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become<00:12:55.480><c> more</c><00:12:55.940><c> fierce.</c>

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leader<00:13:01.519><c> of</c><00:13:01.840><c> insurrection.</c>

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cautious<00:13:09.700><c> in</c><00:13:09.899><c> his</c><00:13:10.139><c> judgment.</c>

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So<00:13:12.560><c> like</c><00:13:13.240><c> any</c><00:13:13.559><c> good</c><00:13:14.000><c> politician,</c><00:13:15.700><c> Pilate</c><00:13:15.899><c> did</c><00:13:16.179><c> what</c><00:13:16.419><c> came</c>

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He<00:13:18.740><c> passed</c><00:13:19.159><c> the</c><00:13:19.419><c> buck</c><00:13:19.700><c> and</c><00:13:20.460><c> sent</c><00:13:21.080><c> Jesus</c><00:13:21.539><c> off</c><00:13:22.000><c> to</c><00:13:22.320><c> Herod.</c>

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Well,<00:13:26.539><c> when</c><00:13:26.700><c> Herod</c><00:13:28.000><c> first</c><00:13:28.379><c> saw</c><00:13:28.580><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:30.120><c> he</c><00:13:30.200><c> was</c><00:13:30.419><c> in</c><00:13:30.480><c> an</c><00:13:30.759><c> instant</c><00:13:31.159><c> exceedingly</c><00:13:31.879><c> glad.</c>

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Ooh,<00:13:32.980><c> Jesus.</c>

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Herod<00:13:39.159><c> had</c><00:13:39.460><c> certainly</c><00:13:39.779><c> heard</c><00:13:40.000><c> much</c><00:13:40.259><c> about</c><00:13:40.580><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:42.039><c> but</c><00:13:42.039><c> sadly</c>

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his<00:13:42.899><c> only</c><00:13:43.299><c> interest</c><00:13:43.940><c> was</c><00:13:44.840><c> a</c><00:13:44.980><c> desire</c><00:13:45.399><c> to</c>

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He<00:13:48.419><c> never</c><00:13:48.700><c> took</c><00:13:48.860><c> Jesus</c><00:13:49.320><c> seriously.</c>

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Ooh,<00:13:51.399><c> Jesus.</c>

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Let's<00:13:52.460><c> see,</c><00:13:53.299><c> heal</c><00:13:53.299><c> a</c><00:13:53.460><c> leper.</c>

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Oh,<00:13:54.480><c> let's</c><00:13:54.679><c> see,</c><00:13:54.879><c> maybe</c><00:13:55.080><c> he</c><00:13:55.240><c> can</c><00:13:55.559><c> raise</c><00:13:55.799><c> the</c><00:13:56.059><c> dead</c><00:13:56.259><c> or</c><00:13:57.320><c> heal</c><00:13:57.580><c> a</c>

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blind<00:13:58.000><c> man.</c>

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Baptist<00:14:05.460><c> now</c><00:14:06.779><c> regards</c><00:14:07.299><c> Jesus</c><00:14:07.740><c> as</c><00:14:07.980><c> a</c>

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And<00:14:13.539><c> yet,</c><00:14:14.399><c> Jesus</c><00:14:15.039><c> remained</c><00:14:16.220><c> silent.</c>

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Even<00:14:18.980><c> when</c><00:14:19.179><c> others</c><00:14:19.440><c> vehemently</c><00:14:20.220><c> accused</c><00:14:20.620><c> him,</c><00:14:23.059><c> Jesus</c><00:14:23.440><c> had</c><00:14:23.799><c> nothing</c><00:14:24.139><c> to</c>

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say<00:14:24.600><c> to</c><00:14:24.860><c> Herod.</c>

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This<00:14:28.159><c> shows</c><00:14:28.559><c> what</c><00:14:28.960><c> Herod</c><00:14:29.139><c> really</c><00:14:29.539><c> thought</c><00:14:29.779><c> of</c><00:14:29.940><c> Jesus.</c>

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When<00:14:32.759><c> Jesus</c><00:14:33.139><c> refused</c><00:14:33.639><c> to</c><00:14:33.899><c> entertain</c><00:14:34.340><c> him,</c><00:14:36.120><c> Herod</c><00:14:36.360><c> simply</c><00:14:36.759><c> entertained</c><00:14:37.220><c> himself</c><00:14:38.059><c> by</c>

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mistreating<00:14:39.419><c> Jesus.</c>

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clever<00:14:48.000><c> trick.</c>

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He<00:14:49.379><c> passed</c><00:14:49.679><c> the</c><00:14:49.879><c> buck,</c><00:14:50.159><c> right</c><00:14:50.340><c> back</c><00:14:50.600><c> to</c><00:14:50.799><c> Pilate.</c>

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Now,<00:14:54.620><c> by</c><00:14:54.820><c> this</c><00:14:55.159><c> time,</c><00:14:56.059><c> Pilate</c><00:14:56.240><c> figured</c><00:14:56.740><c> he</c><00:14:57.320><c> had</c><00:14:57.539><c> to</c><00:14:57.659><c> come</c><00:14:57.879><c> up</c><00:14:58.059><c> with</c><00:14:58.220><c> a</c>

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new<00:14:58.500><c> game</c><00:14:58.779><c> plan.</c>

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for<00:15:04.299><c> Jesus</c><00:15:04.659><c> to</c><00:15:04.919><c> escape</c><00:15:05.200><c> death.</c>

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He<00:15:07.500><c> planned</c><00:15:07.740><c> to</c><00:15:08.039><c> release</c><00:15:08.240><c> him</c><00:15:08.440><c> in</c><00:15:08.700><c> accordance</c><00:15:09.080><c> to</c><00:15:10.059><c> the</c><00:15:10.360><c> custom</c>

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of<00:15:10.960><c> releasing</c><00:15:11.279><c> a</c><00:15:11.580><c> prisoner</c><00:15:12.019><c> every</c>

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Passover<00:15:13.139><c> season.</c>

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towards<00:15:22.519><c> Rome,</c><00:15:23.720><c> then</c><00:15:23.860><c> the</c><00:15:24.139><c> crowd</c><00:15:24.440><c> will</c><00:15:24.779><c> love</c><00:15:24.960><c> him.</c>

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him.

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Pilate,<00:15:41.519><c> the</c><00:15:41.820><c> crowd,</c><00:15:43.139><c> whom</c><00:15:43.340><c> Pilate</c>

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was<00:15:43.899><c> convinced</c><00:15:44.419><c> would</c><00:15:44.679><c> release</c><00:15:45.120><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:46.460><c> instead</c><00:15:47.200><c> condemned</c><00:15:48.299><c> him.</c>

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Because<00:15:53.679><c> of</c><00:15:53.879><c> this,</c><00:15:55.720><c> Pilate</c><00:15:55.840><c> found</c><00:15:56.240><c> it</c><00:15:56.480><c> impossible</c><00:15:57.340><c> to</c><00:15:58.460><c> go</c><00:15:58.679><c> against</c><00:15:59.159><c> both</c><00:15:59.639><c> the</c>

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the<00:16:02.620><c> assembled</c><00:16:02.980><c> multitudes.</c>

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It's<00:16:06.039><c> strange,</c><00:16:07.279><c> an</c><00:16:07.460><c> almost</c><00:16:07.840><c> insane</c><00:16:08.539><c> scene.</c>

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A<00:16:09.960><c> Roman</c><00:16:10.500><c> governor</c><00:16:10.980><c> tries</c><00:16:11.519><c> to</c><00:16:11.879><c> win</c><00:16:12.080><c> the</c><00:16:12.440><c> life</c><00:16:12.759><c> of</c><00:16:13.120><c> a</c><00:16:13.340><c> miracle</c>

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-working<00:16:14.179><c> Jewish</c><00:16:14.740><c> teacher</c><00:16:15.559><c> against</c><00:16:16.879><c> the</c>

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Their<00:16:24.840><c> cries</c><00:16:25.240><c> of,</c><00:16:25.879><c> crucify</c><00:16:26.899><c> him,</c><00:16:27.659><c> crucify</c><00:16:28.600><c> him,</c><00:16:30.200><c> gave</c><00:16:30.480><c> the</c><00:16:30.799><c> impression</c><00:16:31.399><c> that</c><00:16:32.019><c> a</c>

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riot<00:16:32.580><c> was</c><00:16:32.840><c> beginning</c>

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to<00:16:33.500><c> build</c><00:16:33.700><c> up.</c>

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Hosanna<00:16:51.240><c> to</c><00:16:51.559><c> Jesus.</c>

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But,<00:16:55.019><c> as</c><00:16:55.480><c> still</c><00:16:55.700><c> is</c><00:16:55.940><c> the</c><00:16:56.059><c> case</c><00:16:56.360><c> today,</c><00:16:57.659><c> there</c><00:16:57.899><c> are</c><00:16:58.159><c> always</c><00:16:58.500><c> plenty</c><00:16:58.820><c> of</c>

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people<00:16:59.580><c> who</c><00:17:00.080><c> will</c><00:17:00.299><c> do</c><00:17:00.899><c> whatever</c>

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the<00:17:01.799><c> crowd</c><00:17:02.220><c> does.</c>

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died.

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three<00:21:45.559><c> nights.</c>

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to<00:22:29.799><c> the</c><00:22:29.900><c> pending</c><00:22:30.140><c> Sabbath.</c>

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Ordinarily<00:22:38.160><c> it</c><00:22:38.359><c> would,</c><00:22:38.700><c> but</c><00:22:38.980><c> not</c><00:22:39.319><c> unlike</c><00:22:39.759><c> those</c><00:22:40.039><c> of</c><00:22:40.220><c> us</c><00:22:40.460><c> who</c>

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benefit<00:22:40.980><c> from</c><00:22:41.160><c> the</c><00:22:41.359><c> occasional</c><00:22:41.880><c> Monday</c>

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holiday<00:22:42.880><c> and</c><00:22:43.619><c> get</c><00:22:43.799><c> to</c><00:22:44.059><c> stay</c><00:22:44.180><c> up</c><00:22:44.380><c> late</c><00:22:44.559><c> on</c><00:22:44.880><c> certain</c><00:22:45.119><c> Sunday</c><00:22:45.440><c> nights</c><00:22:45.799><c> during</c><00:22:46.119><c> the</c><00:22:46.279><c> year.</c>

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This<00:22:47.420><c> particular</c><00:22:48.059><c> week</c><00:22:48.480><c> was</c><00:22:48.720><c> the</c><00:22:48.799><c> week</c><00:22:48.960><c> of</c><00:22:49.180><c> Passover</c><00:22:49.640><c> and</c><00:22:50.259><c> therefore</c><00:22:50.619><c> not</c>

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can<00:22:56.619><c> look</c><00:22:56.880><c> later</c><00:22:57.279><c> at</c><00:22:57.940><c> Leviticus</c><00:22:58.440><c> chapter</c><00:22:58.839><c> 23</c>

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verses<00:23:00.019><c> three</c><00:23:00.359><c> to</c><00:23:00.539><c> six,</c><00:23:01.359><c> which</c><00:23:01.559><c> spell</c><00:23:01.779><c> out</c><00:23:02.039><c> the</c><00:23:02.200><c> rites</c><00:23:02.440><c> of</c><00:23:02.700><c> Sabbath,</c><00:23:03.640><c> both</c><00:23:03.900><c> the</c>

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weekly<00:23:04.339><c> Sabbath</c>

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as<00:23:05.420><c> well</c><00:23:05.700><c> as</c><00:23:05.839><c> the</c><00:23:06.000><c> Sabbath</c><00:23:06.259><c> days</c><00:23:06.619><c> of</c><00:23:06.859><c> feast.</c>

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According<00:23:08.480><c> to</c><00:23:08.700><c> Leviticus,</c><00:23:09.480><c> Passover</c><00:23:09.940><c> is</c><00:23:10.319><c> the</c><00:23:10.579><c> fourteenth</c><00:23:11.099><c> day</c><00:23:11.420><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:11.680><c> first</c><00:23:11.940><c> month.</c>

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It's<00:23:13.299><c> an</c><00:23:13.420><c> easy</c><00:23:13.619><c> day</c><00:23:13.819><c> for</c><00:23:13.960><c> me</c><00:23:14.140><c> to</c><00:23:14.380><c> remember</c><00:23:14.680><c> because</c><00:23:15.240><c> my</c><00:23:16.019><c> dear</c>

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cousin,<00:23:16.960><c> Sister</c><00:23:17.279><c> Gayle</c><00:23:17.720><c> Stormont</c><00:23:18.319><c> McAdams</c>

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of<00:23:19.079><c> the</c><00:23:19.279><c> Cranston</c><00:23:19.599><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:20.180><c> was</c><00:23:20.700><c> born</c><00:23:21.000><c> on</c><00:23:21.200><c> the</c><00:23:21.380><c> fourteenth</c>

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day<00:23:22.200><c> of</c><00:23:22.339><c> the</c><00:23:22.480><c> first</c><00:23:22.779><c> month</c><00:23:23.079><c> on</c><00:23:23.259><c> our</c><00:23:23.440><c> present</c><00:23:23.759><c> day</c><00:23:24.039><c> calendar.</c>

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the<00:23:29.940><c> year</c><00:23:30.119><c> Gayle</c><00:23:30.400><c> was</c><00:23:30.680><c> born.</c>

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But<00:23:32.380><c> the</c><00:23:32.640><c> fifteenth</c><00:23:33.180><c> day,</c><00:23:33.559><c> that</c><00:23:33.819><c> being</c><00:23:34.099><c> the</c><00:23:34.259><c> next</c><00:23:34.599><c> day,</c><00:23:35.359><c> is</c><00:23:35.759><c> the</c><00:23:36.140><c> feast</c><00:23:36.400><c> of</c>

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unleavened<00:23:37.220><c> bread.</c>

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So,<00:23:38.400><c> since</c><00:23:38.740><c> Jesus</c><00:23:39.279><c> was,</c><00:23:40.240><c> as</c><00:23:40.500><c> the</c><00:23:40.680><c> scriptures</c><00:23:40.920><c> plainly</c><00:23:41.559><c> tell</c>

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us,<00:23:42.500><c> rushed</c><00:23:42.740><c> into</c><00:23:43.000><c> the</c><00:23:43.240><c> tomb</c><00:23:43.460><c> moments</c><00:23:43.819><c> before</c>

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Sabbath<00:23:48.079><c> days,</c><00:23:49.119><c> including</c><00:23:49.420><c> the</c><00:23:49.640><c> weekly</c><00:23:49.960><c> Sabbath,</c>

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in<00:23:51.039><c> the</c><00:23:51.259><c> tomb.</c>

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as<00:23:56.920><c> the</c><00:23:57.119><c> scriptures</c><00:23:57.380><c> declare,</c><00:23:58.380><c> on</c><00:23:58.579><c> the</c><00:23:58.799><c> first</c>

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day<00:23:59.259><c> of</c><00:23:59.420><c> the</c><00:23:59.579><c> week,</c><00:24:00.319><c> sometime</c><00:24:00.759><c> following</c><00:24:01.339><c> the</c><00:24:01.640><c> setting</c><00:24:01.819><c> of</c><00:24:02.000><c> the</c><00:24:02.279><c> sun</c><00:24:02.539><c> on</c>

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what<00:24:03.000><c> we</c><00:24:03.359><c> call</c><00:24:03.619><c> a</c><00:24:03.900><c> Saturday</c><00:24:04.240><c> night</c>

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or<00:24:05.039><c> a</c><00:24:05.880><c> Sunday</c><00:24:06.200><c> morning.</c>

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that<00:24:15.660><c> Luke</c><00:24:15.900><c> mentions</c><00:24:16.480><c> the</c>

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presence<00:24:17.599><c> of</c><00:24:18.619><c> two</c><00:24:18.880><c> men</c><00:24:19.079><c> in</c><00:24:19.420><c> shining</c><00:24:19.720><c> garments</c><00:24:20.200><c> at</c><00:24:20.460><c> the</c><00:24:20.680><c> tomb.</c>

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confident<00:24:27.440><c> in</c><00:24:27.640><c> the</c><00:24:27.759><c> conclusion</c><00:24:28.460><c> that</c>

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these<00:24:29.480><c> two</c><00:24:29.759><c> men</c><00:24:30.420><c> were</c><00:24:30.759><c> probably</c><00:24:31.279><c> none</c><00:24:31.500><c> other</c><00:24:31.839><c> than</c><00:24:32.079><c> Moses</c><00:24:32.539><c> and</c><00:24:32.799><c> Elias.</c>

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I<00:24:34.759><c> suspect</c><00:24:35.180><c> they</c><00:24:35.480><c> are</c><00:24:35.839><c> still</c><00:24:36.099><c> alive</c><00:24:36.619><c> following</c><00:24:37.240><c> their</c><00:24:38.000><c> own</c><00:24:38.279><c> appearance</c><00:24:38.640><c> on</c>

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the<00:24:39.019><c> Mount</c><00:24:39.140><c> of</c><00:24:39.420><c> Transfiguration</c>

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as<00:24:41.180><c> recorded</c><00:24:41.900><c> in</c><00:24:42.380><c> Luke</c><00:24:42.599><c> chapter</c><00:24:43.079><c> 9.</c>

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I<00:24:45.059><c> suspect</c><00:24:45.759><c> that</c><00:24:46.539><c> they</c><00:24:46.880><c> witnessed</c><00:24:47.240><c> the</c><00:24:47.519><c> death</c><00:24:47.740><c> and</c><00:24:47.980><c> the</c><00:24:48.180><c> resurrection</c><00:24:48.619><c> of</c><00:24:48.940><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:50.059><c> and</c><00:24:50.180><c> in</c><00:24:50.400><c> addition,</c>

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I<00:24:51.500><c> suspect</c><00:24:52.039><c> that</c><00:24:52.599><c> the</c><00:24:52.859><c> same</c><00:24:53.119><c> two</c><00:24:53.380><c> men...</c>