</c><00:34:54.280><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:54.519><c> admit</c><00:34:54.820><c> it,</c><00:34:55.840><c> even</c><00:34:56.079><c> though</c><00:34:56.280><c> at</c><00:34:56.400><c> the</c><00:34:56.679><c> trial</c><00:34:56.840><c> he</c>

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.059
hardened<00:34:57.239><c> his</c><00:34:57.460><c> heart</c><00:34:57.619><c> against</c><00:34:57.940><c> it,</c>

00:34:58.219 --> 00:35:00.920
even<00:34:58.460><c> though</c><00:34:58.639><c> he</c><00:34:58.860><c> shut</c><00:34:58.960><c> his</c><00:34:59.199><c> eyes</c><00:34:59.360><c> to</c><00:34:59.519><c> the</c><00:34:59.739><c> brightness</c><00:34:59.960><c> of</c><00:35:00.260><c> Stephen's</c><00:35:00.659><c> taste</c><00:35:00.780><c> of</c>

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.679
an<00:35:01.099><c> angel,</c><00:35:01.699><c> and</c><00:35:01.980><c> even</c><00:35:02.199><c> though</c><00:35:02.420><c> he</c>

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:09.800
pretended<00:35:03.019><c> not</c><00:35:03.420><c> to</c><00:35:03.619><c> hear</c><00:35:03.800><c> thee,</c><00:35:04.699><c> Lord</c><00:35:05.019><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:05.500><c> receive</c><00:35:05.760><c> my</c><00:35:06.059><c> spirit.</c><00:35:08.079><c> The</c><00:35:08.400><c> seed</c><00:35:08.559><c> was</c><00:35:08.820><c> sown</c><00:35:09.000><c> that</c><00:35:09.159><c> had</c><00:35:09.320><c> to</c><00:35:09.539><c> grow,</c>

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:14.460
the<00:35:10.039><c> voice</c><00:35:10.239><c> was</c><00:35:10.500><c> heard</c><00:35:10.659><c> that</c><00:35:10.860><c> couldn't</c><00:35:11.119><c> be</c><00:35:11.440><c> silenced,</c><00:35:12.300><c> the</c><00:35:12.440><c> truth</c><00:35:12.639><c> was</c><00:35:12.980><c> known</c><00:35:13.219><c> that</c><00:35:13.400><c> could</c><00:35:13.659><c> not</c><00:35:13.880><c> be</c><00:35:14.039><c> suppressed,</c>

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:17.179
and<00:35:14.760><c> now</c><00:35:14.980><c> at</c><00:35:15.219><c> last</c><00:35:15.840><c> everything</c><00:35:16.360><c> was</c><00:35:16.559><c> in</c><00:35:16.619><c> the</c><00:35:16.800><c> open</c><00:35:16.940><c> and</c><00:35:17.039><c> the</c>

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:19.360
barricades<00:35:17.519><c> were</c><00:35:17.780><c> down</c><00:35:18.019><c> and</c><00:35:18.280><c> Saul</c><00:35:18.500><c> had</c><00:35:18.800><c> confessed</c>

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:24.059
or<00:35:19.880><c> was</c><00:35:20.079><c> about</c><00:35:20.300><c> to</c><00:35:20.519><c> confess</c><00:35:20.920><c> what</c><00:35:21.679><c> he'd</c><00:35:22.039><c> known</c><00:35:22.199><c> all</c><00:35:22.500><c> along</c><00:35:23.199><c> for</c>

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:27.699
so<00:35:24.420><c> long</c><00:35:24.619><c> ago,</c><00:35:26.380><c> perhaps</c><00:35:26.539><c> for</c><00:35:26.760><c> longer</c><00:35:27.019><c> before</c>

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:34.219
than<00:35:28.500><c> the</c><00:35:28.619><c> death</c><00:35:28.800><c> of</c><00:35:29.000><c> Stephen.</c><00:35:31.059><c> Who</c><00:35:31.340><c> art</c><00:35:31.500><c> thou,</c><00:35:31.800><c> Lord?</c><00:35:33.719><c> I</c><00:35:34.079><c> am</c>

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:36.300
Jesus<00:35:34.539><c> whom</c><00:35:34.679><c> thou</c><00:35:34.880><c> persecutest.</c>

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What<00:35:37.280><c> wilt</c><00:35:37.539><c> thou</c><00:35:37.659><c> have</c><00:35:37.800><c> me</c><00:35:37.980><c> to</c><00:35:38.159><c> do?</c><00:35:40.239><c> Go</c><00:35:40.599><c> to</c><00:35:41.460><c> a</c><00:35:41.619><c> man</c><00:35:41.760><c> who's</c><00:35:41.960><c> been</c>

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:45.880
told<00:35:42.460><c> in</c><00:35:42.719><c> advance</c><00:35:43.159><c> what</c><00:35:43.840><c> he</c><00:35:44.039><c> is</c><00:35:44.219><c> to</c><00:35:44.380><c> do</c><00:35:44.460><c> to</c><00:35:44.699><c> you.</c>

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:50.260
We're<00:35:46.699><c> going</c><00:35:46.760><c> to</c><00:35:46.900><c> meet</c><00:35:47.000><c> that</c><00:35:47.260><c> kind</c><00:35:47.519><c> of</c><00:35:47.980><c> double</c><00:35:48.320><c> coincident</c><00:35:48.900><c> vision</c><00:35:49.360><c> again</c><00:35:50.079><c> in</c>

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:53.500
chapter<00:35:50.500><c> 10.</c><00:35:52.400><c> It's</c><00:35:52.559><c> with</c><00:35:52.679><c> us</c><00:35:52.820><c> now.</c>

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:56.460
Saul<00:35:54.579><c> sees</c><00:35:54.780><c> the</c><00:35:54.960><c> vision</c><00:35:55.079><c> of</c><00:35:55.199><c> the</c><00:35:55.280><c> Lord</c><00:35:55.360><c> saying</c><00:35:55.619><c> go</c><00:35:55.940><c> and</c><00:35:56.119><c> meet</c><00:35:56.280><c> a</c>

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:58.079
man.<00:35:56.900><c> A</c><00:35:57.059><c> man</c><00:35:57.219><c> sees</c><00:35:57.400><c> the</c><00:35:57.539><c> vision</c><00:35:57.619><c> of</c><00:35:57.760><c> the</c><00:35:57.840><c> Lord</c><00:35:57.940><c> and</c>

00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:01.440
says<00:35:58.219><c> Saul's</c><00:35:58.619><c> coming</c><00:35:58.719><c> to</c><00:35:58.900><c> meet</c><00:35:59.079><c> you</c><00:35:59.480><c> and</c><00:36:00.820><c> the</c><00:36:00.940><c> two</c><00:36:01.039><c> come</c><00:36:01.280><c> and</c>

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:03.820
encounter<00:36:01.820><c> each</c><00:36:02.039><c> other</c><00:36:02.320><c> and</c><00:36:03.079><c> Ananias</c><00:36:03.539><c> at</c><00:36:03.659><c> least</c>

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:07.199
is<00:36:04.000><c> ready</c><00:36:04.139><c> with</c><00:36:04.340><c> his</c><00:36:04.500><c> words.</c><00:36:05.059><c> He's</c><00:36:05.380><c> made</c><00:36:05.619><c> his</c><00:36:05.940><c> protest</c><00:36:06.320><c> too.</c><00:36:06.840><c> Lord</c><00:36:07.059><c> I</c>

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:09.139
have<00:36:07.380><c> heard</c><00:36:07.500><c> by</c><00:36:07.699><c> many</c><00:36:07.880><c> of</c><00:36:08.039><c> this</c><00:36:08.260><c> man</c>

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:16.420
he<00:36:09.840><c> is</c><00:36:10.039><c> a</c><00:36:10.199><c> chosen</c><00:36:10.500><c> vessel</c><00:36:10.840><c> unto</c><00:36:11.019><c> me</c><00:36:11.940><c> and</c><00:36:12.400><c> so</c><00:36:12.760><c> a</c><00:36:13.300><c> courageous</c><00:36:13.719><c> potential</c><00:36:14.559><c> victim</c><00:36:15.159><c> of</c>

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.340
the<00:36:16.559><c> malevolent</c><00:36:16.980><c> man</c><00:36:17.139><c> who</c><00:36:17.239><c> was</c>

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:21.900
coming<00:36:17.480><c> to</c><00:36:17.659><c> seek</c><00:36:17.760><c> his</c><00:36:17.960><c> blood</c><00:36:18.719><c> went</c><00:36:20.099><c> and</c><00:36:20.400><c> said</c><00:36:20.719><c> brother</c><00:36:21.400><c> Saul</c>

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:28.619
receive<00:36:24.320><c> thy</c><00:36:24.639><c> sight.</c><00:36:26.719><c> No</c><00:36:26.980><c> easy</c><00:36:27.300><c> thing</c><00:36:27.440><c> to</c><00:36:27.619><c> say</c><00:36:27.840><c> that.</c>

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:32.980
Brother<00:36:29.440><c> Saul</c><00:36:29.760><c> received</c><00:36:30.199><c> thy</c><00:36:30.519><c> sight.</c><00:36:32.420><c> There</c><00:36:32.480><c> were</c><00:36:32.639><c> many</c><00:36:32.840><c> who</c>

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:34.500
didn't<00:36:33.239><c> have</c><00:36:33.460><c> that</c><00:36:33.659><c> confidence</c><00:36:34.099><c> that</c><00:36:34.280><c> this</c>

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:38.239
was<00:36:34.699><c> the</c><00:36:34.739><c> word</c><00:36:34.860><c> of</c><00:36:35.039><c> the</c><00:36:35.159><c> Lord.</c><00:36:35.679><c> Saul</c><00:36:35.820><c> had</c><00:36:36.019><c> a</c><00:36:36.159><c> hard</c><00:36:36.380><c> time</c><00:36:36.900><c> even</c><00:36:37.320><c> with</c><00:36:37.539><c> the</c><00:36:37.599><c> help</c><00:36:37.699><c> of</c><00:36:38.139><c> a</c>

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:39.599
valiant<00:36:38.739><c> sponsor</c><00:36:39.139><c> convincing</c>

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:42.039
even<00:36:39.880><c> the</c><00:36:40.019><c> saints</c><00:36:40.179><c> in</c><00:36:40.400><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:40.840><c> that</c><00:36:41.199><c> that</c><00:36:41.440><c> was</c><00:36:41.619><c> the</c><00:36:41.800><c> case.</c>

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:44.619
They<00:36:42.599><c> didn't</c><00:36:43.440><c> believe</c><00:36:43.760><c> in</c><00:36:43.880><c> his</c><00:36:44.039><c> conversion</c><00:36:44.400><c> at</c>

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first<00:36:44.900><c> but</c><00:36:45.260><c> Ananias</c><00:36:46.659><c> took</c><00:36:47.079><c> the</c><00:36:47.300><c> simple</c><00:36:47.500><c> message</c><00:36:47.760><c> from</c><00:36:47.940><c> the</c>

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:50.539
Lord<00:36:48.380><c> and</c><00:36:48.659><c> went</c><00:36:48.920><c> and</c><00:36:49.119><c> said</c><00:36:49.280><c> brother</c><00:36:49.639><c> Saul</c><00:36:49.940><c> receive</c><00:36:50.280><c> thy</c>

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:55.800
sight<00:36:50.940><c> and</c><00:36:53.500><c> in</c><00:36:53.699><c> a</c><00:36:53.840><c> later</c><00:36:54.059><c> record</c><00:36:54.440><c> from</c><00:36:54.679><c> Saul's</c><00:36:55.159><c> own</c><00:36:55.360><c> lips</c><00:36:55.599><c> we</c>

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:58.000
realize<00:36:56.219><c> the</c><00:36:56.639><c> extent</c><00:36:56.980><c> to</c><00:36:57.139><c> which</c><00:36:57.260><c> this</c><00:36:57.460><c> man</c><00:36:57.559><c> had</c><00:36:57.760><c> given</c>

00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:03.500
way<00:36:58.480><c> when</c><00:36:58.739><c> Ananias</c><00:36:59.199><c> said</c><00:36:59.420><c> to</c><00:36:59.519><c> him</c><00:36:59.800><c> and</c><00:37:00.099><c> now</c><00:37:00.460><c> why</c><00:37:00.760><c> tarryest</c><00:37:01.300><c> thou?</c><00:37:02.639><c> Arise</c><00:37:03.099><c> and</c>

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be<00:37:03.679><c> baptized</c><00:37:04.300><c> and</c><00:37:04.960><c> wash</c><00:37:05.139><c> away</c><00:37:05.360><c> thy</c><00:37:05.559><c> sins</c>

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:14.420
calling<00:37:07.599><c> upon</c><00:37:07.880><c> the</c><00:37:08.079><c> name</c><00:37:08.219><c> of</c><00:37:08.440><c> the</c><00:37:08.559><c> Lord.</c><00:37:11.380><c> Wash</c><00:37:11.579><c> away</c><00:37:12.019><c> thy</c><00:37:12.300><c> sins.</c><00:37:14.139><c> How</c>

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:17.239
dare<00:37:14.679><c> one</c><00:37:14.900><c> insult</c><00:37:15.280><c> a</c><00:37:15.480><c> Pharisee</c><00:37:15.840><c> like</c><00:37:16.139><c> that.</c>

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:21.059
They<00:37:17.719><c> that</c><00:37:17.880><c> behold</c><00:37:18.099><c> have</c><00:37:18.360><c> no</c><00:37:18.599><c> need</c><00:37:18.699><c> of</c><00:37:18.880><c> a</c><00:37:18.940><c> physician.</c><00:37:20.860><c> It</c><00:37:20.980><c> has</c>

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:23.659
no<00:37:21.360><c> need</c><00:37:21.519><c> to</c><00:37:21.739><c> call</c><00:37:21.840><c> the</c><00:37:22.039><c> righteous</c><00:37:22.340><c> to</c><00:37:22.579><c> repentance</c>

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:28.980
touching<00:37:25.099><c> the</c><00:37:25.420><c> righteousness</c><00:37:25.800><c> which</c><00:37:26.019><c> was</c><00:37:26.199><c> of</c><00:37:26.320><c> the</c><00:37:26.460><c> law</c><00:37:26.760><c> blameless.</c><00:37:28.960><c> Paul</c>

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:30.480
was<00:37:29.239><c> not</c><00:37:29.500><c> merely</c><00:37:29.719><c> a</c><00:37:29.980><c> Pharisee</c><00:37:30.260><c> he</c><00:37:30.320><c> was</c>

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:33.639
an<00:37:30.739><c> excellent</c><00:37:31.099><c> Pharisee</c><00:37:31.920><c> not</c><00:37:32.119><c> merely</c><00:37:32.380><c> an</c><00:37:32.619><c> excellent</c><00:37:32.960><c> Pharisee</c><00:37:33.280><c> but</c><00:37:33.400><c> a</c>

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:36.920
superlative<00:37:34.099><c> one.</c><00:37:36.260><c> There</c><00:37:36.400><c> was</c><00:37:36.579><c> no</c><00:37:36.800><c> need</c>

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for<00:37:37.099><c> him</c><00:37:37.320><c> to</c><00:37:37.519><c> do</c><00:37:37.659><c> as</c><00:37:37.980><c> a</c><00:37:38.400><c> mere</c><00:37:38.659><c> Pharisee</c><00:37:39.139><c> in</c><00:37:39.199><c> the</c><00:37:39.380><c> temple</c><00:37:39.619><c> in</c><00:37:39.780><c> the</c>

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:42.639
Lord's<00:37:40.320><c> parable</c><00:37:40.539><c> needed</c><00:37:40.820><c> to</c><00:37:41.099><c> do</c><00:37:41.739><c> or</c><00:37:42.059><c> for</c><00:37:42.159><c> comparison</c>

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:47.019
to<00:37:42.800><c> an</c><00:37:42.920><c> obvious</c><00:37:43.300><c> sinner</c><00:37:43.500><c> like</c><00:37:43.739><c> a</c><00:37:43.900><c> publican.</c><00:37:45.440><c> There</c><00:37:45.599><c> was</c><00:37:45.760><c> no</c><00:37:45.920><c> need</c><00:37:46.099><c> for</c><00:37:46.519><c> Saul</c><00:37:46.739><c> to</c>

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:48.679
say<00:37:47.219><c> I</c><00:37:47.639><c> thank</c><00:37:47.860><c> the</c><00:37:48.099><c> down</c><00:37:48.219><c> not</c><00:37:48.400><c> of</c><00:37:48.559><c> the</c>

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:53.420
men<00:37:49.239><c> unjust</c><00:37:49.980><c> extortionate</c><00:37:50.980><c> adulterers</c><00:37:51.519><c> or</c><00:37:51.719><c> even</c><00:37:51.940><c> as</c><00:37:52.119><c> this</c><00:37:52.340><c> poor</c><00:37:52.460><c> creature</c><00:37:52.800><c> here</c><00:37:53.099><c> he</c>

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.960
could<00:37:53.599><c> say</c><00:37:54.039><c> Lord</c><00:37:54.420><c> I</c><00:37:54.699><c> thank</c><00:37:54.840><c> thee</c>

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:59.239
that<00:37:55.059><c> I'm</c><00:37:55.239><c> better</c><00:37:55.440><c> even</c><00:37:55.639><c> than</c><00:37:55.800><c> my</c><00:37:55.940><c> fellow</c><00:37:56.159><c> Pharisees</c><00:37:57.980><c> profiting</c><00:37:58.559><c> in</c><00:37:59.079><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:37:59.400><c> religion</c><00:37:59.940><c> above</c><00:38:00.219><c> many</c>

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:06.340
man<00:38:00.800><c> equals.</c><00:38:01.679><c> That</c><00:38:02.000><c> was</c><00:38:02.260><c> the</c><00:38:02.480><c> righteousness</c><00:38:02.800><c> of</c><00:38:03.019><c> this</c><00:38:03.300><c> supremely</c><00:38:04.059><c> convinced</c><00:38:04.599><c> man</c><00:38:05.019><c> that</c><00:38:05.639><c> righteousness</c><00:38:06.099><c> of</c>

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:13.599
the<00:38:06.500><c> law</c><00:38:06.639><c> was</c><00:38:06.880><c> his</c><00:38:07.300><c> and</c><00:38:09.300><c> what</c><00:38:09.460><c> did</c><00:38:09.619><c> he</c><00:38:09.840><c> do</c><00:38:10.500><c> and</c><00:38:11.900><c> now</c><00:38:12.280><c> why</c><00:38:12.639><c> tarryest</c><00:38:13.139><c> thou?</c>

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Arise<00:38:14.519><c> and</c><00:38:15.039><c> be</c><00:38:15.420><c> baptized</c>

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and<00:38:18.260><c> wash</c><00:38:18.659><c> away</c><00:38:19.000><c> thy</c><00:38:19.260><c> sins</c><00:38:20.360><c> calling</c><00:38:21.679><c> upon</c><00:38:21.940><c> the</c><00:38:22.079><c> name</c><00:38:22.239><c> of</c><00:38:22.420><c> the</c>

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:28.760
Lord.<00:38:25.139><c> Calling</c><00:38:25.579><c> for</c><00:38:26.420><c> salvation</c><00:38:27.139><c> for</c><00:38:28.400><c> relief</c>

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:34.480
for<00:38:29.039><c> deliverance</c><00:38:30.619><c> upon</c><00:38:30.940><c> the</c><00:38:31.139><c> name</c><00:38:31.300><c> of</c><00:38:31.480><c> the</c><00:38:31.599><c> Lord.</c><00:38:34.239><c> He</c><00:38:34.320><c> shall</c>

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:36.440
see<00:38:34.679><c> me</c><00:38:34.800><c> no</c><00:38:34.980><c> more</c><00:38:35.139><c> the</c><00:38:35.239><c> Lord</c><00:38:35.460><c> said</c><00:38:35.599><c> to</c><00:38:35.760><c> his</c><00:38:35.980><c> impenitent</c>

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:39.500
and<00:38:36.679><c> contemporaries</c><00:38:37.340><c> till</c><00:38:37.760><c> he</c><00:38:37.920><c> shall</c><00:38:38.019><c> say</c><00:38:38.360><c> blessed</c><00:38:38.679><c> is</c><00:38:38.820><c> he</c><00:38:38.960><c> that</c><00:38:39.159><c> cometh</c><00:38:39.320><c> in</c>

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:41.219
the<00:38:39.579><c> name</c><00:38:39.719><c> of</c><00:38:39.900><c> the</c><00:38:40.019><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:44.099
When<00:38:42.139><c> out</c><00:38:42.280><c> of</c><00:38:42.380><c> the</c><00:38:42.519><c> mouths</c><00:38:42.780><c> of</c><00:38:43.059><c> babes</c><00:38:43.320><c> and</c><00:38:43.539><c> sucklings</c><00:38:43.860><c> there</c>

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:46.119
came<00:38:44.320><c> the</c><00:38:44.539><c> cry</c><00:38:44.840><c> Hosanna</c><00:38:45.420><c> in</c><00:38:45.619><c> the</c><00:38:45.800><c> highest</c>

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:48.940
blessed<00:38:46.519><c> be</c><00:38:46.719><c> the</c><00:38:46.860><c> king</c><00:38:47.139><c> that</c><00:38:47.360><c> the</c><00:38:47.460><c> son</c><00:38:47.619><c> of</c><00:38:47.860><c> David</c><00:38:48.179><c> blessed</c><00:38:48.760><c> be</c>

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:50.559
he<00:38:49.079><c> that</c><00:38:49.300><c> cometh</c><00:38:49.500><c> in</c><00:38:49.699><c> the</c><00:38:49.780><c> name</c><00:38:49.940><c> of</c><00:38:50.119><c> the</c><00:38:50.280><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:53.320
They<00:38:51.099><c> called</c><00:38:51.360><c> perhaps</c><00:38:51.719><c> not</c><00:38:52.039><c> knowing</c><00:38:52.179><c> what</c><00:38:52.340><c> they</c><00:38:52.539><c> were</c><00:38:52.760><c> saying</c>

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Hosanna<00:38:54.719><c> save</c><00:38:56.139><c> now</c><00:38:56.420><c> we</c><00:38:56.699><c> pray.</c>

00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:02.559
They<00:38:59.159><c> couldn't</c><00:38:59.480><c> save</c><00:38:59.780><c> their</c><00:39:00.000><c> city</c><00:39:00.239><c> for</c><00:39:00.400><c> the</c><00:39:00.719><c> impenitence</c><00:39:01.119><c> had</c><00:39:01.340><c> control.</c>

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:05.500
They<00:39:03.559><c> could</c><00:39:03.719><c> only</c><00:39:03.960><c> save</c><00:39:04.199><c> themselves</c><00:39:04.760><c> when</c><00:39:05.019><c> they</c><00:39:05.179><c> would</c><00:39:05.300><c> look</c>

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.699
upon<00:39:05.659><c> the</c><00:39:05.820><c> Lord</c><00:39:05.980><c> Jesus</c><00:39:06.320><c> Christ</c>

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:16.699
and<00:39:07.139><c> call</c><00:39:07.539><c> a</c><00:39:07.699><c> blessing</c><00:39:07.940><c> upon</c><00:39:08.179><c> his</c><00:39:08.420><c> name.</c><00:39:10.739><c> When</c><00:39:11.079><c> we</c><00:39:11.679><c> say</c><00:39:12.320><c> or</c><00:39:13.059><c> sing</c><00:39:14.199><c> Hosanna</c><00:39:14.940><c> can</c>

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.760
we<00:39:16.920><c> please</c><00:39:17.079><c> try</c><00:39:17.239><c> to</c><00:39:17.380><c> remember</c><00:39:17.599><c> that</c>

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:21.059
it's<00:39:17.860><c> not</c><00:39:18.300><c> a</c><00:39:19.039><c> meaningless</c><00:39:19.400><c> word</c><00:39:19.699><c> of</c><00:39:19.980><c> praise</c><00:39:20.219><c> it's</c><00:39:20.420><c> not</c><00:39:20.659><c> a</c><00:39:20.900><c> mere</c>

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:23.280
ejaculation<00:39:21.659><c> it</c><00:39:22.099><c> is</c><00:39:22.320><c> just</c><00:39:22.599><c> that</c><00:39:22.719><c> in</c><00:39:22.860><c> most</c><00:39:23.000><c> of</c><00:39:23.199><c> our</c>

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:29.460
lips<00:39:23.659><c> but</c><00:39:25.159><c> it</c><00:39:25.360><c> wasn't</c><00:39:26.360><c> when</c><00:39:26.900><c> the</c><00:39:27.159><c> psalm</c><00:39:27.360><c> was</c><00:39:27.559><c> written</c><00:39:28.019><c> it</c><00:39:29.260><c> was</c>

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:32.639
Lord<00:39:29.800><c> save</c><00:39:30.039><c> us</c><00:39:31.019><c> save</c><00:39:31.400><c> us</c><00:39:31.559><c> for</c><00:39:31.719><c> our</c><00:39:31.900><c> enemies</c><00:39:32.159><c> save</c><00:39:32.460><c> us</c>

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:36.099
from<00:39:32.800><c> our</c><00:39:33.079><c> sins</c><00:39:33.659><c> and</c><00:39:34.760><c> that's</c><00:39:35.059><c> what</c><00:39:35.179><c> we</c><00:39:35.360><c> ought</c><00:39:35.519><c> to</c><00:39:35.739><c> mean</c><00:39:35.920><c> when</c>

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:38.840
we<00:39:36.260><c> sing</c><00:39:36.440><c> Hosanna</c><00:39:37.119><c> Lord</c><00:39:37.639><c> save</c>

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:41.900
and<00:39:40.079><c> this</c><00:39:40.239><c> is</c><00:39:40.340><c> what</c><00:39:40.559><c> Saul</c><00:39:40.840><c> meant</c><00:39:41.059><c> when</c><00:39:41.219><c> he</c><00:39:41.400><c> called</c><00:39:41.579><c> upon</c><00:39:41.820><c> the</c>

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:43.039
name<00:39:42.019><c> of</c><00:39:42.199><c> the</c><00:39:42.300><c> Lord</c>

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accepted<00:39:44.840><c> those</c><00:39:45.320><c> waters</c><00:39:45.679><c> into</c><00:39:46.039><c> which</c><00:39:47.480><c> publicans</c><00:39:48.139><c> had</c><00:39:48.380><c> gone</c>

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:52.340
to<00:39:49.980><c> have</c><00:39:50.079><c> their</c><00:39:50.440><c> publicans</c><00:39:50.840><c> offenses</c><00:39:51.260><c> expunged</c>

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:55.280
into<00:39:53.440><c> which</c><00:39:53.659><c> harlots</c><00:39:54.039><c> had</c><00:39:54.260><c> gone</c><00:39:54.480><c> to</c><00:39:54.659><c> have</c><00:39:54.780><c> their</c><00:39:54.920><c> harlots</c>

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uncleanness<00:39:55.840><c> washed</c><00:39:56.079><c> away</c>

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into<00:39:58.619><c> which</c><00:39:58.840><c> his</c><00:39:59.079><c> lord</c><00:39:59.320><c> had</c><00:39:59.619><c> gone</c><00:40:00.260><c> saying</c><00:40:01.739><c> suffer</c><00:40:02.219><c> it</c><00:40:02.460><c> to</c><00:40:02.639><c> be</c>

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:06.659
so<00:40:03.019><c> now</c><00:40:04.500><c> for</c><00:40:05.079><c> thus</c><00:40:05.300><c> it</c><00:40:05.579><c> becomeeth</c><00:40:06.000><c> us</c>

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to<00:40:07.460><c> fulfill</c><00:40:08.019><c> all</c><00:40:08.579><c> righteousness</c><00:40:09.280><c> he</c><00:40:11.400><c> had</c><00:40:11.579><c> arisen</c><00:40:12.320><c> he</c><00:40:13.579><c> had</c><00:40:13.699><c> been</c><00:40:13.920><c> baptized</c><00:40:14.760><c> and</c>

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so<00:40:16.760><c> happy</c><00:40:17.059><c> a</c><00:40:17.300><c> proverb</c><00:40:17.500><c> in</c><00:40:17.719><c> everybody's</c>

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lips<00:40:18.440><c> now</c><00:40:18.780><c> the</c><00:40:19.199><c> scales</c><00:40:19.460><c> fell</c><00:40:19.659><c> from</c><00:40:19.800><c> his</c><00:40:20.019><c> eyes</c><00:40:21.300><c> there</c><00:40:21.739><c> fell</c><00:40:21.940><c> from</c><00:40:22.159><c> his</c>

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whose<00:43:19.239><c> near</c><00:43:19.539><c> apostleship</c><00:43:20.159><c> had</c><00:43:20.559><c> not</c><00:43:20.940><c> prevented</c><00:43:21.239><c> him</c><00:43:21.440><c> from</c><00:43:21.599><c> being</c><00:43:21.739><c> a</c>

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apostles<00:43:24.260><c> loved</c><00:43:24.559><c> so</c><00:43:24.880><c> much</c><00:43:25.059><c> that</c><00:43:25.179><c> they</c><00:43:25.400><c> called</c><00:43:25.539><c> him</c><00:43:25.780><c> Barnabas</c>

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and<00:43:29.260><c> sponsored</c><00:43:29.619><c> Saul</c><00:43:29.940><c> and</c><00:43:30.219><c> brought</c><00:43:30.360><c> him</c><00:43:30.519><c> to</c><00:43:30.659><c> the</c><00:43:30.800><c> disciples</c><00:43:31.320><c> a</c>

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second<00:43:32.300><c> Ananias</c><00:43:32.860><c> from</c><00:43:33.019><c> Damascus</c><00:43:33.539><c> this</c><00:43:33.739><c> Barnabas</c>

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trusting<00:43:34.860><c> in</c><00:43:35.079><c> a</c><00:43:35.179><c> man</c><00:43:35.300><c> whom</c><00:43:35.440><c> others</c><00:43:35.639><c> did</c><00:43:35.900><c> not</c><00:43:36.179><c> trust</c><00:43:36.659><c> and</c><00:43:37.199><c> by</c><00:43:37.500><c> the</c><00:43:37.679><c> sponsorship</c><00:43:38.019><c> of</c>

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this<00:43:38.460><c> good</c><00:43:38.679><c> and</c><00:43:38.960><c> excellent</c><00:43:39.300><c> man</c>

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causing<00:43:40.239><c> Saul</c><00:43:40.539><c> to</c><00:43:40.679><c> be</c><00:43:40.860><c> received</c><00:43:41.360><c> then</c><00:43:43.619><c> in</c><00:43:43.840><c> Jerusalem</c><00:43:44.179><c> he</c><00:43:44.360><c> set</c>

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became<00:43:49.519><c> too</c><00:43:49.780><c> hot</c><00:43:49.900><c> to</c><00:43:50.079><c> hold</c><00:43:50.280><c> him</c><00:43:51.360><c> and</c><00:43:51.940><c> the</c><00:43:52.099><c> disciples</c>

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looks<00:44:01.000><c> as</c><00:44:01.219><c> and</c>

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a<00:44:01.739><c> drawing</c><00:44:02.119><c> of</c><00:44:02.380><c> a</c><00:44:02.440><c> straight</c><00:44:02.579><c> line</c><00:44:02.840><c> it</c><00:44:02.940><c> seems</c><00:44:03.179><c> likely</c><00:44:03.480><c> that</c><00:44:03.920><c> he</c>

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historian's<00:44:21.260><c> sigh</c><00:44:21.300><c> of</c><00:44:21.420><c> relief</c><00:44:21.659><c> when</c><00:44:21.820><c> he</c><00:44:22.000><c> says</c><00:44:22.340><c> then</c><00:44:23.119><c> had</c><00:44:23.320><c> the</c>

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unbeliever<00:44:57.760><c> was</c><00:44:58.139><c> continuing</c><00:44:58.659><c> apace</c>

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that<00:45:00.179><c> hope</c><00:45:00.400><c> that</c><00:45:00.579><c> he</c><00:45:00.699><c> might</c><00:45:00.860><c> have</c><00:45:01.079><c> had</c><00:45:01.280><c> of</c><00:45:02.320><c> setting</c><00:45:02.480><c> the</c><00:45:02.659><c> net</c>

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Tarsus<00:45:13.460><c> in</c><00:45:13.599><c> his</c><00:45:13.719><c> own</c><00:45:14.039><c> hometown</c><00:45:14.500><c> while</c><00:45:15.179><c> those</c><00:45:15.460><c> who</c>

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we<00:45:15.800><c> set</c><00:45:15.920><c> moving</c><00:45:16.260><c> by</c><00:45:16.500><c> his</c><00:45:16.760><c> persecution</c><00:45:17.139><c> go</c><00:45:17.639><c> beyond</c><00:45:18.139><c> Damascus</c>

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