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I'll<00:12:44.899><c> read</c><00:12:45.019><c> from</c><00:12:45.299><c> 13</c><00:12:45.779><c> to</c><00:12:45.899><c> 19.</c>

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Then<00:12:47.279><c> certain</c><00:12:47.700><c> of</c><00:12:47.940><c> the</c><00:12:48.139><c> vagabond</c><00:12:48.620><c> Jews,</c><00:12:49.460><c> exorcists,</c><00:12:50.000><c> took</c><00:12:50.200><c> upon</c><00:12:50.500><c> them</c><00:12:50.799><c> to</c>

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call<00:12:51.340><c> over</c><00:12:51.700><c> them</c><00:12:52.139><c> which</c><00:12:52.539><c> had</c><00:12:52.799><c> evil</c>

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spirits<00:12:53.539><c> the</c><00:12:53.700><c> name</c><00:12:53.879><c> of</c><00:12:54.059><c> the</c><00:12:54.220><c> Lord</c><00:12:54.419><c> Jesus,</c><00:12:54.980><c> saying,</c><00:12:55.940><c> We</c><00:12:56.139><c> adjure</c>

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you<00:12:56.759><c> by</c><00:12:57.019><c> Jesus</c><00:12:57.539><c> whom</c><00:12:57.759><c> Paul</c><00:12:58.120><c> preached.</c>

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And<00:12:59.820><c> then</c><00:13:00.019><c> in</c><00:13:00.200><c> verse</c><00:13:00.379><c> 17,</c><00:13:00.960><c> And</c><00:13:01.039><c> the</c><00:13:01.120><c> man</c><00:13:01.360><c> in</c><00:13:01.600><c> whom</c><00:13:01.720><c> the</c><00:13:01.980><c> evil</c><00:13:02.220><c> spirit</c><00:13:02.720><c> was</c><00:13:03.240><c> leapt</c><00:13:03.620><c> on</c>

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them<00:13:03.960><c> and</c><00:13:04.179><c> overcame</c><00:13:04.620><c> them</c><00:13:04.840><c> and</c>

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prevailed<00:13:05.480><c> against</c><00:13:05.840><c> them,</c><00:13:06.139><c> so</c><00:13:06.360><c> that</c><00:13:06.639><c> they</c><00:13:06.919><c> fled</c><00:13:07.159><c> out</c><00:13:07.559><c> of</c><00:13:07.679><c> the</c>

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house<00:13:08.000><c> naked</c><00:13:08.299><c> and</c><00:13:08.559><c> wounded.</c><00:13:09.500><c> And</c><00:13:09.639><c> this</c><00:13:09.919><c> was</c><00:13:10.159><c> known</c>

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in<00:13:10.600><c> all</c><00:13:10.960><c> to</c><00:13:11.559><c> all</c><00:13:11.799><c> the</c><00:13:12.019><c> Jews</c><00:13:12.220><c> and</c><00:13:12.519><c> Greeks</c><00:13:12.860><c> also</c><00:13:13.679><c> dwelling</c><00:13:14.080><c> at</c><00:13:14.580><c> Ephesus.</c><00:13:15.620><c> And</c><00:13:15.879><c> fear</c><00:13:16.220><c> dwell</c><00:13:16.639><c> and</c><00:13:17.340><c> fell</c><00:13:17.480><c> on</c>

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them<00:13:18.000><c> all.</c>

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brought<00:13:26.539><c> their</c><00:13:26.860><c> books</c><00:13:27.120><c> together</c><00:13:27.559><c> and</c><00:13:27.879><c> burned</c><00:13:28.120><c> them</c><00:13:28.419><c> before</c>

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all<00:13:29.220><c> men.</c><00:13:29.980><c> And</c><00:13:30.120><c> they</c><00:13:30.299><c> come</c><00:13:30.500><c> to</c><00:13:30.740><c> the</c><00:13:31.039><c> price</c><00:13:31.320><c> of</c><00:13:31.600><c> them</c>

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and<00:13:32.639><c> found</c><00:13:32.899><c> it</c><00:13:33.200><c> fifty</c><00:13:33.460><c> thousand</c><00:13:33.980><c> pieces</c><00:13:34.340><c> of</c><00:13:34.559><c> silver.</c><00:13:36.039><c> I</c><00:13:36.200><c> looked</c><00:13:36.460><c> that</c>

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up<00:13:36.759><c> and</c><00:13:36.960><c> it</c><00:13:37.120><c> says</c><00:13:37.240><c> that's</c><00:13:37.580><c> about</c><00:13:37.940><c> 1</c><00:13:38.200><c>.2</c>

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million<00:13:39.059><c> US</c><00:13:39.440><c> dollars,</c><00:13:40.519><c> clearly</c><00:13:40.779><c> a</c><00:13:40.919><c> lot</c><00:13:41.059><c> more</c><00:13:41.340><c> than</c><00:13:41.460><c> our</c><00:13:41.720><c> currency</c><00:13:42.080><c> here</c>

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in<00:13:42.600><c> Canada.</c><00:13:42.899><c> But</c><00:13:43.120><c> you</c><00:13:43.340><c> can</c><00:13:43.559><c> imagine</c>

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one<00:13:44.460><c> point</c><00:13:44.740><c> something</c><00:13:45.220><c> million,</c><00:13:46.240><c> one</c><00:13:46.399><c> and</c><00:13:46.500><c> a</c><00:13:46.559><c> quarter</c><00:13:46.639><c> million</c><00:13:47.039><c> dollars</c><00:13:47.500><c> in</c><00:13:47.879><c> books</c><00:13:48.139><c> being</c><00:13:48.500><c> burned</c><00:13:48.940><c> by</c><00:13:49.740><c> people</c>

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just<00:13:50.379><c> because</c><00:13:51.059><c> of</c><00:13:51.299><c> their</c><00:13:52.419><c> conviction</c><00:13:53.320><c> that</c><00:13:53.980><c> they</c><00:13:54.200><c> had</c><00:13:54.600><c> at</c><00:13:54.940><c> the</c>

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teaching<00:13:55.419><c> of</c><00:13:55.679><c> Christ</c><00:13:56.179><c> by</c><00:13:58.940><c> the</c><00:13:59.220><c> apostles.</c>

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This<00:14:01.779><c> was</c><00:14:02.059><c> no</c><00:14:02.240><c> small</c><00:14:02.620><c> amount.</c><00:14:04.519><c> And</c><00:14:05.080><c> we</c><00:14:05.960><c> can</c><00:14:06.200><c> imagine</c><00:14:06.639><c> how</c><00:14:07.019><c> much</c>

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work<00:14:08.220><c> the</c><00:14:08.679><c> brethren</c><00:14:09.159><c> and</c><00:14:09.399><c> the</c><00:14:09.639><c> apostles</c><00:14:10.100><c> had</c><00:14:10.379><c> to</c>

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do<00:14:10.679><c> as</c><00:14:10.879><c> they</c><00:14:11.200><c> sought</c><00:14:11.340><c> to</c><00:14:11.720><c> convert</c><00:14:12.159><c> these</c><00:14:13.360><c> newly</c><00:14:14.360><c> baptized</c><00:14:15.259><c> Jews</c><00:14:15.639><c> to</c>

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the<00:14:16.100><c> truth</c><00:14:16.240><c> of</c><00:14:16.460><c> the</c><00:14:16.620><c> gospel.</c>

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There<00:14:18.820><c> were</c><00:14:19.139><c> however</c><00:14:19.500><c> other</c><00:14:19.940><c> challenges</c><00:14:20.480><c> that</c><00:14:20.759><c> they</c><00:14:20.940><c> faced.</c>

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Because<00:14:22.879><c> one</c><00:14:23.120><c> of</c><00:14:23.320><c> the</c><00:14:23.480><c> main</c><00:14:23.820><c> challenges</c><00:14:24.399><c> was</c>

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that<00:14:24.879><c> of</c><00:14:25.059><c> the</c><00:14:25.179><c> cult</c><00:14:25.419><c> of</c><00:14:25.759><c> Artemis.</c><00:14:27.100><c> Artemis</c><00:14:27.779><c> was</c><00:14:28.200><c> huge</c><00:14:29.000><c> within</c>

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Ephesus.<00:14:32.259><c> Establishing</c><00:14:33.019><c> the</c><00:14:33.360><c> early</c><00:14:33.779><c> church</c>

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in<00:14:34.379><c> Ephesus</c><00:14:35.000><c> was</c><00:14:35.399><c> a</c><00:14:35.620><c> huge</c><00:14:35.919><c> undertaking</c><00:14:36.519><c> because</c><00:14:37.220><c> this</c><00:14:37.519><c> city</c>

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was<00:14:38.159><c> so</c><00:14:38.720><c> steep</c><00:14:39.019><c> in</c><00:14:39.399><c> pagan</c><00:14:39.659><c> worship.</c>

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And<00:14:41.460><c> it's</c><00:14:42.740><c> one</c><00:14:43.000><c> of</c><00:14:43.159><c> its</c><00:14:43.500><c> prominent</c><00:14:44.340><c> things</c><00:14:45.899><c> that</c><00:14:46.100><c> they</c><00:14:46.299><c> worshiped</c><00:14:46.899><c> was</c><00:14:47.539><c> the</c><00:14:47.759><c> cult</c><00:14:47.940><c> of</c>

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Artemis<00:14:48.639><c> where</c><00:14:48.919><c> the</c>

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residents<00:14:49.960><c> worshiped</c><00:14:50.820><c> and</c><00:14:50.899><c> they</c><00:14:51.240><c> blended</c><00:14:51.700><c> worship</c><00:14:52.200><c> of</c><00:14:52.500><c> the</c>

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goddess,<00:14:53.379><c> the</c><00:14:53.600><c> Roman</c><00:14:53.919><c> goddess</c><00:14:54.360><c> Diana</c><00:14:54.899><c> and</c>

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Isis<00:14:56.340><c> of</c><00:14:56.559><c> the</c><00:14:56.720><c> Egyptians.</c><00:14:57.879><c> It</c><00:14:58.620><c> had</c><00:14:58.919><c> the</c><00:14:59.460><c> famed</c><00:14:59.899><c> temple</c><00:15:00.679><c> of</c><00:15:00.840><c> Artemis.</c><00:15:02.159><c> And</c>

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you<00:15:02.919><c> will</c><00:15:03.159><c> remember</c><00:15:03.879><c> the</c><00:15:04.379><c> riots</c>

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that<00:15:05.000><c> happened</c><00:15:05.279><c> there</c><00:15:05.659><c> when</c><00:15:05.940><c> they</c><00:15:06.259><c> said</c><00:15:06.580><c> they</c><00:15:08.320><c> chanted</c><00:15:08.759><c> for</c>

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hours,<00:15:09.919><c> greatest</c><00:15:10.259><c> god,</c><00:15:11.159><c> Diana</c><00:15:11.240><c> goddess</c><00:15:11.620><c> of</c><00:15:11.940><c> the</c>

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Ephesians.<00:15:13.460><c> This</c><00:15:13.799><c> city,</c><00:15:14.759><c> it</c><00:15:14.759><c> was</c><00:15:16.179><c> worse</c><00:15:16.899><c> of</c><00:15:17.139><c> a</c><00:15:17.299><c> cult</c><00:15:17.460><c> than</c><00:15:17.779><c> anything</c><00:15:20.039><c> we</c>

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would<00:15:21.120><c> know</c><00:15:21.299><c> of</c><00:15:21.480><c> today.</c><00:15:21.919><c> I</c><00:15:22.039><c> don't</c><00:15:22.179><c> know,</c>

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I<00:15:22.740><c> can't</c><00:15:24.019><c> compare</c><00:15:24.519><c> it</c><00:15:24.799><c> to</c><00:15:25.019><c> it</c><00:15:25.299><c> being</c><00:15:25.980><c> the</c><00:15:27.259><c> largest</c><00:15:27.860><c> sports</c><00:15:28.259><c> event,</c><00:15:28.940><c> bigger</c><00:15:29.039><c> than</c><00:15:29.480><c> probably</c><00:15:30.379><c> anything</c><00:15:31.179><c> we</c><00:15:31.399><c> can</c>

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imagine<00:15:32.059><c> today.</c><00:15:32.539><c> But</c><00:15:32.539><c> it</c><00:15:32.639><c> was</c><00:15:32.940><c> so</c><00:15:33.379><c> deep</c><00:15:33.700><c> seated</c><00:15:33.980><c> that</c><00:15:34.980><c> no</c><00:15:35.220><c> one</c>

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would<00:15:35.679><c> dare</c><00:15:36.580><c> speak</c><00:15:37.039><c> against</c><00:15:37.539><c> Diana</c><00:15:37.940><c> of</c><00:15:38.159><c> the</c><00:15:38.340><c> Ephesians.</c>

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It<00:15:41.279><c> had</c><00:15:41.580><c> this</c><00:15:41.919><c> famed</c><00:15:42.299><c> temple</c><00:15:42.639><c> there</c><00:15:42.980><c> and</c><00:15:43.460><c> worship</c><00:15:44.059><c> of</c><00:15:44.419><c> this</c><00:15:44.740><c> cult</c><00:15:45.120><c> pervaded</c><00:15:46.019><c> every</c><00:15:46.679><c> facet</c><00:15:47.080><c> of</c>

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their<00:15:47.460><c> life.</c>

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Even<00:15:48.799><c> though</c><00:15:49.220><c> Rome</c><00:15:49.500><c> had</c><00:15:49.840><c> quelled</c><00:15:50.080><c> some</c><00:15:50.340><c> of</c><00:15:50.500><c> this</c><00:15:50.740><c> worship</c><00:15:51.120><c> after</c><00:15:51.500><c> conquering</c><00:15:51.960><c> the</c><00:15:52.179><c> region,</c>

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Artemis<00:15:54.460><c> was</c><00:15:54.899><c> worshiped</c><00:15:55.620><c> as</c><00:15:55.820><c> the</c><00:15:56.159><c> patroness</c><00:15:56.919><c> of</c><00:15:57.320><c> young</c><00:15:57.580><c> girls</c>

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and<00:15:58.240><c> their</c><00:15:58.460><c> tradition</c><00:15:59.039><c> from</c><00:15:59.460><c> childhood</c><00:16:00.019><c> to</c>

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womanhood<00:16:00.860><c> and</c><00:16:01.120><c> marriage.</c><00:16:02.179><c> She</c><00:16:02.340><c> was</c><00:16:02.620><c> also</c><00:16:03.159><c> revered</c><00:16:03.899><c> and</c><00:16:04.159><c> sought</c><00:16:04.519><c> after</c><00:16:04.919><c> for</c>

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her<00:16:05.480><c> role</c><00:16:05.659><c> in</c><00:16:05.960><c> childbirth.</c>

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And<00:16:08.299><c> her</c><00:16:08.740><c> adherents,</c><00:16:09.659><c> the</c><00:16:09.779><c> women</c><00:16:10.320><c> of</c><00:16:10.799><c> Artemis,</c><00:16:11.980><c> played</c><00:16:12.120><c> a</c><00:16:12.500><c> central</c><00:16:13.039><c> and</c>

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prominent<00:16:14.000><c> role</c><00:16:14.779><c> in</c><00:16:15.600><c> Artemis'</c><00:16:16.419><c> cult.</c>

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And<00:16:17.360><c> it</c><00:16:17.879><c> provided</c><00:16:18.299><c> a</c><00:16:18.639><c> space</c><00:16:18.980><c> for</c><00:16:19.259><c> women</c><00:16:19.580><c> to</c><00:16:19.919><c> gather</c><00:16:20.159><c> and</c><00:16:20.460><c> to</c><00:16:20.919><c> celebrate</c><00:16:21.259><c> their</c><00:16:21.580><c> roles</c><00:16:21.919><c> as</c>

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wives<00:16:22.580><c> and</c><00:16:22.779><c> mothers.</c>

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I<00:16:25.559><c> have</c><00:16:25.759><c> heard</c><00:16:26.000><c> it</c><00:16:26.240><c> said</c><00:16:26.399><c> that</c><00:16:26.620><c> it</c><00:16:26.720><c> was</c><00:16:27.059><c> probably</c><00:16:27.379><c> some</c><00:16:27.720><c> of</c><00:16:27.879><c> these</c><00:16:28.179><c> cultic</c><00:16:29.080><c> women</c><00:16:29.440><c> that</c><00:16:29.860><c> Paul</c><00:16:30.179><c> had</c>

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