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charge<00:10:00.720><c> was</c><00:10:01.019><c> dropped,</c>

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probably<00:10:02.700><c> because</c><00:10:03.360><c> the</c><00:10:03.659><c> apostles,</c><00:10:04.279><c> being</c><00:10:04.659><c> Romans,</c><00:10:05.720><c> the</c><00:10:05.919><c> rulers</c><00:10:06.299><c> realized</c><00:10:07.039><c> that</c>

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heard<00:10:08.779><c> in</c><00:10:09.080><c> Rome.</c><00:10:10.279><c> So</c><00:10:10.659><c> they</c><00:10:10.840><c> took</c><00:10:11.039><c> security</c><00:10:11.620><c> of</c><00:10:11.899><c> Jason,</c><00:10:13.080><c> what</c><00:10:13.299><c> is</c><00:10:13.600><c> called</c><00:10:13.860><c> today</c><00:10:14.360><c> a</c>

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good<00:10:14.940><c> behavior</c><00:10:15.480><c> bond,</c>

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and<00:10:16.840><c> let</c><00:10:17.080><c> them</c><00:10:17.360><c> go.</c><00:10:18.860><c> It</c><00:10:19.100><c> was</c><00:10:19.419><c> this</c><00:10:19.740><c> action</c><00:10:20.240><c> that</c><00:10:20.600><c> caused</c><00:10:20.879><c> the</c>

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brethren<00:10:21.419><c> to</c><00:10:21.759><c> send</c><00:10:22.059><c> Paul</c><00:10:22.460><c> to</c><00:10:22.740><c> Beria</c>

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presence,<00:10:41.919><c> not</c><00:10:42.059><c> in</c><00:10:42.360><c> heart,</c>

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endeavored<00:10:44.120><c> the</c><00:10:44.360><c> more</c><00:10:44.600><c> abundantly</c><00:10:45.399><c> to</c><00:10:45.600><c> see</c><00:10:45.860><c> your</c><00:10:46.179><c> face</c><00:10:46.440><c> with</c>

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greater<00:10:47.080><c> desire,</c><00:10:48.919><c> wherefore</c><00:10:49.320><c> we</c><00:10:49.559><c> would</c><00:10:49.899><c> have</c>

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adversary,<00:10:57.460><c> hindered</c><00:10:57.600><c> us.</c><00:10:58.940><c> He</c><00:10:59.120><c> wrote</c>

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14<00:11:02.779><c> to</c><00:11:03.000><c> 18.</c><00:11:05.360><c> By</c><00:11:05.659><c> the</c><00:11:05.799><c> word</c><00:11:05.980><c> Satan,</c><00:11:06.500><c> Paul</c><00:11:06.779><c> is</c><00:11:07.139><c> obviously</c>

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referring<00:11:08.220><c> to</c><00:11:08.620><c> the</c><00:11:08.840><c> Jews</c><00:11:09.200><c> and</c><00:11:09.580><c> polytarchs</c><00:11:10.279><c> of</c><00:11:10.419><c> the</c><00:11:10.600><c> city.</c><00:11:12.440><c> Maintenance</c><00:11:13.080><c> of</c>

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opposition<00:11:32.899><c> at</c><00:11:33.659><c> Beria.</c><00:11:35.960><c> Beria</c><00:11:36.159><c> was</c><00:11:36.379><c> about</c><00:11:36.679><c> 50</c><00:11:37.019><c> miles,</c><00:11:37.759><c> that</c>

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quite<00:11:42.740><c> courageously,</c><00:11:43.639><c> Paul</c><00:11:43.799><c> began</c><00:11:44.179><c> preaching</c><00:11:44.539><c> in</c><00:11:44.820><c> the</c><00:11:45.000><c> synagogue.</c><00:11:46.379><c> Thankfully,</c><00:11:47.159><c> the</c>

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so<00:11:49.139><c> prejudiced.</c><00:11:50.620><c> These</c><00:11:51.039><c> were</c><00:11:51.299><c> more</c><00:11:51.740><c> noble,</c><00:11:52.700><c> it</c><00:11:52.700><c> says,</c><00:11:53.059><c> than</c>

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readiness<00:11:57.279><c> of</c><00:11:57.820><c> mind</c><00:11:58.139><c> and</c><00:11:58.460><c> searched</c><00:11:58.740><c> the</c><00:11:58.919><c> scriptures</c><00:11:59.279><c> daily,</c>

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whether<00:12:00.799><c> these</c><00:12:01.240><c> things</c><00:12:01.580><c> were</c><00:12:01.940><c> so.</c><00:12:03.279><c> Therefore,</c>

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many<00:12:04.019><c> of</c><00:12:04.220><c> them</c><00:12:04.440><c> believed,</c><00:12:05.620><c> also</c><00:12:06.240><c> of</c><00:12:06.440><c> honorable</c><00:12:06.899><c> women,</c><00:12:07.500><c> which</c>

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lives<00:12:18.899><c> may</c><00:12:19.179><c> not</c><00:12:19.500><c> be</c><00:12:19.820><c> directed</c>

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are<00:12:54.720><c> respective</c><00:12:55.340><c> roles</c><00:12:55.899><c> to</c><00:12:56.240><c> be</c><00:12:56.480><c> observed.</c>

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stirred<00:13:02.519><c> up,</c><00:13:03.539><c> the</c><00:13:03.759><c> same</c><00:13:04.039><c> word</c><00:13:04.340><c> as</c><00:13:04.779><c> shaken,</c>

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in<00:13:05.659><c> the</c><00:13:05.879><c> second</c><00:13:06.139><c> of</c><00:13:06.419><c> Thessalonians</c><00:13:07.059><c> 2</c><00:13:07.320><c> verse</c><00:13:07.559><c> 2.</c><00:13:08.740><c> These</c><00:13:09.100><c> Jews</c>

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stirred<00:13:10.080><c> up</c><00:13:10.379><c> the</c><00:13:10.620><c> people.</c><00:13:11.519><c> To</c><00:13:11.820><c> save</c><00:13:12.200><c> Paul,</c><00:13:12.799><c> the</c>

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brethren<00:13:13.379><c> sent</c><00:13:13.720><c> him</c><00:13:14.019><c> away</c><00:13:14.419><c> to</c><00:13:14.779><c> Athens.</c><00:13:16.340><c> They</c><00:13:16.580><c> took</c><00:13:16.840><c> him</c><00:13:17.080><c> to</c><00:13:17.259><c> the</c><00:13:17.480><c> coast</c><00:13:17.799><c> where,</c><00:13:18.139><c> presumably,</c><00:13:19.419><c> they</c><00:13:19.600><c> would</c><00:13:19.759><c> catch</c><00:13:20.000><c> a</c>

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boat<00:13:20.480><c> sailing</c><00:13:20.899><c> to</c><00:13:21.279><c> Piraeus,</c><00:13:21.899><c> the</c><00:13:22.080><c> port</c><00:13:22.320><c> of</c><00:13:22.519><c> Athens,</c><00:13:23.480><c> and</c><00:13:23.820><c> leave</c><00:13:24.179><c> no</c>

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trace<00:13:25.000><c> as</c><00:13:25.279><c> to</c><00:13:25.399><c> where</c><00:13:25.700><c> Paul</c><00:13:26.039><c> had</c><00:13:26.419><c> gone.</c>

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Silas<00:13:28.580><c> and</c><00:13:28.740><c> Timothy</c><00:13:29.159><c> stayed</c><00:13:29.559><c> on</c><00:13:29.860><c> in</c><00:13:30.159><c> Beria.</c><00:13:31.059><c> Paul</c><00:13:31.419><c> had</c><00:13:31.659><c> probably</c><00:13:32.179><c> been</c>

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in<00:13:32.679><c> Beria</c><00:13:33.080><c> only</c><00:13:33.480><c> about</c><00:13:33.960><c> one</c><00:13:34.200><c> month,</c>

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but<00:13:35.580><c> he</c><00:13:35.919><c> does</c><00:13:36.360><c> gain</c><00:13:36.700><c> a</c><00:13:36.919><c> new</c><00:13:37.179><c> companion</c><00:13:37.840><c> from</c><00:13:38.159><c> their</c><00:13:38.620><c> name,</c><00:13:38.980><c> so</c>

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Pater,<00:13:40.440><c> in</c><00:13:40.639><c> Acts</c><00:13:40.820><c> 20</c><00:13:41.240><c> verse</c><00:13:41.559><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:13:43.340><c> they</c><00:13:43.639><c> that</c><00:13:43.840><c> conducted</c><00:13:44.379><c> Paul</c><00:13:44.860><c> brought</c><00:13:45.320><c> him</c><00:13:45.720><c> unto</c><00:13:46.139><c> Athens.</c>

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The<00:13:48.279><c> word</c><00:13:48.559><c> conducted</c><00:13:49.279><c> is</c><00:13:49.559><c> the</c><00:13:49.759><c> Greek</c><00:13:50.039><c> kathestemi.</c><00:13:51.659><c> It</c><00:13:51.879><c> is</c><00:13:52.139><c> significant.</c><00:13:53.779><c> It</c>

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implies<00:13:54.639><c> that</c><00:13:55.080><c> Paul</c><00:13:55.399><c> is</c><00:13:55.659><c> now</c><00:13:55.899><c> under</c>

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the<00:13:56.559><c> control</c><00:13:56.759><c> of</c><00:13:56.960><c> the</c><00:13:57.220><c> brethren,</c><00:13:58.340><c> the</c><00:13:58.559><c> inference</c><00:13:58.860><c> being</c><00:13:59.299><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:13:59.820><c> is</c><00:14:00.159><c> too</c><00:14:00.460><c> exhausted</c><00:14:01.059><c> to</c><00:14:01.379><c> continue.</c>

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After<00:14:03.600><c> a</c><00:14:03.879><c> savage</c><00:14:04.159><c> beating</c><00:14:04.539><c> at</c><00:14:04.820><c> Philippi,</c><00:14:05.460><c> followed</c><00:14:05.840><c> by</c><00:14:06.200><c> abuse</c>

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at<00:14:06.799><c> Thessalonica</c><00:14:07.539><c> and</c><00:14:07.799><c> Beria,</c><00:14:08.759><c> he</c><00:14:09.059><c> can</c><00:14:09.399><c> take</c><00:14:09.639><c> no</c>

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more.<00:14:11.080><c> He</c><00:14:11.399><c> is</c><00:14:11.720><c> probably</c><00:14:12.340><c> on</c><00:14:12.600><c> the</c><00:14:12.740><c> verge</c><00:14:12.980><c> of</c><00:14:13.200><c> a</c><00:14:13.379><c> nervous</c><00:14:13.639><c> breakdown.</c><00:14:15.320><c> Our</c><00:14:15.519><c> mortal</c><00:14:15.919><c> bodies</c><00:14:16.299><c> can</c><00:14:16.539><c> only</c><00:14:16.840><c> take</c><00:14:17.100><c> so</c>

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much.<00:14:18.340><c> We</c><00:14:18.460><c> are</c><00:14:18.600><c> not</c><00:14:18.840><c> yet</c><00:14:19.039><c> immortal.</c><00:14:20.600><c> He</c><00:14:20.879><c> himself</c><00:14:21.360><c> says,</c><00:14:22.759><c> when</c>

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we<00:14:23.179><c> could</c><00:14:23.440><c> no</c><00:14:23.799><c> longer</c><00:14:24.179><c> forbear,</c><00:14:25.200><c> we</c><00:14:25.279><c> thought</c><00:14:25.580><c> it</c>

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good<00:14:26.019><c> to</c><00:14:26.220><c> be</c><00:14:26.360><c> left</c><00:14:26.539><c> at</c><00:14:26.799><c> Athens</c><00:14:27.200><c> alone,</c><00:14:28.799><c> in</c><00:14:28.980><c> the</c><00:14:29.159><c> first</c><00:14:29.440><c> of</c><00:14:29.600><c> Thessalonians</c><00:14:30.440><c> chapter</c><00:14:30.740><c> 3</c><00:14:31.120><c> verse</c><00:14:31.480><c> 1.</c>

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So<00:14:33.539><c> Paul</c><00:14:33.820><c> was</c><00:14:34.100><c> left</c>

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on<00:14:34.539><c> his</c><00:14:34.779><c> own</c><00:14:34.960><c> at</c><00:14:35.240><c> Athens</c><00:14:35.580><c> to</c><00:14:35.860><c> recover,</c><00:14:37.419><c> but</c><00:14:37.580><c> leaving</c><00:14:37.940><c> instructions</c><00:14:38.720><c> for</c><00:14:39.100><c> Silas</c><00:14:39.539><c> and</c>

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Timotheus<00:14:40.500><c> fought</c><00:14:40.740><c> to</c>

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come<00:14:41.120><c> to</c><00:14:41.240><c> him</c><00:14:41.460><c> with</c><00:14:41.700><c> all</c><00:14:41.960><c> speed.</c><00:14:44.179><c> It</c><00:14:44.320><c> is</c><00:14:44.600><c> difficult</c><00:14:45.100><c> to</c><00:14:45.299><c> be</c><00:14:45.519><c> definite</c><00:14:45.860><c> about</c><00:14:46.200><c> the</c>

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moves<00:14:46.759><c> of</c><00:14:47.039><c> Paul's</c><00:14:47.559><c> companions</c><00:14:47.960><c> on</c>

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the<00:14:48.519><c> limited</c><00:14:48.879><c> information</c><00:14:49.539><c> Paul</c><00:14:49.899><c> gives</c><00:14:50.259><c> us</c><00:14:50.580><c> here,</c><00:14:51.600><c> but</c><00:14:52.059><c> most</c>

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likely<00:14:52.720><c> Timothy</c><00:14:53.179><c> had</c><00:14:53.399><c> been</c><00:14:53.679><c> sent</c><00:14:53.960><c> back</c><00:14:54.399><c> to</c>

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Thessalonica<00:14:55.460><c> from</c><00:14:55.799><c> Beria</c><00:14:56.519><c> because</c><00:14:57.080><c> of</c><00:14:57.360><c> Paul's</c><00:14:57.879><c> deep</c><00:14:58.220><c> concern</c><00:14:58.820><c> for</c>

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the<00:14:59.200><c> new</c><00:14:59.539><c> converts</c><00:14:59.980><c> there.</c>

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We<00:15:01.299><c> read</c><00:15:01.620><c> this</c><00:15:01.940><c> in</c><00:15:02.220><c> 1</c><00:15:02.500><c> Thessalonians</c><00:15:03.460><c> 3</c><00:15:03.740><c> verse</c><00:15:04.019><c> 2.</c><00:15:05.419><c> Only</c><00:15:05.779><c> on</c>

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his<00:15:06.379><c> return</c><00:15:06.860><c> from</c><00:15:07.139><c> there</c><00:15:07.440><c> were</c><00:15:07.740><c> Silas</c><00:15:08.220><c> and</c>

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Timothy<00:15:08.779><c> able</c><00:15:09.139><c> to</c><00:15:09.500><c> continue</c><00:15:09.899><c> their</c><00:15:10.240><c> journey.</c><00:15:11.679><c> However,</c><00:15:12.299><c> they</c>

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did<00:15:12.840><c> not</c><00:15:13.120><c> catch</c><00:15:13.399><c> up</c><00:15:13.600><c> with</c><00:15:13.799><c> Paul</c>

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until<00:15:14.620><c> they</c><00:15:14.899><c> reached</c><00:15:15.200><c> Corinth,</c><00:15:16.580><c> as</c><00:15:16.799><c> we</c><00:15:17.000><c> see</c><00:15:17.179><c> in</c><00:15:17.379><c> Acts</c><00:15:17.679><c> 18</c><00:15:18.320><c> verse</c><00:15:18.720><c> 5.</c>

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Acts<00:15:22.220><c> chapter</c><00:15:22.679><c> 17</c><00:15:23.419><c> verse</c><00:15:23.779><c> 16</c><00:15:24.360><c> to</c><00:15:24.559><c> 34</c><00:15:25.379><c> opposition</c><00:15:26.580><c> in</c><00:15:27.179><c> Athens.</c>

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Paul's<00:15:30.399><c> spirit</c><00:15:30.600><c> was</c><00:15:31.100><c> stirred</c><00:15:31.519><c> or</c><00:15:31.980><c> provoked</c><00:15:32.659><c> within</c><00:15:33.019><c> him</c><00:15:33.220><c> as</c><00:15:33.519><c> he</c><00:15:33.740><c> walked</c><00:15:33.919><c> about</c><00:15:34.279><c> Athens</c><00:15:34.679><c> and</c><00:15:35.600><c> sawed</c><00:15:35.940><c> it</c><00:15:36.100><c> as</c><00:15:36.220><c> a</c><00:15:36.460><c> city</c>

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wholly<00:15:37.279><c> given</c><00:15:37.620><c> to</c><00:15:37.960><c> idolatry.</c><00:15:39.919><c> Athens</c><00:15:40.200><c> was</c><00:15:40.500><c> a</c><00:15:40.700><c> large</c><00:15:41.000><c> city</c><00:15:41.399><c> with</c><00:15:41.679><c> a</c>

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wall<00:15:41.960><c> about</c><00:15:42.259><c> six</c><00:15:42.539><c> miles</c><00:15:42.899><c> or</c><00:15:43.139><c> 10</c><00:15:43.419><c> kilometers</c><00:15:43.919><c> long</c>

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around<00:15:44.779><c> it.</c><00:15:46.179><c> Even</c><00:15:46.440><c> to</c><00:15:46.659><c> this</c><00:15:46.940><c> day,</c><00:15:47.600><c> the</c><00:15:47.779><c> ruins</c><00:15:48.080><c> of</c><00:15:48.379><c> its</c><00:15:48.620><c> impressive</c><00:15:49.259><c> architecture</c><00:15:49.940><c> causes</c>

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awe<00:15:50.940><c> in</c><00:15:51.179><c> the</c><00:15:51.399><c> visitor.</c>

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Mars<00:15:53.820><c> Hill.</c><00:15:54.919><c> Now</c><00:15:55.139><c> Mars</c><00:15:55.419><c> was</c><00:15:55.659><c> the</c><00:15:55.840><c> Roman</c><00:15:56.120><c> god</c><00:15:56.340><c> of</c><00:15:56.559><c> war.</c><00:15:57.580><c> Mars</c><00:15:58.000><c> Hill</c><00:15:58.320><c> was</c><00:15:58.580><c> also</c><00:15:59.059><c> known</c><00:15:59.460><c> as</c><00:15:59.899><c> Ariapagus,</c>

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the<00:16:01.539><c> hill</c><00:16:01.700><c> of</c><00:16:02.059><c> Aries,</c><00:16:02.840><c> the</c><00:16:03.019><c> Greek</c><00:16:03.440><c> god</c><00:16:04.019><c> of</c><00:16:04.399><c> war.</c><00:16:05.799><c> It</c><00:16:06.019><c> is</c><00:16:06.240><c> a</c><00:16:06.399><c> rocky</c><00:16:06.740><c> eminence</c><00:16:07.440><c> about</c><00:16:07.919><c> 394</c>

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feet,<00:16:09.580><c> 120</c><00:16:10.139><c> meters</c><00:16:10.779><c> high.</c>

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Paul<00:16:12.720><c> stood</c><00:16:13.039><c> on</c><00:16:13.340><c> this</c><00:16:13.620><c> hill</c><00:16:13.860><c> when</c><00:16:14.100><c> he</c><00:16:14.460><c> defended</c><00:16:14.779><c> himself</c><00:16:15.299><c> from</c>

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the<00:16:15.779><c> charge</c><00:16:16.120><c> of</c><00:16:16.340><c> setting</c><00:16:16.639><c> forth</c><00:16:17.139><c> strange</c><00:16:17.480><c> gods.</c>

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He<00:16:19.100><c> made</c><00:16:19.360><c> his</c><00:16:19.700><c> defense</c><00:16:20.279><c> with</c><00:16:20.700><c> above</c><00:16:21.139><c> and</c><00:16:21.460><c> behind</c><00:16:21.820><c> him</c><00:16:22.179><c> the</c><00:16:22.960><c> impressive</c><00:16:23.679><c> backdrop</c><00:16:24.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:24.899><c> Acropolis</c><00:16:25.500><c> crowned</c><00:16:26.259><c> with</c>

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a<00:16:26.620><c> great</c><00:16:26.960><c> Parthenon</c><00:16:27.580><c> dedicated</c><00:16:28.299><c> to</c><00:16:28.600><c> Athena</c><00:16:29.059><c> Polyas</c><00:16:29.919><c> and</c><00:16:30.659><c> other</c><00:16:31.159><c> lesser</c><00:16:31.559><c> temples</c><00:16:32.159><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:32.720><c> various</c><00:16:33.120><c> gods</c><00:16:33.440><c> of</c><00:16:33.720><c> Athens.</c>

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The<00:16:35.720><c> Parthenon</c><00:16:36.419><c> measured</c><00:16:37.139><c> 228</c><00:16:38.440><c> feet,</c><00:16:38.879><c> 69</c><00:16:39.200><c> meters</c><00:16:39.799><c> by</c><00:16:40.519><c> 110</c><00:16:41.100><c> feet,</c><00:16:41.620><c> 33</c>

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meters.<00:16:43.700><c> Numerous</c><00:16:44.200><c> pillars</c><00:16:44.639><c> over</c><00:16:45.120><c> 30</c><00:16:45.519><c> feet,</c>

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10<00:16:46.179><c> meters</c><00:16:46.559><c> high</c><00:16:47.080><c> supported</c><00:16:48.080><c> its</c><00:16:48.419><c> roof,</c><00:16:49.320><c> each</c><00:16:49.600><c> with</c><00:16:49.879><c> a</c><00:16:50.259><c> diameter</c><00:16:50.600><c> at</c><00:16:50.879><c> the</c>

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base<00:16:51.259><c> of</c><00:16:51.500><c> six</c><00:16:51.820><c> feet,</c><00:16:52.419><c> nearly</c><00:16:52.740><c> two</c><00:16:53.200><c> meters.</c>

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Here<00:16:55.240><c> was</c><00:16:55.539><c> worshipped</c><00:16:56.000><c> Athena,</c><00:16:57.679><c> patron</c><00:16:58.100><c> goddess</c><00:16:58.659><c> of</c><00:16:59.379><c> Athens,</c>

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Athena<00:17:00.940><c> Nike,</c><00:17:01.919><c> Athena</c><00:17:02.240><c> who</c><00:17:02.500><c> brings</c><00:17:02.799><c> victory.</c>

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Zeus,<00:17:04.940><c> Apollo,</c><00:17:05.660><c> Artemis,</c><00:17:06.339><c> Aphrodite,</c><00:17:07.400><c> Asclepius,</c><00:17:08.519><c> Castor,</c>

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and<00:17:09.259><c> Pollux,</c><00:17:10.400><c> Darnesius,</c><00:17:11.500><c> Eros,</c><00:17:12.599><c> Hermes,</c>

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Pan,<00:17:13.599><c> Poseidon,</c><00:17:14.819><c> Cybele</c><00:17:15.180><c> from</c><00:17:15.480><c> Asia</c><00:17:15.839><c> Minor,</c><00:17:16.640><c> and</c><00:17:16.880><c> Roma,</c><00:17:17.880><c> and</c>

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the<00:17:18.200><c> cult</c><00:17:18.440><c> of</c><00:17:18.680><c> the</c><00:17:19.000><c> Rhesus</c><00:17:19.539><c> from</c><00:17:19.980><c> Rome</c><00:17:20.500><c> amongst</c><00:17:21.380><c> many</c>

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others.<00:17:24.160><c> Athens</c><00:17:24.539><c> was</c><00:17:24.880><c> a</c><00:17:25.059><c> free</c><00:17:25.279><c> city,</c><00:17:25.980><c> although</c><00:17:26.380><c> under</c><00:17:26.819><c> the</c><00:17:27.019><c> Roman</c><00:17:27.299><c> Empire.</c><00:17:28.619><c> It</c>

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was<00:17:29.059><c> the</c><00:17:29.240><c> center</c><00:17:29.519><c> of</c><00:17:29.799><c> Greek</c>

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civilization,<00:17:31.380><c> philosophy,</c><00:17:32.019><c> and</c><00:17:32.140><c> culture,</c><00:17:33.480><c> and</c><00:17:33.599><c> had</c><00:17:33.799><c> the</c><00:17:34.019><c> foremost</c><00:17:34.500><c> university</c><00:17:35.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:35.720><c> Empire.</c>

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Athens,<00:17:38.180><c> however,</c><00:17:38.539><c> was</c><00:17:38.839><c> not</c><00:17:39.400><c> totally</c><00:17:39.940><c> in</c><00:17:40.380><c> spiritual</c><00:17:40.920><c> darkness.</c><00:17:42.640><c> There</c><00:17:42.960><c> was</c><00:17:43.420><c> a</c>

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synagogue<00:17:44.119><c> of</c><00:17:44.400><c> the</c><00:17:44.579><c> Jews</c><00:17:44.839><c> and</c>

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also<00:17:45.500><c> a</c><00:17:45.599><c> number</c><00:17:45.920><c> of</c><00:17:46.220><c> devout</c><00:17:46.660><c> persons</c><00:17:47.259><c> who</c><00:17:47.819><c> had</c><00:17:48.119><c> forsaken</c><00:17:48.720><c> their</c><00:17:49.039><c> idols</c><00:17:49.519><c> for</c>

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the<00:17:50.039><c> God</c><00:17:50.220><c> of</c><00:17:50.440><c> Israel.</c>

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In<00:17:52.519><c> Athens,</c><00:17:53.099><c> Paul,</c><00:17:53.440><c> being</c><00:17:53.799><c> on</c><00:17:54.039><c> his</c><00:17:54.259><c> own,</c><00:17:54.960><c> rested</c><00:17:55.140><c> and</c><00:17:55.420><c> did</c><00:17:55.720><c> not</c>

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at<00:17:56.059><c> first</c><00:17:56.380><c> preach</c><00:17:56.680><c> the</c><00:17:56.920><c> gospel.</c>

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It<00:17:58.880><c> was</c><00:17:59.220><c> whilst</c><00:17:59.559><c> walking</c><00:18:00.099><c> about</c><00:18:00.519><c> this</c><00:18:00.819><c> beautiful</c><00:18:01.400><c> and</c><00:18:01.720><c> fascinating</c><00:18:02.299><c> city</c>

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that<00:18:03.380><c> his</c><00:18:03.680><c> spirit</c><00:18:03.940><c> was</c><00:18:04.339><c> stirred,</c><00:18:05.700><c> and</c>

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despite<00:18:06.299><c> his</c><00:18:06.619><c> ennui</c><00:18:07.019><c> and</c><00:18:07.559><c> depression</c><00:18:08.380><c> brought</c><00:18:08.759><c> on</c><00:18:09.079><c> by</c><00:18:09.339><c> his</c>

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recent<00:18:10.059><c> experiences,</c>

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Paul<00:18:12.380><c> began</c><00:18:12.759><c> to</c><00:18:13.099><c> dispute</c><00:18:13.440><c> with</c><00:18:13.740><c> the</c><00:18:13.880><c> Jews</c><00:18:14.099><c> in</c><00:18:14.380><c> the</c><00:18:14.519><c> synagogue</c>

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and<00:18:15.460><c> speak</c><00:18:15.779><c> to</c><00:18:16.039><c> Gentiles</c><00:18:16.599><c> in</c><00:18:16.880><c> the</c><00:18:17.099><c> agora.</c>

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It<00:18:18.799><c> was</c><00:18:18.980><c> in</c><00:18:19.220><c> the</c><00:18:19.400><c> agora</c><00:18:19.720><c> that</c><00:18:20.000><c> he</c><00:18:20.180><c> met</c><00:18:20.559><c> philosophers</c><00:18:21.380><c> of</c><00:18:21.779><c> the</c>

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Epicureans<00:18:23.000><c> and</c><00:18:23.900><c> Stoics.</c>

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Epicureans,<00:18:27.400><c> named</c><00:18:28.160><c> after</c><00:18:28.539><c> their</c><00:18:28.759><c> founder</c><00:18:29.099><c> Epicurius,</c><00:18:31.299><c> believed</c><00:18:31.579><c> in</c>

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living<00:18:32.259><c> in</c><00:18:32.720><c> accordance</c><00:18:33.079><c> with</c><00:18:33.440><c> nature</c><00:18:33.980><c> by</c>

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reasoning.<00:18:36.079><c> They</c><00:18:36.299><c> said</c><00:18:36.559><c> that</c><00:18:36.799><c> the</c><00:18:37.000><c> world</c><00:18:37.220><c> was</c><00:18:37.539><c> formed</c><00:18:37.880><c> by</c><00:18:38.240><c> chance</c><00:18:38.579><c> from</c><00:18:38.900><c> atoms</c><00:18:39.500><c> acting</c><00:18:40.079><c> by</c>

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natural<00:18:41.079><c> laws.</c>

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Gods<00:18:44.099><c> exist</c><00:18:44.759><c> in</c><00:18:45.059><c> space</c><00:18:45.559><c> but</c><00:18:45.839><c> do</c><00:18:46.079><c> not</c><00:18:46.259><c> involve</c><00:18:46.779><c> themselves</c><00:18:47.380><c> in</c>

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human<00:18:48.000><c> affairs.</c><00:18:49.339><c> Therefore</c><00:18:49.720><c> there</c><00:18:49.920><c> is</c><00:18:50.339><c> no</c><00:18:50.660><c> prayer</c>

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or<00:18:51.940><c> providence.</c><00:18:53.740><c> There</c><00:18:53.960><c> is</c><00:18:54.200><c> no</c><00:18:54.500><c> sin.</c><00:18:55.839><c> But</c><00:18:56.079><c> their</c><00:18:56.420><c> idea</c><00:18:56.880><c> of</c><00:18:57.200><c> pleasure</c><00:18:57.500><c> was</c>

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not<00:18:58.119><c> to</c><00:18:58.279><c> license,</c>

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for<00:18:59.619><c> it</c><00:18:59.960><c> involved</c><00:19:00.339><c> a</c><00:19:00.740><c> disciplined</c><00:19:01.180><c> and</c><00:19:01.700><c> orderly</c><00:19:02.200><c> lifestyle.</c>

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To<00:19:04.339><c> the</c><00:19:04.559><c> Epicurean,</c><00:19:05.420><c> pleasure</c><00:19:05.880><c> is</c><00:19:06.259><c> freedom</c>

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from<00:19:07.079><c> pain</c><00:19:07.539><c> in</c><00:19:07.799><c> body</c><00:19:08.140><c> and</c><00:19:08.460><c> mind.</c><00:19:09.960><c> They</c><00:19:10.140><c> didn't</c><00:19:10.380><c> believe</c><00:19:10.740><c> in</c><00:19:11.000><c> life</c><00:19:11.180><c> after</c><00:19:11.559><c> death.</c><00:19:12.599><c> Their</c><00:19:13.039><c> ideal</c><00:19:13.539><c> was</c><00:19:13.859><c> to</c><00:19:14.160><c> achieve</c>

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serenity<00:19:15.339><c> by</c><00:19:15.660><c> detachment</c><00:19:16.359><c> from</c><00:19:16.779><c> worldly</c><00:19:17.200><c> affairs.</c><00:19:19.180><c> It</c><00:19:19.339><c> was</c><00:19:19.640><c> a</c>

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philosophy<00:19:20.299><c> that</c><00:19:20.660><c> appealed</c><00:19:21.119><c> to</c><00:19:21.359><c> the</c><00:19:21.539><c> wealthy</c>

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and<00:19:22.500><c> educated.</c><00:19:24.839><c> On</c><00:19:25.119><c> the</c><00:19:25.279><c> other</c><00:19:25.480><c> hand,</c><00:19:26.059><c> Stoics</c><00:19:26.299><c> named</c><00:19:26.759><c> themselves</c><00:19:27.440><c> after</c>

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Stoa<00:19:28.559><c> Poikaili,</c><00:19:30.160><c> the</c><00:19:30.279><c> painted</c>

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colonnade<00:19:31.500><c> in</c><00:19:32.200><c> the</c><00:19:32.400><c> Greek</c><00:19:32.799><c> agora.</c><00:19:34.519><c> The</c><00:19:34.839><c> founder</c><00:19:35.220><c> of</c><00:19:35.500><c> this</c><00:19:35.839><c> influential</c><00:19:36.460><c> school</c><00:19:36.900><c> of</c>

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thought<00:19:37.220><c> was</c><00:19:37.480><c> Zeno</c><00:19:37.859><c> from</c><00:19:38.160><c> the</c>

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island<00:19:38.660><c> of</c><00:19:38.920><c> Cyprus.</c><00:19:40.180><c> His</c><00:19:40.519><c> teaching</c><00:19:40.980><c> focused</c><00:19:41.539><c> on</c><00:19:41.920><c> moral</c><00:19:42.400><c> earnestness.</c><00:19:44.359><c> He</c>

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taught<00:19:44.900><c> that</c><00:19:45.200><c> the</c><00:19:45.480><c> world</c><00:19:45.740><c> was</c><00:19:46.019><c> made</c>

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out<00:19:46.640><c> of</c><00:19:46.940><c> fire.</c><00:19:48.160><c> From</c><00:19:48.400><c> the</c><00:19:48.680><c> fire</c><00:19:48.940><c> came</c><00:19:49.279><c> air,</c><00:19:50.059><c> water,</c><00:19:50.940><c> and</c><00:19:51.259><c> earth.</c><00:19:52.859><c> These</c>

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were<00:19:53.599><c> balanced</c><00:19:53.980><c> by</c><00:19:54.339><c> Logos,</c><00:19:55.480><c> their</c><00:19:55.799><c> god</c><00:19:56.140><c> of</c>

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reason.<00:19:58.000><c> There</c><00:19:58.220><c> is</c><00:19:58.500><c> no</c><00:19:58.799><c> sin.</c><00:19:59.980><c> Virtue</c><00:20:00.599><c> is</c><00:20:01.039><c> the</c><00:20:01.259><c> supreme</c><00:20:01.640><c> good.</c>

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They<00:20:03.440><c> were</c><00:20:03.799><c> proud</c><00:20:04.240><c> of</c><00:20:04.460><c> their</c><00:20:04.799><c> achievements.</c>

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It<00:20:05.920><c> was</c><00:20:06.380><c> a</c><00:20:06.539><c> philosophy</c><00:20:07.160><c> of</c><00:20:07.559><c> pride.</c><00:20:09.039><c> They</c><00:20:09.359><c> believed</c><00:20:09.720><c> in</c><00:20:10.059><c> blind</c>

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fate<00:20:10.880><c> and</c><00:20:11.299><c> an</c><00:20:11.539><c> immortal</c><00:20:11.960><c> soul</c><00:20:12.440><c> that</c><00:20:12.700><c> would</c>

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eventually<00:20:13.460><c> merge</c><00:20:13.900><c> with</c><00:20:14.119><c> the</c><00:20:14.380><c> elements</c><00:20:14.740><c> and</c><00:20:15.539><c> disappear.</c><00:20:17.259><c> They</c><00:20:17.500><c> had</c>

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no<00:20:17.960><c> savior.</c><00:20:19.420><c> To</c><00:20:19.700><c> these,</c><00:20:20.420><c> Paul</c><00:20:20.599><c> was</c><00:20:20.900><c> nothing</c>

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but<00:20:21.539><c> a</c><00:20:21.819><c> babbler,</c><00:20:22.579><c> that</c><00:20:22.799><c> is,</c><00:20:23.920><c> a</c><00:20:24.140><c> spermologos,</c><00:20:25.759><c> a</c><00:20:26.079><c> person</c><00:20:26.440><c> who</c>

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picked<00:20:26.960><c> up</c><00:20:27.380><c> scraps</c><00:20:27.759><c> around</c><00:20:28.259><c> the</c><00:20:28.500><c> market.</c>

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The<00:20:30.099><c> word</c><00:20:30.380><c> is</c><00:20:30.539><c> used</c><00:20:30.839><c> here</c><00:20:31.200><c> for</c><00:20:31.359><c> someone</c><00:20:31.740><c> who</c><00:20:32.000><c> picks</c><00:20:32.259><c> up</c><00:20:32.579><c> scraps</c>

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of<00:20:33.299><c> learning</c><00:20:33.660><c> from</c><00:20:34.039><c> here</c><00:20:34.480><c> and</c><00:20:34.740><c> there.</c>

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These<00:20:36.819><c> accused</c><00:20:37.240><c> Paul</c><00:20:37.819><c> of</c><00:20:38.160><c> teaching</c><00:20:38.640><c> strange</c><00:20:39.319><c> gods,</c><00:20:40.119><c> the</c><00:20:40.259><c> Greek</c><00:20:40.480><c> word</c>

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demons,<00:20:41.799><c> a</c><00:20:41.960><c> lower</c><00:20:42.400><c> order</c><00:20:42.839><c> of</c><00:20:43.099><c> gods</c>

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equivalent<00:20:43.940><c> to</c><00:20:44.259><c> church</c><00:20:44.680><c> saints.</c><00:20:47.079><c> Despite</c><00:20:47.599><c> their</c><00:20:47.940><c> politeness</c>

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when<00:20:48.839><c> they</c><00:20:49.099><c> arrested</c><00:20:49.500><c> Paul</c><00:20:49.940><c> and</c><00:20:50.160><c> brought</c>

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him<00:20:50.599><c> to</c><00:20:50.859><c> the</c><00:20:51.059><c> Areopagus,</c><00:20:52.619><c> the</c><00:20:52.799><c> high</c><00:20:53.119><c> court</c><00:20:53.319><c> of</c><00:20:53.559><c> Athens,</c><00:20:54.759><c> this</c>

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was<00:20:55.619><c> a</c><00:20:55.799><c> serious</c><00:20:56.460><c> charge.</c>

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You<00:20:58.160><c> turn</c><00:20:58.480><c> back</c><00:20:58.759><c> and</c><00:20:58.900><c> see</c><00:20:59.119><c> the</c><00:20:59.359><c> commentary</c><00:20:59.640><c> on</c><00:20:59.880><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.180><c> 16</c><00:21:00.700><c> verse</c><00:21:01.019><c> 21.</c><00:21:03.240><c> Socrates</c><00:21:03.759><c> had</c><00:21:04.019><c> been</c><00:21:04.259><c> put</c><00:21:04.460><c> to</c>

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death<00:21:04.819><c> in</c>

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Athens<00:21:05.500><c> 400</c><00:21:06.400><c> years</c><00:21:06.960><c> earlier</c><00:21:07.500><c> for</c><00:21:07.880><c> teaching</c><00:21:08.299><c> new</c><00:21:08.660><c> gods.</c><00:21:11.460><c> Democracy</c><00:21:12.000><c> had</c>

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advanced<00:21:12.819><c> from</c><00:21:13.180><c> that</c><00:21:13.500><c> time</c><00:21:13.819><c> and</c><00:21:14.099><c> it</c><00:21:14.319><c> is</c>

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considered<00:21:15.039><c> to</c><00:21:15.259><c> be</c><00:21:15.460><c> unlikely</c><00:21:16.119><c> that</c><00:21:16.500><c> Paul's</c><00:21:17.019><c> life</c><00:21:17.220><c> was</c><00:21:17.579><c> in</c><00:21:17.839><c> danger.</c><00:21:19.819><c> Luke</c><00:21:20.019><c> explains</c><00:21:20.700><c> that</c><00:21:21.039><c> the</c><00:21:21.259><c> Athenian</c>

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philosophers<00:21:22.440><c> delighted</c><00:21:23.160><c> to</c><00:21:23.519><c> tell</c><00:21:23.940><c> or</c><00:21:24.220><c> to</c><00:21:24.500><c> hear</c><00:21:24.839><c> some</c><00:21:25.140><c> new</c><00:21:25.460><c> things,</c><00:21:26.940><c> but</c><00:21:27.119><c> if</c>

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he<00:21:27.339><c> was</c><00:21:27.500><c> not</c><00:21:27.720><c> careful,</c>

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Paul's<00:21:29.900><c> answers</c><00:21:30.059><c> could</c><00:21:30.359><c> easily</c><00:21:30.799><c> lead</c><00:21:31.099><c> to</c><00:21:31.359><c> a</c><00:21:31.440><c> more</c><00:21:31.799><c> serious</c>

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charge.<00:21:34.140><c> This</c><00:21:34.799><c> superficial</c><00:21:35.839><c> curiosity,</c>

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all<00:21:37.680><c> talk</c><00:21:38.099><c> but</c><00:21:38.380><c> no</c><00:21:38.660><c> performance,</c><00:21:39.839><c> or</c><00:21:40.099><c> knowledge</c><00:21:40.500><c> for</c><00:21:40.779><c> its</c><00:21:41.059><c> own</c>

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sake,<00:21:42.539><c> can</c><00:21:42.740><c> easily</c><00:21:43.160><c> become</c><00:21:43.480><c> a</c><00:21:43.779><c> problem</c><00:21:44.000><c> in</c>

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ecclesial<00:21:44.720><c> life</c><00:21:45.000><c> also.</c><00:21:46.200><c> There</c><00:21:46.460><c> could</c><00:21:46.660><c> be</c><00:21:46.839><c> no</c><00:21:47.140><c> appeal</c><00:21:47.519><c> to</c><00:21:47.819><c> scripture</c><00:21:48.180><c> and</c>

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prophecy<00:21:48.980><c> to</c><00:21:49.279><c> these</c><00:21:49.599><c> philosophers.</c>

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Paul's<00:21:51.960><c> answer</c><00:21:52.299><c> is</c><00:21:52.619><c> nevertheless</c><00:21:53.180><c> full</c><00:21:53.920><c> of</c><00:21:54.200><c> Old</c><00:21:54.559><c> Testament</c><00:21:55.140><c> allusions.</c><00:21:57.019><c> It</c><00:21:57.240><c> gives</c><00:21:57.480><c> us</c><00:21:57.720><c> a</c>

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model<00:21:58.339><c> of</c><00:21:58.579><c> how</c><00:21:58.759><c> to</c><00:21:59.039><c> address</c>

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a<00:21:59.539><c> hostile</c><00:22:00.000><c> audience.</c><00:22:02.319><c> Paul's</c><00:22:02.859><c> opening</c><00:22:03.180><c> statement,</c><00:22:04.539><c> that</c><00:22:04.799><c> in</c>

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all<00:22:05.240><c> things</c><00:22:05.539><c> he</c><00:22:05.740><c> are</c><00:22:06.059><c> too</c><00:22:06.539><c> superstitious,</c>

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sounds<00:22:08.900><c> to</c><00:22:09.220><c> us</c><00:22:09.599><c> like</c><00:22:09.900><c> an</c><00:22:10.200><c> insult.</c><00:22:11.700><c> The</c><00:22:11.880><c> Greek,</c><00:22:12.579><c> however,</c>

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means<00:22:12.960><c> literally,</c>

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ye<00:22:14.460><c> are</c><00:22:14.900><c> devoted</c><00:22:15.420><c> to</c><00:22:15.839><c> demon</c><00:22:16.319><c> worship.</c><00:22:17.279><c> The</c><00:22:17.359><c> Revised</c><00:22:17.720><c> Standard</c>

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Version<00:22:18.500><c> says</c><00:22:18.940><c> very</c><00:22:19.700><c> religious.</c>

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An<00:22:21.619><c> observation</c><00:22:22.240><c> they</c><00:22:22.480><c> would</c><00:22:22.839><c> probably</c><00:22:23.440><c> see</c><00:22:23.680><c> as</c><00:22:23.940><c> a</c><00:22:24.180><c> compliment.</c><00:22:25.859><c> Paul</c><00:22:26.160><c> was</c>

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interested<00:22:27.000><c> in</c><00:22:27.359><c> people</c><00:22:27.839><c> and</c>

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their<00:22:28.420><c> manner</c><00:22:28.680><c> of</c><00:22:28.980><c> life.</c><00:22:30.960><c> He</c><00:22:31.279><c> used</c><00:22:31.539><c> the</c><00:22:31.819><c> knowledge</c><00:22:32.240><c> so</c><00:22:32.660><c> gained</c>

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to<00:22:33.359><c> devise</c><00:22:33.839><c> ways</c><00:22:34.220><c> of</c><00:22:34.559><c> introducing</c><00:22:35.079><c> the</c><00:22:35.400><c> truth</c>

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so<00:22:36.559><c> that</c><00:22:36.799><c> he</c><00:22:37.019><c> was</c><00:22:37.559><c> ready</c><00:22:38.000><c> when</c><00:22:38.539><c> opportunity</c><00:22:39.339><c> presented.</c><00:22:42.000><c> Lord</c>

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of<00:22:42.640><c> heaven</c><00:22:43.039><c> and</c><00:22:43.400><c> earth.</c>

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Having<00:22:45.160><c> stated</c><00:22:45.539><c> that</c><00:22:45.839><c> his</c><00:22:46.059><c> stay</c><00:22:46.220><c> in</c><00:22:46.500><c> Athens</c><00:22:46.779><c> was</c><00:22:47.119><c> only</c><00:22:47.440><c> temporary,</c><00:22:48.839><c> he</c>

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continues<00:22:49.539><c> that</c><00:22:49.799><c> while</c><00:22:50.160><c> beholding</c>

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their<00:22:51.099><c> devotions,</c><00:22:51.980><c> he</c><00:22:52.160><c> had</c><00:22:52.420><c> noticed</c><00:22:52.839><c> an</c><00:22:53.140><c> altar</c><00:22:53.279><c> with</c><00:22:53.579><c> the</c><00:22:53.940><c> inscription</c><00:22:54.500><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:55.859><c> unknown</c><00:22:56.539><c> God.</c><00:22:58.460><c> After</c><00:22:58.920><c> all,</c>

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if<00:22:59.500><c> a</c><00:22:59.599><c> God</c><00:22:59.779><c> was</c><00:23:00.099><c> ignored,</c><00:23:00.519><c> it</c><00:23:00.640><c> might</c><00:23:00.920><c> have</c><00:23:01.079><c> fearful</c><00:23:01.500><c> consequences.</c><00:23:03.500><c> No</c><00:23:03.720><c> altar</c>

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bearing<00:23:04.559><c> this</c><00:23:05.000><c> description</c>

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has<00:23:05.779><c> been</c><00:23:06.200><c> found</c><00:23:06.720><c> by</c><00:23:07.119><c> archaeologists,</c><00:23:08.619><c> but</c><00:23:08.759><c> several</c><00:23:09.200><c> ancient</c>

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writers<00:23:10.200><c> do</c><00:23:10.640><c> mention</c><00:23:11.099><c> that</c><00:23:11.400><c> altars</c><00:23:11.740><c> to</c><00:23:12.000><c> unknown</c>

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gods<00:23:12.819><c> were</c><00:23:13.220><c> to</c><00:23:13.420><c> be</c><00:23:13.619><c> seen</c><00:23:13.819><c> in</c><00:23:14.119><c> Athens</c><00:23:14.460><c> in</c><00:23:15.160><c> the</c><00:23:15.400><c> second</c><00:23:15.819><c> and</c><00:23:16.000><c> third</c><00:23:16.380><c> centuries.</c><00:23:19.319><c> Starting</c><00:23:19.619><c> with</c>

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their<00:23:20.359><c> confession</c>

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of<00:23:21.160><c> ignorance,</c><00:23:22.519><c> Paul</c><00:23:22.720><c> explains</c><00:23:23.400><c> to</c><00:23:23.740><c> them</c><00:23:23.940><c> not</c><00:23:24.259><c> a</c><00:23:24.539><c> new</c><00:23:24.839><c> God,</c><00:23:25.900><c> but</c><00:23:26.099><c> the</c><00:23:26.500><c> true</c><00:23:26.880><c> God</c><00:23:27.460><c> in</c>

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saying,<00:23:29.259><c> him</c><00:23:29.680><c> declare</c><00:23:30.299><c> I</c><00:23:30.980><c> unto</c><00:23:31.359><c> you.</c>

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Paul<00:23:32.940><c> is</c><00:23:33.259><c> proving</c><00:23:33.500><c> that</c><00:23:33.720><c> he</c><00:23:33.880><c> is</c><00:23:33.980><c> not</c><00:23:34.259><c> a</c><00:23:34.519><c> babbler,</c><00:23:35.119><c> but</c><00:23:35.279><c> a</c><00:23:35.539><c> messenger</c><00:23:36.000><c> of</c><00:23:36.259><c> God.</c><00:23:37.579><c> He</c>

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does<00:23:38.000><c> not</c><00:23:38.180><c> say</c><00:23:38.400><c> the</c><00:23:38.619><c> true</c><00:23:38.880><c> God</c>

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is<00:23:39.299><c> the</c><00:23:39.460><c> God</c><00:23:39.619><c> of</c><00:23:39.799><c> Israel,</c><00:23:40.940><c> which</c><00:23:41.299><c> would</c><00:23:41.680><c> provoke</c><00:23:42.019><c> a</c><00:23:42.220><c> negative</c>

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reaction,<00:23:44.240><c> but</c><00:23:44.359><c> that</c><00:23:44.599><c> the</c><00:23:44.960><c> true</c><00:23:45.259><c> God</c><00:23:45.500><c> is</c><00:23:45.740><c> the</c>

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creator,<00:23:47.339><c> the</c><00:23:47.579><c> Lord</c><00:23:47.880><c> of</c><00:23:48.119><c> heaven</c><00:23:48.519><c> and</c><00:23:48.980><c> earth.</c><00:23:50.799><c> Paul</c><00:23:51.059><c> does</c><00:23:51.319><c> not</c>

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pour<00:23:52.019><c> scorn</c><00:23:52.400><c> on</c><00:23:52.660><c> the</c><00:23:52.779><c> gods</c><00:23:53.059><c> of</c><00:23:53.359><c> Athens,</c>

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but<00:23:54.940><c> establishes</c><00:23:55.720><c> that</c><00:23:55.940><c> as</c><00:23:56.339><c> creator,</c><00:23:57.700><c> he</c><00:23:57.740><c> is</c><00:23:58.059><c> the</c><00:23:58.279><c> source</c><00:23:58.519><c> of</c>

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life<00:23:59.259><c> and</c><00:23:59.460><c> therefore</c><00:23:59.779><c> must</c><00:24:00.019><c> be</c><00:24:00.240><c> greater</c>

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than<00:24:00.740><c> all</c><00:24:01.019><c> other</c><00:24:01.319><c> gods.</c><00:24:03.140><c> In</c><00:24:03.339><c> so</c><00:24:03.640><c> saying,</c><00:24:04.220><c> Paul</c><00:24:04.299><c> begins</c><00:24:04.740><c> to</c><00:24:05.019><c> answer</c><00:24:05.279><c> the</c>

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Epicureans<00:24:06.339><c> who</c><00:24:06.779><c> did</c><00:24:07.019><c> not</c><00:24:07.420><c> believe</c>

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in<00:24:08.140><c> divine</c><00:24:08.440><c> creation.</c><00:24:10.359><c> By</c><00:24:10.660><c> continuing</c><00:24:11.319><c> that</c><00:24:11.700><c> this</c><00:24:12.279><c> Lord</c><00:24:12.779><c> of</c>

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heaven<00:24:13.319><c> and</c><00:24:13.539><c> earth</c><00:24:13.740><c> dwelleth</c><00:24:14.180><c> not</c><00:24:14.440><c> in</c><00:24:14.680><c> temples</c><00:24:15.019><c> made</c>

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with<00:24:15.599><c> hands,</c><00:24:16.400><c> but</c><00:24:16.819><c> he</c><00:24:17.119><c> giveth</c><00:24:17.380><c> to</c><00:24:17.660><c> all</c><00:24:17.920><c> life</c><00:24:18.240><c> and</c><00:24:18.480><c> breath</c><00:24:18.700><c> and</c>

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all<00:24:19.099><c> things,</c><00:24:20.539><c> he</c><00:24:20.779><c> begins</c><00:24:21.200><c> to</c><00:24:21.519><c> answer</c><00:24:21.779><c> the</c><00:24:22.140><c> Stoics</c>

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who<00:24:22.779><c> believed</c><00:24:23.240><c> in</c><00:24:23.720><c> irresistible</c><00:24:24.740><c> fate.</c><00:24:26.579><c> He</c><00:24:26.759><c> is</c><00:24:27.099><c> a</c><00:24:27.480><c> personal</c>

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God,<00:24:28.740><c> very</c><00:24:29.099><c> much</c><00:24:29.500><c> concerned</c><00:24:30.019><c> about</c><00:24:30.359><c> his</c><00:24:30.700><c> creation.</c>

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Worship<00:24:33.019><c> means</c><00:24:33.559><c> to</c><00:24:33.839><c> do</c><00:24:34.099><c> service</c><00:24:34.579><c> to.</c><00:24:35.859><c> The</c><00:24:36.119><c> truth</c><00:24:36.440><c> is,</c><00:24:37.539><c> our</c><00:24:37.740><c> life</c><00:24:38.059><c> is</c>

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dependent<00:24:38.779><c> upon</c><00:24:39.180><c> him,</c><00:24:40.559><c> not</c><00:24:40.880><c> his</c><00:24:41.220><c> life</c><00:24:41.579><c> upon</c><00:24:41.880><c> us.</c>

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Psalm<00:24:43.839><c> 50</c><00:24:44.380><c> verse</c><00:24:44.619><c> 8</c><00:24:44.920><c> to</c><00:24:45.079><c> 15</c><00:24:45.599><c> and</c><00:24:45.880><c> Micah</c><00:24:46.240><c> 6</c><00:24:46.519><c> verse</c><00:24:46.759><c> 6</c><00:24:47.160><c> to</c><00:24:47.339><c> 8.</c><00:24:48.859><c> We</c>

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might<00:24:49.279><c> compare</c><00:24:49.700><c> also,</c>

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they<00:24:51.500><c> that</c><00:24:51.960><c> make</c><00:24:52.259><c> a</c><00:24:52.519><c> graven</c><00:24:52.880><c> image</c><00:24:53.380><c> are</c><00:24:53.779><c> all</c><00:24:54.240><c> of</c><00:24:54.500><c> them</c><00:24:54.839><c> vanity.</c>

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He<00:24:56.299><c> feedeth</c><00:24:56.660><c> on</c><00:24:56.920><c> ashes,</c><00:24:57.779><c> a</c><00:24:58.019><c> deceived</c><00:24:58.480><c> heart</c>

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hath<00:24:59.240><c> turned</c><00:24:59.980><c> him</c><00:25:00.500><c> aside</c><00:25:01.359><c> from</c><00:25:01.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:02.359><c> 44</c><00:25:03.019><c> verses</c><00:25:03.420><c> 9</c><00:25:03.839><c> to</c><00:25:04.079><c> 20.</c>

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This<00:25:05.940><c> God</c><00:25:06.279><c> is,</c><00:25:07.359><c> verse</c><00:25:07.619><c> 24,</c><00:25:09.359><c> was,</c><00:25:10.500><c> verse</c><00:25:10.700><c> 25</c><00:25:11.400><c> to</c><00:25:11.640><c> 26,</c>

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and<00:25:13.539><c> is</c><00:25:14.200><c> to</c><00:25:14.440><c> come,</c><00:25:15.500><c> verse</c><00:25:15.880><c> 31,</c><00:25:17.420><c> and</c><00:25:17.700><c> as</c><00:25:17.920><c> we</c><00:25:18.099><c> have</c><00:25:18.220><c> it</c><00:25:18.400><c> in</c><00:25:18.519><c> Revelation</c><00:25:19.059><c> 1</c><00:25:19.440><c> verse</c><00:25:19.740><c> 8</c><00:25:20.140><c> and</c><00:25:20.460><c> 4</c>

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verse<00:25:21.099><c> 8.</c>

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In<00:25:23.039><c> saying</c><00:25:23.400><c> he</c><00:25:23.660><c> dwelleth</c><00:25:24.079><c> not</c><00:25:24.279><c> in</c><00:25:24.480><c> temples</c><00:25:24.839><c> made</c><00:25:25.160><c> with</c><00:25:25.400><c> hands,</c>

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verse<00:25:26.680><c> 24,</c><00:25:28.079><c> Paul</c><00:25:28.339><c> is</c><00:25:28.759><c> remembering</c><00:25:29.140><c> again</c><00:25:29.640><c> the</c>

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words<00:25:30.180><c> of</c><00:25:30.519><c> Stephen's</c><00:25:31.000><c> defense,</c><00:25:31.960><c> quoted</c><00:25:32.220><c> from</c><00:25:32.559><c> the</c><00:25:32.740><c> words</c><00:25:32.940><c> of</c>

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Solomon<00:25:33.599><c> at</c><00:25:33.839><c> the</c><00:25:34.079><c> dedication</c><00:25:34.599><c> of</c><00:25:34.839><c> the</c><00:25:35.039><c> temple,</c>

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and<00:25:36.539><c> Isaiah.</c><00:25:38.539><c> All</c><00:25:39.119><c> nations</c><00:25:39.599><c> are</c><00:25:39.960><c> of</c><00:25:40.220><c> one,</c><00:25:41.119><c> we</c><00:25:41.420><c> omit</c><00:25:41.700><c> the</c><00:25:41.900><c> word</c>

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blood,<00:25:43.480><c> that</c><00:25:43.700><c> is,</c><00:25:44.480><c> from</c><00:25:44.960><c> Adam.</c><00:25:46.740><c> For</c><00:25:46.940><c> as</c><00:25:47.319><c> in</c><00:25:47.559><c> Adam</c>

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all<00:25:47.900><c> die,</c><00:25:49.099><c> even</c><00:25:49.559><c> so</c><00:25:49.880><c> in</c><00:25:50.140><c> Christ</c><00:25:50.559><c> shall</c><00:25:50.839><c> all</c><00:25:51.019><c> be</c><00:25:51.200><c> made</c><00:25:51.460><c> alive,</c><00:25:52.059><c> Paul</c><00:25:52.359><c> says</c><00:25:52.759><c> in</c><00:25:53.200><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:25:53.940><c> 15</c><00:25:54.519><c> verse</c><00:25:54.920><c> 22.</c>

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The<00:25:57.019><c> God</c><00:25:57.319><c> who</c><00:25:57.599><c> made</c><00:25:58.019><c> men</c><00:25:58.640><c> also</c><00:25:59.359><c> scattered</c><00:25:59.880><c> them</c><00:26:00.200><c> abroad</c><00:26:00.579><c> from</c>

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thence<00:26:01.680><c> upon</c><00:26:01.960><c> the</c><00:26:02.259><c> face</c><00:26:02.559><c> of</c><00:26:02.799><c> all</c><00:26:03.019><c> the</c><00:26:03.240><c> earth,</c>

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Genesis<00:26:04.480><c> 11</c><00:26:04.920><c> verse</c><00:26:05.240><c> 8.</c><00:26:06.400><c> This</c><00:26:06.740><c> God</c><00:26:07.259><c> hath</c><00:26:07.819><c> determined</c><00:26:08.559><c> the</c><00:26:08.880><c> times,</c><00:26:09.440><c> the</c>

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Greek<00:26:09.880><c> kairos,</c><00:26:11.920><c> fixed</c><00:26:12.200><c> time</c><00:26:12.759><c> or</c><00:26:13.200><c> season,</c>

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determined<00:26:14.779><c> the</c><00:26:15.019><c> times</c><00:26:15.380><c> before</c><00:26:15.920><c> appointed</c><00:26:16.480><c> and</c><00:26:17.299><c> the</c><00:26:17.660><c> bounds</c>

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of<00:26:18.319><c> their</c><00:26:18.579><c> habitation,</c><00:26:20.059><c> citing</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:26:21.099><c> 32</c><00:26:21.680><c> verse</c><00:26:21.940><c> 8</c><00:26:22.559><c> and</c><00:26:23.220><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:23.799><c> 27</c><00:26:24.599><c> verse</c><00:26:25.000><c> 5.</c><00:26:26.460><c> For</c>

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he<00:26:27.039><c> changeth</c><00:26:27.519><c> the</c><00:26:27.839><c> times</c><00:26:28.279><c> and</c><00:26:28.720><c> the</c><00:26:28.960><c> seasons,</c>

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he<00:26:30.079><c> giveth</c><00:26:30.319><c> wisdom</c><00:26:30.799><c> unto</c><00:26:31.099><c> the</c><00:26:31.359><c> wise</c><00:26:31.740><c> and</c><00:26:32.019><c> knowledge</c><00:26:32.420><c> to</c><00:26:32.619><c> them</c>

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that<00:26:33.079><c> know</c><00:26:33.299><c> understanding.</c>

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He<00:26:35.240><c> revealeth</c><00:26:35.740><c> the</c><00:26:35.980><c> deep</c><00:26:36.259><c> and</c><00:26:36.619><c> secret</c><00:26:36.940><c> things</c><00:26:37.480><c> as</c><00:26:38.099><c> Daniel</c><00:26:38.539><c> advised</c><00:26:39.180><c> King</c><00:26:39.680><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:26:40.759><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:26:41.519><c> 2</c><00:26:41.900><c> and</c><00:26:42.279><c> chapter</c>

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4<00:26:42.880><c> of</c><00:26:43.119><c> Daniel.</c><00:26:45.019><c> Then</c><00:26:45.299><c> turning</c><00:26:45.720><c> to</c><00:26:46.019><c> the</c><00:26:46.220><c> Stoics</c><00:26:46.599><c> and</c><00:26:46.819><c> Epicureans,</c><00:26:48.319><c> Paul</c><00:26:48.819><c> pointedly</c><00:26:49.660><c> said</c>

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that<00:26:50.940><c> they</c><00:26:51.279><c> should</c>

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seek<00:26:51.980><c> the</c><00:26:52.240><c> Lord</c><00:26:52.660><c> if</c><00:26:53.559><c> happily</c><00:26:53.920><c> they</c><00:26:54.200><c> might</c><00:26:54.480><c> feel</c><00:26:54.839><c> after</c><00:26:55.180><c> him</c><00:26:55.539><c> and</c><00:26:55.819><c> find</c><00:26:56.200><c> him,</c><00:26:57.400><c> though</c><00:26:57.759><c> he</c>

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be<00:26:58.279><c> not</c><00:26:58.640><c> far</c><00:26:58.880><c> from</c><00:26:59.119><c> every</c><00:26:59.440><c> one</c>

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of<00:26:59.759><c> us.</c><00:27:01.940><c> Sin</c><00:27:02.359><c> is</c><00:27:03.059><c> the</c><00:27:03.319><c> problem,</c><00:27:04.900><c> that</c><00:27:05.259><c> is</c><00:27:05.500><c> why</c><00:27:05.799><c> we're</c><00:27:06.279><c> separated</c><00:27:06.839><c> from</c><00:27:07.200><c> our</c>

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creator.<00:27:09.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:10.059><c> says</c><00:27:10.339><c> it</c><00:27:10.619><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:27:10.980><c> 59</c><00:27:11.680><c> verse</c><00:27:12.000><c> 1</c><00:27:12.380><c> and</c><00:27:12.539><c> 2.</c><00:27:13.500><c> Behold,</c><00:27:14.019><c> the</c><00:27:14.180><c> Lord's</c><00:27:14.579><c> hand</c><00:27:14.740><c> is</c>

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not<00:27:15.400><c> shortened</c><00:27:15.859><c> that</c><00:27:16.099><c> it</c><00:27:16.380><c> cannot</c><00:27:16.680><c> save,</c>

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neither<00:27:18.420><c> his</c><00:27:18.839><c> ear</c><00:27:19.279><c> heavy</c><00:27:19.619><c> that</c><00:27:19.839><c> it</c><00:27:20.180><c> cannot</c><00:27:20.460><c> hear.</c><00:27:21.880><c> But</c><00:27:22.140><c> your</c>

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iniquities<00:27:23.440><c> have</c><00:27:23.799><c> separated</c><00:27:24.359><c> between</c><00:27:24.819><c> you</c><00:27:25.140><c> and</c>

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your<00:27:25.500><c> God,</c><00:27:26.619><c> and</c><00:27:26.859><c> your</c><00:27:27.220><c> sins</c><00:27:27.660><c> have</c><00:27:28.000><c> hid</c><00:27:28.119><c> his</c><00:27:28.480><c> face</c><00:27:28.720><c> from</c><00:27:29.039><c> you</c><00:27:29.279><c> that</c><00:27:29.460><c> he</c>

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will<00:27:29.940><c> not</c><00:27:30.279><c> hear.</c><00:27:32.119><c> Men</c><00:27:32.539><c> are</c><00:27:33.180><c> alienated</c><00:27:33.980><c> from</c><00:27:34.339><c> God</c>

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by<00:27:34.980><c> wicked</c><00:27:35.480><c> works</c><00:27:36.059><c> and</c><00:27:36.779><c> also</c><00:27:37.200><c> alienated</c><00:27:37.940><c> from</c><00:27:38.200><c> the</c><00:27:38.519><c> life</c><00:27:38.859><c> of</c><00:27:39.160><c> God</c><00:27:39.480><c> through</c><00:27:39.940><c> ignorance.</c><00:27:41.480><c> Colossians</c><00:27:41.940><c> 1</c>

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verse<00:27:42.539><c> 21</c>

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and<00:27:43.460><c> Ephesians</c><00:27:43.859><c> 4</c><00:27:44.160><c> verse</c><00:27:44.519><c> 18.</c><00:27:46.119><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:27:47.799><c> if</c><00:27:48.039><c> thou</c><00:27:48.259><c> seek</c>

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him,<00:27:49.460><c> he</c><00:27:49.779><c> will</c><00:27:50.079><c> be</c><00:27:50.359><c> found</c><00:27:50.640><c> of</c><00:27:50.900><c> thee.</c><00:27:51.940><c> But</c><00:27:52.200><c> if</c><00:27:52.519><c> thou</c>

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forsake<00:27:53.480><c> him,</c><00:27:54.460><c> he</c><00:27:54.799><c> will</c><00:27:55.119><c> cast</c><00:27:55.599><c> thee</c><00:27:55.880><c> off</c><00:27:56.539><c> forever.</c><00:27:58.000><c> 1</c><00:27:58.319><c> Chronicles</c><00:27:58.839><c> 28</c><00:27:59.519><c> verse</c><00:27:59.920><c> 9</c><00:28:00.759><c> and</c><00:28:01.240><c> 2</c>

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Chronicles<00:28:02.079><c> 15</c><00:28:02.700><c> verse</c>

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22.<00:28:04.319><c> To</c><00:28:04.839><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:05.480><c> he</c><00:28:05.779><c> says,</c><00:28:07.160><c> I</c><00:28:07.299><c> am</c><00:28:07.579><c> a</c><00:28:07.759><c> god</c><00:28:07.900><c> at</c><00:28:08.180><c> hand,</c><00:28:08.700><c> saith</c><00:28:08.799><c> the</c><00:28:09.039><c> Lord,</c><00:28:09.460><c> and</c><00:28:09.759><c> not</c><00:28:10.319><c> a</c>

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god<00:28:10.819><c> afar</c><00:28:11.200><c> off.</c>

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Do<00:28:12.720><c> not</c><00:28:12.980><c> I</c><00:28:13.359><c> fill</c><00:28:13.799><c> heaven</c><00:28:14.259><c> and</c><00:28:14.500><c> earth,</c><00:28:14.940><c> saith</c><00:28:15.079><c> the</c><00:28:15.319><c> Lord.</c><00:28:16.359><c> And</c>

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that's<00:28:16.859><c> in</c><00:28:17.039><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:17.420><c> 23</c><00:28:18.119><c> verse</c><00:28:18.420><c> 23</c><00:28:19.039><c> to</c><00:28:19.319><c> 24.</c>

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Paul's<00:28:22.299><c> comments</c><00:28:22.680><c> are</c><00:28:23.220><c> a</c><00:28:23.400><c> biting</c><00:28:23.819><c> criticism</c><00:28:24.599><c> of</c><00:28:24.960><c> idolatry</c><00:28:26.000><c> as</c>

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well<00:28:26.799><c> as</c><00:28:26.960><c> a</c><00:28:27.140><c> refutation</c><00:28:27.779><c> of</c><00:28:28.019><c> the</c>

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inferiority<00:28:29.460><c> of</c><00:28:29.640><c> his</c><00:28:29.960><c> critics.</c><00:28:31.619><c> We</c><00:28:31.960><c> who</c><00:28:32.299><c> believe</c><00:28:32.740><c> do</c><00:28:33.039><c> not</c>

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feel<00:28:33.940><c> after</c><00:28:34.339><c> him,</c><00:28:34.720><c> groping</c><00:28:35.240><c> like</c><00:28:35.559><c> blind</c><00:28:35.900><c> men.</c>

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He<00:28:37.619><c> has</c><00:28:38.079><c> revealed</c><00:28:38.720><c> himself</c><00:28:39.279><c> unto</c><00:28:39.640><c> us.</c>

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A<00:28:43.380><c> certain</c><00:28:43.640><c> also</c><00:28:44.019><c> of</c><00:28:44.200><c> your</c><00:28:44.380><c> own</c><00:28:44.720><c> poets</c><00:28:45.019><c> have</c><00:28:45.359><c> said.</c><00:28:47.380><c> In</c><00:28:47.740><c> proof,</c>

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Paul<00:28:48.799><c> cites</c><00:28:49.299><c> their</c><00:28:49.680><c> own</c><00:28:50.299><c> poets,</c>

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showing<00:28:51.880><c> his</c><00:28:52.220><c> education</c><00:28:52.880><c> and</c><00:28:53.359><c> extraordinary</c><00:28:54.359><c> breadth</c><00:28:54.779><c> of</c><00:28:55.079><c> knowledge.</c><00:28:56.539><c> We're</c><00:28:56.799><c> reminded</c><00:28:57.240><c> of</c>

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brother<00:28:57.700><c> John</c>

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Thomas's<00:28:58.859><c> similar</c><00:28:59.579><c> erudition.</c><00:29:01.980><c> His</c><00:29:02.279><c> first</c><00:29:02.599><c> quotation</c><00:29:03.140><c> is</c><00:29:03.339><c> from</c><00:29:03.619><c> a</c>

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poem<00:29:04.079><c> of</c><00:29:04.500><c> Epimenides</c><00:29:05.279><c> about</c><00:29:05.920><c> 600</c><00:29:06.579><c> BC.</c>

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He<00:29:08.700><c> wrote,</c><00:29:09.680><c> They</c><00:29:09.960><c> fashioned</c><00:29:10.359><c> a</c><00:29:10.740><c> tomb</c><00:29:11.000><c> for</c><00:29:11.319><c> thee,</c><00:29:11.640><c> O</c><00:29:11.940><c> holy</c><00:29:12.279><c> and</c>

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high<00:29:12.819><c> one.</c><00:29:13.880><c> The</c><00:29:14.140><c> Cretans</c><00:29:14.759><c> always</c><00:29:15.220><c> lie</c><00:29:15.599><c> as</c><00:29:15.819><c> evil</c>

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beasts,<00:29:17.059><c> idle</c><00:29:17.380><c> bellies.</c><00:29:18.779><c> But</c><00:29:19.039><c> thou</c><00:29:19.240><c> art</c><00:29:19.500><c> not</c><00:29:19.819><c> dead.</c><00:29:20.759><c> Thou</c><00:29:21.099><c> livest</c><00:29:21.539><c> and</c>

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abidest<00:29:22.640><c> forever,</c><00:29:23.559><c> for</c><00:29:23.740><c> in</c><00:29:24.039><c> thee</c><00:29:24.279><c> we</c><00:29:24.519><c> live</c>

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and<00:29:25.319><c> move</c><00:29:25.759><c> and</c><00:29:26.240><c> have</c><00:29:26.460><c> our</c><00:29:26.740><c> being.</c><00:29:28.420><c> Paul's</c><00:29:28.859><c> citation</c><00:29:29.440><c> of</c><00:29:29.640><c> this</c>

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pagan<00:29:30.500><c> concept</c><00:29:31.160><c> of</c><00:29:31.380><c> God,</c><00:29:32.339><c> also</c><00:29:32.640><c> by</c><00:29:32.900><c> the</c><00:29:33.079><c> way</c><00:29:33.299><c> cited</c>

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in<00:29:34.039><c> Titus</c><00:29:34.400><c> 1</c><00:29:34.619><c> verse</c><00:29:34.839><c> 12,</c><00:29:36.359><c> reinforces</c><00:29:37.079><c> his</c><00:29:37.559><c> refutation</c><00:29:38.220><c> of</c><00:29:38.539><c> idols</c><00:29:38.819><c> that</c><00:29:39.180><c> cannot</c><00:29:39.460><c> move,</c><00:29:40.200><c> see</c>

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or<00:29:40.680><c> hear</c><00:29:41.119><c> because</c>

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they're<00:29:42.259><c> not</c><00:29:42.539><c> alive.</c><00:29:44.700><c> Psalm</c><00:29:44.920><c> 115</c><00:29:45.960><c> verse</c><00:29:46.359><c> 328.</c><00:29:48.440><c> Paul's</c><00:29:49.019><c> next</c><00:29:49.440><c> quotation</c><00:29:49.980><c> is</c><00:29:50.240><c> from</c><00:29:50.440><c> a</c>

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Stoic<00:29:51.079><c> philosopher</c><00:29:51.660><c> named</c>

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Aratus,<00:29:53.619><c> originally</c><00:29:54.039><c> from</c><00:29:54.460><c> Soli,</c><00:29:55.519><c> not</c><00:29:55.759><c> far</c><00:29:56.039><c> from</c><00:29:56.400><c> Tarsus</c><00:29:56.819><c> in</c><00:29:57.180><c> Cilicia.</c>

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In<00:30:00.039><c> his</c><00:30:00.359><c> poem</c><00:30:01.200><c> Phenomena,</c><00:30:02.859><c> he</c><00:30:03.039><c> writes</c><00:30:03.420><c> of</c><00:30:03.779><c> Zeus,</c><00:30:04.339><c> the</c><00:30:04.539><c> father</c>

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of<00:30:05.180><c> the</c><00:30:05.359><c> gods.</c>

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Let<00:30:07.539><c> us</c><00:30:07.859><c> begin</c><00:30:08.220><c> with</c><00:30:08.539><c> Zeus.</c><00:30:09.839><c> In</c><00:30:10.079><c> every</c><00:30:10.720><c> way</c><00:30:11.180><c> we</c><00:30:11.740><c> have</c><00:30:12.319><c> all</c><00:30:12.839><c> to</c>

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do<00:30:13.299><c> with</c><00:30:13.660><c> Zeus,</c><00:30:14.759><c> for</c><00:30:14.920><c> we</c><00:30:15.180><c> are</c><00:30:15.500><c> truly</c><00:30:16.000><c> his</c><00:30:16.779><c> offspring.</c>

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Paul<00:30:19.359><c> agrees</c><00:30:19.880><c> with</c><00:30:20.279><c> these</c><00:30:20.619><c> pagan</c><00:30:21.099><c> philosophers</c><00:30:21.740><c> up</c><00:30:22.039><c> to</c><00:30:22.240><c> a</c><00:30:22.500><c> point.</c><00:30:23.819><c> He</c>

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does<00:30:24.200><c> not</c><00:30:24.400><c> agree</c><00:30:24.660><c> with</c><00:30:25.019><c> blind</c><00:30:25.339><c> chance,</c>

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:31.519
as<00:30:26.119><c> do</c><00:30:26.319><c> Epicureans.</c><00:30:27.779><c> We</c><00:30:27.980><c> are</c><00:30:28.119><c> made</c><00:30:28.400><c> in</c><00:30:28.640><c> the</c><00:30:28.920><c> image</c><00:30:29.160><c> and</c><00:30:29.420><c> likeness</c><00:30:29.799><c> of</c><00:30:30.000><c> God.</c><00:30:31.259><c> If</c>

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.680
we<00:30:31.720><c> are</c><00:30:31.839><c> his</c><00:30:32.119><c> offspring,</c>

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:36.519
then<00:30:33.240><c> God</c><00:30:33.500><c> is</c><00:30:33.779><c> not</c><00:30:34.240><c> inanimate</c><00:30:34.740><c> like</c><00:30:35.039><c> wood,</c><00:30:35.420><c> stone,</c><00:30:35.920><c> silver</c><00:30:36.299><c> or</c>

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:39.880
gold.<00:30:37.880><c> Paul</c><00:30:38.240><c> uses</c><00:30:38.779><c> these</c><00:30:39.240><c> two</c><00:30:39.579><c> quotations</c>

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:46.099
to<00:30:40.440><c> refute</c><00:30:41.319><c> idolatry,</c><00:30:42.660><c> not</c><00:30:42.940><c> support</c><00:30:43.539><c> it.</c><00:30:45.160><c> Rounding</c><00:30:45.640><c> off</c><00:30:45.799><c> his</c>

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:48.819
defense,<00:30:47.039><c> Paul</c><00:30:47.180><c> comes</c><00:30:47.559><c> back</c><00:30:47.900><c> to</c><00:30:48.099><c> their</c><00:30:48.420><c> tacit</c>

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:52.940
admission<00:30:49.279><c> in</c><00:30:49.539><c> verse</c><00:30:49.839><c> 23</c><00:30:50.519><c> that</c><00:30:50.940><c> they</c><00:30:51.160><c> are</c><00:30:51.400><c> ignorant,</c><00:30:52.240><c> saying,</c>

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:57.660
And<00:30:53.660><c> the</c><00:30:53.900><c> times</c><00:30:54.339><c> of</c><00:30:54.619><c> this</c><00:30:55.000><c> ignorance</c><00:30:55.900><c> God</c><00:30:57.180><c> winked</c>

00:30:57.660 --> 00:31:02.980
at,<00:30:59.039><c> but</c><00:30:59.140><c> now</c><00:30:59.700><c> commandeth</c><00:31:00.380><c> all</c><00:31:00.700><c> men</c><00:31:01.099><c> everywhere</c><00:31:01.680><c> to</c><00:31:02.000><c> repent.</c>

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:06.559
This<00:31:04.720><c> was</c><00:31:05.079><c> quite</c><00:31:05.420><c> a</c><00:31:05.700><c> challenge</c><00:31:06.079><c> to</c><00:31:06.400><c> learn</c>

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:14.980
Athenians,<00:31:08.819><c> and</c><00:31:08.980><c> yet</c><00:31:09.200><c> it</c><00:31:09.400><c> is</c><00:31:09.680><c> not</c><00:31:09.940><c> a</c><00:31:10.099><c> challenge.</c><00:31:11.539><c> It</c><00:31:11.680><c> is</c><00:31:12.039><c> a</c><00:31:12.200><c> command.</c><00:31:14.319><c> God,</c><00:31:14.720><c> who</c>

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:16.920
has<00:31:15.440><c> formally</c><00:31:15.940><c> overlooked</c><00:31:16.400><c> the</c>

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:23.059
ignorance<00:31:17.299><c> of</c><00:31:17.599><c> Gentiles,</c><00:31:18.640><c> now</c><00:31:18.880><c> offers</c><00:31:19.359><c> salvation</c><00:31:20.019><c> to</c><00:31:20.339><c> all</c><00:31:20.680><c> men,</c><00:31:21.220><c> not</c><00:31:21.460><c> just</c><00:31:21.839><c> Jews,</c><00:31:22.799><c> on</c>

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.640
the<00:31:23.339><c> basis</c><00:31:23.700><c> of</c><00:31:24.079><c> faithful</c>

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:33.400
obedience,<00:31:26.619><c> as</c><00:31:26.859><c> we</c><00:31:27.059><c> have</c><00:31:27.200><c> it</c><00:31:27.380><c> in</c><00:31:27.519><c> Acts</c><00:31:27.720><c> 9</c><00:31:28.059><c> verse</c><00:31:28.380><c> 15</c><00:31:28.980><c> and</c><00:31:29.140><c> 15</c><00:31:29.680><c> verse</c><00:31:30.059><c> 14.</c><00:31:32.900><c> Now</c><00:31:33.259><c> it</c>

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:35.720
is<00:31:33.619><c> not</c><00:31:33.819><c> Paul</c><00:31:34.140><c> who</c><00:31:34.339><c> is</c><00:31:34.579><c> on</c><00:31:34.859><c> trial.</c>

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:44.720
It<00:31:36.420><c> is</c><00:31:36.819><c> his</c><00:31:37.079><c> judges.</c><00:31:38.579><c> He</c><00:31:38.740><c> is</c><00:31:38.960><c> no</c><00:31:39.259><c> babbler,</c><00:31:40.400><c> but</c><00:31:40.519><c> has</c><00:31:40.940><c> the</c><00:31:41.140><c> authority</c><00:31:41.819><c> of</c><00:31:42.140><c> the</c><00:31:42.359><c> unknown</c><00:31:42.900><c> God</c><00:31:43.319><c> of</c><00:31:43.700><c> heaven.</c>

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:52.619
Epicureans<00:31:45.940><c> and</c><00:31:46.380><c> Stoics</c><00:31:47.039><c> rejected</c><00:31:48.019><c> judgment.</c><00:31:49.579><c> The</c><00:31:49.880><c> guarantee</c><00:31:50.480><c> that</c><00:31:50.880><c> judgment</c><00:31:51.319><c> will</c><00:31:51.680><c> indeed</c><00:31:52.119><c> come</c><00:31:52.420><c> is</c>

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:56.480
that<00:31:52.799><c> the</c><00:31:53.039><c> judge</c><00:31:53.220><c> has</c><00:31:53.460><c> been</c><00:31:53.740><c> raised</c><00:31:54.079><c> from</c><00:31:54.400><c> the</c><00:31:54.619><c> dead.</c><00:31:55.640><c> This</c><00:31:56.039><c> is</c>

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:59.200
the<00:31:56.900><c> central</c><00:31:57.440><c> pivot</c><00:31:57.880><c> of</c><00:31:58.319><c> the</c><00:31:58.740><c> truth,</c>

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:04.539
and<00:31:59.980><c> it</c><00:32:00.140><c> will</c><00:32:00.480><c> not</c><00:32:00.859><c> be</c><00:32:01.079><c> men's</c><00:32:01.579><c> judgment</c><00:32:01.980><c> such</c><00:32:02.299><c> as</c><00:32:02.480><c> Paul</c><00:32:02.740><c> suffered,</c><00:32:03.900><c> but</c><00:32:04.119><c> he</c>

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:06.839
will<00:32:04.880><c> judge</c><00:32:05.299><c> the</c><00:32:05.619><c> world</c><00:32:05.880><c> in</c><00:32:06.299><c> righteousness</c>

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:10.839
for<00:32:07.539><c> a</c><00:32:07.900><c> thousand</c><00:32:08.279><c> years,</c><00:32:09.119><c> beginning</c><00:32:09.579><c> with</c><00:32:09.920><c> the</c><00:32:10.220><c> removal</c><00:32:10.559><c> of</c>

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:14.220
the<00:32:11.099><c> wicked.</c><00:32:11.960><c> And</c><00:32:12.180><c> in</c><00:32:12.319><c> this</c><00:32:12.500><c> he</c><00:32:12.799><c> cites</c><00:32:13.519><c> several</c><00:32:14.019><c> of</c>

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:22.279
the<00:32:14.400><c> Psalms,</c><00:32:14.740><c> Psalms</c><00:32:15.059><c> 9,</c><00:32:16.119><c> 96</c><00:32:17.079><c> and</c><00:32:18.000><c> 98.</c><00:32:20.099><c> For</c><00:32:20.319><c> the</c><00:32:20.619><c> Lord</c><00:32:20.960><c> is</c><00:32:21.359><c> great</c><00:32:21.779><c> and</c>

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:28.640
greatly<00:32:22.599><c> to</c><00:32:22.859><c> be</c><00:32:23.140><c> praised.</c><00:32:23.700><c> He</c><00:32:24.000><c> is</c><00:32:24.200><c> to</c><00:32:27.799><c> be</c>

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:33.660
idolized,<00:32:29.640><c> but</c><00:32:29.640><c> the</c><00:32:29.960><c> Lord</c><00:32:30.440><c> made</c><00:32:31.059><c> the</c><00:32:31.380><c> heavens,</c><00:32:32.019><c> Psalm</c><00:32:32.220><c> 96</c><00:32:32.940><c> verse</c><00:32:33.279><c> 4</c>

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.759
and<00:32:33.920><c> 5.</c>

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:42.900
Reaction<00:32:38.039><c> to</c><00:32:38.299><c> Paul's</c><00:32:39.579><c> speech.</c><00:32:41.000><c> As</c><00:32:41.299><c> is</c><00:32:41.440><c> only</c><00:32:41.720><c> to</c><00:32:41.960><c> be</c><00:32:42.180><c> expected,</c>

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:45.900
some<00:32:43.359><c> mocked.</c><00:32:44.759><c> These</c><00:32:45.180><c> were</c><00:32:45.420><c> probably</c>

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:50.200
the<00:32:46.220><c> Epicureans</c><00:32:47.039><c> who</c><00:32:47.339><c> believed</c><00:32:47.680><c> in</c><00:32:47.920><c> this</c><00:32:48.140><c> life</c><00:32:48.339><c> only.</c><00:32:49.819><c> Others</c>

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:54.000
said,<00:32:51.640><c> we</c><00:32:51.740><c> will</c><00:32:52.019><c> hear</c><00:32:52.200><c> the</c><00:32:52.480><c> again</c><00:32:52.680><c> of</c><00:32:52.900><c> this</c><00:32:53.160><c> matter.</c>

00:32:54.349 --> 00:32:58.680
These<00:32:54.720><c> were</c><00:32:55.059><c> probably</c><00:32:55.539><c> the</c><00:32:55.880><c> Stoics</c><00:32:56.259><c> who</c><00:32:56.539><c> believed</c><00:32:56.859><c> in</c><00:32:57.079><c> a</c><00:32:57.240><c> Godhead</c><00:32:57.940><c> and</c>

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:00.480
an<00:32:59.019><c> immortal</c><00:32:59.440><c> soul.</c>

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:09.619
Paul<00:33:01.819><c> said</c><00:33:02.359><c> no</c><00:33:02.980><c> more.</c><00:33:04.400><c> He</c><00:33:04.579><c> knew</c><00:33:04.819><c> it</c><00:33:05.079><c> was</c><00:33:05.359><c> casting</c><00:33:05.839><c> pearls</c><00:33:06.299><c> before</c><00:33:06.799><c> swine,</c><00:33:08.019><c> as</c><00:33:08.220><c> Christ</c><00:33:08.480><c> said</c><00:33:08.759><c> in</c><00:33:08.920><c> Matthew</c><00:33:09.279><c> 7</c>

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.900
verse<00:33:09.960><c> 6.</c>

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:15.160
He<00:33:11.359><c> didn't</c><00:33:11.759><c> soften</c><00:33:12.259><c> the</c><00:33:12.539><c> gospel</c><00:33:12.960><c> as</c><00:33:13.240><c> we</c><00:33:13.500><c> might.</c><00:33:14.519><c> That</c><00:33:14.779><c> doesn't</c>

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:19.339
work.<00:33:16.579><c> The</c><00:33:16.839><c> fact</c><00:33:17.039><c> is</c><00:33:17.980><c> men</c><00:33:18.420><c> will</c><00:33:18.720><c> be</c><00:33:18.940><c> judged</c>

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:24.640
for<00:33:19.680><c> their</c><00:33:20.259><c> idolatry.</c><00:33:22.200><c> He</c><00:33:22.640><c> departed</c><00:33:23.240><c> without</c><00:33:23.839><c> stopping</c><00:33:24.259><c> for</c>

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.680
individual<00:33:25.400><c> discussion.</c>

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:32.579
Undoubtedly,<00:33:28.680><c> given</c><00:33:28.880><c> the</c><00:33:29.259><c> circumstances,</c><00:33:29.980><c> this</c><00:33:30.180><c> was</c><00:33:30.400><c> the</c><00:33:30.599><c> most</c><00:33:31.039><c> brilliant</c><00:33:31.539><c> of</c><00:33:31.819><c> Paul's</c>

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:37.759
talks.<00:33:33.940><c> It</c><00:33:34.220><c> had</c><00:33:34.380><c> a</c><00:33:34.559><c> dramatic</c><00:33:35.259><c> impact</c><00:33:35.900><c> for</c><00:33:36.680><c> certain</c><00:33:37.099><c> men</c><00:33:37.460><c> clave</c>

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.619
to<00:33:37.960><c> him</c><00:33:38.119><c> and</c><00:33:38.400><c> believed,</c>

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:43.319
including<00:33:39.440><c> Dionysius,</c><00:33:40.200><c> one</c><00:33:40.519><c> of</c><00:33:40.759><c> his</c><00:33:41.119><c> judges,</c><00:33:42.599><c> and</c><00:33:42.920><c> a</c><00:33:43.059><c> woman</c>

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:45.819
named<00:33:43.640><c> Damaris,</c><00:33:44.460><c> who</c><00:33:44.599><c> tradition</c><00:33:45.059><c> says</c><00:33:45.420><c> was</c>

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:51.200
Dionysius'<00:33:46.740><c> wife</c><00:33:47.299><c> and</c><00:33:47.759><c> others.</c><00:33:49.759><c> Damaris</c><00:33:50.339><c> must</c><00:33:50.680><c> have</c><00:33:50.880><c> become</c>

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:53.160
notable<00:33:51.680><c> among</c><00:33:52.039><c> the</c><00:33:52.319><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:33:52.779><c> to</c><00:33:52.960><c> be</c>

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:57.440
named<00:33:53.460><c> by</c><00:33:53.720><c> Luke,</c><00:33:54.579><c> though</c><00:33:54.740><c> we</c><00:33:55.000><c> know</c><00:33:55.200><c> nothing</c><00:33:55.500><c> of</c><00:33:55.720><c> her.</c><00:33:57.019><c> Amongst</c>

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:59.720
the<00:33:57.619><c> others</c><00:33:57.980><c> would</c><00:33:58.240><c> be</c><00:33:58.500><c> Stephanus,</c><00:33:59.279><c> the</c><00:33:59.440><c> first</c>

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:04.259
fruit<00:34:00.039><c> of</c><00:34:00.380><c> Achaia,</c><00:34:01.599><c> baptized</c><00:34:02.059><c> by</c><00:34:02.380><c> Paul</c><00:34:02.740><c> because</c><00:34:03.140><c> he</c><00:34:03.279><c> was</c><00:34:03.579><c> alone</c><00:34:03.940><c> with</c>

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:08.840
none<00:34:04.519><c> to</c><00:34:04.880><c> assist.</c><00:34:06.500><c> 1</c><00:34:06.839><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:07.400><c> 1</c><00:34:07.779><c> verse</c><00:34:08.019><c> 16</c>

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:15.780
and<00:34:09.480><c> chapter</c><00:34:09.840><c> 16</c><00:34:10.460><c> verse</c><00:34:10.780><c> 15</c><00:34:11.280><c> and</c><00:34:11.579><c> 17.</c><00:34:13.460><c> Paul's</c><00:34:13.980><c> words</c><00:34:14.300><c> to</c><00:34:14.639><c> Corinth</c><00:34:15.019><c> also</c>

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:18.000
sum<00:34:16.099><c> up</c><00:34:16.380><c> the</c><00:34:16.579><c> men</c><00:34:16.739><c> of</c><00:34:17.039><c> Athens.</c>

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:22.539
I<00:34:19.559><c> will</c><00:34:19.820><c> destroy</c><00:34:20.440><c> the</c><00:34:20.739><c> wisdom</c><00:34:21.000><c> of</c><00:34:21.219><c> the</c><00:34:21.440><c> wise</c><00:34:21.800><c> and</c><00:34:22.099><c> will</c><00:34:22.320><c> bring</c>

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:25.639
to<00:34:22.940><c> nothing</c><00:34:23.219><c> the</c><00:34:23.699><c> understanding</c><00:34:24.260><c> of</c><00:34:24.539><c> the</c><00:34:24.760><c> prudent.</c>

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:30.139
Where<00:34:26.519><c> is</c><00:34:26.820><c> the</c><00:34:27.059><c> wise?</c><00:34:28.099><c> Where</c><00:34:28.300><c> is</c><00:34:28.539><c> the</c><00:34:28.860><c> scribe?</c><00:34:29.440><c> Where</c><00:34:29.639><c> is</c><00:34:29.900><c> the</c>

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:31.880
disputer<00:34:30.820><c> of</c><00:34:31.000><c> this</c><00:34:31.380><c> world?</c>

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:36.599
Hath<00:34:32.800><c> not</c><00:34:33.139><c> God</c><00:34:33.440><c> made</c><00:34:33.900><c> foolish</c><00:34:34.579><c> the</c><00:34:34.860><c> wisdom</c><00:34:35.179><c> of</c><00:34:35.380><c> this</c><00:34:35.659><c> world?</c>

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:39.920
For<00:34:37.239><c> after</c><00:34:37.659><c> that,</c><00:34:38.079><c> in</c><00:34:38.300><c> the</c><00:34:38.460><c> wisdom</c><00:34:38.760><c> of</c><00:34:38.940><c> God,</c><00:34:39.320><c> the</c><00:34:39.440><c> world</c><00:34:39.639><c> by</c>

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:41.840
wisdom<00:34:40.260><c> knew</c><00:34:40.480><c> not</c><00:34:40.920><c> God.</c>

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It<00:34:42.659><c> pleased</c><00:34:43.159><c> God</c><00:34:43.659><c> by</c><00:34:44.099><c> the</c><00:34:44.440><c> foolishness</c><00:34:45.079><c> of</c><00:34:45.400><c> preaching</c><00:34:45.719><c> to</c>

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save<00:34:46.539><c> them</c><00:34:46.940><c> that</c><00:34:47.400><c> believe.</c>

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For<00:34:49.300><c> the</c><00:34:49.500><c> Jews</c><00:34:49.699><c> require</c><00:34:50.239><c> a</c><00:34:50.480><c> sign</c><00:34:50.739><c> and</c><00:34:50.980><c> the</c><00:34:51.139><c> Greeks</c><00:34:51.360><c> seek</c><00:34:51.679><c> after</c><00:34:52.019><c> wisdom.</c>

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But<00:34:53.800><c> we</c><00:34:54.099><c> preach</c><00:34:54.420><c> Christ</c><00:34:55.019><c> crucified,</c><00:34:56.659><c> unto</c><00:34:56.800><c> the</c><00:34:57.059><c> Jews</c><00:34:57.340><c> a</c><00:34:57.619><c> stumbling</c><00:34:57.980><c> block</c>

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and<00:34:58.480><c> unto</c><00:34:58.739><c> the</c><00:34:59.000><c> Greeks</c><00:34:59.280><c> foolishness.</c>

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For<00:35:01.300><c> you</c><00:35:01.579><c> see</c><00:35:01.760><c> your</c><00:35:01.940><c> calling,</c><00:35:02.539><c> brethren,</c><00:35:03.559><c> how</c><00:35:03.679><c> that</c><00:35:03.860><c> not</c><00:35:04.119><c> many</c>

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wise<00:35:04.820><c> men</c><00:35:05.079><c> after</c><00:35:05.420><c> the</c><00:35:05.699><c> flesh,</c><00:35:05.960><c> not</c><00:35:06.099><c> many</c><00:35:06.400><c> mighty,</c>

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not<00:35:07.000><c> many</c><00:35:07.400><c> noble,</c><00:35:08.000><c> are</c><00:35:08.260><c> called.</c><00:35:09.679><c> But</c><00:35:10.019><c> God</c><00:35:10.460><c> hath</c><00:35:10.820><c> chosen</c><00:35:11.380><c> the</c>

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foolish<00:35:12.400><c> things</c><00:35:12.780><c> of</c><00:35:12.960><c> the</c><00:35:13.179><c> world</c><00:35:13.400><c> to</c><00:35:13.659><c> confound</c><00:35:14.099><c> the</c>

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wise<00:35:14.800><c> and</c><00:35:15.539><c> the</c><00:35:15.800><c> weak</c><00:35:16.059><c> things</c><00:35:16.380><c> of</c><00:35:16.579><c> the</c><00:35:16.780><c> world</c><00:35:17.039><c> to</c><00:35:17.260><c> confound</c><00:35:17.719><c> the</c>

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things<00:35:18.079><c> which</c><00:35:18.320><c> are</c><00:35:18.599><c> mighty,</c><00:35:20.119><c> that</c><00:35:20.460><c> no</c><00:35:21.000><c> flesh</c><00:35:21.320><c> should</c>

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in<00:35:22.139><c> his</c><00:35:22.719><c> presence.</c><00:35:24.440><c> He</c><00:35:24.800><c> taketh</c><00:35:25.219><c> the</c><00:35:25.519><c> wise</c><00:35:25.980><c> in</c><00:35:26.800><c> their</c><00:35:27.119><c> own</c><00:35:27.760><c> craftiness.</c>

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And<00:35:29.800><c> that's</c><00:35:30.139><c> in</c><00:35:30.280><c> the</c><00:35:30.380><c> first</c><00:35:30.679><c> of</c><00:35:30.840><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:31.260><c> chapter</c><00:35:31.639><c> 1</c><00:35:31.960><c> verses</c><00:35:32.360><c> 18</c><00:35:32.780><c> to</c><00:35:33.039><c> 29</c><00:35:33.800><c> chapter</c><00:35:34.400><c> 2</c>

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verse<00:35:34.960><c> 5</c><00:35:35.719><c> and</c><00:35:36.059><c> chapter</c><00:35:36.300><c> 3</c>

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verses<00:35:37.079><c> 18</c><00:35:37.619><c> to</c><00:35:37.960><c> 21.</c><00:35:40.780><c> And</c><00:35:40.980><c> now</c><00:35:41.280><c> in</c><00:35:41.639><c> this</c><00:35:41.880><c> book</c><00:35:42.099><c> there</c><00:35:42.400><c> follows</c><00:35:42.900><c> a</c>

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table<00:35:43.639><c> which</c><00:35:43.980><c> gives</c><00:35:44.360><c> a</c><00:35:44.539><c> list</c>

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of<00:35:45.739><c> most</c><00:35:46.099><c> of</c><00:35:46.400><c> the</c><00:35:46.599><c> Old</c><00:35:47.079><c> Testament</c><00:35:47.639><c> passages</c><00:35:48.579><c> alluded</c><00:35:49.539><c> to</c><00:35:49.980><c> by</c>

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Paul<00:35:50.820><c> in</c><00:35:51.579><c> his</c><00:35:52.139><c> remarkable</c><00:35:53.119><c> speech.</c>

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But<00:35:54.599><c> we</c><00:35:54.820><c> won't</c><00:35:55.480><c> recite</c><00:35:56.000><c> the</c><00:35:56.360><c> table</c><00:35:56.800><c> at</c><00:35:57.440><c> this</c><00:35:57.760><c> time.</c>