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really.

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done.

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You're<00:14:52.840><c> their</c><00:14:53.080><c> heritage.</c>

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I<00:15:04.200><c> send</c><00:15:04.679><c> you</c><00:15:05.019><c> prophets.</c>

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I<00:15:07.340><c> send</c><00:15:07.620><c> you</c><00:15:07.899><c> prophets.</c>

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Wisemen<00:15:09.340><c> and</c><00:15:09.659><c> scribes.</c>

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and<00:15:17.580><c> persecute</c><00:15:18.139><c> them</c><00:15:18.419><c> from</c><00:15:18.679><c> city</c><00:15:18.960><c> to</c><00:15:19.179><c> city.</c>

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who<00:16:12.500><c> felt</c><00:16:12.799><c> that</c><00:16:13.059><c> they</c><00:16:13.220><c> were</c><00:16:13.860><c> distancing</c><00:16:14.980><c> themselves</c>

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So<00:16:21.820><c> we</c><00:16:21.980><c> have</c><00:16:22.259><c> here</c><00:16:22.620><c> a</c><00:16:23.220><c> little</c><00:16:23.460><c> bit</c><00:16:23.639><c> of</c><00:16:23.879><c> a</c><00:16:24.039><c> problem</c><00:16:24.399><c> that's</c><00:16:25.059><c> coming</c><00:16:25.340><c> up.</c>

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We<00:16:25.799><c> can</c><00:16:26.019><c> see</c><00:16:26.220><c> that.</c>

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Now,<00:16:30.340><c> we</c><00:16:31.080><c> have</c><00:16:31.399><c> here</c><00:16:31.580><c> from</c><00:16:31.840><c> the</c><00:16:32.059><c> 23rd</c><00:16:33.419><c> chapter</c><00:16:33.820><c> of</c><00:16:33.980><c> Matthew,</c>

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we<00:16:35.200><c> go</c><00:16:35.480><c> back</c><00:16:35.960><c> one</c><00:16:36.460><c> week,</c><00:16:37.500><c> 21st</c><00:16:38.299><c> chapter,</c>

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and<00:16:39.460><c> we</c><00:16:39.679><c> have</c><00:16:39.860><c> what</c><00:16:40.019><c> we</c><00:16:40.259><c> call</c><00:16:40.460><c> Palm</c><00:16:40.820><c> Sunday,</c><00:16:42.240><c> where</c><00:16:42.399><c> the</c><00:16:42.600><c> people</c><00:16:43.480><c> lay</c>

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and<00:16:50.559><c> because</c><00:16:50.759><c> he</c><00:16:50.940><c> came</c><00:16:51.200><c> riding</c><00:16:51.600><c> in,</c><00:16:52.600><c> and</c><00:16:52.860><c> their</c><00:16:53.120><c> thought</c>

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that<00:16:59.139><c> he</c><00:16:59.480><c> was</c><00:16:59.659><c> going</c><00:16:59.840><c> to</c><00:17:00.500><c> take</c><00:17:00.740><c> on</c><00:17:01.000><c> and</c><00:17:01.200><c> be</c><00:17:01.559><c> the</c><00:17:01.820><c> king.</c>

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He<00:17:02.559><c> was</c><00:17:02.720><c> going</c><00:17:02.919><c> to</c><00:17:03.120><c> overthrow</c><00:17:03.460><c> the</c><00:17:03.700><c> Romans.</c>

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This<00:17:04.200><c> was</c><00:17:04.420><c> it.</c>

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and<00:17:09.000><c> they're</c><00:17:09.259><c> praising</c><00:17:09.640><c> him,</c><00:17:10.160><c> and</c><00:17:10.299><c> they</c><00:17:10.480><c> did</c><00:17:10.680><c> all</c><00:17:10.980><c> these</c><00:17:11.279><c> things.</c>

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When<00:17:13.859><c> you</c><00:17:14.019><c> look</c><00:17:14.180><c> at</c><00:17:14.380><c> that</c><00:17:14.660><c> chapter,</c><00:17:17.839><c> that</c><00:17:18.220><c> chapter,</c><00:17:19.619><c> 21st</c><00:17:20.339><c> chapter,</c>

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how<00:17:21.480><c> many</c><00:17:21.759><c> verses</c><00:17:22.279><c> apply</c><00:17:23.039><c> to</c><00:17:23.519><c> the</c><00:17:23.980><c> triumphant</c><00:17:24.539><c> entries,</c>

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it's<00:17:25.440><c> called</c><00:17:25.759><c> here</c><00:17:25.960><c> in</c><00:17:26.180><c> my</c><00:17:26.339><c> text,</c><00:17:28.500><c> there's</c><00:17:28.720><c> 11</c><00:17:29.940><c> verses,</c><00:17:31.259><c> which</c>

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of<00:18:18.339><c> the</c><00:18:18.500><c> prodigal</c><00:18:18.880><c> son.</c>

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slew<00:18:24.500><c> the</c><00:18:24.759><c> owner's</c><00:18:25.259><c> son</c><00:18:25.579><c> to</c><00:18:26.119><c> retain</c><00:18:26.700><c> their</c><00:18:27.160><c> inheritance.</c>

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So<00:18:44.740><c> some</c><00:18:44.920><c> rather</c><00:18:45.319><c> harsh</c><00:18:45.680><c> words</c><00:18:46.079><c> that</c><00:18:46.380><c> follow</c><00:18:46.660><c> this</c><00:18:46.940><c> triumphant</c><00:18:47.500><c> entry,</c>

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But<00:18:50.680><c> that</c><00:18:50.900><c> is</c><00:18:51.099><c> the</c><00:18:51.200><c> way</c><00:18:51.319><c> the</c><00:18:51.599><c> chapter</c><00:18:51.920><c> reads</c><00:18:52.259><c> anyway.</c>

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What's<00:18:54.640><c> going</c><00:18:54.779><c> to</c><00:18:55.000><c> happen</c><00:18:55.240><c> to</c><00:18:55.420><c> this</c><00:18:55.619><c> beautiful</c><00:18:56.140><c> city?</c>

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What's<00:18:57.480><c> going</c><00:18:57.619><c> to</c><00:18:57.799><c> happen</c><00:18:58.079><c> to</c><00:18:58.480><c> this</c><00:18:58.920><c> temple?</c>

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This<00:19:00.460><c> is</c><00:19:00.740><c> beautiful.</c>

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You<00:19:02.839><c> talk</c><00:19:03.059><c> about</c><00:19:03.299><c> it</c><00:19:03.480><c> being</c><00:19:03.660><c> destroyed.</c>

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It<00:19:05.640><c> took</c><00:19:05.819><c> so</c><00:19:06.119><c> many</c><00:19:06.440><c> years</c><00:19:07.019><c> and</c><00:19:07.339><c> effort,</c>

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that<00:19:12.059><c> has</c><00:19:12.259><c> been</c><00:19:12.400><c> built</c><00:19:12.660><c> for</c><00:19:12.859><c> you</c><00:19:13.420><c> and</c><00:19:13.880><c> for</c><00:19:14.160><c> us.</c>

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But<00:19:16.400><c> this</c><00:19:16.599><c> man,</c><00:19:16.819><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:17.279><c> didn't</c><00:19:17.500><c> honor</c><00:19:17.839><c> the</c><00:19:18.099><c> building,</c>

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didn't<00:19:20.559><c> honor</c><00:19:20.940><c> the</c><00:19:21.220><c> temple,</c><00:19:23.079><c> didn't</c><00:19:23.500><c> honor</c><00:19:23.900><c> the</c><00:19:24.420><c> peace</c>

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which<00:19:26.180><c> Herod</c><00:19:26.420><c> was</c><00:19:26.680><c> trying</c><00:19:26.900><c> to</c><00:19:27.160><c> impose</c><00:19:27.660><c> for</c><00:19:28.099><c> them</c><00:19:28.279><c> and</c><00:19:28.380><c> on</c><00:19:28.660><c> them,</c>

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keep<00:19:32.059><c> them</c><00:19:32.279><c> in</c><00:19:32.980><c> check.</c>

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This<00:19:34.599><c> was</c><00:19:34.880><c> not</c><00:19:35.079><c> Jesus'</c><00:19:35.759><c> object.</c>

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It<00:19:37.220><c> was</c><00:19:37.500><c> not</c><00:19:37.980><c> His</c><00:19:38.579><c> point</c><00:19:39.200><c> was</c><00:19:39.779><c> to</c><00:19:40.000><c> keep</c><00:19:40.160><c> them</c><00:19:40.519><c> quiet</c><00:19:41.059><c> or</c><00:19:41.480><c> happy.</c>

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The<00:19:42.839><c> point</c><00:19:43.079><c> was</c><00:19:43.380><c> to</c><00:19:43.759><c> relate</c><00:19:44.259><c> them</c><00:19:44.759><c> to</c><00:19:45.099><c> God</c><00:19:45.420><c> Almighty.</c>

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That's<00:19:46.900><c> what</c><00:19:47.000><c> He</c><00:19:47.259><c> taught</c><00:19:47.460><c> about.</c>

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That's<00:19:48.539><c> why</c><00:19:48.680><c> He</c><00:19:48.819><c> went</c><00:19:48.960><c> into</c><00:19:49.240><c> the</c><00:19:49.500><c> temple</c>

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and<00:19:49.960><c> He</c><00:19:50.240><c> cleansed</c><00:19:50.680><c> it</c><00:19:50.819><c> of</c><00:19:51.059><c> the</c><00:19:52.000><c> people,</c><00:19:52.599><c> the</c><00:19:52.619><c> shopkeepers</c><00:19:53.140><c> that</c>

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were<00:19:53.500><c> making</c><00:19:53.880><c> a</c><00:19:54.420><c> place</c><00:19:54.759><c> of</c><00:19:55.279><c> merchandise,</c>

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talking<00:19:57.720><c> about</c><00:19:58.059><c> those</c><00:19:58.519><c> that</c><00:19:58.859><c> really</c><00:19:59.640><c> were</c><00:20:00.140><c> not</c><00:20:01.460><c> above</c><00:20:02.079><c> the</c><00:20:02.400><c> people,</c>

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were<00:20:03.500><c> supposed</c><00:20:03.920><c> to</c><00:20:04.180><c> be</c><00:20:05.160><c> preaching</c><00:20:05.599><c> and</c><00:20:05.980><c> teaching</c><00:20:06.460><c> and</c><00:20:07.039><c> bringing</c>

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and<00:20:07.740><c> glorifying</c><00:20:08.180><c> God.</c>

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They<00:20:09.259><c> had</c><00:20:09.519><c> lost</c><00:20:09.779><c> their</c><00:20:10.019><c> way.</c>

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So<00:20:13.460><c> we</c><00:20:13.619><c> know</c><00:20:14.380><c> what</c><00:20:17.319><c> happens</c><00:20:17.759><c> next.</c>

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We<00:20:37.140><c> just</c><00:20:37.400><c> condemned</c><00:20:37.759><c> Him.</c>

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We<00:20:39.880><c> condemned</c><00:20:40.240><c> Him,</c><00:20:40.420><c> but</c><00:20:40.579><c> Jesus</c><00:20:41.240><c> knew</c><00:20:41.799><c> that</c><00:20:42.319><c> this</c>

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was<00:20:42.859><c> all</c><00:20:43.160><c> part</c><00:20:43.380><c> of</c><00:20:43.579><c> a</c><00:20:43.880><c> rationale</c><00:20:44.339><c> which</c><00:20:44.640><c> they</c><00:20:44.960><c> had.</c>

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And<00:20:47.700><c> we</c><00:20:47.839><c> know</c><00:20:48.160><c> that</c><00:20:48.579><c> after</c><00:20:48.960><c> Jesus</c><00:20:49.680><c> died,</c>

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He<00:20:55.839><c> tells</c><00:20:56.180><c> His</c><00:20:56.900><c> apostles,</c><00:20:57.700><c> disciples,</c>

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go<00:20:58.859><c> into</c><00:20:59.140><c> all</c><00:20:59.420><c> the</c><00:20:59.619><c> world</c><00:20:59.839><c> and</c><00:21:00.059><c> preach</c><00:21:00.299><c> the</c><00:21:00.539><c> gospel</c>

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to<00:21:01.059><c> every</c><00:21:01.380><c> creature.</c>

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He<00:21:02.680><c> who</c><00:21:02.779><c> believes</c><00:21:03.140><c> and</c><00:21:03.339><c> is</c><00:21:03.559><c> baptized</c><00:21:03.980><c> will</c><00:21:04.200><c> be</c><00:21:04.460><c> saved,</c>

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but<00:21:05.599><c> he</c><00:21:05.880><c> who</c><00:21:05.980><c> does</c><00:21:06.380><c> not</c><00:21:06.759><c> believe</c><00:21:07.160><c> will</c><00:21:07.480><c> be</c><00:21:07.779><c> condemned.</c>

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The<00:21:11.099><c> Pharisees,</c><00:21:11.940><c> the</c><00:21:12.299><c> lawyers,</c><00:21:13.339><c> they</c><00:21:13.740><c> honored</c><00:21:13.920><c> a</c><00:21:14.160><c> building.</c>

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They<00:21:15.759><c> didn't</c><00:21:16.039><c> honor</c><00:21:16.259><c> God.</c>

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They<00:21:17.920><c> had</c><00:21:18.099><c> no</c><00:21:18.319><c> respect</c><00:21:18.740><c> for</c><00:21:19.019><c> God.</c>

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They<00:21:19.940><c> only</c><00:21:20.240><c> wanted</c><00:21:20.440><c> to</c><00:21:20.700><c> keep</c><00:21:20.859><c> their</c><00:21:21.200><c> place,</c>

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keep<00:21:22.000><c> their</c><00:21:22.380><c> establishment,</c><00:21:23.099><c> keep</c><00:21:23.279><c> their</c><00:21:23.579><c> authority,</c>

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keep<00:21:24.759><c> things</c><00:21:25.099><c> going</c><00:21:25.500><c> as</c><00:21:25.880><c> it</c><00:21:26.200><c> was.</c>

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Things<00:21:30.099><c> were</c><00:21:30.299><c> going</c><00:21:30.420><c> to</c><00:21:30.660><c> happen.</c>

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to<00:21:38.940><c> the</c><00:21:39.420><c> Pharisees</c><00:21:40.059><c> and</c><00:21:40.259><c> to</c><00:21:40.460><c> those</c><00:21:40.680><c> in</c><00:21:41.019><c> charge,</c>

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He<00:21:43.019><c> was</c><00:21:43.180><c> going</c><00:21:43.339><c> to</c><00:21:43.539><c> send</c><00:21:43.740><c> them</c><00:21:44.339><c> people</c><00:21:44.680><c> to</c><00:21:44.920><c> help</c><00:21:45.140><c> them.</c>

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They<00:21:46.779><c> were</c><00:21:46.940><c> going</c><00:21:47.059><c> to</c><00:21:47.240><c> crucify</c><00:21:47.740><c> them</c><00:21:47.880><c> in</c><00:21:48.059><c> the</c><00:21:48.259><c> synagogues.</c>

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They<00:21:48.799><c> were</c><00:21:48.980><c> going</c><00:21:49.119><c> to</c><00:21:49.279><c> hunt</c><00:21:49.460><c> them</c><00:21:49.759><c> down.</c>

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That<00:21:57.920><c> Jesus</c><00:21:58.299><c> tells</c><00:21:58.680><c> them.</c>

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The<00:21:59.740><c> first</c><00:22:00.039><c> victim</c><00:22:00.380><c> of</c><00:22:00.579><c> this</c><00:22:00.759><c> is</c><00:22:01.059><c> Stephen.</c>

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In<00:22:03.599><c> Acts</c><00:22:03.940><c> chapter</c><00:22:04.279><c> 6,</c><00:22:04.779><c> verse</c><00:22:04.980><c> 8,</c><00:22:05.940><c> and</c><00:22:05.940><c> Stephen,</c><00:22:06.680><c> full</c><00:22:06.779><c> of</c><00:22:06.940><c> faith</c>

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and<00:22:07.460><c> power,</c><00:22:08.619><c> did</c><00:22:08.740><c> great</c><00:22:09.220><c> wonders</c><00:22:09.579><c> and</c><00:22:09.960><c> signs</c><00:22:10.339><c> among</c><00:22:10.619><c> the</c><00:22:10.859><c> people.</c>

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Target.

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He<00:22:16.119><c> was</c><00:22:16.339><c> a</c><00:22:16.519><c> target.</c>

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He<00:22:18.700><c> was</c><00:22:18.920><c> to</c><00:22:19.099><c> be</c><00:22:19.220><c> sought</c><00:22:19.440><c> after</c><00:22:19.779><c> and</c><00:22:20.079><c> stopped.</c>

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This<00:22:21.359><c> couldn't</c><00:22:21.619><c> be.</c>

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Couldn't<00:22:23.039><c> do</c><00:22:23.299><c> that.</c>

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Acts<00:22:25.059><c> 6,</c><00:22:25.420><c> 9,</c><00:22:26.019><c> then</c><00:22:26.319><c> there</c><00:22:26.599><c> arose</c><00:22:27.000><c> some</c><00:22:27.559><c> from</c><00:22:28.000><c> what</c>

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is<00:22:28.400><c> called</c><00:22:28.880><c> the</c><00:22:29.319><c> Synagogue</c><00:22:29.819><c> of</c><00:22:30.180><c> Freedmen,</c><00:22:32.799><c> Syrians,</c><00:22:33.619><c> Alexandrians,</c>

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and<00:22:34.640><c> those</c><00:22:34.920><c> from</c><00:22:35.279><c> Cilicia</c><00:22:35.839><c> and</c><00:22:36.420><c> Asia,</c><00:22:37.440><c> disputing</c><00:22:37.980><c> with</c><00:22:38.819><c> Stephen.</c>

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were<00:22:42.660><c> going</c><00:22:42.960><c> to</c><00:22:43.940><c> show</c><00:22:44.220><c> him</c><00:22:44.359><c> the</c><00:22:44.539><c> right</c><00:22:44.779><c> way</c><00:22:44.980><c> and</c><00:22:45.160><c> argue</c><00:22:45.460><c> with</c><00:22:45.640><c> him.</c>

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They<00:22:53.119><c> were</c><00:22:53.339><c> full</c><00:22:53.500><c> of</c><00:22:53.759><c> idle</c><00:22:54.160><c> threats</c><00:22:54.799><c> and</c><00:22:55.180><c> words</c>

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and<00:22:57.200><c> argumentative</c><00:22:58.279><c> things</c><00:22:58.680><c> about</c><00:22:59.259><c> what</c><00:22:59.819><c> he</c><00:23:00.039><c> was</c><00:23:00.240><c> doing</c><00:23:00.539><c> wrong.</c>

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Acts<00:23:05.079><c> 7,</c><00:23:07.259><c> verse</c><00:23:07.500><c> 59.</c>

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And<00:23:09.539><c> they</c><00:23:09.859><c> stoned</c><00:23:10.299><c> Stephen,</c><00:23:10.619><c> calling</c><00:23:10.980><c> upon</c><00:23:11.519><c> God</c><00:23:12.019><c> and</c><00:23:12.319><c> saying,</c>

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and<00:23:14.299><c> he</c><00:23:14.640><c> saying,</c><00:23:15.680><c> Lord,</c><00:23:17.559><c> receive</c><00:23:17.920><c> my</c><00:23:18.279><c> spirit.</c>

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In<00:23:25.360><c> chapter</c><00:23:26.180><c> 8,</c><00:23:26.599><c> verse</c><00:23:26.819><c> 2,</c><00:23:28.480><c> and</c><00:23:28.640><c> devout</c><00:23:29.000><c> men</c><00:23:29.359><c> carried</c><00:23:29.940><c> Stephen</c>

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to<00:23:30.619><c> his</c><00:23:30.839><c> burial</c><00:23:31.279><c> and</c><00:23:32.259><c> made</c><00:23:32.460><c> great</c><00:23:32.960><c> lamentation</c><00:23:34.000><c> over</c><00:23:34.400><c> him.</c>

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what<00:23:46.259><c> had</c><00:23:46.619><c> been</c><00:23:46.900><c> come</c><00:23:47.160><c> to</c><00:23:47.400><c> be</c><00:23:47.700><c> a</c><00:23:47.880><c> fact</c><00:23:48.160><c> that</c><00:23:48.339><c> Jesus</c><00:23:48.779><c> Christ</c><00:23:49.119><c> had</c>

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been<00:23:49.759><c> raised</c><00:23:50.140><c> from</c><00:23:50.420><c> the</c><00:23:50.619><c> dead.</c>

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He<00:23:51.980><c> did</c><00:23:52.200><c> miracles.</c>

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He<00:23:53.019><c> preached</c><00:23:53.400><c> for</c><00:23:54.420><c> days</c><00:23:55.140><c> and</c><00:23:56.319><c> days</c><00:23:56.819><c> and</c><00:23:57.019><c> days.</c>

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Was<00:23:57.720><c> there</c><00:23:58.000><c> among</c><00:23:58.259><c> them?</c>

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They<00:24:00.019><c> would</c><00:24:00.220><c> not</c><00:24:00.380><c> have</c><00:24:00.539><c> no</c><00:24:01.000><c> part</c><00:24:01.319><c> of</c><00:24:01.460><c> it.</c>

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Stoned<00:24:03.339><c> Stephen.</c>

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And<00:24:05.359><c> who</c><00:24:05.579><c> stood</c><00:24:05.759><c> by?</c>

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In<00:24:08.140><c> Acts</c><00:24:08.339><c> 7,</c><00:24:08.799><c> 58,</c><00:24:09.400><c> that</c><00:24:09.640><c> verse</c><00:24:09.940><c> after</c><00:24:11.200><c> calling</c><00:24:11.660><c> upon</c><00:24:12.500><c> God</c><00:24:13.039><c> and</c><00:24:13.319><c> Stephen</c>

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and<00:24:14.160><c> what</c><00:24:14.299><c> he</c><00:24:14.579><c> was,</c><00:24:16.000><c> verse</c><00:24:16.160><c> 58</c><00:24:16.700><c> says,</c><00:24:16.960><c> and</c><00:24:16.980><c> they</c>

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cast<00:24:17.700><c> him</c><00:24:17.980><c> out</c><00:24:18.240><c> of</c><00:24:18.400><c> the</c><00:24:18.559><c> city</c><00:24:18.880><c> and</c><00:24:19.460><c> stoned</c><00:24:19.819><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:21.480><c> the</c><00:24:21.660><c> witnesses</c><00:24:23.400><c> laid</c><00:24:24.140><c> down</c><00:24:24.579><c> their</c><00:24:24.940><c> clothes</c>

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at<00:24:26.099><c> the</c><00:24:26.380><c> feet</c><00:24:26.900><c> of</c><00:24:27.319><c> a</c><00:24:27.500><c> young</c><00:24:28.039><c> man</c><00:24:28.880><c> named</c><00:24:29.660><c> Saul.</c>

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So<00:24:35.900><c> this</c><00:24:36.200><c> man</c><00:24:37.140><c> was</c><00:24:38.880><c> the</c><00:24:39.140><c> one</c><00:24:39.960><c> that</c><00:24:40.420><c> was</c><00:24:40.680><c> going</c><00:24:40.940><c> to</c><00:24:42.079><c> re</c><00:24:42.339><c>-discharge,</c>

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and<00:24:43.960><c> others</c><00:24:44.240><c> obviously,</c><00:24:44.960><c> because</c><00:24:45.160><c> it</c><00:24:45.480><c> says</c>

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that<00:24:45.859><c> there</c><00:24:46.019><c> were</c><00:24:46.180><c> people</c><00:24:46.519><c> there</c><00:24:46.960><c> that</c>

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came<00:24:47.500><c> from</c><00:24:48.519><c> these</c><00:24:49.539><c> other</c><00:24:49.859><c> synagogues</c><00:24:50.500><c> to</c><00:24:50.799><c> bring</c><00:24:51.119><c> on</c><00:24:51.380><c> the</c><00:24:51.579><c> charge</c>

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against<00:24:52.299><c> Stephen</c><00:24:52.619><c> also.</c>

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But<00:24:54.680><c> Paul</c><00:24:55.000><c> stood</c><00:24:55.339><c> by,</c><00:24:55.839><c> Saul</c><00:24:56.039><c> stood</c><00:24:56.359><c> by,</c>

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as<00:24:58.500><c> they</c><00:24:58.779><c> dropped</c><00:24:59.119><c> their</c><00:24:59.680><c> clothes</c><00:25:00.000><c> at</c><00:25:00.279><c> his</c><00:25:00.559><c> feet.</c>

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Now<00:25:01.759><c> this</c><00:25:01.859><c> was</c><00:25:02.119><c> a</c><00:25:02.259><c> young</c><00:25:02.420><c> Jewish</c><00:25:02.720><c> citizen,</c>

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born<00:25:03.599><c> of</c><00:25:03.859><c> Jewish</c><00:25:04.079><c> parents</c><00:25:04.779><c> in</c><00:25:05.400><c> Silesia,</c>

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who<00:25:06.680><c> was</c><00:25:06.900><c> a</c><00:25:07.079><c> very</c><00:25:07.400><c> biased</c><00:25:07.740><c> spectator.</c>

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He<00:25:10.559><c> was</c><00:25:11.240><c> glad</c><00:25:12.000><c> to</c><00:25:12.680><c> see</c><00:25:13.180><c> this</c><00:25:13.500><c> happen.</c>

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He<00:25:15.880><c> was</c><00:25:16.119><c> brought</c><00:25:16.339><c> up</c><00:25:16.559><c> an</c><00:25:16.759><c> ardent</c><00:25:17.200><c> Pharisee,</c>

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trained<00:25:18.420><c> at</c><00:25:18.599><c> the</c><00:25:18.740><c> feet</c><00:25:18.859><c> of</c><00:25:19.000><c> Gamaliel.</c>

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In<00:25:20.880><c> modern</c><00:25:21.299><c> terms,</c><00:25:22.599><c> Saul</c><00:25:23.039><c> wanted</c><00:25:24.240><c> to</c><00:25:24.680><c> exterminate</c>

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the<00:25:27.119><c> members</c><00:25:27.640><c> of</c><00:25:28.140><c> this</c><00:25:28.420><c> sect.</c>

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His<00:25:30.299><c> fury</c><00:25:30.559><c> was</c><00:25:30.839><c> so</c><00:25:31.160><c> great</c><00:25:31.359><c> that</c><00:25:31.559><c> he</c><00:25:31.839><c> not</c><00:25:32.019><c> only</c><00:25:32.359><c> punished</c><00:25:32.759><c> them</c>

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in<00:25:33.119><c> the</c><00:25:33.299><c> synagogues</c><00:25:33.779><c> in</c><00:25:33.920><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:25:34.500><c> but</c><00:25:34.640><c> he</c><00:25:34.859><c> compelled</c><00:25:35.240><c> them</c>

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to<00:25:36.299><c> blasphemy,</c><00:25:37.200><c> pursuing</c><00:25:37.660><c> them</c><00:25:37.960><c> to</c><00:25:38.319><c> foreign</c><00:25:38.680><c> cities.</c>

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He<00:25:41.200><c> went</c><00:25:41.339><c> out</c><00:25:41.559><c> of</c><00:25:41.680><c> his</c><00:25:41.940><c> way.</c>

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His<00:25:45.599><c> authority</c><00:25:46.279><c> were</c><00:25:47.160><c> letters.</c>

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He<00:25:49.279><c> had</c><00:25:49.420><c> letters</c><00:25:50.000><c> from</c><00:25:50.400><c> the</c><00:25:50.579><c> chief</c><00:25:50.759><c> priest.</c>

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That<00:25:52.160><c> was</c><00:25:52.380><c> his</c><00:25:52.680><c> authority.</c>

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Effective<00:25:59.619><c> as</c><00:26:00.000><c> he</c><00:26:00.220><c> was,</c><00:26:00.559><c> this</c><00:26:00.859><c> man</c><00:26:01.480><c> was</c><00:26:02.519><c> going</c><00:26:02.740><c> to</c><00:26:02.920><c> be</c><00:26:03.180><c> stopped.</c>

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On<00:26:06.960><c> the</c><00:26:07.099><c> road</c><00:26:07.259><c> to</c><00:26:07.480><c> Damascus,</c><00:26:09.839><c> Paul</c><00:26:10.140><c> and</c><00:26:10.279><c> his</c><00:26:10.460><c> companions</c>

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were<00:26:12.339><c> struck</c><00:26:12.799><c> by</c><00:26:13.480><c> a</c><00:26:13.700><c> great</c><00:26:13.900><c> light,</c><00:26:16.319><c> in</c><00:26:16.680><c>-your</c><00:26:16.920><c>-face</c><00:26:17.279><c> light,</c>

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which<00:26:18.079><c> knocked</c><00:26:18.380><c> him</c><00:26:18.980><c> to</c><00:26:19.319><c> the</c><00:26:19.539><c> ground,</c><00:26:23.180><c> a</c><00:26:23.380><c> light</c>

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above<00:26:24.559><c> the</c><00:26:25.200><c> light</c><00:26:25.480><c> of</c><00:26:25.759><c> noonday.</c>

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Saul<00:26:27.839><c> was</c><00:26:28.180><c> struck</c><00:26:28.299><c> to</c><00:26:28.539><c> the</c><00:26:28.700><c> ground.</c>

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He<00:26:29.059><c> heard</c><00:26:29.259><c> a</c><00:26:29.440><c> voice</c><00:26:29.740><c> in</c><00:26:30.000><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:30.279><c> saying,</c><00:26:30.819><c> Saul,</c><00:26:31.480><c> Saul.</c>

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Saul.

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Wow.

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I<00:26:36.519><c> guess</c><00:26:37.079><c> he</c><00:26:38.000><c> had</c><00:26:38.240><c> another</c><00:26:38.519><c> thought.</c>

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What<00:26:40.319><c> is</c><00:26:40.579><c> this</c><00:26:40.819><c> about?</c>

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Who<00:26:42.619><c> is</c><00:26:42.960><c> this</c><00:26:43.160><c> that's</c><00:26:43.500><c> talking</c><00:26:43.819><c> to</c><00:26:44.099><c> me?</c>

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In<00:26:45.099><c> Acts</c><00:26:45.660><c> chapter</c><00:26:46.539><c> 9,</c><00:26:47.279><c> we</c><00:26:47.299><c> have</c><00:26:47.619><c> this</c><00:26:48.480><c> recorded.</c>

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Long<00:26:51.640><c> story</c><00:26:52.059><c> about</c><00:26:52.680><c> this</c><00:26:53.259><c> man</c><00:26:53.839><c> and</c><00:26:55.160><c> what</c><00:26:55.319><c> was</c><00:26:55.640><c> brought</c><00:26:55.839><c> about</c>

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and<00:26:56.559><c> changes</c><00:26:56.920><c> to</c><00:26:57.140><c> him.</c>

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Acts<00:26:59.880><c> 9,</c><00:27:00.380><c> verse</c><00:27:00.640><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:27:01.500><c> he</c><00:27:01.660><c> said,</c><00:27:02.079><c> who</c><00:27:02.460><c> are</c><00:27:02.900><c> you,</c><00:27:03.380><c> Lord?</c>

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Then<00:27:05.380><c> the</c><00:27:05.599><c> Lord</c><00:27:05.779><c> said,</c><00:27:06.140><c> I</c><00:27:06.460><c> am</c><00:27:06.700><c> Jesus</c><00:27:07.140><c> whom</c><00:27:07.400><c> you</c><00:27:07.779><c> are</c><00:27:08.180><c> persecuting.</c>

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It<00:27:10.039><c> is</c><00:27:10.319><c> hard</c><00:27:10.619><c> for</c><00:27:10.880><c> you</c><00:27:11.039><c> to</c><00:27:11.279><c> kick</c><00:27:11.440><c> against</c><00:27:11.980><c> the</c><00:27:12.240><c> goads.</c>

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Paul<00:27:15.099><c> had</c><00:27:15.279><c> come</c><00:27:15.460><c> up</c><00:27:15.680><c> against</c><00:27:16.019><c> a</c><00:27:16.880><c> stone</c><00:27:17.259><c> wall.</c>

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He<00:27:18.599><c> had</c><00:27:18.859><c> come</c><00:27:19.259><c> up</c><00:27:20.140><c> against</c><00:27:20.500><c> the</c><00:27:20.720><c> risen</c><00:27:20.960><c> Lord.</c>

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What's<00:27:23.920><c> interesting</c><00:27:24.400><c> is</c><00:27:24.619><c> this</c><00:27:24.859><c> is</c><00:27:25.079><c> the</c><00:27:25.240><c> man</c>

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he<00:27:25.660><c> was</c><00:27:26.059><c> trying</c><00:27:26.500><c> to</c><00:27:28.059><c> diffuse,</c><00:27:30.900><c> reduce</c><00:27:31.640><c> to</c><00:27:31.980><c> nothing,</c>

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reduce<00:27:32.880><c> to</c><00:27:33.140><c> a</c><00:27:33.279><c> man</c><00:27:33.480><c> who</c><00:27:33.660><c> had</c><00:27:33.839><c> died.</c>

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And<00:27:34.920><c> his</c><00:27:35.140><c> followers</c><00:27:35.440><c> had</c><00:27:36.440><c> stolen</c><00:27:36.640><c> away</c><00:27:37.019><c> his</c><00:27:37.420><c> body.</c>

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And<00:27:38.279><c> they</c><00:27:38.720><c> were</c><00:27:38.900><c> just</c><00:27:39.200><c> trying</c><00:27:39.400><c> to</c><00:27:40.140><c> make</c><00:27:40.299><c> this</c><00:27:40.519><c> go</c><00:27:40.819><c> away.</c>

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That's<00:27:42.039><c> what</c><00:27:42.119><c> they</c><00:27:42.299><c> were</c><00:27:42.460><c> trying</c><00:27:42.640><c> to</c><00:27:42.819><c> make</c><00:27:43.059><c> it</c><00:27:43.279><c> go</c><00:27:43.460><c> away.</c>

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Make<00:27:44.279><c> this</c><00:27:44.559><c> thing</c><00:27:44.700><c> go</c><00:27:44.980><c> away.</c>

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Not<00:27:47.839><c> going</c><00:27:48.039><c> to</c><00:27:48.240><c> happen.</c>

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Struck<00:27:50.039><c> to</c><00:27:50.240><c> the</c><00:27:50.440><c> ground.</c>

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Saul,<00:27:51.819><c> Saul,</c><00:27:52.819><c> why</c><00:27:53.000><c> do</c><00:27:53.119><c> you</c><00:27:53.299><c> persecute</c><00:27:53.799><c> me?</c>

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What<00:27:55.259><c> are</c><00:27:55.700><c> you</c><00:27:55.940><c> doing?</c>

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Acts<00:27:59.980><c> 9,</c><00:28:00.420><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:28:00.880><c> he</c><00:28:01.000><c> said,</c><00:28:01.400><c> who</c><00:28:01.720><c> are</c><00:28:02.160><c> you,</c><00:28:02.619><c> Lord?</c>

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Then<00:28:04.059><c> the</c><00:28:04.339><c> Lord</c><00:28:04.640><c> said,</c><00:28:05.500><c> I</c><00:28:05.900><c> am</c><00:28:06.480><c> Jesus</c><00:28:07.259><c> whom</c><00:28:07.759><c> you</c><00:28:08.539><c> are</c><00:28:09.160><c> persecuting.</c>

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I<00:28:16.340><c> am</c><00:28:17.180><c> Jesus.</c>

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I.<00:28:21.059><c> Who's</c><00:28:21.400><c> speaking</c><00:28:21.779><c> to</c><00:28:22.099><c> him?</c>

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Certainly<00:28:23.079><c> not</c><00:28:23.380><c> his</c><00:28:24.440><c> fellows</c><00:28:24.859><c> who</c><00:28:25.099><c> were</c><00:28:25.279><c> walking</c><00:28:25.640><c> to</c><00:28:25.880><c> him</c>

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on<00:28:26.240><c> the</c><00:28:26.380><c> way</c><00:28:26.599><c> to</c><00:28:26.859><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Certainly<00:28:28.720><c> something</c><00:28:29.359><c> which</c><00:28:29.640><c> had</c><00:28:29.900><c> come</c><00:28:30.279><c> out</c><00:28:30.539><c> of</c><00:28:30.720><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:28:31.740><c> was</c><00:28:31.960><c> speaking</c><00:28:32.299><c> to</c><00:28:32.559><c> him.</c>

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This<00:28:33.079><c> was</c><00:28:33.400><c> something</c><00:28:33.720><c> very</c><00:28:34.859><c> hard</c><00:28:35.359><c> for</c><00:28:35.579><c> him</c><00:28:35.900><c> to</c><00:28:36.400><c> accept</c><00:28:37.220><c> and</c><00:28:38.500><c> life</c>

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changing.

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This<00:28:41.380><c> is</c><00:28:41.640><c> the</c><00:28:41.880><c> man</c><00:28:42.539><c> who</c><00:28:43.720><c> you</c><00:28:44.140><c> say</c><00:28:45.460><c> disciples</c><00:28:46.599><c> had</c><00:28:48.539><c> taken</c><00:28:48.980><c> the</c>

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body<00:28:49.500><c> of</c>

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and<00:28:51.019><c> hid</c><00:28:51.279><c> and</c><00:28:52.420><c> buried</c><00:28:52.759><c> somewhere</c><00:28:53.119><c> else.</c>

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And<00:28:54.799><c> so</c><00:28:55.160><c> this</c><00:28:55.420><c> man</c><00:28:55.779><c> who</c><00:28:56.279><c> rumors</c><00:28:56.599><c> said</c><00:28:56.920><c> was</c>

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preaching<00:28:57.740><c> for</c><00:28:58.460><c> all</c><00:28:58.920><c> these</c><00:28:59.180><c> days</c><00:28:59.720><c> after</c><00:29:00.619><c> his</c><00:29:02.259><c> crucifixion</c>

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resurrection,<00:29:03.779><c> which</c><00:29:04.039><c> they</c><00:29:04.400><c> marked,</c><00:29:05.619><c> it</c><00:29:05.980><c> can't</c><00:29:06.380><c> be.</c>

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This<00:29:07.160><c> is</c><00:29:07.819><c> not</c><00:29:08.019><c> true.</c>

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These<00:29:09.160><c> are</c><00:29:09.420><c> rumors.</c>

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These<00:29:10.480><c> are</c><00:29:10.720><c> rumors.</c>

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We<00:29:11.200><c> didn't</c><00:29:11.460><c> show</c><00:29:11.640><c> him.</c>

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We<00:29:11.880><c> have</c><00:29:12.039><c> a</c><00:29:12.200><c> picture</c><00:29:12.400><c> of</c><00:29:12.559><c> him.</c>

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Show<00:29:13.279><c> me</c><00:29:13.460><c> this</c><00:29:13.700><c> man.</c>

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So<00:29:16.619><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:17.500><c> who</c><00:29:17.680><c> is</c><00:29:17.960><c> the</c><00:29:18.200><c> one</c><00:29:18.839><c> who</c><00:29:19.660><c> is</c><00:29:19.940><c> speaking</c><00:29:20.380><c> from</c><00:29:21.240><c> on</c><00:29:21.740><c> high</c>

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in<00:29:22.640><c> heaven</c>

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to<00:29:23.740><c> this</c><00:29:24.140><c> man,</c><00:29:25.259><c> who</c><00:29:25.480><c> is</c><00:29:26.119><c> about</c><00:29:26.759><c> with</c><00:29:27.099><c> his</c><00:29:27.420><c> letters</c>

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to<00:29:28.900><c> try</c><00:29:29.240><c> to</c><00:29:30.480><c> put</c><00:29:30.839><c> away,</c><00:29:31.640><c> put</c><00:29:31.839><c> out</c><00:29:32.819><c> this</c><00:29:33.460><c> Christian</c><00:29:34.119><c> movement,</c>

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Jesus<00:29:38.259><c> being</c><00:29:38.660><c> crowned</c><00:29:39.579><c> with</c><00:29:39.819><c> glory</c><00:29:40.240><c> and</c><00:29:40.519><c> honor</c><00:29:40.759><c> in</c><00:29:41.039><c> heaven,</c>

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is<00:29:43.859><c> speaking</c><00:29:44.200><c> to</c><00:29:44.460><c> him.</c>

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Is<00:29:47.859><c> it</c><00:29:48.059><c> any</c><00:29:48.279><c> wonder</c><00:29:48.720><c> then</c><00:29:49.160><c> that</c><00:29:50.599><c> Paul</c><00:29:51.920><c> says</c><00:29:52.220><c> in</c><00:29:52.400><c> the</c><00:29:52.559><c> sixth</c><00:29:52.799><c> verse</c><00:29:53.119><c> of</c><00:29:54.500><c> Acts</c>

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9,<00:29:55.819><c> so</c><00:29:56.079><c> he,</c><00:29:57.940><c> trembling</c><00:29:58.779><c> and</c><00:30:00.599><c> astonished,</c><00:30:02.440><c> said,</c><00:30:02.720><c> Lord,</c>

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what<00:30:03.900><c> do</c><00:30:04.400><c> you</c><00:30:04.619><c> want</c><00:30:04.859><c> me</c><00:30:05.059><c> to</c><00:30:05.279><c> do?</c>

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x
What<00:30:08.960><c> am</c><00:30:09.119><c> I</c><00:30:09.259><c> supposed</c><00:30:09.519><c> to</c><00:30:09.759><c> do?</c>

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x
Where<00:30:11.339><c> am</c><00:30:11.660><c> I?</c>

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x
Where<00:30:12.200><c> am</c><00:30:12.359><c> I</c><00:30:12.500><c> going?</c>

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x
What's<00:30:13.880><c> going</c><00:30:14.039><c> to</c><00:30:14.200><c> happen?</c>

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x
What<00:30:16.440><c> is</c><00:30:16.640><c> going</c><00:30:16.839><c> to</c><00:30:17.079><c> happen?</c>

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x
Those<00:30:18.059><c> letters</c><00:30:18.500><c> which</c><00:30:18.759><c> he</c><00:30:19.000><c> had</c><00:30:19.799><c> just</c><00:30:21.160><c> weren't</c><00:30:21.400><c> going</c><00:30:21.660><c> to</c><00:30:21.819><c> cut</c><00:30:21.980><c> it.</c>

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x
This<00:30:25.519><c> was</c><00:30:25.940><c> not</c><00:30:26.720><c> going</c><00:30:27.700><c> to</c><00:30:27.900><c> work.</c>

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x
No.

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So<00:30:33.640><c> in</c><00:30:33.920><c> Acts</c><00:30:34.119><c> 9,</c><00:30:34.559><c> 9,</c><00:30:35.160><c> we</c><00:30:35.160><c> see,</c><00:30:38.019><c> Paul</c><00:30:38.220><c> saw</c><00:30:38.460><c> his</c><00:30:38.660><c> letter</c><00:30:38.859><c> away,</c>

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x
taken<00:30:41.460><c> away.</c>

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x
Ninth<00:30:45.359><c> verse,</c><00:30:45.559><c> he</c><00:30:45.740><c> says,</c><00:30:46.039><c> and</c><00:30:46.259><c> he</c><00:30:46.519><c> was</c><00:30:46.819><c> three</c><00:30:47.200><c> days</c><00:30:47.839><c> without</c><00:30:48.500><c> sight,</c>

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x
neither<00:30:50.799><c> ate</c><00:30:51.380><c> nor</c><00:30:51.980><c> drank.</c>

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x
I<00:30:54.000><c> wonder</c><00:30:54.240><c> if</c><00:30:54.400><c> he</c><00:30:54.559><c> slept.</c>

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x
I<00:30:58.079><c> cannot</c><00:30:58.440><c> imagine</c><00:30:59.079><c> that</c><00:30:59.279><c> he</c><00:30:59.400><c> was</c><00:30:59.640><c> sleeping</c><00:31:00.000><c> well.</c>

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x
He<00:31:02.200><c> was</c><00:31:02.619><c> struck</c><00:31:03.339><c> hard</c><00:31:04.460><c> and</c><00:31:05.559><c> to</c><00:31:05.720><c> the</c><00:31:05.920><c> point.</c>

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x
So<00:31:08.039><c> there</c><00:31:08.140><c> was</c><00:31:08.299><c> a</c><00:31:08.500><c> man</c><00:31:08.759><c> that,</c><00:31:09.420><c> they</c><00:31:09.680><c> led</c><00:31:09.960><c> him</c><00:31:10.240><c> away</c>

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x
and<00:31:10.720><c> they</c><00:31:10.940><c> brought</c><00:31:11.059><c> him</c><00:31:11.259><c> to</c><00:31:11.400><c> Damascus.</c>

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x
And<00:31:13.099><c> in</c><00:31:13.259><c> the</c><00:31:13.380><c> 11th</c><00:31:13.880><c> verse</c><00:31:14.099><c> of</c><00:31:14.299><c> that</c><00:31:14.559><c> Acts</c><00:31:14.859><c> 9,</c><00:31:15.319><c> it</c><00:31:15.619><c> says,</c>

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x
so<00:31:18.819><c> the</c><00:31:19.019><c> Lord</c><00:31:19.240><c> said</c><00:31:19.480><c> to</c><00:31:19.680><c> him,</c><00:31:20.059><c> arise</c><00:31:20.460><c> and</c><00:31:20.619><c> go</c><00:31:20.839><c> into</c><00:31:21.059><c> the</c><00:31:21.319><c> street</c><00:31:21.559><c> called</c>

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x
straight<00:31:22.539><c> and</c><00:31:22.799><c> inquire</c><00:31:23.180><c> at</c><00:31:23.359><c> the</c><00:31:23.500><c> house</c><00:31:23.680><c> of</c><00:31:23.960><c> Judas</c>

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x
for<00:31:25.079><c> one</c><00:31:25.539><c> called</c><00:31:26.019><c> Saul</c><00:31:26.559><c> of</c><00:31:26.839><c> Tarsus.</c>

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x
For<00:31:27.940><c> behold,</c><00:31:28.619><c> he</c><00:31:28.859><c> is</c><00:31:29.180><c> praying.</c>

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x
Wow.

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x
So<00:31:34.819><c> Saul</c><00:31:35.099><c> decided</c><00:31:35.640><c> to</c><00:31:35.960><c> pray.</c>

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x
I<00:31:39.539><c> guess</c><00:31:40.019><c> he</c><00:31:40.200><c> was</c><00:31:40.359><c> looking</c><00:31:40.640><c> for</c><00:31:40.920><c> some</c><00:31:41.759><c> answers.</c>

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:45.759
x
What<00:31:43.799><c> am</c><00:31:44.240><c> I</c><00:31:44.440><c> supposed</c><00:31:44.720><c> to</c><00:31:45.000><c> do?</c>

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x
What<00:31:47.640><c> am</c><00:31:47.799><c> I</c><00:31:47.980><c> supposed</c><00:31:48.220><c> to</c><00:31:48.400><c> do</c><00:31:48.500><c> now?</c>

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x
Verse<00:31:49.559><c> 12,</c><00:31:50.240><c> and</c><00:31:50.359><c> in</c><00:31:51.819><c> a</c><00:31:52.059><c> vision</c><00:31:52.279><c> he</c><00:31:52.640><c> has</c><00:31:53.700><c> seen</c><00:31:54.039><c> a</c><00:31:54.339><c> man</c>

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:59.660
x
named<00:31:55.039><c> Ananias</c><00:31:57.380><c> come</c><00:31:57.720><c> in</c><00:31:58.039><c> and</c><00:31:58.259><c> putting</c><00:31:58.440><c> his</c><00:31:58.740><c> hands</c><00:31:58.960><c> on</c><00:31:59.200><c> him</c>

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x
so<00:32:00.099><c> that</c><00:32:00.279><c> he</c><00:32:00.480><c> might</c><00:32:00.920><c> receive</c><00:32:01.759><c> his</c><00:32:02.359><c> sight.</c>

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x
Now,<00:32:05.400><c> I</c><00:32:05.900><c> would</c><00:32:06.140><c> think</c><00:32:06.480><c> that</c><00:32:06.859><c> Ananias</c><00:32:07.240><c> had</c><00:32:07.420><c> some</c><00:32:07.839><c> real</c><00:32:08.299><c> serious</c>

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x
misgivings<00:32:10.160><c> about</c><00:32:10.440><c> doing</c><00:32:10.779><c> this.</c>

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x
But<00:32:12.440><c> he</c><00:32:12.660><c> was</c><00:32:12.940><c> obedient.</c>

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x
There's<00:32:15.200><c> a</c><00:32:15.359><c> difference.</c>

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x
He<00:32:17.000><c> was</c><00:32:17.200><c> going</c><00:32:17.339><c> to</c><00:32:17.480><c> do</c><00:32:17.680><c> this</c><00:32:18.460><c> because</c><00:32:19.519><c> God</c><00:32:19.839><c> told</c><00:32:20.119><c> him</c><00:32:20.319><c> to</c><00:32:20.480><c> do</c><00:32:20.619><c> it.</c>

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:26.859
x
Then<00:32:22.819><c> Ananias</c><00:32:23.440><c> said,</c><00:32:23.880><c> Lord,</c><00:32:24.160><c> I</c><00:32:24.380><c> have</c><00:32:24.700><c> heard</c><00:32:25.279><c> from</c><00:32:25.960><c> many</c><00:32:26.359><c> about</c>

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x
this<00:32:27.240><c> man,</c>

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x
verse<00:32:27.819><c> 13,</c><00:32:28.759><c> how</c><00:32:29.180><c> much</c><00:32:29.740><c> harm</c><00:32:30.299><c> he</c><00:32:30.500><c> has</c><00:32:30.740><c> done</c>

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x
to<00:32:31.140><c> your</c><00:32:31.440><c> saints</c><00:32:31.880><c> in</c><00:32:32.259><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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x
This<00:32:34.339><c> man</c><00:32:34.980><c> has</c><00:32:35.720><c> done</c><00:32:36.039><c> much</c><00:32:36.619><c> evil.</c>

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:41.599
x
And<00:32:37.579><c> you</c><00:32:37.759><c> want</c><00:32:37.920><c> me</c><00:32:38.140><c> to</c><00:32:38.420><c> go</c><00:32:38.960><c> and</c><00:32:39.519><c> restore</c><00:32:40.059><c> his</c><00:32:40.619><c> sight</c>

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:46.599
x
and<00:32:42.779><c> give</c><00:32:42.940><c> him</c><00:32:43.680><c> a</c><00:32:44.180><c> reluctant</c><00:32:44.799><c> disciple,</c><00:32:45.460><c> you</c><00:32:45.680><c> might</c><00:32:45.980><c> say,</c>

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x
Ananias?

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x
But<00:32:50.000><c> Paul</c><00:32:50.200><c> was</c><00:32:50.500><c> praying.</c>

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x
Paul<00:32:53.039><c> was</c><00:32:53.240><c> thinking,</c><00:32:54.220><c> who</c><00:32:54.579><c> am</c><00:32:54.900><c> I?</c>

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x
What<00:32:56.140><c> have</c><00:32:56.299><c> I</c><00:32:56.500><c> done?</c>

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:59.380
x
What<00:32:57.799><c> do</c><00:32:57.980><c> I</c><00:32:58.180><c> understand?</c>

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:02.200
x
What<00:33:00.279><c> does</c><00:33:00.579><c> this</c><00:33:00.819><c> Jesus</c><00:33:01.140><c> want</c><00:33:01.480><c> from</c><00:33:01.740><c> me?</c>

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:04.140
x
What<00:33:02.799><c> does</c><00:33:03.039><c> he</c><00:33:03.279><c> want?</c>

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x
Tell<00:33:04.480><c> me.</c>

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x
Tell<00:33:05.039><c> me.</c>

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x
I<00:33:07.500><c> would</c><00:33:07.740><c> suspect</c><00:33:08.099><c> he</c><00:33:08.259><c> was</c><00:33:08.440><c> ready</c><00:33:08.859><c> to</c><00:33:09.440><c> listen.</c>

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:13.819
x
So<00:33:11.779><c> Paul</c><00:33:12.000><c> was</c><00:33:12.339><c> listening</c><00:33:12.700><c> and</c><00:33:12.980><c> learning.</c>

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:17.539
x
So<00:33:14.559><c> when</c><00:33:14.740><c> Paul</c><00:33:15.000><c> reiterates</c><00:33:15.720><c> this</c><00:33:16.039><c> story</c><00:33:16.299><c> in</c><00:33:16.660><c> Acts</c><00:33:16.960><c> 22,</c>

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x
he<00:33:17.839><c> says,</c><00:33:18.799><c> so</c><00:33:18.920><c> I</c><00:33:19.160><c> said,</c><00:33:19.640><c> what</c><00:33:19.779><c> shall</c><00:33:20.019><c> I</c><00:33:20.180><c> do,</c><00:33:20.579><c> Lord?</c>

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:25.680
x
And<00:33:23.039><c> the</c><00:33:23.220><c> Lord</c><00:33:23.380><c> said</c><00:33:23.599><c> to</c><00:33:23.839><c> me,</c><00:33:24.180><c> arise</c><00:33:24.579><c> and</c><00:33:24.720><c> go</c><00:33:24.940><c> to</c><00:33:25.140><c> Damascus.</c>

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:29.160
x
And<00:33:26.099><c> there</c><00:33:26.299><c> you</c><00:33:26.480><c> will</c><00:33:26.660><c> be</c><00:33:27.000><c> told</c><00:33:27.500><c> all</c><00:33:28.079><c> things</c><00:33:28.579><c> which</c>

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x
are<00:33:29.460><c> appointed</c><00:33:29.900><c> for</c><00:33:30.259><c> you</c><00:33:30.960><c> to</c><00:33:31.339><c> do.</c>

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:35.859
x
So<00:33:32.740><c> he</c><00:33:33.119><c> still</c><00:33:33.480><c> is</c><00:33:33.779><c> not</c><00:33:34.079><c> really</c><00:33:34.839><c> told</c><00:33:35.200><c> specifically</c>

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:37.259
x
what<00:33:36.220><c> he's</c><00:33:36.539><c> supposed</c><00:33:36.680><c> to</c><00:33:36.839><c> be</c><00:33:37.039><c> doing.</c>

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:38.660
x
Go<00:33:37.779><c> do</c><00:33:38.140><c> this.</c>

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x
Be<00:33:39.220><c> obedient.</c>

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x
This<00:33:42.019><c> man,</c><00:33:42.339><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:42.759><c> is</c><00:33:43.059><c> telling</c><00:33:43.440><c> you</c><00:33:44.420><c> where</c><00:33:44.680><c> to</c><00:33:44.880><c> go,</c>

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:47.579
x
what<00:33:46.640><c> you</c><00:33:46.880><c> should</c><00:33:47.079><c> do.</c>

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x
Do<00:33:48.059><c> it.</c>

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x
Both<00:33:50.380><c> were</c><00:33:50.640><c> uncertain,</c><00:33:52.380><c> Ananias,</c><00:33:52.980><c> for</c><00:33:53.339><c> fear</c>

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:59.180
x
of<00:33:54.180><c> what</c><00:33:54.220><c> Paul</c><00:33:54.799><c> saw</c><00:33:54.980><c> had</c><00:33:55.240><c> done,</c><00:33:57.099><c> what</c><00:33:57.339><c> he</c><00:33:57.519><c> was</c><00:33:57.720><c> going</c><00:33:57.900><c> to</c><00:33:58.180><c> do,</c>

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:02.019
x
going<00:33:59.420><c> to</c><00:33:59.640><c> help</c><00:33:59.819><c> him,</c><00:34:00.299><c> restore</c><00:34:00.660><c> him</c><00:34:00.880><c> to</c><00:34:01.140><c> sight.</c>

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:05.500
x
Paul<00:34:02.599><c> was</c><00:34:02.839><c> uncertain</c><00:34:03.240><c> as</c><00:34:03.440><c> to</c><00:34:03.640><c> what</c><00:34:03.920><c> lie</c><00:34:04.119><c> in</c><00:34:04.400><c> front</c><00:34:04.579><c> of</c><00:34:04.720><c> him.</c>

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.440
x
What<00:34:05.839><c> am</c><00:34:06.059><c> I?</c>

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:08.440
x
What<00:34:07.099><c> am</c><00:34:07.500><c> I</c><00:34:07.859><c> to</c><00:34:08.099><c> do?</c>

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:10.400
x
Where<00:34:09.000><c> am</c><00:34:09.260><c> I</c><00:34:09.500><c> going?</c>

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:12.239
x
What<00:34:10.840><c> is</c><00:34:11.059><c> this</c><00:34:11.280><c> about?</c>

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:17.639
x
This<00:34:12.519><c> man,</c><00:34:13.579><c> who</c><00:34:13.760><c> I</c><00:34:14.000><c> know,</c><00:34:15.119><c> I'm</c><00:34:15.320><c> sure</c><00:34:15.840><c> heard</c><00:34:16.800><c> all</c><00:34:17.059><c> the</c><00:34:17.239><c> rumors,</c>

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:22.000
x
heard<00:34:18.239><c> all</c><00:34:18.500><c> the</c><00:34:18.739><c> stories</c><00:34:18.960><c> about</c><00:34:19.820><c> belief</c><00:34:20.460><c> and</c><00:34:20.699><c> baptism</c>

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and<00:34:24.039><c> baptism</c><00:34:24.840><c> of</c><00:34:25.099><c> John</c><00:34:25.500><c> and</c><00:34:25.699><c> all</c><00:34:25.860><c> the</c><00:34:26.079><c> things</c><00:34:26.280><c> which</c><00:34:26.599><c> were</c><00:34:27.000><c> going</c><00:34:27.400><c> on.</c>

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He<00:34:30.960><c> heard</c><00:34:31.159><c> all</c><00:34:31.380><c> those</c><00:34:31.639><c> things.</c>

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None<00:34:37.199><c> of</c><00:34:37.880><c> the</c><00:34:39.360><c> disciples,</c><00:34:40.199><c> the</c><00:34:40.380><c> Paul</c><00:34:40.619><c> later</c><00:34:40.920><c> to</c><00:34:41.079><c> be</c><00:34:41.260><c> apostles,</c>

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the<00:34:43.039><c> other</c><00:34:43.320><c> 11,</c><00:34:45.159><c> would</c><00:34:45.320><c> have</c><00:34:45.460><c> been</c><00:34:45.619><c> our</c><00:34:45.860><c> choice,</c><00:34:47.199><c> perhaps,</c>

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of<00:34:48.280><c> people</c><00:34:48.760><c> to</c><00:34:49.760><c> go</c><00:34:50.420><c> at</c><00:34:50.880><c> this</c><00:34:51.260><c> time</c><00:34:51.699><c> and</c><00:34:52.139><c> proclaim</c><00:34:52.599><c> the</c><00:34:52.800><c> word</c><00:34:52.920><c> of</c><00:34:53.159><c> God.</c>

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None<00:34:54.079><c> of</c><00:34:54.280><c> them.</c>

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Paul,<00:34:56.059><c> the</c><00:34:56.059><c> least</c><00:34:57.000><c> possible,</c><00:34:58.019><c> why</c><00:34:58.300><c> would</c><00:34:58.500><c> you</c>

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pick<00:34:59.000><c> a</c><00:34:59.380><c> man</c><00:34:59.860><c> who</c><00:35:00.619><c> was</c><00:35:01.320><c> trained</c><00:35:01.619><c> at</c><00:35:01.760><c> Chameleon</c>

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who<00:35:02.900><c> had</c><00:35:03.119><c> learned,</c><00:35:04.039><c> who</c><00:35:04.219><c> was</c><00:35:04.920><c> now</c><00:35:05.539><c> with</c><00:35:05.960><c> papers</c><00:35:06.400><c> to</c><00:35:07.000><c> crucify</c>

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and<00:35:08.360><c> to</c><00:35:08.599><c> destroy</c><00:35:09.400><c> the</c><00:35:09.880><c> sect</c><00:35:10.199><c> which</c><00:35:10.760><c> was</c><00:35:11.059><c> about</c><00:35:11.400><c> Jerusalem?</c>

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Why<00:35:12.940><c> would</c><00:35:13.139><c> you</c><00:35:13.320><c> pick</c><00:35:13.480><c> him?</c>

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Why<00:35:14.360><c> would</c><00:35:14.539><c> you</c><00:35:14.699><c> pick</c><00:35:14.860><c> somebody</c><00:35:15.219><c> like</c><00:35:15.599><c> that,</c>

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who<00:35:16.099><c> was</c><00:35:16.400><c> absolutely</c><00:35:17.179><c> opposed</c><00:35:18.199><c> to</c><00:35:18.380><c> what</c><00:35:18.639><c> you</c><00:35:19.599><c> want</c><00:35:19.800><c> to</c><00:35:20.019><c> do?</c>

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The<00:35:22.099><c> other</c><00:35:22.599><c> 11</c><00:35:22.940><c> weren't</c><00:35:23.300><c> really</c><00:35:23.619><c> our</c><00:35:23.900><c> choice.</c>

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They<00:35:24.400><c> were</c><00:35:24.639><c> Jesus'.</c>

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They<00:35:26.340><c> proved</c><00:35:26.599><c> to</c><00:35:26.800><c> be</c><00:35:26.980><c> effective.</c>

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Although<00:35:29.559><c> during</c><00:35:29.920><c> his</c><00:35:30.219><c> ministry,</c><00:35:31.480><c> we</c><00:35:31.719><c> were</c><00:35:31.920><c> really</c>

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:34.659
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trying<00:35:32.539><c> to</c><00:35:32.699><c> catch</c><00:35:32.900><c> up</c><00:35:33.119><c> on</c><00:35:33.260><c> what</c><00:35:33.460><c> was</c><00:35:33.659><c> going</c><00:35:33.860><c> on.</c>

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And<00:35:35.320><c> nothing</c><00:35:35.699><c> in</c><00:35:36.320><c> their</c><00:35:36.559><c> minds</c><00:35:36.900><c> was</c><00:35:37.239><c> really</c>

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set<00:35:38.019><c> until</c><00:35:38.539><c> after</c><00:35:39.380><c> he</c><00:35:40.059><c> had</c><00:35:40.239><c> been</c><00:35:40.480><c> raised,</c>

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after<00:35:42.059><c> they</c><00:35:42.820><c> met</c><00:35:43.039><c> him</c><00:35:43.539><c> and</c><00:35:43.719><c> talked</c><00:35:44.019><c> to</c><00:35:44.199><c> him</c><00:35:44.420><c> and</c><00:35:44.559><c> saw</c><00:35:44.880><c> him,</c>

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given<00:35:46.500><c> that</c><00:35:46.900><c> direction</c><00:35:47.260><c> to</c><00:35:47.460><c> go</c><00:35:47.599><c> into</c><00:35:47.800><c> the</c><00:35:48.019><c> world</c><00:35:48.219><c> and</c><00:35:48.400><c> to</c><00:35:48.699><c> preach.</c>

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This<00:35:51.079><c> is</c><00:35:51.400><c> what</c><00:35:51.579><c> they</c><00:35:51.840><c> were</c><00:35:51.940><c> to</c><00:35:52.159><c> do.</c>

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x
Paul<00:35:55.039><c> turned</c><00:35:55.320><c> out</c><00:35:55.679><c> to</c><00:35:55.960><c> be</c><00:35:56.260><c> an</c><00:35:56.719><c> outstanding</c><00:35:58.239><c> apostle.</c>

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x
And<00:36:02.380><c> we</c><00:36:02.579><c> see</c><00:36:02.800><c> this</c><00:36:03.860><c> title,</c><00:36:04.880><c> which</c><00:36:05.800><c> my</c><00:36:06.280><c> father</c><00:36:06.579><c>-in</c><00:36:06.820><c>-law</c><00:36:06.820><c> picked,</c>

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x
in<00:36:07.519><c> 1</c><00:36:07.699><c> Corinthians,</c><00:36:08.619><c> chapter</c><00:36:09.000><c> 15,</c><00:36:10.659><c> verse</c><00:36:11.179><c> 9.</c>

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Paul<00:36:13.980><c> himself</c><00:36:14.480><c> says,</c><00:36:16.800><c> for</c><00:36:17.159><c> I</c><00:36:17.500><c> am</c><00:36:17.639><c> the</c><00:36:17.920><c> least</c><00:36:18.199><c> of</c><00:36:18.380><c> the</c><00:36:18.599><c> apostles,</c>

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who<00:36:20.400><c> am</c><00:36:20.860><c> not</c><00:36:21.320><c> worthy</c><00:36:21.880><c> to</c><00:36:22.199><c> be</c><00:36:22.519><c> called</c><00:36:23.119><c> an</c><00:36:23.619><c> apostle,</c>

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because<00:36:25.599><c> I</c><00:36:26.019><c> persecuted</c><00:36:26.679><c> the</c><00:36:27.460><c> Church</c><00:36:27.659><c> of</c><00:36:27.920><c> God.</c>

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Apostles<00:36:30.059><c> had</c><00:36:30.380><c> to</c><00:36:30.599><c> have</c><00:36:30.880><c> seen</c><00:36:31.199><c> Jesus</c><00:36:31.639><c> and</c><00:36:31.880><c> had</c>

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to<00:36:32.219><c> be</c><00:36:32.400><c> chosen</c><00:36:32.920><c> to</c><00:36:33.579><c> be</c><00:36:33.980><c> differentiated</c><00:36:34.719><c> from</c><00:36:35.019><c> disciples</c>

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who<00:36:36.599><c> could</c><00:36:37.119><c> have</c><00:36:37.519><c> seen</c><00:36:37.739><c> him</c><00:36:38.139><c> but</c><00:36:38.400><c> were</c><00:36:38.619><c> not</c><00:36:38.840><c> chosen</c><00:36:39.280><c> to</c><00:36:39.980><c> be</c><00:36:40.380><c> in</c><00:36:42.099><c> Christ's</c>

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command<00:36:43.480><c> under</c><00:36:43.960><c> his</c><00:36:44.659><c> watchful</c><00:36:45.219><c> tutoring.</c>

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And<00:36:46.179><c> so</c><00:36:48.139><c> Paul</c><00:36:48.579><c> is</c><00:36:48.960><c> chosen</c><00:36:49.260><c> to</c><00:36:49.559><c> be</c><00:36:49.900><c> an</c><00:36:50.119><c> apostle.</c>

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x
He<00:36:52.079><c> says,</c><00:36:52.260><c> I</c><00:36:52.340><c> am</c><00:36:52.559><c> the</c><00:36:52.760><c> least.</c>

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x
He<00:36:55.059><c> was</c><00:36:55.300><c> the</c><00:36:55.559><c> last,</c><00:36:58.239><c> for</c><00:36:58.840><c> sure.</c>

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He<00:37:00.380><c> was</c><00:37:00.579><c> the</c><00:37:00.820><c> last</c><00:37:01.139><c> apostle</c><00:37:01.619><c> to</c><00:37:01.820><c> be</c><00:37:02.019><c> chosen.</c>

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He<00:37:05.219><c> was</c><00:37:05.420><c> a</c><00:37:05.579><c> great</c><00:37:05.760><c> man.</c>

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Some<00:37:11.280><c> might</c><00:37:11.539><c> even</c><00:37:12.000><c> say</c><00:37:12.260><c> he</c><00:37:12.440><c> was</c><00:37:12.820><c> the</c><00:37:13.619><c> greatest</c><00:37:14.679><c> apostle.</c>

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He<00:37:21.719><c> called</c><00:37:22.519><c> himself</c><00:37:23.639><c> the</c><00:37:24.320><c> least.</c>

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Not<00:37:34.420><c> originally</c><00:37:34.980><c> part</c><00:37:35.380><c> of</c><00:37:35.559><c> the</c><00:37:35.760><c> body</c><00:37:36.119><c> that</c><00:37:36.440><c> followed</c><00:37:36.679><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:38.999 --> 00:37:44.340
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not<00:37:39.759><c> expressly</c><00:37:40.519><c> there</c><00:37:40.880><c> to</c><00:37:41.159><c> listen</c><00:37:41.440><c> to</c><00:37:41.760><c> all</c><00:37:41.960><c> of</c><00:37:42.159><c> the</c><00:37:43.559><c> parables</c>

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and<00:37:45.420><c> teachings</c><00:37:45.800><c> of</c><00:37:46.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:52.519
x
But<00:37:48.400><c> perhaps</c><00:37:48.940><c> he</c><00:37:49.300><c> understood</c><00:37:50.079><c> the</c><00:37:50.639><c> essence</c><00:37:51.099><c> of</c><00:37:51.380><c> the</c><00:37:51.659><c> message</c>

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far<00:37:53.280><c> better</c><00:37:53.639><c> than</c><00:37:53.900><c> those</c><00:37:54.280><c> parables</c><00:37:54.719><c> could</c><00:37:55.019><c> teach.</c>

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:58.059
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He<00:37:55.400><c> understood</c><00:37:55.739><c> the</c><00:37:56.079><c> meaning</c><00:37:56.440><c> of</c><00:37:56.619><c> the</c><00:37:56.860><c> parables,</c>

00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:04.119
x
but<00:37:59.300><c> not</c><00:37:59.619><c> having</c><00:38:00.420><c> expressly</c><00:38:01.699><c> and</c><00:38:02.019><c> personally</c><00:38:02.659><c> hearing</c><00:38:03.159><c> them.</c>

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:06.659
x
So<00:38:04.599><c> he</c><00:38:04.719><c> was</c><00:38:05.079><c> ahead</c><00:38:05.699><c> in</c><00:38:06.199><c> understanding</c><00:38:06.659><c> the</c><00:38:06.659><c> meaning</c>

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:10.960
x
what<00:38:07.079><c> God</c><00:38:07.420><c> wanted</c><00:38:08.260><c> of</c><00:38:09.679><c> his</c><00:38:09.980><c> people.</c>

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:13.579
x
Where<00:38:12.519><c> is</c><00:38:12.659><c> the</c><00:38:12.880><c> other</c><00:38:13.079><c> apostles?</c>

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:16.480
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We're<00:38:14.159><c> still</c><00:38:14.460><c> trying</c><00:38:14.659><c> to</c><00:38:14.760><c> catch</c><00:38:15.000><c> up</c><00:38:15.219><c> to</c><00:38:15.380><c> that.</c>

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What<00:38:20.300><c> was</c><00:38:20.539><c> Paul's</c><00:38:21.039><c> job?</c>

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What<00:38:21.860><c> was</c><00:38:22.059><c> he</c><00:38:22.280><c> assigned</c><00:38:22.559><c> to</c><00:38:22.840><c> do?</c>

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x
Acts<00:38:23.880><c> 26,</c><00:38:24.579><c> verse</c><00:38:24.800><c> 17</c><00:38:25.360><c> says,</c><00:38:25.719><c> and</c><00:38:25.719><c> I</c><00:38:25.920><c> will</c><00:38:26.400><c> deliver</c><00:38:26.920><c> you</c>

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:30.800
x
from<00:38:27.780><c> the</c><00:38:28.019><c> Jewish</c><00:38:28.300><c> people,</c><00:38:29.519><c> from</c><00:38:29.880><c> the</c><00:38:30.139><c> Jewish</c><00:38:30.340><c> people,</c>

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:34.940
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as<00:38:31.500><c> well</c><00:38:31.760><c> as</c><00:38:32.019><c> from</c><00:38:32.280><c> the</c><00:38:32.559><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:32.920><c> to</c><00:38:33.179><c> whom</c><00:38:33.380><c> I</c><00:38:33.659><c> now</c><00:38:34.019><c> send</c><00:38:34.360><c> you</c>

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:39.760
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to<00:38:35.460><c> open</c><00:38:35.760><c> their</c><00:38:36.159><c> eyes</c><00:38:36.719><c> in</c><00:38:37.659><c> order</c><00:38:38.039><c> to</c><00:38:38.360><c> turn</c><00:38:38.739><c> them</c><00:38:39.039><c> from</c><00:38:39.280><c> darkness</c>

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:42.320
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to<00:38:40.039><c> light</c><00:38:40.300><c> and</c><00:38:40.440><c> from</c><00:38:40.619><c> the</c><00:38:40.840><c> power</c><00:38:41.119><c> of</c><00:38:41.440><c> Satan</c><00:38:41.639><c> to</c><00:38:41.960><c> God</c>

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:45.059
x
that<00:38:42.820><c> they</c><00:38:43.059><c> may</c><00:38:43.320><c> receive</c><00:38:43.739><c> forgiveness</c><00:38:44.260><c> of</c><00:38:44.619><c> sins</c>

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:48.039
x
and<00:38:45.519><c> an</c><00:38:45.780><c> inheritance</c><00:38:46.219><c> among</c><00:38:46.840><c> those</c><00:38:47.460><c> who</c>

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x
are<00:38:48.519><c> sanctified</c><00:38:49.360><c> by</c><00:38:49.980><c> faith</c><00:38:50.440><c> in</c><00:38:50.980><c> me.</c>

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:56.480
x
He<00:38:53.639><c> doesn't</c><00:38:53.920><c> tell</c><00:38:54.239><c> Paul</c><00:38:54.559><c> to</c><00:38:54.760><c> go</c><00:38:54.920><c> build</c><00:38:55.199><c> the</c><00:38:55.420><c> temple.</c>

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:01.699
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He<00:38:58.880><c> doesn't</c><00:38:59.159><c> say</c><00:38:59.380><c> to</c><00:38:59.960><c> worry</c><00:39:00.199><c> about</c><00:39:00.519><c> that.</c>

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:09.019
x
And<00:39:04.019><c> the</c><00:39:04.039><c> issue</c><00:39:04.420><c> was</c><00:39:05.780><c> teaching</c><00:39:07.079><c> forgiveness</c><00:39:07.639><c> of</c><00:39:07.960><c> sins,</c>

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:15.980
x
teaching<00:39:10.679><c> Jesus</c><00:39:11.460><c> Christ,</c><00:39:12.760><c> expressing</c><00:39:13.500><c> baptism,</c><00:39:14.900><c> conversion,</c>

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:23.460
x
heartfelt,<00:39:19.159><c> not</c><00:39:19.159><c> works</c><00:39:20.000><c> of</c><00:39:20.219><c> the</c><00:39:20.440><c> law,</c><00:39:21.420><c> not</c><00:39:22.099><c> sacrifices,</c>

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:27.320
x
but<00:39:24.320><c> the</c><00:39:24.480><c> meaning,</c><00:39:25.019><c> the</c><00:39:25.199><c> essence</c><00:39:25.519><c> of,</c><00:39:26.300><c> the</c><00:39:26.559><c> fulfillment</c><00:39:26.980><c> of.</c>

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What<00:39:27.519><c> was</c><00:39:27.739><c> the</c><00:39:27.940><c> point</c><00:39:28.099><c> of</c><00:39:28.260><c> it?</c>

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The<00:39:30.119><c> apostle</c><00:39:30.599><c> received</c><00:39:31.199><c> a</c><00:39:31.460><c> crash</c><00:39:31.719><c> course</c>

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in<00:39:32.900><c> obedience</c><00:39:33.579><c> and</c><00:39:34.360><c> service.</c>

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He<00:39:36.219><c> was</c><00:39:36.360><c> given</c><00:39:36.579><c> days</c><00:39:37.179><c> to</c><00:39:37.480><c> remain</c><00:39:37.780><c> blind</c><00:39:38.840><c> of</c><00:39:39.960><c> a</c><00:39:40.139><c> mind</c>

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to<00:39:40.820><c> wonder</c><00:39:41.039><c> how</c><00:39:41.380><c> he</c><00:39:41.539><c> could</c><00:39:41.719><c> be</c><00:39:41.940><c> so</c><00:39:42.280><c> wrong.</c>

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Paul<00:39:44.420><c> had</c><00:39:44.599><c> some</c><00:39:44.900><c> questions,</c><00:39:46.500><c> but</c><00:39:46.619><c> they</c>

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were<00:39:46.900><c> questions</c><00:39:47.300><c> about</c><00:39:47.579><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:39:50.320><c> might</c><00:39:50.559><c> have</c><00:39:50.820><c> thought,</c><00:39:51.760><c> what</c><00:39:52.300><c> of</c><00:39:52.460><c> me</c><00:39:52.699><c> now?</c>

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His<00:39:53.860><c> energy</c><00:39:54.219><c> was</c><00:39:54.519><c> of</c><00:39:54.800><c> no</c><00:39:55.400><c> use</c><00:39:56.019><c> without</c><00:39:56.760><c> sight.</c>

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He<00:39:57.800><c> was</c><00:39:58.099><c> not</c><00:39:58.260><c> eating</c><00:39:58.539><c> or</c><00:39:58.760><c> drinking.</c>

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He<00:39:59.960><c> was</c><00:40:00.199><c> a</c><00:40:00.380><c> dead</c><00:40:00.599><c> man.</c>

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He<00:40:01.860><c> was</c><00:40:02.099><c> a</c><00:40:02.300><c> dead</c><00:40:02.500><c> man.</c>

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He<00:40:03.599><c> had</c><00:40:03.940><c> to</c><00:40:04.920><c> be</c><00:40:05.440><c> born</c><00:40:05.579><c> again</c><00:40:06.280><c> and</c><00:40:07.119><c> come</c><00:40:07.619><c> to</c><00:40:08.199><c> understand</c><00:40:09.000><c> those</c>

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things<00:40:10.539><c> which</c>

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he<00:40:11.820><c> needed</c><00:40:12.139><c> to</c><00:40:12.460><c> know</c><00:40:12.679><c> and</c><00:40:12.860><c> to</c><00:40:13.059><c> do.</c>

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And<00:40:14.380><c> this</c><00:40:14.559><c> he</c><00:40:14.800><c> did.</c>

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Excellent,<00:40:17.599><c> an</c><00:40:17.880><c> excellent</c><00:40:18.219><c> job</c><00:40:18.619><c> of</c><00:40:18.960><c> proclaiming</c><00:40:19.519><c> God's</c><00:40:20.000><c> word.</c>

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We<00:40:21.320><c> have</c><00:40:21.679><c> a</c><00:40:21.980><c> lot</c><00:40:22.219><c> of</c><00:40:22.480><c> books</c><00:40:22.940><c> and</c><00:40:23.400><c> letters</c><00:40:24.139><c> which</c><00:40:24.940><c> Paul</c><00:40:25.219><c> wrote.</c>

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He<00:40:27.940><c> sat</c><00:40:28.260><c> there</c><00:40:28.679><c> in</c><00:40:28.840><c> those</c><00:40:29.400><c> three</c><00:40:29.800><c> days</c><00:40:30.260><c> empty,</c><00:40:32.320><c> alive</c><00:40:32.739><c> but</c><00:40:33.079><c> dead.</c>

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He<00:40:35.000><c> sat</c><00:40:35.239><c> not</c><00:40:35.559><c> knowing</c><00:40:35.840><c> what</c><00:40:36.019><c> he</c><00:40:36.159><c> would</c><00:40:36.380><c> do.</c>

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His<00:40:37.980><c> energy</c><00:40:38.360><c> was</c><00:40:39.079><c> spent</c><00:40:39.659><c> in</c><00:40:40.360><c> the</c><00:40:40.960><c> wrong</c><00:40:41.199><c> direction.</c>

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His<00:40:43.460><c> wildest</c><00:40:44.059><c> dreams</c><00:40:44.900><c> came</c><00:40:45.639><c> true</c><00:40:45.980><c> when</c>

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he<00:40:46.380><c> received</c><00:40:46.659><c> the</c><00:40:46.860><c> Holy</c><00:40:47.099><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:40:48.679><c> he</c><00:40:48.780><c> was</c><00:40:49.000><c> able</c><00:40:49.219><c> to</c><00:40:49.780><c> comprehend</c><00:40:50.460><c> all</c><00:40:51.760><c> those</c><00:40:52.039><c> lessons</c>

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and<00:40:52.760><c> all</c><00:40:52.980><c> those</c><00:40:53.300><c> things</c><00:40:53.480><c> which</c><00:40:53.699><c> he</c><00:40:53.900><c> knew</c><00:40:54.019><c> of</c><00:40:54.219><c> the</c><00:40:54.440><c> law</c>

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and<00:40:55.139><c> how</c><00:40:55.360><c> to</c><00:40:55.599><c> apply</c><00:40:55.920><c> them.</c>

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Paul<00:40:57.179><c> preached,</c><00:40:57.980><c> traveled,</c><00:40:58.780><c> wrote</c><00:40:58.960><c> books.</c>

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He<00:41:01.099><c> was</c><00:41:01.360><c> an</c><00:41:01.599><c> epistle.</c>

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He<00:41:03.360><c> was</c><00:41:03.780><c> an</c><00:41:04.059><c> epistles</c><00:41:04.420><c> tirelessly.</c>

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These<00:41:07.019><c> were</c><00:41:07.480><c> works,</c><00:41:08.159><c> were</c><00:41:08.340><c> these</c><00:41:08.619><c> works</c><00:41:09.019><c> of</c><00:41:09.320><c> love</c><00:41:09.840><c> or</c><00:41:10.300><c> obligation?</c>

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They<00:41:13.480><c> were</c><00:41:13.780><c> ones</c><00:41:14.300><c> he</c><00:41:14.960><c> was</c><00:41:15.219><c> compelled</c><00:41:15.639><c> to</c><00:41:15.920><c> do.</c>

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What<00:41:17.960><c> begs</c><00:41:18.280><c> the</c><00:41:18.539><c> question</c><00:41:18.840><c> is,</c><00:41:19.159><c> what</c><00:41:19.159><c> do</c><00:41:19.380><c> we</c><00:41:19.599><c> do?</c>

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What<00:41:20.059><c> do</c><00:41:20.280><c> we</c><00:41:20.460><c> do</c><00:41:20.559><c> with</c><00:41:20.820><c> our</c><00:41:21.079><c> time?</c>

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So<00:41:23.059><c> we</c><00:41:23.199><c> see</c><00:41:23.340><c> in</c><00:41:23.480><c> Matthew</c><00:41:23.900><c> 16,</c><00:41:24.460><c> 16,</c><00:41:24.940><c> which</c><00:41:25.159><c> I</c><00:41:25.380><c> read</c><00:41:25.500><c> before,</c>

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he<00:41:26.480><c> who</c><00:41:26.760><c> believes</c><00:41:27.059><c> and</c><00:41:27.260><c> is</c><00:41:27.500><c> baptized</c><00:41:27.980><c> will</c><00:41:28.219><c> be</c><00:41:28.500><c> saved,</c>

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but<00:41:29.420><c> he</c><00:41:29.820><c> who</c><00:41:29.980><c> does</c><00:41:30.300><c> not</c><00:41:30.599><c> believe</c><00:41:30.860><c> will</c><00:41:31.139><c> be</c><00:41:31.480><c> condemned.</c>

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And<00:41:33.639><c> Mark</c><00:41:34.400><c> 16,</c><00:41:35.280><c> 20</c><00:41:35.699><c> says,</c><00:41:36.059><c> and</c><00:41:36.199><c> they</c><00:41:36.400><c> went</c><00:41:36.539><c> out</c><00:41:37.239><c> and</c><00:41:37.519><c> preached</c>

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everywhere,<00:41:40.420><c> the</c><00:41:41.099><c> Lord</c><00:41:41.699><c> with</c><00:41:42.199><c> them</c><00:41:42.639><c> in</c><00:41:43.039><c> confirming</c><00:41:43.480><c> the</c><00:41:43.860><c> word</c>

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through<00:41:44.639><c> the</c><00:41:44.940><c> accompanying</c><00:41:45.460><c> signs.</c>

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So<00:41:47.860><c> they</c><00:41:48.059><c> came</c><00:41:48.400><c> out</c><00:41:48.699><c> and</c><00:41:48.860><c> went</c><00:41:49.059><c> with</c><00:41:49.320><c> power.</c>

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And<00:41:50.099><c> you</c><00:41:50.199><c> could</c><00:41:50.460><c> see</c><00:41:50.719><c> how</c><00:41:50.960><c> this</c><00:41:51.280><c> would</c><00:41:51.500><c> be</c><00:41:51.679><c> rather</c><00:41:52.099><c> disruptive</c>

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in<00:41:53.300><c> the</c><00:41:53.460><c> city</c><00:41:53.659><c> of</c><00:41:53.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Jesus<00:41:56.679><c> fulfilled</c><00:41:57.219><c> the</c><00:41:57.460><c> words</c><00:41:57.679><c> of</c><00:41:58.079><c> prophecy.</c>

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He<00:42:00.119><c> confirmed</c><00:42:00.579><c> the</c><00:42:00.880><c> promises</c><00:42:01.239><c> by</c><00:42:01.559><c> his</c><00:42:01.880><c> death.</c>

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He<00:42:03.840><c> established</c><00:42:04.400><c> grace</c><00:42:04.860><c> by</c><00:42:06.099><c> his</c><00:42:06.380><c> resurrection</c>

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and<00:42:08.019><c> the</c><00:42:08.199><c> forgiveness</c><00:42:08.559><c> of</c><00:42:08.900><c> sins.</c>

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He<00:42:10.480><c> brought</c><00:42:10.800><c> men</c><00:42:11.320><c> into</c><00:42:12.159><c> a</c><00:42:12.599><c> fellowship</c><00:42:13.159><c> with</c><00:42:14.099><c> God,</c>

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truly<00:42:15.719><c> and</c><00:42:16.340><c> purposefully.</c>

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Established<00:42:18.639><c> both</c><00:42:19.039><c> Jew</c><00:42:19.239><c> and</c><00:42:19.500><c> Gentile</c><00:42:19.980><c> to</c><00:42:20.179><c> see</c><00:42:20.480><c> God</c><00:42:20.840><c> in</c><00:42:21.139><c> salvation</c>

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and<00:42:22.480><c> to</c><00:42:22.679><c> see</c><00:42:22.880><c> God's</c><00:42:23.480><c> kingdom</c><00:42:23.940><c> on</c><00:42:24.440><c> this</c><00:42:24.619><c> earth.</c>

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We<00:42:27.860><c> celebrate</c><00:42:28.480><c> Jesus</c><00:42:29.019><c> Christ.</c>