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cared</c><00:11:01.740><c> for</c><00:11:01.899><c> none</c><00:11:02.059><c> of</c><00:11:02.200><c> these</c><00:11:02.340><c> things.</c> 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:06.700 And<00:11:04.179><c> one</c><00:11:04.279><c> does</c><00:11:04.440><c> just</c><00:11:04.679><c> wonder</c><00:11:04.899><c> whether</c><00:11:05.399><c> the</c><00:11:05.919><c> man</c><00:11:06.139><c> who</c><00:11:06.320><c> took</c><00:11:06.519><c> the</c> 00:11:06.700 --> 00:11:10.200 place<00:11:06.840><c> of</c><00:11:07.019><c> the</c><00:11:07.179><c> convert</c><00:11:07.539><c> when</c><00:11:08.539><c> Crispus</c><00:11:08.840><c> had</c><00:11:09.019><c> to</c><00:11:09.240><c> leave,</c> 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:13.100 and<00:11:10.559><c> in</c><00:11:10.659><c> some</c><00:11:10.740><c> of</c><00:11:10.879><c> that</c><00:11:11.000><c> stage</c><00:11:11.259><c> clearly</c><00:11:11.559><c> was</c><00:11:11.799><c> no</c><00:11:12.120><c> convert,</c> 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:15.879 now<00:11:13.940><c> suffering</c><00:11:14.279><c> the</c><00:11:14.519><c> physical</c><00:11:14.860><c> assault</c><00:11:15.179><c> of</c><00:11:15.360><c> the</c><00:11:15.500><c> Greeks</c><00:11:15.679><c> who</c> 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:17.860 apparently<00:11:16.220><c> didn't</c><00:11:16.460><c> like</c><00:11:16.779><c> the</c><00:11:16.899><c> Jews</c><00:11:17.039><c> very</c><00:11:17.360><c> much,</c> 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:20.659 may<00:11:18.240><c> have</c><00:11:18.360><c> thought</c><00:11:18.559><c> again</c><00:11:18.779><c> about</c><00:11:18.960><c> his</c><00:11:19.139><c> position,</c><00:11:20.299><c> may</c><00:11:20.500><c> have</c> 00:11:20.659 --> 00:11:22.740 wondered<00:11:20.899><c> whether</c><00:11:21.139><c> perhaps</c><00:11:21.519><c> the</c><00:11:21.639><c> apostle</c><00:11:21.840><c> Paul</c><00:11:22.080><c> had</c><00:11:22.200><c> been</c><00:11:22.399><c> right,</c> 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:24.879 may<00:11:23.159><c> have</c><00:11:23.299><c> 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of</c><00:11:32.559><c> the</c><00:11:32.679><c> Lord</c><00:11:32.820><c> Jesus</c><00:11:33.120><c> Christ</c><00:11:33.419><c> and</c><00:11:33.700><c> Sostanese,</c><00:11:34.179><c> our</c><00:11:34.379><c> brother,</c><00:11:35.679><c> which</c><00:11:35.840><c> is</c> 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:37.279 what<00:11:36.039><c> he</c><00:11:36.120><c> did</c><00:11:36.340><c> say.</c> 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:41.779 Now<00:11:39.240><c> Paul</c><00:11:39.440><c> has</c><00:11:39.600><c> reached</c><00:11:39.799><c> the</c><00:11:40.059><c> end,</c><00:11:40.940><c> the</c><00:11:41.120><c> furthest</c><00:11:41.360><c> point,</c><00:11:41.620><c> I</c> 00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:44.299 mean,<00:11:42.379><c> of</c><00:11:42.539><c> his</c><00:11:42.679><c> second</c><00:11:42.960><c> missionary</c><00:11:43.320><c> journey.</c> 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:49.399 The<00:11:46.000><c> most</c><00:11:46.480><c> direct</c><00:11:46.820><c> route</c><00:11:47.000><c> to</c><00:11:47.220><c> get</c><00:11:47.460><c> back</c><00:11:47.759><c> from</c><00:11:48.019><c> Corinth</c><00:11:48.460><c> to</c><00:11:48.779><c> Syria,</c><00:11:49.100><c> which</c><00:11:49.259><c> is</c> 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.620 where<00:11:49.559><c> he</c><00:11:49.700><c> was</c><00:11:50.039><c> intending</c><00:11:50.440><c> to</c><00:11:50.720><c> go,</c> 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:57.120 was<00:11:52.120><c> simply</c><00:11:52.399><c> to</c><00:11:52.940><c> cross</c><00:11:53.179><c> the</c><00:11:53.379><c> narrow</c><00:11:53.639><c> Isthmus</c><00:11:54.419><c> and</c><00:11:55.220><c> arrive</c><00:11:55.480><c> at</c><00:11:55.899><c> Senkrii.</c> 00:11:57.220 --> 00:11:58.870 Which<00:11:57.379><c> was</c><00:11:57.620><c> the</c><00:11:57.799><c> port</c><00:11:57.960><c> of</c><00:11:58.159><c> Corinth.</c> 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:02.340 And<00:12:00.259><c> we</c><00:12:00.419><c> read</c><00:12:00.820><c> in</c><00:12:01.000><c> the</c><00:12:01.120><c> 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as</c><00:15:29.139><c> fast</c><00:15:29.360><c> as</c><00:15:29.519><c> he</c><00:15:29.679><c> could.</c> 00:15:31.539 --> 00:15:39.179 When<00:15:31.980><c> he</c><00:15:32.100><c> got</c><00:15:32.379><c> there</c><00:15:33.080><c> he</c><00:15:33.620><c> paused</c><00:15:34.080><c> temporarily</c><00:15:34.600><c> at</c><00:15:38.820><c> Caesarea</c> 00:15:39.179 --> 00:15:44.799 and<00:15:41.460><c> then</c><00:15:41.539><c> went</c><00:15:41.879><c> up</c><00:15:43.139><c> and</c><00:15:43.299><c> saluted</c><00:15:43.539><c> the</c><00:15:43.700><c> church.</c> 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:47.700 Jerusalem<00:15:45.340><c> isn't</c><00:15:45.539><c> so</c><00:15:45.659><c> much</c><00:15:45.799><c> as</c><00:15:45.940><c> mentioned.</c><00:15:47.100><c> We</c><00:15:47.220><c> just</c><00:15:47.419><c> told</c><00:15:47.580><c> he</c> 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:49.919 landed<00:15:48.000><c> at</c><00:15:48.139><c> Caesarea,</c><00:15:48.659><c> he</c><00:15:48.720><c> went</c><00:15:48.899><c> up</c><00:15:49.139><c> and</c><00:15:49.259><c> saluted</c><00:15:49.460><c> the</c><00:15:49.620><c> church</c> 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:52.139 and<00:15:50.240><c> he</c><00:15:50.500><c> returned</c><00:15:50.679><c> to</c><00:15:50.879><c> Antioch</c><00:15:51.220><c> and</c><00:15:51.379><c> there</c><00:15:51.500><c> he</c><00:15:51.659><c> abode</c><00:15:51.840><c> for</c><00:15:52.039><c> a</c> 00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:52.779 certain<00:15:52.360><c> time.</c> 00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:55.779 It's<00:15:53.299><c> only</c><00:15:53.539><c> the</c><00:15:53.919><c> going</c><00:15:54.120><c> up</c><00:15:54.419><c> which</c><00:15:54.600><c> makes</c><00:15:54.820><c> it</c><00:15:55.179><c> almost</c><00:15:55.440><c> if</c><00:15:55.580><c> not</c> 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:57.399 quite<00:15:56.100><c> certain</c><00:15:56.399><c> that</c><00:15:56.639><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:56.980><c> is</c><00:15:57.200><c> meant</c> 00:15:57.820 --> 00:16:00.659 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he</c><00:16:08.659><c> went</c> 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:11.220 and<00:16:09.059><c> then</c><00:16:09.240><c> takes</c><00:16:09.379><c> him</c><00:16:09.539><c> back</c><00:16:09.700><c> to</c><00:16:09.960><c> Antioch</c><00:16:10.480><c> just</c><00:16:10.759><c> suggests</c><00:16:11.059><c> that</c> 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:13.419 whatever<00:16:11.419><c> Paul</c><00:16:11.639><c> went</c><00:16:11.960><c> for</c><00:16:12.179><c> wasn't</c><00:16:12.460><c> particularly</c><00:16:12.960><c> eventful,</c> 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:16.179 was<00:16:13.580><c> not</c><00:16:13.779><c> perhaps</c><00:16:14.039><c> successful,</c><00:16:15.259><c> that</c><00:16:15.360><c> he</c><00:16:15.460><c> wasn't</c><00:16:15.639><c> able</c><00:16:15.840><c> to</c><00:16:16.019><c> do</c> 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:17.320 the<00:16:16.299><c> thing</c><00:16:16.379><c> he</c><00:16:16.500><c> set</c><00:16:16.639><c> out</c><00:16:16.860><c> to</c><00:16:17.019><c> do,</c> 00:16:17.659 --> 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off</c><00:16:49.279><c> again</c><00:16:49.480><c> on</c><00:16:49.639><c> his</c><00:16:49.799><c> third.</c><00:16:51.120><c> Antioch</c><00:16:51.539><c> was</c><00:16:51.779><c> his</c><00:16:51.960><c> headquarters.</c> 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:56.379 So<00:16:53.279><c> we</c><00:16:53.519><c> read</c><00:16:53.759><c> now</c><00:16:54.080><c> about</c><00:16:54.279><c> the</c><00:16:54.440><c> beginning</c><00:16:54.620><c> of</c><00:16:54.820><c> the</c><00:16:54.980><c> third</c><00:16:55.179><c> missionary</c><00:16:55.539><c> journey</c><00:16:55.919><c> in</c> 00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:58.059 this<00:16:56.620><c> way.</c> 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:05.000 Acts<00:17:00.879><c> chapter</c><00:17:01.120><c> 18,</c><00:17:04.059><c> verse</c><00:17:04.279><c> 18.</c> 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:10.319 And<00:17:07.660><c> Paul,</c><00:17:08.079><c> having</c><00:17:08.240><c> tarried</c><00:17:08.480><c> after</c><00:17:08.720><c> this</c><00:17:08.940><c> yet</c><00:17:09.079><c> many</c><00:17:09.380><c> days,</c><00:17:09.680><c> took</c><00:17:09.819><c> his</c><00:17:10.039><c> leave</c><00:17:10.160><c> of</c> 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:11.279 the<00:17:10.500><c> brethren</c> 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:17.579 and<00:17:11.839><c> sailed</c><00:17:12.180><c> thence</c><00:17:12.579><c> for</c><00:17:12.680><c> Syria,</c><00:17:13.019><c> and</c><00:17:13.140><c> with</c><00:17:13.240><c> him</c><00:17:13.420><c> Priscilla</c><00:17:13.700><c> and</c><00:17:13.960><c> Aquila,</c><00:17:14.279><c> having</c><00:17:14.579><c> shorn</c><00:17:14.859><c> his</c><00:17:15.059><c> head</c><00:17:15.160><c> in</c><00:17:15.400><c> Sancriae,</c><00:17:16.059><c> for</c><00:17:16.240><c> he</c><00:17:16.359><c> had</c><00:17:16.559><c> a</c><00:17:16.720><c> vow.</c> 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:19.940 And<00:17:18.099><c> they</c><00:17:18.240><c> came</c><00:17:18.380><c> to</c><00:17:18.599><c> Ephesus,</c><00:17:18.920><c> and</c><00:17:19.019><c> he</c><00:17:19.160><c> left</c><00:17:19.380><c> them</c><00:17:19.559><c> there,</c><00:17:19.799><c> but</c> 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:21.480 he<00:17:20.140><c> himself</c><00:17:20.420><c> entered</c><00:17:20.700><c> into</c><00:17:20.960><c> the</c><00:17:21.140><c> synagogue</c> 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:24.859 and<00:17:21.940><c> reasoned</c><00:17:22.440><c> with</c><00:17:22.579><c> the</c><00:17:22.759><c> Jews,</c><00:17:23.619><c> and</c><00:17:23.779><c> when</c><00:17:23.900><c> they</c><00:17:24.079><c> asked</c><00:17:24.220><c> him</c><00:17:24.319><c> to</c><00:17:24.460><c> abide</c><00:17:24.640><c> a</c> 00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:26.059 longer<00:17:25.000><c> time</c><00:17:25.180><c> he</c><00:17:25.359><c> consented</c><00:17:25.759><c> not,</c> 00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:31.279 but<00:17:26.299><c> taking</c><00:17:26.579><c> his</c><00:17:26.819><c> leave</c><00:17:26.940><c> of</c><00:17:27.099><c> them</c><00:17:27.380><c> and</c><00:17:27.759><c> saying,</c><00:17:28.420><c> I</c><00:17:28.539><c> must</c><00:17:28.759><c> by</c><00:17:29.019><c> all</c><00:17:29.200><c> means</c><00:17:29.380><c> keep</c><00:17:29.680><c> this</c><00:17:29.960><c> feast</c><00:17:30.140><c> that</c><00:17:30.420><c> cometh</c><00:17:30.579><c> in</c><00:17:30.779><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:34.160 but<00:17:31.759><c> I</c><00:17:31.920><c> will</c><00:17:32.059><c> return</c><00:17:32.359><c> again</c><00:17:32.599><c> to</c><00:17:32.680><c> you</c><00:17:32.779><c> if</c><00:17:32.900><c> God</c><00:17:33.140><c> will,</c><00:17:33.819><c> he</c><00:17:34.019><c> set</c> 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:35.579 sail<00:17:34.400><c> from</c><00:17:34.559><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:38.099 When<00:17:36.099><c> he</c><00:17:36.279><c> had</c><00:17:36.400><c> landed</c><00:17:36.619><c> at</c><00:17:36.859><c> Caesarea</c><00:17:37.160><c> he</c><00:17:37.319><c> went</c><00:17:37.519><c> up</c><00:17:37.660><c> and</c><00:17:37.839><c> saluted</c> 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journey</c><00:17:50.339><c> starts</c><00:17:50.740><c> in</c><00:17:50.980><c> roughly</c><00:17:51.200><c> the</c> 00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:53.680 same<00:17:51.579><c> kind</c><00:17:51.819><c> of</c><00:17:52.000><c> way</c><00:17:52.279><c> as</c><00:17:52.619><c> the</c><00:17:52.819><c> second</c><00:17:53.099><c> one</c><00:17:53.319><c> did,</c> 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:56.259 and<00:17:54.259><c> with</c><00:17:54.460><c> the</c><00:17:54.700><c> exception</c><00:17:54.920><c> of</c><00:17:55.119><c> the</c><00:17:55.259><c> diversion</c><00:17:55.519><c> into</c><00:17:55.759><c> Cyprus,</c> 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:58.819 in<00:17:56.660><c> much</c><00:17:56.819><c> the</c><00:17:57.000><c> same</c><00:17:57.160><c> kind</c><00:17:57.359><c> of</c><00:17:57.440><c> way</c><00:17:57.519><c> as</c><00:17:57.660><c> the</c><00:17:57.779><c> first</c><00:17:58.019><c> one</c><00:17:58.220><c> did</c><00:17:58.500><c> too.</c> 00:17:59.019 --> 00:18:01.380 He<00:17:59.160><c> goes</c><00:17:59.460><c> through</c><00:17:59.680><c> the</c><00:17:59.819><c> well</c><00:18:00.059><c> established</c><00:18:00.440><c> communities</c><00:18:00.940><c> in</c> 00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:02.779 the<00:18:01.500><c> central</c><00:18:01.839><c> portion</c><00:18:02.119><c> of</c><00:18:02.339><c> Asia</c><00:18:02.480><c> Minor</c> 00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:08.740 and<00:18:03.220><c> then</c><00:18:03.579><c> continues</c><00:18:04.140><c> on</c><00:18:04.500><c> his</c><00:18:04.720><c> way</c><00:18:05.059><c> back</c><00:18:05.599><c> to</c><00:18:06.259><c> the</c><00:18:06.559><c> European</c><00:18:07.059><c> Seers</c><00:18:07.400><c> of</c><00:18:07.599><c> Operation.</c> 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:13.019 Verse<00:18:10.480><c> 19.</c><00:18:11.380><c> And</c><00:18:11.480><c> it</c><00:18:11.579><c> came</c><00:18:11.839><c> to</c><00:18:12.000><c> pass</c><00:18:12.140><c> that</c><00:18:12.299><c> while</c><00:18:12.480><c> Apollos</c><00:18:12.839><c> was</c> 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Spirit</c> 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:24.640 when<00:18:23.519><c> ye</c><00:18:23.740><c> believed?</c> 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.980 And<00:18:25.220><c> they</c><00:18:25.299><c> said</c><00:18:25.440><c> unto</c><00:18:25.559><c> him,</c><00:18:25.819><c> Nay,</c><00:18:26.119><c> we</c><00:18:26.299><c> did</c><00:18:26.420><c> not</c><00:18:26.599><c> so</c><00:18:26.700><c> much</c><00:18:26.819><c> as</c> 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:29.200 hear<00:18:27.279><c> whether</c><00:18:27.579><c> the</c><00:18:27.759><c> Holy</c><00:18:27.920><c> Spirit</c><00:18:28.119><c> was</c><00:18:28.319><c> given.</c> 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:32.799 And<00:18:29.819><c> he</c><00:18:29.940><c> said</c><00:18:30.079><c> unto</c><00:18:30.279><c> them,</c><00:18:31.079><c> Into</c><00:18:31.319><c> what</c><00:18:31.539><c> then</c><00:18:31.740><c> were</c><00:18:31.960><c> ye</c><00:18:32.119><c> baptized?</c> 00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:35.299 And<00:18:33.319><c> they</c><00:18:33.460><c> said,</c><00:18:33.740><c> Into</c><00:18:33.920><c> John's</c><00:18:34.440><c> baptism.</c> 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:38.799 And<00:18:35.960><c> Paul</c><00:18:36.180><c> said,</c><00:18:36.700><c> John</c><00:18:37.019><c> baptized</c><00:18:37.480><c> with</c><00:18:37.700><c> the</c><00:18:37.859><c> baptism</c><00:18:38.140><c> of</c><00:18:38.359><c> repentance,</c> 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:42.599 saying<00:18:39.180><c> unto</c><00:18:39.380><c> the</c><00:18:39.619><c> people</c><00:18:39.839><c> that</c><00:18:39.980><c> they</c><00:18:40.140><c> should</c><00:18:40.339><c> believe</c><00:18:40.660><c> on</c><00:18:40.859><c> him</c><00:18:41.140><c> which</c><00:18:41.480><c> should</c><00:18:41.619><c> come</c><00:18:41.779><c> after</c><00:18:42.000><c> him,</c><00:18:42.299><c> that</c><00:18:42.460><c> is</c> 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.759 on<00:18:42.779><c> Jesus.</c> 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:46.019 And<00:18:44.319><c> when</c><00:18:44.480><c> they</c><00:18:44.579><c> heard</c><00:18:44.819><c> this,</c><00:18:45.039><c> they</c><00:18:45.119><c> were</c><00:18:45.319><c> baptized</c><00:18:45.759><c> in</c><00:18:45.940><c> the</c> 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:47.339 name<00:18:46.200><c> of</c><00:18:46.359><c> the</c><00:18:46.400><c> Lord</c><00:18:46.599><c> Jesus.</c> 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:51.440 And<00:18:48.180><c> when</c><00:18:48.420><c> Paul</c><00:18:48.640><c> had</c><00:18:48.900><c> laid</c><00:18:49.019><c> his</c><00:18:49.200><c> hands</c><00:18:49.400><c> on</c><00:18:49.619><c> them,</c><00:18:50.079><c> the</c><00:18:50.200><c> Holy</c><00:18:50.420><c> Spirit</c><00:18:50.700><c> came</c><00:18:50.940><c> on</c><00:18:51.099><c> them,</c> 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:54.400 and<00:18:51.779><c> they</c><00:18:52.000><c> spake</c><00:18:52.259><c> with</c><00:18:52.519><c> tongues</c><00:18:52.779><c> and</c><00:18:53.039><c> prophesied,</c><00:18:54.119><c> and</c><00:18:54.319><c> they</c> 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:56.180 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somewhat</c><00:19:08.019><c> similar</c><00:19:08.559><c> experiences.</c> 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:12.299 They<00:19:09.480><c> had</c><00:19:09.720><c> both</c><00:19:10.000><c> known</c><00:19:10.299><c> only</c><00:19:10.680><c> the</c><00:19:10.859><c> baptism</c><00:19:11.200><c> of</c><00:19:11.400><c> John.</c> 00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:17.140 Apollos,<00:19:13.839><c> it</c><00:19:13.839><c> seems,</c><00:19:14.539><c> had</c><00:19:14.700><c> drawn</c><00:19:14.940><c> such</c><00:19:15.240><c> good</c><00:19:15.640><c> conclusions</c><00:19:16.059><c> from</c><00:19:16.279><c> the</c><00:19:16.420><c> baptism</c><00:19:16.720><c> of</c><00:19:16.900><c> John,</c> 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:20.000 had<00:19:17.539><c> been</c><00:19:17.720><c> so</c><00:19:17.980><c> well</c><00:19:18.259><c> instructed</c><00:19:18.839><c> in</c><00:19:19.039><c> the</c><00:19:19.180><c> baptism</c><00:19:19.500><c> of</c><00:19:19.619><c> John</c><00:19:19.799><c> that</c><00:19:19.940><c> he</c> 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the</c><00:19:29.759><c> hands</c><00:19:29.940><c> of</c><00:19:30.140><c> Priscilla</c><00:19:30.400><c> and</c><00:19:30.640><c> Aquila,</c><00:19:30.940><c> and</c><00:19:31.279><c> then</c><00:19:31.440><c> he</c><00:19:31.500><c> was</c> 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:33.400 a<00:19:31.799><c> fully</c><00:19:32.019><c> fledged</c><00:19:32.400><c> disciple.</c> 00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:37.599 It<00:19:33.819><c> seems</c><00:19:34.000><c> that</c><00:19:34.160><c> he</c><00:19:34.279><c> had</c><00:19:34.559><c> accepted</c><00:19:34.920><c> John's</c><00:19:35.420><c> baptism</c><00:19:35.680><c> with</c><00:19:36.099><c> that</c><00:19:36.539><c> degree</c><00:19:36.799><c> of</c><00:19:37.140><c> understanding</c> 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:41.440 which,<00:19:38.460><c> unless</c><00:19:38.660><c> the</c><00:19:38.859><c> record's</c><00:19:39.380><c> silence</c><00:19:39.579><c> is</c><00:19:40.279><c> not</c><00:19:40.519><c> deliberate,</c> 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:45.779 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preaching,</c><00:20:01.019><c> but</c> 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.980 might<00:20:01.559><c> not</c><00:20:01.740><c> have</c><00:20:01.880><c> been</c> 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:04.380 so<00:20:02.160><c> well</c><00:20:02.380><c> informed</c><00:20:02.700><c> about</c><00:20:03.240><c> the</c><00:20:03.440><c> circumstances</c><00:20:03.859><c> of</c><00:20:04.059><c> his</c><00:20:04.200><c> death</c> 00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:05.059 and<00:20:04.599><c> resurrection.</c> 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:08.680 We<00:20:05.319><c> don't</c><00:20:05.539><c> know.</c><00:20:07.319><c> What</c><00:20:07.500><c> does</c><00:20:07.700><c> seem</c><00:20:07.799><c> to</c><00:20:07.880><c> be</c><00:20:08.059><c> quite</c><00:20:08.319><c> certain</c><00:20:08.539><c> is</c> 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.579 that<00:20:08.819><c> the</c><00:20:08.960><c> other</c><00:20:09.140><c> disciples,</c> 00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:11.980 the<00:20:09.700><c> ones</c><00:20:09.859><c> in</c><00:20:10.019><c> chapter</c><00:20:10.259><c> 19,</c><00:20:10.799><c> were</c><00:20:10.900><c> far</c><00:20:11.180><c> less</c><00:20:11.420><c> well</c><00:20:11.579><c> instructed</c> 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:13.200 than<00:20:12.240><c> this.</c> 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:17.720 The,<00:20:15.079><c> I</c><00:20:15.480><c> indeed</c><00:20:15.900><c> baptize</c><00:20:16.380><c> you</c><00:20:16.480><c> with</c><00:20:16.720><c> water,</c><00:20:17.059><c> but</c><00:20:17.160><c> there</c><00:20:17.319><c> cometh</c><00:20:17.519><c> one</c> 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.180 after<00:20:18.000><c> me,</c> 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:20.480 the<00:20:18.380><c> latchet</c><00:20:18.700><c> of</c><00:20:18.799><c> whose</c><00:20:18.980><c> shoes</c><00:20:19.180><c> I</c><00:20:19.339><c> am</c><00:20:19.480><c> not</c><00:20:19.640><c> worthy</c><00:20:19.859><c> to</c><00:20:20.059><c> unloose.</c> 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:23.059 He<00:20:20.920><c> shall</c><00:20:21.059><c> baptize</c><00:20:21.579><c> 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were</c><00:22:50.480><c> Jewish</c> 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.519 believers<00:22:51.119><c> present</c> 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:55.180 and<00:22:52.079><c> the</c><00:22:52.480><c> multitude</c><00:22:52.880><c> put</c><00:22:53.119><c> forward</c><00:22:53.400><c> Alexander</c><00:22:53.960><c> a</c><00:22:54.200><c> Jew</c><00:22:54.380><c> as</c><00:22:55.019><c> the</c> 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.779 one<00:22:55.299><c> who</c><00:22:55.539><c> should</c><00:22:55.680><c> testify</c><00:22:56.019><c> to</c><00:22:56.200><c> the</c><00:22:56.380><c> faith.</c> 00:22:57.240 --> 00:23:00.660 And<00:22:57.500><c> finally</c><00:22:57.759><c> the</c><00:22:57.900><c> whole</c><00:22:58.039><c> matter</c><00:22:58.180><c> was</c><00:22:58.440><c> dismissed</c><00:22:58.839><c> by</c><00:22:59.380><c> the</c><00:22:59.859><c> Roman</c><00:23:00.200><c> ruler</c><00:23:00.460><c> who</c> 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.240 made<00:23:00.839><c> it</c><00:23:01.099><c> plain</c> 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:03.380 that<00:23:01.339><c> this</c><00:23:01.500><c> was</c><00:23:01.759><c> no</c><00:23:01.960><c> way</c><00:23:02.079><c> to</c><00:23:02.240><c> conduct</c><00:23:02.559><c> business</c><00:23:02.900><c> of</c><00:23:03.140><c> justice</c> 00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:04.319 in<00:23:03.660><c> Roman</c><00:23:03.940><c> lands.</c> 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:08.539 They<00:23:04.740><c> should</c><00:23:04.900><c> go</c><00:23:05.059><c> to</c><00:23:05.200><c> a</c><00:23:05.359><c> lawful</c><00:23:05.819><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:06.539><c> or</c><00:23:07.039><c> assembly</c><00:23:07.619><c> in</c><00:23:08.079><c> order</c><00:23:08.259><c> to</c> 00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:10.019 determine<00:23:08.859><c> such</c><00:23:09.099><c> matters.</c> 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:14.119 Now<00:23:11.960><c> the</c><00:23:12.180><c> apostle</c><00:23:12.400><c> pursues</c><00:23:12.779><c> the</c><00:23:12.980><c> same</c><00:23:13.220><c> kind</c><00:23:13.599><c> of</c><00:23:13.779><c> journeys</c><00:23:13.920><c> he</c> 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.859 did<00:23:14.240><c> before,</c> 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:19.799 Ephesus<00:23:15.720><c> and</c><00:23:16.599><c> then</c><00:23:16.819><c> being</c><00:23:17.140><c> minded</c><00:23:17.519><c> he</c><00:23:17.799><c> says</c><00:23:17.960><c> to</c><00:23:18.180><c> go</c><00:23:18.319><c> into</c><00:23:18.559><c> Macedonia</c><00:23:19.099><c> and</c><00:23:19.319><c> Achaia</c> 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:24.359 and<00:23:20.059><c> after</c><00:23:20.400><c> that</c><00:23:20.619><c> to</c><00:23:20.819><c> visit</c><00:23:21.039><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:21.619><c> he</c><00:23:22.339><c> pursues</c><00:23:22.740><c> that</c><00:23:23.019><c> course</c><00:23:23.200><c> of</c><00:23:23.480><c> action.</c> 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:26.740 We<00:23:24.920><c> need</c><00:23:25.079><c> to</c><00:23:25.279><c> look</c><00:23:25.420><c> however</c><00:23:25.680><c> at</c><00:23:25.819><c> the</c><00:23:25.920><c> verse</c><00:23:26.019><c> which</c><00:23:26.279><c> tells</c><00:23:26.519><c> us</c> 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:29.799 about<00:23:27.079><c> that</c><00:23:27.480><c> particular</c><00:23:27.960><c> diversion</c><00:23:28.440><c> in</c><00:23:28.680><c> his</c><00:23:28.900><c> journey.</c> 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:36.220 In<00:23:33.200><c> chapter</c><00:23:33.500><c> 19</c><00:23:34.059><c> verse</c><00:23:34.480><c> 21</c> 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:40.619 And<00:23:38.759><c> after</c><00:23:39.000><c> these</c><00:23:39.240><c> things</c><00:23:39.359><c> were</c><00:23:39.519><c> ended,</c><00:23:40.119><c> Paul</c><00:23:40.119><c> purposed</c><00:23:40.460><c> in</c> 00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:40.960 the<00:23:40.819><c> Spirit</c> 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:43.579 when<00:23:41.119><c> he</c><00:23:41.319><c> had</c><00:23:41.519><c> passed</c><00:23:41.720><c> through</c><00:23:41.920><c> Macedonia</c><00:23:42.420><c> and</c><00:23:42.660><c> Achaia</c><00:23:43.119><c> to</c><00:23:43.400><c> go</c> 00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:45.140 to<00:23:43.759><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:49.099 saying,<00:23:45.819><c> After</c><00:23:46.319><c> I</c><00:23:46.400><c> have</c><00:23:46.599><c> been</c><00:23:46.799><c> there</c><00:23:46.980><c> I</c><00:23:47.059><c> must</c><00:23:47.299><c> also</c><00:23:47.759><c> see</c><00:23:48.099><c> Rome.</c> 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:51.980 We<00:23:49.720><c> have</c><00:23:49.839><c> once</c><00:23:50.079><c> again</c><00:23:50.299><c> that</c><00:23:50.599><c> rather</c><00:23:50.920><c> ambiguous</c><00:23:51.480><c> expression</c> 00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:54.579 that<00:23:52.220><c> Paul</c><00:23:52.779><c> purposed</c><00:23:53.279><c> in</c><00:23:53.480><c> the</c><00:23:53.680><c> Spirit.</c> 00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:57.759 He<00:23:55.099><c> had</c><00:23:55.279><c> already</c><00:23:55.559><c> made</c><00:23:55.740><c> his</c><00:23:56.039><c> plans</c><00:23:56.299><c> long</c><00:23:56.619><c> before</c><00:23:56.940><c> he</c><00:23:57.160><c> set</c><00:23:57.380><c> off</c> 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:59.279 on<00:23:57.900><c> the</c><00:23:58.079><c> last</c><00:23:58.480><c> stage</c><00:23:58.740><c> of</c><00:23:58.900><c> this</c><00:23:59.059><c> journey</c> 00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:02.019 westwards<00:23:59.940><c> that</c><00:24:00.380><c> as</c><00:24:00.680><c> soon</c><00:24:00.839><c> as</c><00:24:00.900><c> that</c><00:24:01.019><c> was</c><00:24:01.240><c> over</c><00:24:01.359><c> he</c><00:24:01.460><c> would</c><00:24:01.619><c> hurry</c><00:24:01.839><c> back</c> 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.640 to<00:24:02.220><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:06.160 and<00:24:03.480><c> that</c><00:24:03.660><c> then</c><00:24:04.140><c> subsequently</c><00:24:04.619><c> he</c><00:24:04.759><c> would</c><00:24:04.880><c> go</c><00:24:05.019><c> to</c><00:24:05.200><c> Rome.</c> 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:09.420 Now<00:24:07.019><c> he</c><00:24:07.200><c> did</c><00:24:07.460><c> go</c><00:24:07.680><c> to</c><00:24:07.839><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:08.200><c> and</c><00:24:08.359><c> he</c><00:24:08.539><c> did</c><00:24:08.740><c> go</c><00:24:08.960><c> to</c><00:24:09.140><c> Rome</c> 00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:11.579 and<00:24:09.799><c> therefore</c><00:24:10.039><c> it</c><00:24:10.259><c> could</c><00:24:10.400><c> be</c><00:24:10.599><c> regarded</c><00:24:10.819><c> as</c><00:24:11.019><c> being</c><00:24:11.160><c> a</c><00:24:11.400><c> purpose</c> 00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.980 of<00:24:11.740><c> the</c><00:24:11.839><c> Holy</c><00:24:12.000><c> Spirit.</c> 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:15.039 But<00:24:13.160><c> we</c><00:24:13.319><c> will</c><00:24:13.400><c> find</c><00:24:13.539><c> reason</c><00:24:13.799><c> I</c><00:24:13.900><c> think</c><00:24:14.019><c> to</c><00:24:14.279><c> modify</c><00:24:14.640><c> that</c><00:24:14.859><c> to</c> 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.559 some<00:24:15.180><c> extent</c> 00:24:15.559 --> 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Achaia.</c> 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:28.079 When<00:24:25.740><c> he</c><00:24:25.859><c> went</c><00:24:26.160><c> to</c><00:24:26.380><c> Thessalonica</c><00:24:26.980><c> and</c><00:24:27.180><c> Philippi</c><00:24:27.579><c> and</c><00:24:27.720><c> Beria</c> 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.180 and<00:24:28.259><c> Athens</c><00:24:28.500><c> and</c><00:24:28.740><c> Corinth,</c> 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:31.460 wherever<00:24:29.500><c> he</c><00:24:29.700><c> went</c><00:24:29.920><c> he</c><00:24:30.200><c> wanted</c><00:24:30.420><c> everything</c><00:24:30.720><c> to</c><00:24:30.839><c> be</c><00:24:30.940><c> so</c><00:24:31.220><c> ready</c> 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.799 for<00:24:31.660><c> him</c> 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:33.940 that<00:24:31.920><c> after</c><00:24:32.160><c> the</c><00:24:32.279><c> space</c><00:24:32.460><c> of</c><00:24:32.599><c> a</c><00:24:32.680><c> few</c><00:24:32.819><c> months</c><00:24:33.119><c> he</c><00:24:33.380><c> could</c><00:24:33.500><c> go</c><00:24:33.740><c> back</c> 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:35.440 to<00:24:34.140><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:34.460><c> again.</c> 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:40.200 So<00:24:36.779><c> then</c><00:24:37.140><c> he</c><00:24:37.279><c> goes</c><00:24:37.720><c> to</c><00:24:38.180><c> the</c><00:24:38.859><c> places</c><00:24:39.119><c> where</c><00:24:39.319><c> he</c><00:24:39.460><c> had</c><00:24:39.579><c> destined</c><00:24:39.859><c> himself</c> 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:42.559 and<00:24:41.039><c> he</c><00:24:41.380><c> wants</c><00:24:41.680><c> to</c><00:24:41.859><c> go</c><00:24:42.019><c> back</c><00:24:42.200><c> direct.</c> 00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:44.819 There<00:24:43.000><c> is</c><00:24:43.079><c> a</c><00:24:43.220><c> plot</c><00:24:43.319><c> made</c><00:24:43.500><c> by</c><00:24:43.740><c> the</c><00:24:43.880><c> Jews</c><00:24:44.000><c> that</c><00:24:44.519><c> would</c><00:24:44.619><c> probably</c> 00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:47.680 have<00:24:46.700><c> caused</c><00:24:46.859><c> him</c><00:24:47.039><c> to</c><00:24:47.200><c> lose</c><00:24:47.339><c> his</c><00:24:47.539><c> life</c> 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:50.559 if<00:24:47.839><c> he</c><00:24:47.960><c> had</c><00:24:48.039><c> gone</c><00:24:48.220><c> by</c><00:24:48.539><c> the</c><00:24:48.940><c> intended</c><00:24:49.279><c> route</c><00:24:49.519><c> so</c><00:24:49.720><c> he</c><00:24:50.200><c> deflects</c> 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.240 his<00:24:50.660><c> journey</c><00:24:50.920><c> again,</c> 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:55.180 goes<00:24:51.779><c> round</c><00:24:52.200><c> by</c><00:24:52.460><c> the</c><00:24:52.559><c> way</c><00:24:52.819><c> of</c><00:24:53.420><c> Macedonia</c><00:24:53.900><c> once</c><00:24:54.240><c> more,</c> 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:59.579 goes<00:24:55.640><c> to</c><00:24:55.759><c> Miletus</c><00:24:56.140><c> and</c><00:24:56.359><c> Troas</c><00:24:56.779><c> and</c><00:24:57.200><c> from</c><00:24:57.400><c> there</c><00:24:57.779><c> goes</c><00:24:58.119><c> back</c><00:24:58.380><c> to</c><00:24:58.579><c> Palestine.</c> 00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:02.039 Now<00:25:00.220><c> follow</c><00:25:00.460><c> me</c><00:25:00.640><c> through</c><00:25:00.779><c> a</c><00:25:00.880><c> few</c><00:25:00.960><c> passages.</c> 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:05.380 Chapter<00:25:02.819><c> 19</c><00:25:03.220><c> verse</c><00:25:03.440><c> 21</c><00:25:03.799><c> we</c><00:25:04.039><c> will</c><00:25:04.119><c> read</c><00:25:04.299><c> again.</c> 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:09.539 After<00:25:06.460><c> these</c><00:25:06.779><c> things</c><00:25:07.180><c> were</c><00:25:07.500><c> ended,</c><00:25:08.400><c> Paul</c><00:25:08.619><c> purposed</c><00:25:08.960><c> in</c><00:25:09.160><c> the</c><00:25:09.339><c> Spirit</c> 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:12.519 when<00:25:09.759><c> he</c><00:25:09.960><c> had</c><00:25:10.220><c> passed</c><00:25:10.420><c> through</c><00:25:10.640><c> Macedonia</c><00:25:11.200><c> and</c><00:25:11.420><c> Achaia</c><00:25:12.079><c> to</c><00:25:12.339><c> go</c> 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.119 to<00:25:12.720><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:16.660 saying,<00:25:14.039><c> after</c><00:25:14.339><c> I</c><00:25:14.500><c> have</c><00:25:14.559><c> been</c><00:25:14.759><c> there</c><00:25:14.920><c> I</c><00:25:15.039><c> must</c><00:25:15.200><c> also</c><00:25:15.539><c> see</c><00:25:15.779><c> Rome.</c> 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:20.279 Note<00:25:17.420><c> the</c><00:25:17.619><c> points,</c><00:25:18.099><c> he</c><00:25:18.359><c> purposed</c><00:25:18.779><c> to</c><00:25:18.920><c> go</c><00:25:19.019><c> to</c><00:25:19.220><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:19.619><c> and</c> 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:22.680 said<00:25:20.579><c> Rome</c><00:25:21.200><c> will</c><00:25:21.420><c> follow</c><00:25:21.660><c> afterwards.</c> 00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:29.579 Now<00:25:23.380><c> chapter</c><00:25:23.720><c> 20,</c><00:25:26.519><c> he</c><00:25:26.519><c> is</c><00:25:26.900><c> in</c><00:25:27.259><c> the</c><00:25:27.480><c> vicinity</c><00:25:27.880><c> of</c><00:25:28.079><c> Ephesus</c> 00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:31.680 having<00:25:30.359><c> passed</c><00:25:30.819><c> through</c><00:25:31.019><c> Macedonia</c> 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:36.079 and<00:25:32.220><c> why</c><00:25:32.440><c> he</c><00:25:32.579><c> is</c><00:25:32.740><c> in</c><00:25:32.880><c> Macedonia,</c><00:25:33.420><c> verse</c><00:25:33.680><c> 3</c><00:25:34.160><c> reports</c><00:25:34.740><c> these</c><00:25:35.039><c> words.</c> 00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:39.619 And<00:25:36.660><c> there</c><00:25:37.039><c> in</c><00:25:37.359><c> Greece</c><00:25:37.619><c> he</c><00:25:37.900><c> abode</c><00:25:38.339><c> three</c><00:25:39.200><c> months</c> 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:42.200 and<00:25:40.039><c> when</c><00:25:40.279><c> the</c><00:25:40.400><c> Jews</c><00:25:40.500><c> had</c><00:25:40.740><c> laid</c><00:25:40.859><c> wait</c><00:25:41.059><c> for</c><00:25:41.240><c> him</c><00:25:41.380><c> as</c><00:25:41.500><c> he</c><00:25:41.599><c> was</c><00:25:41.779><c> about</c><00:25:42.000><c> to</c> 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.799 sail<00:25:42.299><c> into</c><00:25:42.500><c> Syria</c> 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.000 he<00:25:43.259><c> purposed</c><00:25:43.619><c> to</c><00:25:43.839><c> return</c><00:25:44.039><c> through</c><00:25:44.259><c> Macedonia.</c> 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:48.839 So<00:25:45.700><c> a</c><00:25:45.920><c> diversion</c><00:25:46.240><c> in</c><00:25:46.440><c> his</c><00:25:46.599><c> journey</c><00:25:46.900><c> because</c><00:25:47.359><c> of</c><00:25:47.579><c> Jewish</c><00:25:47.759><c> hostility</c><00:25:48.380><c> as</c><00:25:48.700><c> he</c> 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:50.940 is<00:25:49.039><c> about</c><00:25:49.240><c> to</c><00:25:49.460><c> set</c><00:25:49.619><c> sail</c><00:25:49.839><c> for</c><00:25:50.079><c> Syria.</c> 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:53.940 The<00:25:51.500><c> same</c><00:25:51.700><c> chapter,</c><00:25:52.720><c> verse</c><00:25:53.019><c> 16.</c> 00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:00.160 Paul<00:25:57.680><c> is</c><00:25:57.839><c> now</c><00:25:58.039><c> going</c><00:25:58.240><c> down</c><00:25:58.579><c> the</c><00:25:58.740><c> coast</c><00:25:58.960><c> of</c><00:25:59.119><c> Asia</c><00:25:59.279><c> Minor</c><00:25:59.480><c> to</c><00:25:59.680><c> the</c><00:25:59.799><c> west</c> 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:03.819 and<00:26:00.940><c> Paul</c><00:26:01.220><c> had</c><00:26:01.460><c> determined</c><00:26:01.920><c> to</c><00:26:02.119><c> sail</c><00:26:02.380><c> by</c><00:26:02.700><c> Ephesus</c><00:26:03.259><c> because</c><00:26:03.700><c> he</c> 00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:05.359 would<00:26:04.059><c> not</c><00:26:04.299><c> spend</c><00:26:04.539><c> the</c><00:26:04.779><c> time</c><00:26:04.920><c> in</c><00:26:05.140><c> Asia</c> 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:08.880 for<00:26:05.559><c> he</c><00:26:05.799><c> hasted,</c><00:26:06.500><c> if</c><00:26:06.700><c> it</c><00:26:06.839><c> were</c><00:26:06.980><c> possible</c><00:26:07.299><c> for</c><00:26:07.519><c> him,</c><00:26:08.319><c> to</c><00:26:08.579><c> be</c><00:26:08.759><c> at</c> 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:11.200 Jerusalem<00:26:09.420><c> the</c><00:26:09.599><c> day</c><00:26:09.720><c> of</c><00:26:09.859><c> Pentecost.</c> 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:13.859 The<00:26:11.759><c> same</c><00:26:11.900><c> chapter,</c><00:26:12.420><c> verse</c><00:26:12.579><c> 22.</c> 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:17.079 Paul<00:26:14.759><c> is</c><00:26:14.960><c> now</c><00:26:15.220><c> speaking</c><00:26:15.519><c> to</c><00:26:15.680><c> the</c><00:26:15.900><c> elders</c><00:26:16.140><c> of</c><00:26:16.339><c> Ephesus</c> 00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:19.839 whom<00:26:17.579><c> he</c><00:26:17.720><c> has</c><00:26:17.920><c> summoned</c><00:26:18.200><c> to</c><00:26:18.420><c> join</c><00:26:18.640><c> with</c><00:26:18.839><c> him</c><00:26:18.980><c> at</c><00:26:19.119><c> Miletus</c><00:26:19.440><c> because</c><00:26:19.700><c> he</c> 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:21.259 will<00:26:20.119><c> not</c><00:26:20.339><c> spend</c><00:26:20.619><c> the</c><00:26:20.880><c> time</c> 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:24.460 in<00:26:21.680><c> going</c><00:26:21.839><c> to</c><00:26:22.039><c> their</c><00:26:22.180><c> city</c><00:26:22.420><c> and</c><00:26:22.640><c> preaching</c><00:26:22.880><c> to</c><00:26:23.039><c> them</c><00:26:23.160><c> on</c><00:26:23.319><c> the</c><00:26:23.480><c> spot.</c> 00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:26.140 Verse<00:26:24.819><c> 22</c><00:26:25.220><c> then.</c> 00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:43.140 There<00:26:40.500><c> is</c><00:26:40.980><c> something</c><00:26:41.220><c> ominously</c><00:26:41.880><c> final</c><00:26:42.259><c> about</c><00:26:42.619><c> these</c><00:26:42.900><c> words</c> 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:45.500 and<00:26:43.299><c> other</c><00:26:43.480><c> words</c><00:26:43.720><c> of</c><00:26:43.900><c> Paul</c><00:26:44.119><c> during</c><00:26:44.380><c> this</c><00:26:44.599><c> occasion.</c> 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:48.920 He<00:26:46.640><c> has</c><00:26:46.839><c> determined</c><00:26:47.420><c> to</c><00:26:47.559><c> go</c><00:26:47.740><c> to</c><00:26:47.920><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:53.160 He<00:26:50.519><c> is</c><00:26:51.000><c> only</c><00:26:51.359><c> narrowly</c><00:26:51.819><c> escaping</c><00:26:52.160><c> from</c><00:26:52.480><c> the</c><00:26:52.599><c> enmity</c><00:26:52.859><c> of</c><00:26:53.039><c> the</c> 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:55.460 Jews<00:26:53.279><c> that</c><00:26:53.440><c> would</c><00:26:53.579><c> have</c><00:26:53.740><c> caused</c><00:26:53.859><c> him</c><00:26:54.039><c> to</c><00:26:54.140><c> lose</c><00:26:54.259><c> his</c><00:26:54.519><c> life.</c> 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:58.859 He<00:26:56.359><c> wants</c><00:26:56.799><c> to</c><00:26:57.079><c> sail</c><00:26:57.299><c> by</c><00:26:57.599><c> Ephesus</c><00:26:58.019><c> lest</c><00:26:58.180><c> he</c><00:26:58.279><c> should</c><00:26:58.460><c> be</c><00:26:58.619><c> delayed</c> 00:26:58.859 --> 00:27:00.079 on<00:26:59.019><c> his</c><00:26:59.160><c> journey.</c> 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:02.680 He<00:27:00.599><c> is</c><00:27:00.880><c> pressed</c><00:27:01.039><c> in</c><00:27:01.200><c> the</c><00:27:01.380><c> Spirit</c><00:27:01.539><c> as</c><00:27:01.680><c> he</c><00:27:01.839><c> goes</c><00:27:01.960><c> to</c><00:27:02.180><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:07.720 and<00:27:03.480><c> he</c><00:27:03.619><c> now</c><00:27:03.839><c> tells</c><00:27:04.039><c> us</c><00:27:04.359><c> he</c><00:27:04.619><c> goes</c><00:27:05.000><c> bound</c><00:27:05.460><c> in</c><00:27:05.640><c> the</c><00:27:05.819><c> Spirit</c><00:27:06.619><c> knowing</c><00:27:07.119><c> nothing</c><00:27:07.500><c> that</c> 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.539 will<00:27:07.900><c> befall</c><00:27:08.119><c> him</c> 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:11.859 save<00:27:09.079><c> that</c><00:27:09.380><c> the</c><00:27:09.579><c> Holy</c><00:27:09.740><c> Spirit</c><00:27:10.079><c> witnesses</c><00:27:10.420><c> in</c><00:27:10.559><c> every</c><00:27:10.839><c> city</c><00:27:11.079><c> that</c><00:27:11.380><c> bonds</c><00:27:11.640><c> and</c> 00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:13.519 afflictions<00:27:12.240><c> abide</c><00:27:12.539><c> me.</c> 00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:16.640 Just<00:27:14.779><c> picture</c><00:27:15.180><c> that</c><00:27:15.460><c> journey,</c><00:27:15.920><c> will</c><00:27:15.940><c> you?</c> 00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:20.420 Paul<00:27:17.799><c> is</c><00:27:18.180><c> in</c><00:27:18.640><c> Corinth,</c><00:27:19.920><c> say.</c> 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:24.440 As<00:27:20.900><c> he</c><00:27:21.019><c> leaves</c><00:27:21.180><c> Corinth</c><00:27:21.619><c> for</c><00:27:22.180><c> Athens,</c><00:27:22.599><c> as</c><00:27:22.779><c> it</c><00:27:22.880><c> might</c><00:27:23.059><c> be,</c> 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.839 some<00:27:24.720><c> prophet</c><00:27:24.980><c> comes</c><00:27:25.180><c> to</c><00:27:25.319><c> him</c><00:27:25.420><c> and</c><00:27:25.579><c> says,</c> 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:28.079 this<00:27:26.460><c> journey</c><00:27:26.720><c> that</c><00:27:26.839><c> you</c><00:27:26.980><c> are</c><00:27:27.079><c> undertaking</c><00:27:27.400><c> now</c><00:27:27.660><c> is</c><00:27:27.779><c> a</c><00:27:27.839><c> very</c> 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.819 dangerous<00:27:28.519><c> journey.</c> 00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:30.119 You<00:27:29.000><c> know</c><00:27:29.119><c> where</c><00:27:29.259><c> it</c><00:27:29.359><c> will</c><00:27:29.519><c> end,</c><00:27:29.779><c> don't</c><00:27:29.920><c> you?</c> 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:32.599 They<00:27:30.480><c> will</c><00:27:30.779><c> bind</c><00:27:31.019><c> you</c><00:27:31.140><c> and</c><00:27:31.240><c> they</c><00:27:31.319><c> will</c><00:27:31.400><c> put</c><00:27:31.460><c> you</c><00:27:31.640><c> in</c><00:27:31.759><c> prison.</c> 00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:39.180 But<00:27:34.319><c> he</c><00:27:34.400><c> goes</c><00:27:34.599><c> on</c><00:27:35.380><c> from</c><00:27:36.180><c> Athens,</c><00:27:36.640><c> it</c><00:27:36.779><c> might</c><00:27:37.000><c> be,</c><00:27:37.299><c> to</c><00:27:37.779><c> Berea,</c><00:27:38.319><c> say.</c> 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:42.140 And<00:27:39.920><c> at</c><00:27:40.039><c> Berea</c><00:27:40.279><c> some</c><00:27:40.519><c> visitation</c><00:27:41.079><c> comes</c><00:27:41.299><c> to</c><00:27:41.460><c> him</c><00:27:41.599><c> by</c><00:27:41.779><c> the</c><00:27:41.880><c> hands</c><00:27:41.980><c> of</c> 00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.779 another<00:27:42.400><c> prophet</c> 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:45.099 or<00:27:43.180><c> by</c><00:27:43.400><c> a</c><00:27:43.500><c> dream</c><00:27:43.599><c> of</c><00:27:43.779><c> the</c><00:27:43.920><c> night</c><00:27:44.180><c> and</c><00:27:44.519><c> the</c><00:27:44.660><c> message</c><00:27:44.839><c> says,</c> 00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:47.680 if<00:27:45.440><c> you</c><00:27:45.640><c> go</c><00:27:45.839><c> on</c><00:27:45.960><c> with</c><00:27:46.119><c> this</c><00:27:46.299><c> journey,</c><00:27:46.559><c> when</c><00:27:46.720><c> you</c><00:27:46.859><c> get</c><00:27:47.059><c> to</c><00:27:47.259><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:49.680 they<00:27:48.059><c> will</c><00:27:48.319><c> bind</c><00:27:48.559><c> you</c><00:27:48.720><c> and</c><00:27:48.819><c> put</c><00:27:48.920><c> you</c><00:27:49.099><c> in</c><00:27:49.259><c> prison</c><00:27:49.420><c> and</c><00:27:49.539><c> you'll</c> 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:51.380 be<00:27:49.819><c> in</c><00:27:49.960><c> danger</c><00:27:50.160><c> of</c><00:27:50.259><c> your</c><00:27:50.420><c> life.</c> 00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:54.519 And<00:27:52.420><c> he</c><00:27:52.480><c> goes</c><00:27:52.640><c> on</c><00:27:52.799><c> from</c><00:27:52.920><c> Berea</c><00:27:53.240><c> and</c><00:27:53.359><c> he</c><00:27:53.480><c> reaches</c><00:27:53.660><c> Thessalonica.</c> 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:58.220 And<00:27:55.519><c> at</c><00:27:55.640><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:27:56.200><c> not</c><00:27:56.359><c> to</c><00:27:56.539><c> commit</c><00:27:56.779><c> the</c><00:27:57.319><c> story</c><00:27:57.440><c> too</c><00:27:57.759><c> repetitive,</c> 00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:00.700 again<00:27:58.819><c> the</c><00:27:58.940><c> prophet</c><00:27:59.160><c> or</c><00:27:59.299><c> the</c><00:27:59.420><c> vision</c><00:27:59.599><c> comes</c><00:27:59.940><c> and</c><00:28:00.220><c> he</c><00:28:00.339><c> is</c><00:28:00.480><c> told,</c> 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:03.339 bonds<00:28:01.240><c> and</c><00:28:01.420><c> afflictions</c><00:28:01.779><c> abide</c><00:28:02.059><c> you</c><00:28:02.200><c> in</c><00:28:02.359><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:06.880 And<00:28:04.180><c> then</c><00:28:04.440><c> from</c><00:28:04.799><c> Thessalonica</c><00:28:05.319><c> to</c><00:28:05.500><c> Philippi</c><00:28:05.859><c> it</c><00:28:05.940><c> might</c><00:28:06.099><c> be.</c> 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:10.240 And<00:28:07.200><c> in</c><00:28:07.319><c> Philippi</c><00:28:07.579><c> the</c><00:28:07.700><c> same</c><00:28:07.960><c> message,</c><00:28:08.700><c> bonds</c><00:28:09.000><c> and</c><00:28:09.180><c> afflictions</c><00:28:09.539><c> abide</c><00:28:09.859><c> you.</c> 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:13.700 And<00:28:10.980><c> from</c><00:28:11.099><c> Philippi</c><00:28:11.539><c> to</c><00:28:11.779><c> Troas,</c><00:28:12.339><c> and</c><00:28:12.400><c> from</c><00:28:12.500><c> Troas,</c><00:28:13.299><c> bonds</c><00:28:13.500><c> and</c> 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.619 afflictions<00:28:14.079><c> abide</c><00:28:14.400><c> you.</c> 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.500 And<00:28:14.859><c> from</c><00:28:15.000><c> Troas</c><00:28:15.359><c> now</c><00:28:15.539><c> to</c><00:28:15.720><c> Miletus.</c> 00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.640 And<00:28:16.960><c> Miletus,</c><00:28:17.400><c> no</c><00:28:17.480><c> doubt,</c><00:28:17.700><c> the</c><00:28:17.819><c> latest</c><00:28:18.039><c> message</c><00:28:18.240><c> has</c><00:28:18.420><c> reached</c> 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.140 him<00:28:18.819><c> again.</c> 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:22.519 The<00:28:19.480><c> Holy</c><00:28:19.740><c> Spirit</c><00:28:19.980><c> witnesseth</c><00:28:20.380><c> one</c><00:28:20.700><c> more</c><00:28:20.960><c> in</c><00:28:21.380><c> some</c><00:28:21.720><c> inspired</c><00:28:22.220><c> vision,</c> 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:26.180 when<00:28:22.720><c> you</c><00:28:22.920><c> get</c><00:28:23.099><c> to</c><00:28:23.319><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:28:24.079><c> bonds</c><00:28:24.420><c> and</c><00:28:24.619><c> afflictions</c><00:28:25.000><c> abide</c><00:28:25.299><c> you.</c> 00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:29.200 And<00:28:26.799><c> this</c><00:28:26.940><c> is</c><00:28:27.019><c> how</c><00:28:27.119><c> he</c><00:28:27.299><c> describes</c><00:28:27.700><c> that.</c> 00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:33.980 Acts<00:28:29.720><c> chapter</c><00:28:29.960><c> 20,</c><00:28:30.900><c> once</c><00:28:31.039><c> more,</c><00:28:32.000><c> verse</c><00:28:32.400><c> 22.</c> 00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:38.440 And<00:28:34.240><c> now,</c><00:28:34.599><c> behold,</c><00:28:34.940><c> I</c><00:28:35.160><c> go</c><00:28:35.539><c> bound</c><00:28:36.019><c> in</c><00:28:36.220><c> the</c><00:28:36.440><c> Spirit</c><00:28:37.460><c> unto</c><00:28:37.900><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:41.000 not<00:28:38.859><c> knowing</c><00:28:39.140><c> the</c><00:28:39.339><c> things</c><00:28:39.460><c> that</c><00:28:39.599><c> shall</c><00:28:39.740><c> befall</c><00:28:40.079><c> me</c><00:28:40.299><c> there,</c> 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:43.720 save<00:28:41.759><c> that</c><00:28:41.920><c> the</c><00:28:42.079><c> Holy</c><00:28:42.279><c> Spirit</c><00:28:42.599><c> witnesseth</c><00:28:43.039><c> in</c><00:28:43.180><c> every</c><00:28:43.440><c> city,</c> 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:46.640 saying<00:28:44.079><c> that</c><00:28:44.440><c> bonds</c><00:28:44.740><c> and</c><00:28:44.940><c> afflictions</c><00:28:45.279><c> abide</c><00:28:45.539><c> me.</c> 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:49.559 But<00:28:47.299><c> none</c><00:28:47.559><c> of</c><00:28:47.720><c> these</c><00:28:47.900><c> things</c><00:28:48.200><c> move</c><00:28:48.460><c> me,</c><00:28:48.759><c> neither</c><00:28:48.900><c> count</c><00:28:49.200><c> I</c><00:28:49.380><c> my</c> 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:51.339 life<00:28:49.799><c> dear</c><00:28:50.039><c> unto</c><00:28:50.240><c> myself,</c> 00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:54.500 so<00:28:51.799><c> that</c><00:28:51.920><c> I</c><00:28:52.000><c> might</c><00:28:52.259><c> finish</c><00:28:52.619><c> my</c><00:28:53.000><c> course</c><00:28:53.200><c> with</c><00:28:53.500><c> joy,</c> 00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:57.019 and<00:28:54.900><c> the</c><00:28:55.099><c> ministry</c><00:28:55.319><c> which</c><00:28:55.500><c> I</c><00:28:55.640><c> have</c><00:28:55.779><c> received</c><00:28:56.140><c> of</c><00:28:56.279><c> the</c><00:28:56.400><c> Lord</c><00:28:56.579><c> Jesus,</c> 00:28:57.519 --> 00:29:00.079 to<00:28:57.680><c> testify</c><00:28:58.000><c> the</c><00:28:58.200><c> gospel</c><00:28:58.480><c> of</c><00:28:58.660><c> the</c><00:28:58.740><c> grace</c><00:28:58.940><c> of</c><00:28:59.140><c> God.</c> 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:03.059 And<00:29:00.680><c> now,</c><00:29:01.099><c> behold,</c><00:29:01.359><c> I</c><00:29:01.480><c> know</c><00:29:01.740><c> that</c><00:29:01.940><c> ye</c><00:29:02.079><c> all,</c><00:29:02.599><c> among</c><00:29:02.799><c> whom</c><00:29:02.940><c> I</c> 00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.480 have<00:29:03.220><c> gone,</c> 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:06.339 preaching<00:29:03.839><c> the</c><00:29:04.039><c> kingdom</c><00:29:04.319><c> of</c><00:29:04.519><c> God,</c><00:29:04.819><c> shall</c><00:29:04.940><c> see</c><00:29:05.160><c> my</c><00:29:05.460><c> face</c><00:29:05.740><c> no</c><00:29:06.079><c> more.</c> 00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:08.779 Wherefore,<00:29:07.220><c> I</c><00:29:07.259><c> take</c><00:29:07.420><c> you</c><00:29:07.599><c> to</c><00:29:07.759><c> record</c><00:29:08.039><c> this</c><00:29:08.319><c> day,</c> 00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:11.339 that<00:29:09.160><c> I</c><00:29:09.339><c> am</c><00:29:09.619><c> pure</c><00:29:09.920><c> from</c><00:29:10.140><c> the</c><00:29:10.240><c> blood</c><00:29:10.380><c> of</c><00:29:10.559><c> all</c><00:29:10.740><c> men,</c> 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:13.960 and<00:29:11.819><c> I</c><00:29:11.940><c> have</c><00:29:12.079><c> not</c><00:29:12.380><c> shunned</c><00:29:12.599><c> to</c><00:29:12.799><c> declare</c><00:29:13.059><c> unto</c><00:29:13.259><c> you</c><00:29:13.420><c> the</c><00:29:13.559><c> whole</c> 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.579 counsel<00:29:14.339><c> of</c><00:29:14.500><c> God.</c> 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:19.839 Shall<00:29:17.680><c> we</c><00:29:17.839><c> sing</c><00:29:18.180><c> hymn</c><00:29:18.539><c> 251?</c> 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:31.460 Hear<00:29:28.519><c> what</c><00:29:29.079><c> God</c><00:29:29.599><c> the</c><00:29:29.859><c> Lord</c><00:29:30.160><c> hath</c><00:29:30.400><c> spoken,</c> 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:35.579 O<00:29:31.880><c> my</c><00:29:32.140><c> people,</c><00:29:32.720><c> faint</c><00:29:32.960><c> and</c><00:29:33.299><c> few,</c><00:29:33.960><c> comfortless</c><00:29:34.299><c> afflicted,</c><00:29:34.980><c> broken,</c> 00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:38.079 fairer<00:29:36.279><c> boats</c><00:29:36.460><c> I</c><00:29:36.680><c> built</c><00:29:36.880><c> for</c><00:29:37.099><c> you.</c> 00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:46.779 Sometime<00:29:44.640><c> during</c><00:29:44.960><c> the</c><00:29:45.180><c> course</c><00:29:45.359><c> of</c><00:29:45.559><c> this</c><00:29:45.740><c> third</c><00:29:46.000><c> missionary</c><00:29:46.359><c> journey,</c> 00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:50.460 and<00:29:47.299><c> presumably,</c><00:29:48.119><c> almost</c><00:29:48.400><c> certainly,</c><00:29:49.200><c> just</c><00:29:49.420><c> a</c><00:29:49.559><c> little</c><00:29:49.720><c> before</c><00:29:50.099><c> the</c><00:29:50.299><c> point</c> 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:52.960 that<00:29:50.640><c> we</c><00:29:50.759><c> have</c><00:29:50.980><c> reached</c><00:29:51.200><c> in</c><00:29:51.400><c> the</c><00:29:51.500><c> twentieth</c><00:29:51.859><c> chapter</c><00:29:52.160><c> of</c><00:29:52.359><c> the</c><00:29:52.500><c> Acts,</c> 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:55.759 Paul<00:29:53.420><c> wrote</c><00:29:53.720><c> these</c><00:29:54.059><c> words</c><00:29:54.380><c> to</c><00:29:54.579><c> the</c><00:29:54.799><c> Romans,</c> 00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:59.559 the<00:29:56.819><c> letter</c><00:29:56.960><c> to</c><00:29:57.140><c> the</c><00:29:57.319><c> Romans,</c><00:29:57.599><c> chapter</c><00:29:57.900><c> 15.</c> 00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:08.099 Verse<00:30:07.160><c> 22.</c> 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:13.119 Wherefore<00:30:11.079><c> also</c><00:30:11.400><c> I</c><00:30:11.700><c> was</c><00:30:11.859><c> hindered</c><00:30:12.160><c> these</c><00:30:12.380><c> many</c><00:30:12.640><c> times</c><00:30:12.960><c> from</c> 00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.880 coming<00:30:13.339><c> to</c><00:30:13.559><c> you,</c> 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:17.079 that's<00:30:14.259><c> to</c><00:30:14.420><c> Rome,</c><00:30:15.299><c> but</c><00:30:15.460><c> now</c><00:30:15.660><c> having</c><00:30:15.920><c> no</c><00:30:16.220><c> more</c><00:30:16.400><c> any</c><00:30:16.619><c> place</c><00:30:16.799><c> in</c> 00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.900 these<00:30:17.359><c> regions,</c> 00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:21.259 and<00:30:18.359><c> having</c><00:30:18.579><c> these</c><00:30:19.400><c> many</c><00:30:19.680><c> years</c><00:30:19.920><c> a</c><00:30:20.099><c> longing</c><00:30:20.279><c> to</c><00:30:20.539><c> come</c><00:30:20.660><c> to</c><00:30:20.819><c> you,</c> 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some</c><00:30:30.019><c> measure</c><00:30:30.279><c> I</c><00:30:30.480><c> shall</c><00:30:30.640><c> have</c><00:30:30.799><c> been</c><00:30:31.019><c> satisfied</c> 00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.940 with<00:30:31.740><c> your</c><00:30:31.960><c> company.</c> 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:36.019 But<00:30:33.559><c> now</c><00:30:33.880><c> I</c><00:30:34.140><c> say,</c><00:30:34.779><c> I</c><00:30:34.900><c> go</c><00:30:35.119><c> into</c><00:30:35.319><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:39.140 ministering<00:30:37.460><c> unto</c><00:30:37.640><c> the</c><00:30:37.940><c> saints,</c><00:30:38.339><c> for</c><00:30:38.480><c> it</c><00:30:38.640><c> hath</c><00:30:38.740><c> been</c><00:30:38.940><c> the</c> 00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.680 good<00:30:39.319><c> pleasure</c> 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:42.579 of<00:30:40.059><c> Macedonia</c><00:30:40.599><c> and</c><00:30:40.839><c> the</c><00:30:41.000><c> Caia</c><00:30:41.200><c> to</c><00:30:41.339><c> make</c><00:30:41.519><c> a</c><00:30:41.680><c> certain</c><00:30:41.880><c> contribution</c> 00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:45.559 for<00:30:43.000><c> the</c><00:30:43.240><c> poor</c><00:30:43.380><c> among</c><00:30:43.619><c> the</c><00:30:43.799><c> saints</c><00:30:43.980><c> that</c><00:30:44.180><c> are</c><00:30:44.319><c> at</c><00:30:44.500><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:48.960 Yea,<00:30:46.240><c> it</c><00:30:46.380><c> hath</c><00:30:46.480><c> been</c><00:30:46.680><c> their</c><00:30:46.839><c> good</c><00:30:47.099><c> pleasure,</c><00:30:47.339><c> and</c><00:30:47.480><c> their</c><00:30:47.599><c> debtors</c><00:30:47.839><c> they</c><00:30:48.059><c> are.</c> 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:51.700 For<00:30:49.640><c> if</c><00:30:49.839><c> the</c><00:30:49.960><c> Gentiles</c><00:30:50.279><c> have</c><00:30:50.420><c> been</c><00:30:50.660><c> made</c><00:30:50.880><c> partakers</c><00:30:51.339><c> of</c><00:30:51.519><c> their</c> 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.579 spiritual<00:30:52.180><c> things,</c> 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:54.960 they<00:30:53.000><c> owe</c><00:30:53.079><c> it</c><00:30:53.279><c> to</c><00:30:53.359><c> them</c><00:30:53.559><c> also</c><00:30:53.920><c> to</c><00:30:54.140><c> minister</c><00:30:54.380><c> to</c><00:30:54.519><c> them</c><00:30:54.759><c> in</c> 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:56.259 carnal<00:30:55.220><c> things.</c> 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:59.259 When<00:30:57.460><c> therefore</c><00:30:57.700><c> I</c><00:30:57.880><c> have</c><00:30:58.059><c> accomplished</c><00:30:58.460><c> this,</c><00:30:58.680><c> and</c><00:30:58.839><c> have</c><00:30:59.019><c> sealed</c><00:30:59.119><c> to</c> 00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.000 them<00:30:59.420><c> this</c><00:30:59.700><c> fruit,</c> 00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:02.220 I<00:31:00.500><c> will</c><00:31:00.700><c> come</c><00:31:00.880><c> on</c><00:31:01.079><c> by</c><00:31:01.259><c> you</c><00:31:01.440><c> into</c><00:31:01.660><c> Spain.</c> 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:04.599 And<00:31:03.079><c> I</c><00:31:03.180><c> know</c><00:31:03.380><c> that</c><00:31:03.539><c> when</c><00:31:03.700><c> I</c><00:31:03.920><c> come</c><00:31:04.059><c> unto</c><00:31:04.220><c> you,</c> 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:07.859 I<00:31:04.980><c> shall</c><00:31:05.200><c> come</c><00:31:05.420><c> in</c><00:31:05.559><c> the</c><00:31:05.740><c> fullness</c><00:31:05.940><c> of</c><00:31:06.180><c> the</c><00:31:06.279><c> blessing</c><00:31:06.519><c> of</c><00:31:06.680><c> Christ.</c> 00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:12.099 Now<00:31:08.859><c> I</c><00:31:09.059><c> beseech</c><00:31:09.380><c> you,</c><00:31:09.740><c> brethren,</c><00:31:10.720><c> by</c><00:31:10.960><c> our</c><00:31:11.220><c> Lord</c><00:31:11.400><c> Jesus</c><00:31:11.759><c> Christ,</c> 00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:15.299 and<00:31:12.279><c> by</c><00:31:12.460><c> the</c><00:31:12.640><c> love</c><00:31:12.740><c> of</c><00:31:12.920><c> the</c><00:31:13.099><c> Spirit,</c><00:31:13.359><c> that</c><00:31:13.500><c> ye</c><00:31:13.799><c> strive</c><00:31:14.240><c> together</c><00:31:14.700><c> with</c><00:31:14.940><c> me</c> 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:18.380 in<00:31:15.700><c> your</c><00:31:16.059><c> prayers</c><00:31:16.460><c> to</c><00:31:16.660><c> God</c><00:31:16.980><c> for</c><00:31:17.259><c> me,</c> 00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:22.940 that<00:31:18.920><c> I</c><00:31:19.140><c> may</c><00:31:19.319><c> be</c><00:31:19.579><c> delivered</c><00:31:19.940><c> from</c><00:31:20.180><c> them</c><00:31:20.420><c> that</c><00:31:20.619><c> are</c><00:31:20.839><c> disobedient</c><00:31:21.460><c> in</c><00:31:21.700><c> Judea,</c> 00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:25.480 and<00:31:23.279><c> that</c><00:31:23.440><c> my</c><00:31:23.700><c> ministration</c><00:31:24.259><c> which</c><00:31:24.440><c> I</c><00:31:24.680><c> have</c><00:31:24.819><c> for</c><00:31:25.019><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:27.779 may<00:31:25.700><c> be</c><00:31:26.039><c> acceptable</c><00:31:26.359><c> to</c><00:31:26.579><c> the</c><00:31:26.740><c> saints,</c> 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:30.539 that<00:31:28.220><c> I</c><00:31:28.400><c> may</c><00:31:28.559><c> come</c><00:31:28.779><c> unto</c><00:31:28.980><c> you</c><00:31:29.180><c> in</c><00:31:29.460><c> joy</c><00:31:29.619><c> through</c><00:31:29.859><c> the</c><00:31:30.019><c> will</c><00:31:30.119><c> of</c><00:31:30.299><c> God,</c> 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:33.000 and<00:31:30.900><c> together</c><00:31:31.279><c> with</c><00:31:31.480><c> you</c><00:31:31.660><c> find</c><00:31:32.000><c> rest.</c> 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:37.259 Now<00:31:33.859><c> the</c><00:31:33.960><c> God</c><00:31:34.160><c> of</c><00:31:34.299><c> peace</c><00:31:34.579><c> be</c><00:31:34.740><c> with</c><00:31:34.920><c> you</c><00:31:35.140><c> all.</c><00:31:36.359><c> Amen.</c> 00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:42.880 For<00:31:39.200><c> some</c><00:31:39.539><c> reason,</c><00:31:40.079><c> as</c><00:31:40.240><c> Paul</c><00:31:40.500><c> takes</c><00:31:40.859><c> his</c><00:31:41.099><c> journey</c><00:31:41.380><c> towards</c><00:31:41.680><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:45.960 in<00:31:43.400><c> spite</c><00:31:43.559><c> of</c><00:31:43.740><c> the</c><00:31:43.880><c> plans</c><00:31:44.039><c> he</c><00:31:44.240><c> had</c><00:31:44.519><c> laid,</c><00:31:44.859><c> that</c><00:31:45.019><c> one</c><00:31:45.359><c> day</c><00:31:45.559><c> later</c> 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:48.660 he<00:31:46.279><c> will</c><00:31:46.500><c> go</c><00:31:46.859><c> back</c><00:31:47.240><c> via</c><00:31:47.619><c> Rome</c><00:31:48.039><c> to</c><00:31:48.319><c> Spain,</c> 00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:52.240 which<00:31:48.920><c> we</c><00:31:49.140><c> must</c><00:31:49.440><c> believe</c><00:31:49.720><c> that</c><00:31:49.900><c> he</c><00:31:50.000><c> did</c><00:31:50.180><c> fulfil</c><00:31:50.519><c> at</c><00:31:50.700><c> some</c><00:31:50.980><c> time,</c> 00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:54.779 yet<00:31:52.519><c> 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00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:19.680 They<00:33:16.920><c> part</c><00:33:17.200><c> from</c><00:33:17.400><c> him</c><00:33:17.920><c> on</c><00:33:18.240><c> the</c><00:33:18.400><c> beaches</c><00:33:18.740><c> at</c><00:33:19.079><c> Miletus,</c> 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:22.660 weeping<00:33:20.420><c> above</c><00:33:21.059><c> all</c><00:33:21.279><c> at</c><00:33:21.400><c> that</c><00:33:21.500><c> which</c><00:33:21.619><c> he</c><00:33:21.759><c> has</c><00:33:21.920><c> said,</c><00:33:22.200><c> that</c><00:33:22.240><c> they</c><00:33:22.380><c> will</c><00:33:22.539><c> see</c> 00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:24.319 his<00:33:22.920><c> face</c><00:33:23.099><c> no</c><00:33:23.400><c> more.</c> 00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:27.500 And<00:33:25.619><c> we</c><00:33:25.740><c> follow</c><00:33:25.940><c> him</c><00:33:26.099><c> now</c><00:33:26.299><c> in</c><00:33:26.500><c> his</c><00:33:26.660><c> journeys</c><00:33:26.859><c> to</c><00:33:27.079><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:31.180 and<00:33:28.240><c> we</c><00:33:28.440><c> will</c><00:33:28.859><c> read</c><00:33:29.220><c> now</c><00:33:29.519><c> from</c><00:33:29.740><c> chapter</c><00:33:29.920><c> 21.</c> 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.259 Acts<00:33:36.319><c> 21.</c> 00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:43.180 We've<00:33:41.299><c> arrived</c><00:33:41.500><c> in</c><00:33:41.720><c> Syria</c><00:33:41.980><c> now,</c> 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:47.319 and<00:33:44.440><c> in</c><00:33:44.599><c> verse</c><00:33:45.059><c> 8</c><00:33:45.799><c> we</c><00:33:46.460><c> come</c><00:33:46.640><c> to</c><00:33:46.859><c> Caesarea.</c> 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:50.799 Paul<00:33:48.200><c> and</c><00:33:48.599><c> Luke</c><00:33:48.980><c> and</c><00:33:49.359><c> the</c><00:33:49.420><c> others</c><00:33:49.559><c> of</c><00:33:49.720><c> his</c><00:33:49.819><c> company.</c> 00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:54.380 And<00:33:51.819><c> the</c><00:33:51.940><c> next</c><00:33:52.259><c> day</c><00:33:52.440><c> we</c><00:33:52.660><c> that</c><00:33:52.839><c> were</c><00:33:52.980><c> of</c><00:33:53.099><c> Paul's</c><00:33:53.480><c> company</c><00:33:53.720><c> departed</c><00:33:54.180><c> and</c> 00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.819 came<00:33:54.579><c> into</c><00:33:54.799><c> Caesarea,</c> 00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:58.460 and<00:33:56.519><c> we</c><00:33:56.700><c> entered</c><00:33:56.880><c> into</c><00:33:57.079><c> the</c><00:33:57.220><c> house</c><00:33:57.400><c> of</c><00:33:57.599><c> Philip</c><00:33:57.759><c> the</c><00:33:58.039><c> Evangelist,</c> 00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:00.900 which<00:33:58.599><c> was</c><00:33:58.759><c> one</c><00:33:58.960><c> of</c><00:33:59.099><c> the</c><00:33:59.240><c> seven,</c><00:33:59.559><c> and</c><00:33:59.660><c> abode</c><00:33:59.859><c> with</c><00:34:00.039><c> him.</c> 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:03.619 And<00:34:01.759><c> the</c><00:34:01.880><c> same</c><00:34:02.000><c> man</c><00:34:02.119><c> had</c><00:34:02.279><c> four</c><00:34:02.579><c> daughters,</c><00:34:03.180><c> virgins,</c><00:34:03.440><c> which</c> 00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.960 did<00:34:03.779><c> prophesy.</c> 00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:08.300 And<00:34:05.900><c> as</c><00:34:06.000><c> we</c><00:34:06.200><c> tarried</c><00:34:06.380><c> there</c><00:34:06.579><c> many</c><00:34:06.779><c> days,</c><00:34:07.140><c> there</c><00:34:07.180><c> came</c><00:34:07.400><c> down</c><00:34:07.680><c> from</c><00:34:07.859><c> Judea</c><00:34:08.119><c> a</c> 00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:10.019 certain<00:34:08.539><c> prophet</c><00:34:08.840><c> named</c><00:34:09.079><c> Agabus.</c> 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:12.719 And<00:34:10.639><c> when</c><00:34:10.820><c> he</c><00:34:10.980><c> had</c><00:34:11.119><c> come</c><00:34:11.340><c> unto</c><00:34:11.480><c> us,</c><00:34:11.639><c> he</c><00:34:11.739><c> took</c><00:34:11.960><c> Paul's</c><00:34:12.500><c> girdle</c> 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:14.199 and<00:34:12.900><c> bound</c><00:34:13.119><c> his</c><00:34:13.280><c> own</c><00:34:13.480><c> hands</c><00:34:13.739><c> and</c><00:34:13.960><c> feet,</c> 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:17.079 and<00:34:14.579><c> said,</c><00:34:15.039><c> Thus</c><00:34:15.300><c> saith</c><00:34:15.519><c> the</c><00:34:15.739><c> Holy</c><00:34:15.960><c> Spirit.</c> 00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.719 And<00:34:17.320><c> so</c><00:34:17.480><c> shall</c><00:34:17.699><c> the</c><00:34:17.860><c> Jews</c><00:34:18.019><c> at</c><00:34:18.199><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:18.739><c> bind</c><00:34:19.179><c> the</c><00:34:19.380><c> man</c><00:34:19.539><c> that</c> 00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.800 owneth<00:34:19.940><c> this</c><00:34:20.159><c> girdle,</c> 00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:23.800 and<00:34:21.099><c> shall</c><00:34:21.280><c> deliver</c><00:34:21.579><c> him</c><00:34:21.760><c> into</c><00:34:21.920><c> the</c><00:34:22.039><c> hands</c><00:34:22.239><c> of</c><00:34:22.420><c> the</c><00:34:22.539><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:26.659 And<00:34:24.639><c> when</c><00:34:24.760><c> we</c><00:34:24.940><c> heard</c><00:34:25.139><c> these</c><00:34:25.400><c> things,</c><00:34:25.699><c> both</c><00:34:26.000><c> we</c><00:34:26.260><c> and</c><00:34:26.380><c> they</c><00:34:26.559><c> of</c> 00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:30.179 that<00:34:26.980><c> place</c><00:34:27.219><c> besought</c><00:34:27.659><c> him</c><00:34:27.960><c> not</c><00:34:28.460><c> to</c><00:34:28.639><c> go</c><00:34:28.800><c> up</c><00:34:29.000><c> to</c><00:34:29.179><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:33.760 Then<00:34:31.239><c> Paul</c><00:34:31.500><c> answered,</c><00:34:32.159><c> What</c><00:34:32.500><c> mean</c><00:34:32.800><c> ye</c><00:34:32.900><c> to</c><00:34:33.079><c> weep</c><00:34:33.340><c> and</c><00:34:33.460><c> to</c><00:34:33.619><c> break</c> 00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.500 mine<00:34:34.039><c> heart?</c> 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:37.480 For<00:34:35.019><c> I</c><00:34:35.219><c> am</c><00:34:35.300><c> ready</c><00:34:35.440><c> not</c><00:34:35.619><c> to</c><00:34:35.780><c> be</c><00:34:36.000><c> bound</c><00:34:36.219><c> only,</c><00:34:36.539><c> but</c><00:34:36.719><c> also</c><00:34:37.019><c> to</c><00:34:37.280><c> die</c> 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:40.119 at<00:34:37.659><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:38.260><c> for</c><00:34:38.659><c> the</c><00:34:38.880><c> sake</c><00:34:39.000><c> of</c><00:34:39.179><c> the</c><00:34:39.300><c> Lord</c><00:34:39.480><c> Jesus.</c> 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:44.860 And<00:34:40.920><c> when</c><00:34:41.059><c> he</c><00:34:41.239><c> would</c><00:34:41.480><c> not</c><00:34:41.639><c> be</c><00:34:41.840><c> persuaded,</c><00:34:42.300><c> we</c><00:34:42.559><c> ceased,</c><00:34:43.059><c> saying,</c><00:34:44.300><c> The</c><00:34:44.539><c> will</c><00:34:44.679><c> of</c> 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:46.320 the<00:34:44.980><c> Lord</c><00:34:45.159><c> be</c><00:34:45.380><c> done.</c> 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:50.800 Picture<00:34:48.079><c> that</c><00:34:48.440><c> scene</c><00:34:48.800><c> with</c><00:34:49.019><c> a</c><00:34:49.239><c> slight</c><00:34:49.519><c> bit</c><00:34:49.719><c> of</c><00:34:49.940><c> reconstruction</c><00:34:50.420><c> in</c><00:34:50.599><c> the</c><00:34:50.659><c> middle</c> 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.340 of<00:34:50.980><c> it.</c> 00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:55.079 There<00:34:52.500><c> in</c><00:34:52.639><c> the</c><00:34:52.760><c> house</c><00:34:52.880><c> of</c><00:34:53.099><c> Philip</c><00:34:53.199><c> the</c><00:34:53.420><c> Evangelist.</c> 00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:57.940 That<00:34:56.019><c> Philip</c><00:34:56.280><c> who</c><00:34:56.440><c> had</c><00:34:56.519><c> been</c><00:34:56.659><c> in</c><00:34:56.800><c> the</c><00:34:56.960><c> company</c><00:34:57.139><c> of</c><00:34:57.380><c> seven</c><00:34:57.599><c> deacons,</c> 00:34:58.019 --> 00:35:02.559 who<00:34:58.099><c> had</c><00:34:58.219><c> helped</c><00:34:58.380><c> to</c><00:34:58.619><c> resolve</c><00:34:58.820><c> the</c><00:34:59.019><c> question</c><00:34:59.320><c> of</c><00:34:59.840><c> the</c><00:35:00.079><c> maintenance</c><00:35:00.480><c> of</c><00:35:00.760><c> Grecian</c><00:35:01.019><c> widows</c><00:35:01.340><c> in</c><00:35:01.559><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:06.000 That<00:35:03.619><c> Philip</c><00:35:03.780><c> who</c><00:35:03.900><c> had</c><00:35:03.960><c> gone</c><00:35:04.119><c> and</c><00:35:04.280><c> preached</c><00:35:04.420><c> the</c><00:35:04.579><c> Gospel</c><00:35:04.800><c> in</c><00:35:05.000><c> Samaria.</c> 00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:09.360 Who<00:35:06.840><c> had</c><00:35:06.920><c> been</c><00:35:07.039><c> sent</c><00:35:07.219><c> by</c><00:35:07.420><c> the</c><00:35:07.559><c> Spirit</c><00:35:07.699><c> of</c><00:35:07.840><c> the</c><00:35:07.980><c> Lord</c><00:35:08.119><c> to</c><00:35:08.920><c> preach</c> 00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:13.480 to<00:35:09.639><c> the</c><00:35:10.079><c> Ethiopian</c><00:35:10.599><c> eunuch</c><00:35:10.800><c> on</c><00:35:10.960><c> his</c><00:35:11.079><c> way</c><00:35:11.260><c> back</c><00:35:11.579><c> to</c><00:35:11.820><c> his</c><00:35:12.139><c> own</c><00:35:12.460><c> land.</c> 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:18.119 Is<00:35:14.099><c> now</c><00:35:14.440><c> at</c><00:35:14.760><c> Caesarea</c><00:35:15.179><c> and</c><00:35:15.980><c> has</c><00:35:16.320><c> a</c><00:35:16.460><c> house</c><00:35:16.699><c> there</c><00:35:16.960><c> where</c><00:35:17.099><c> he</c><00:35:17.239><c> lives</c><00:35:17.619><c> with</c><00:35:17.940><c> his</c> 00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:20.639 four<00:35:18.400><c> unmarried</c><00:35:18.920><c> prophetic</c><00:35:19.360><c> daughters.</c> 00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:23.920 And<00:35:21.659><c> though</c><00:35:21.760><c> the</c><00:35:21.880><c> record</c><00:35:22.059><c> doesn't</c><00:35:22.400><c> say</c><00:35:22.739><c> so,</c> 00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:26.340 the<00:35:24.619><c> fact</c><00:35:24.760><c> that</c><00:35:24.920><c> those</c><00:35:25.139><c> daughters</c><00:35:25.460><c> were</c><00:35:25.739><c> daughters</c><00:35:26.039><c> which</c> 00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.380 did<00:35:26.679><c> prophesy,</c> 00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:30.420 would<00:35:27.860><c> I</c><00:35:28.000><c> think</c><00:35:28.659><c> have</c><00:35:29.139><c> been</c><00:35:29.320><c> introduced</c><00:35:29.599><c> at</c><00:35:29.860><c> this</c><00:35:30.079><c> point</c><00:35:30.260><c> in</c> 00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.300 the<00:35:30.559><c> record,</c><00:35:30.820><c> for</c><00:35:30.940><c> this</c><00:35:31.139><c> reason,</c> 00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:34.059 to<00:35:31.480><c> tell</c><00:35:31.599><c> us</c><00:35:31.719><c> that</c><00:35:32.340><c> Paul</c><00:35:32.539><c> was</c><00:35:32.980><c> subjected</c><00:35:33.300><c> rather</c><00:35:33.619><c> a</c><00:35:33.760><c> barrage</c> 00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:35.699 of<00:35:34.260><c> prophesying</c><00:35:34.619><c> at</c><00:35:34.800><c> that</c><00:35:34.960><c> time.</c> 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:37.940 There<00:35:36.400><c> he</c><00:35:36.559><c> was</c><00:35:36.699><c> in</c><00:35:36.880><c> Philip's</c><00:35:37.139><c> house</c><00:35:37.340><c> and</c><00:35:37.500><c> all</c><00:35:37.679><c> around</c><00:35:37.840><c> him</c> 00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.719 were<00:35:38.079><c> four</c><00:35:38.320><c> prophets.</c> 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:41.440 So<00:35:39.139><c> what</c><00:35:39.260><c> with</c><00:35:39.420><c> one</c><00:35:39.659><c> evangelist</c><00:35:40.079><c> and</c><00:35:40.219><c> four</c><00:35:40.599><c> prophesies</c><00:35:41.059><c> rather,</c> 00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:44.699 all<00:35:41.940><c> saying</c><00:35:42.280><c> what,</c><00:35:42.719><c> bonds</c><00:35:42.920><c> and</c><00:35:43.079><c> afflictions</c><00:35:43.400><c> abide</c><00:35:43.659><c> you.</c> 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:47.460 Don't<00:35:45.099><c> go</c><00:35:45.300><c> to</c><00:35:45.480><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:35:46.159><c> if</c><00:35:46.300><c> you</c><00:35:46.559><c> do</c><00:35:46.699><c> there</c><00:35:46.860><c> will</c><00:35:47.000><c> be</c><00:35:47.179><c> great</c> 00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.900 evil<00:35:47.719><c> in</c><00:35:48.039><c> store</c><00:35:48.219><c> for</c><00:35:48.460><c> you.</c> 00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:52.179 With<00:35:49.179><c> that</c><00:35:50.059><c> concentration</c><00:35:50.780><c> of</c><00:35:50.980><c> the</c><00:35:51.139><c> spiritual</c><00:35:51.500><c> message</c><00:35:51.820><c> given</c><00:35:52.019><c> to</c> 00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:54.420 him<00:35:52.320><c> that</c><00:35:52.739><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:53.179><c> was</c><00:35:53.400><c> no</c><00:35:53.679><c> place</c><00:35:53.860><c> for</c><00:35:54.059><c> him,</c> 00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:56.480 Paul<00:35:54.780><c> could</c><00:35:54.960><c> hardly</c><00:35:55.179><c> have</c><00:35:55.300><c> had</c><00:35:55.400><c> any</c><00:35:55.579><c> peace.</c> 00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:59.340 It<00:35:56.940><c> didn't</c><00:35:57.119><c> make</c><00:35:57.300><c> any</c><00:35:57.380><c> difference</c><00:35:57.659><c> to</c><00:35:57.840><c> his</c><00:35:57.980><c> mind,</c><00:35:58.199><c> he</c><00:35:58.280><c> was</c><00:35:58.519><c> going.</c> 00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:01.840 Jerusalem<00:35:59.860><c> was</c><00:36:00.000><c> where</c><00:36:00.159><c> he</c><00:36:00.420><c> intended</c><00:36:00.619><c> to</c><00:36:00.840><c> go,</c><00:36:01.039><c> whatever</c><00:36:01.260><c> they</c><00:36:01.539><c> said.</c> 00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:05.360 And<00:36:02.719><c> one</c><00:36:03.139><c> final</c><00:36:03.519><c> effort</c><00:36:03.719><c> was</c><00:36:03.880><c> made</c><00:36:04.039><c> to</c><00:36:04.239><c> dissuade</c><00:36:04.460><c> him.</c> 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:07.980 God<00:36:05.880><c> sent,</c><00:36:06.139><c> it</c><00:36:06.219><c> must</c><00:36:06.360><c> have</c><00:36:06.480><c> been</c><00:36:06.539><c> God</c><00:36:06.760><c> sent,</c><00:36:07.460><c> the</c><00:36:07.579><c> Lord</c><00:36:07.699><c> Jesus</c> 00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.980 Christ<00:36:08.260><c> dispatched.</c> 00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:11.639 That<00:36:09.519><c> prophet</c><00:36:09.900><c> Agabus,</c><00:36:10.400><c> the</c><00:36:10.460><c> one</c><00:36:10.579><c> who</c><00:36:10.699><c> talked</c><00:36:10.900><c> about</c><00:36:11.099><c> the</c><00:36:11.340><c> dearth</c><00:36:11.539><c> at</c> 00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.519 an<00:36:11.780><c> earlier</c><00:36:12.019><c> stage,</c> 00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:15.199 dispatched<00:36:13.260><c> him</c><00:36:13.420><c> to</c><00:36:13.559><c> go</c><00:36:13.739><c> to</c><00:36:13.900><c> Caesarea</c><00:36:14.300><c> and</c><00:36:14.679><c> there</c><00:36:14.840><c> he</c><00:36:15.000><c> took</c> 00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.880 the<00:36:15.420><c> girdle</c> 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:18.280 and<00:36:16.260><c> he</c><00:36:16.480><c> bound</c><00:36:16.760><c> either</c><00:36:17.119><c> his</c><00:36:17.320><c> own</c><00:36:17.460><c> or</c><00:36:17.699><c> Paul's,</c><00:36:17.900><c> it</c><00:36:17.940><c> looks</c><00:36:18.119><c> like</c> 00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:19.539 his<00:36:18.460><c> own,</c><00:36:18.860><c> hands</c><00:36:19.139><c> and</c><00:36:19.340><c> feet.</c> 00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:22.420 And<00:36:19.699><c> he</c><00:36:19.739><c> said,</c><00:36:20.280><c> now</c><00:36:20.280><c> if</c><00:36:20.639><c> you</c><00:36:20.940><c> still</c><00:36:21.139><c> insist</c><00:36:21.460><c> on</c><00:36:21.639><c> going</c><00:36:21.820><c> to</c><00:36:22.039><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:24.619 this<00:36:22.940><c> is</c><00:36:23.119><c> what</c><00:36:23.239><c> they'll</c><00:36:23.500><c> do</c><00:36:23.679><c> to</c><00:36:23.840><c> you.</c> 00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:28.159 And<00:36:25.500><c> everybody,</c><00:36:26.739><c> Philip</c><00:36:27.019><c> I</c><00:36:27.179><c> suppose,</c><00:36:27.539><c> the</c><00:36:27.639><c> four</c><00:36:27.820><c> prophetic</c> 00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.039 daughters,<00:36:28.639><c> Agabus,</c> 00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:31.659 the<00:36:29.440><c> whole</c><00:36:29.619><c> company</c><00:36:29.920><c> there</c><00:36:30.300><c> did</c><00:36:30.639><c> their</c><00:36:30.880><c> best</c><00:36:31.039><c> to</c><00:36:31.219><c> hold</c><00:36:31.360><c> Paul</c> 00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.059 back<00:36:31.840><c> saying,</c> 00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:36.900 do<00:36:32.460><c> not</c><00:36:32.780><c> go</c><00:36:33.039><c> to</c><00:36:33.199><c> this</c><00:36:33.880><c> definitely</c><00:36:34.880><c> dangerous</c><00:36:36.219><c> mission</c><00:36:36.760><c> that</c> 00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.820 might<00:36:37.079><c> lead</c><00:36:37.320><c> you</c><00:36:37.420><c> to</c><00:36:37.480><c> your</c><00:36:37.659><c> death.</c> 00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:39.960 They<00:36:37.820><c> said,</c><00:36:38.139><c> stay</c><00:36:38.380><c> here,</c><00:36:38.780><c> don't</c><00:36:39.099><c> go.</c> 00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:45.539 And<00:36:40.559><c> they</c><00:36:40.639><c> were</c><00:36:41.219><c> an</c><00:36:41.460><c> evangelist</c><00:36:42.579><c> and</c><00:36:43.000><c> prophetesses</c><00:36:43.599><c> and</c><00:36:44.460><c> inspired</c><00:36:44.860><c> men.</c> 00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:49.599 And<00:36:45.980><c> Agabus</c><00:36:46.219><c> the</c><00:36:46.460><c> prophet</c><00:36:46.619><c> who</c><00:36:46.800><c> all</c><00:36:47.059><c> said,</c><00:36:47.599><c> do</c><00:36:47.860><c> not</c><00:36:48.219><c> go</c><00:36:48.460><c> to</c><00:36:48.679><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:52.420 And<00:36:50.719><c> Paul</c><00:36:50.840><c> as</c><00:36:50.900><c> it</c><00:36:51.039><c> were</c><00:36:51.159><c> shook</c><00:36:51.360><c> off</c><00:36:51.539><c> his</c><00:36:51.780><c> training</c><00:36:52.059><c> hands</c><00:36:52.280><c> and</c> 00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:53.860 said,<00:36:52.699><c> I'm</c><00:36:52.960><c> going.</c> 00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:55.980 Nothing<00:36:54.659><c> you</c><00:36:54.800><c> can</c><00:36:54.980><c> say</c><00:36:55.079><c> will</c><00:36:55.239><c> make</c><00:36:55.360><c> any</c><00:36:55.539><c> difference.</c> 00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:58.940 I'm<00:36:56.579><c> going</c><00:36:56.780><c> to</c><00:36:57.000><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:36:57.559><c> come</c><00:36:57.659><c> what</c><00:36:57.900><c> may</c><00:36:58.159><c> and</c><00:36:58.300><c> if</c><00:36:58.380><c> they</c><00:36:58.599><c> kill</c><00:36:58.739><c> me,</c> 00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:00.119 well<00:36:59.380><c> so</c><00:36:59.579><c> be</c><00:36:59.780><c> it.</c> 00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:02.059 For<00:37:00.400><c> the</c><00:37:00.599><c> sake</c><00:37:00.739><c> of</c><00:37:00.900><c> the</c><00:37:00.980><c> Lord</c><00:37:01.139><c> Jesus</c><00:37:01.480><c> Christ,</c><00:37:01.719><c> he</c><00:37:01.900><c> says,</c> 00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:04.139 just<00:37:02.500><c> a</c><00:37:02.579><c> little</c><00:37:02.739><c> bit</c><00:37:02.940><c> surprisingly</c><00:37:03.260><c> at</c><00:37:03.440><c> that</c><00:37:03.619><c> point,</c><00:37:03.860><c> but</c><00:37:03.980><c> he</c> 00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.639 says<00:37:04.280><c> that.</c> 00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:06.780 For<00:37:04.980><c> the</c><00:37:05.179><c> sake</c><00:37:05.300><c> of</c><00:37:05.460><c> the</c><00:37:05.519><c> Lord</c><00:37:05.679><c> Jesus</c><00:37:06.039><c> Christ,</c><00:37:06.440><c> I</c><00:37:06.460><c> am</c><00:37:06.599><c> willing</c> 00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:08.480 to<00:37:07.039><c> die</c><00:37:07.239><c> at</c><00:37:07.460><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.900 So<00:37:09.760><c> he</c><00:37:09.940><c> goes.</c> 00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:14.800 And<00:37:11.719><c> really</c><00:37:11.980><c> the</c><00:37:12.159><c> rest</c><00:37:12.360><c> of</c><00:37:12.559><c> the</c><00:37:12.679><c> tale</c><00:37:12.860><c> is</c><00:37:13.320><c> easy</c><00:37:13.599><c> for</c><00:37:13.780><c> us</c><00:37:13.900><c> to</c><00:37:14.119><c> recall,</c><00:37:14.400><c> isn't</c><00:37:14.579><c> it?</c> 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:16.300 He<00:37:15.139><c> goes</c><00:37:15.380><c> to</c><00:37:15.599><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:19.199 He<00:37:17.480><c> is</c><00:37:17.679><c> told</c><00:37:17.840><c> that</c><00:37:18.000><c> there</c><00:37:18.139><c> are</c><00:37:18.260><c> some</c><00:37:18.420><c> disciples</c><00:37:18.760><c> who</c><00:37:18.940><c> have</c><00:37:19.059><c> a</c> 00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:20.300 disquiet<00:37:19.579><c> about</c><00:37:19.800><c> his</c><00:37:20.039><c> teaching</c> 00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:22.980 because<00:37:20.579><c> they</c><00:37:20.880><c> believe</c><00:37:21.280><c> that</c><00:37:21.619><c> he</c><00:37:21.719><c> is</c><00:37:21.960><c> persuading</c><00:37:22.420><c> Jews</c><00:37:22.760><c> not</c> 00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.820 to<00:37:23.099><c> be</c><00:37:23.239><c> Jews</c><00:37:23.440><c> anymore</c> 00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:25.619 in<00:37:23.980><c> the</c><00:37:24.059><c> way</c><00:37:24.139><c> they</c><00:37:24.320><c> bring</c><00:37:24.440><c> up</c><00:37:24.579><c> their</c><00:37:24.739><c> children.</c> 00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:28.460 He<00:37:26.460><c> accepts</c><00:37:26.940><c> their</c><00:37:27.199><c> suggestion</c><00:37:27.619><c> as</c><00:37:27.780><c> to</c><00:37:27.860><c> how</c><00:37:27.940><c> he</c><00:37:28.119><c> can</c><00:37:28.320><c> clear</c> 00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.440 himself<00:37:28.739><c> for</c><00:37:28.940><c> that</c><00:37:29.119><c> charge</c> 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:33.579 by<00:37:30.179><c> paying</c><00:37:30.599><c> the</c><00:37:30.900><c> dues</c><00:37:31.139><c> of</c><00:37:31.300><c> a</c><00:37:31.400><c> number</c><00:37:31.579><c> of</c><00:37:31.719><c> men</c><00:37:31.840><c> who</c><00:37:31.980><c> are</c><00:37:32.500><c> completing</c><00:37:32.860><c> their</c><00:37:33.179><c> vows</c> 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:35.519 in<00:37:33.900><c> the</c><00:37:34.099><c> temple</c><00:37:34.320><c> in</c><00:37:34.559><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:38.199 He<00:37:36.059><c> goes</c><00:37:36.360><c> there</c><00:37:36.579><c> and</c><00:37:36.760><c> the</c><00:37:36.920><c> charge</c><00:37:37.099><c> is</c><00:37:37.360><c> trumped</c><00:37:37.599><c> up</c><00:37:37.820><c> against</c><00:37:38.099><c> him</c> 00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:39.980 that<00:37:38.340><c> he's</c><00:37:38.539><c> brought</c><00:37:38.679><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:39.099><c> into</c><00:37:39.280><c> the</c><00:37:39.440><c> holy</c><00:37:39.619><c> place,</c> 00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:42.699 which<00:37:40.420><c> Luke</c><00:37:40.619><c> makes</c><00:37:40.900><c> quite</c><00:37:41.139><c> plain</c><00:37:41.260><c> he</c><00:37:41.400><c> has</c><00:37:41.659><c> not</c><00:37:41.920><c> done.</c> 00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:45.260 He<00:37:43.039><c> is</c><00:37:43.219><c> taken</c><00:37:43.400><c> out</c><00:37:43.579><c> by</c><00:37:43.840><c> the</c><00:37:43.980><c> Jews</c><00:37:44.079><c> and</c><00:37:44.239><c> is</c><00:37:44.440><c> about</c><00:37:44.699><c> to</c><00:37:44.880><c> be</c><00:37:45.019><c> lynched</c> 00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:48.260 when<00:37:45.820><c> Lysias</c><00:37:46.239><c> the</c><00:37:46.420><c> chief</c><00:37:46.599><c> captain</c><00:37:46.920><c> delivers</c><00:37:47.280><c> him.</c> 00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:50.599 Then<00:37:48.699><c> he</c><00:37:48.860><c> is</c><00:37:49.119><c> imprisoned,</c><00:37:49.460><c> he</c><00:37:49.599><c> is</c><00:37:49.760><c> very</c><00:37:49.920><c> nearly</c><00:37:50.219><c> scourged</c> 00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:52.280 until<00:37:50.800><c> he</c><00:37:51.000><c> pleads</c><00:37:51.179><c> that</c><00:37:51.360><c> he</c><00:37:51.420><c> is</c><00:37:51.559><c> a</c><00:37:51.619><c> Roman</c><00:37:51.880><c> citizen.</c> 00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:55.539 He<00:37:52.900><c> is</c><00:37:53.079><c> placed</c><00:37:53.219><c> on</c><00:37:53.559><c> trial</c><00:37:53.820><c> both</c><00:37:54.059><c> before</c><00:37:54.340><c> the</c><00:37:54.480><c> high</c><00:37:54.699><c> priest</c><00:37:54.880><c> in</c><00:37:55.079><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:57.760 and<00:37:55.960><c> then</c><00:37:56.199><c> later</c><00:37:56.420><c> before</c><00:37:56.739><c> rulers</c><00:37:57.059><c> in</c><00:37:57.440><c> Caesarea</c> 00:37:57.760 --> 00:38:00.260 and<00:37:57.980><c> ultimately</c><00:37:58.559><c> is</c><00:37:59.039><c> compelled</c><00:37:59.340><c> to</c><00:37:59.579><c> appeal</c><00:37:59.780><c> unto</c><00:38:00.000><c> Caesar.</c> 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:02.300 And<00:38:00.480><c> he</c><00:38:00.599><c> goes</c><00:38:00.820><c> to</c><00:38:00.980><c> Rome</c><00:38:01.179><c> in</c><00:38:01.460><c> bonds.</c> 00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:06.599 Now<00:38:03.980><c> he</c><00:38:04.360><c> doesn't</c><00:38:04.639><c> seem</c><00:38:04.900><c> to</c><00:38:05.019><c> have</c><00:38:05.179><c> achieved</c><00:38:05.519><c> anything</c><00:38:05.860><c> in</c><00:38:06.059><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:06.340><c> at</c> 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.619 all,<00:38:06.960><c> does</c><00:38:07.000><c> he?</c> 00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:10.559 He<00:38:08.159><c> went</c><00:38:08.340><c> there</c><00:38:08.539><c> in</c><00:38:08.699><c> spite</c><00:38:08.880><c> of</c><00:38:09.280><c> extremely</c><00:38:09.739><c> strong</c><00:38:10.199><c> pressures</c> 00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:12.039 not<00:38:10.860><c> to</c><00:38:11.079><c> go.</c> 00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:14.699 When<00:38:12.340><c> he</c><00:38:12.480><c> got</c><00:38:12.679><c> there</c><00:38:12.900><c> his</c><00:38:13.099><c> work</c><00:38:13.260><c> was</c><00:38:13.420><c> almost</c><00:38:13.659><c> immediately</c><00:38:14.099><c> frustrated</c> 00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:16.780 by<00:38:14.940><c> this</c><00:38:15.139><c> attack</c><00:38:15.380><c> made</c><00:38:15.579><c> upon</c><00:38:15.739><c> his</c><00:38:16.000><c> life</c> 00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:19.460 and<00:38:16.980><c> he</c><00:38:17.300><c> spends</c><00:38:17.519><c> the</c><00:38:17.679><c> next</c><00:38:17.920><c> few</c><00:38:18.159><c> years</c><00:38:18.500><c> in</c><00:38:18.719><c> prison.</c> 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:22.460 And<00:38:20.880><c> all</c><00:38:21.039><c> it</c><00:38:21.219><c> seems</c><00:38:21.360><c> is</c><00:38:21.500><c> because</c><00:38:21.579><c> he</c><00:38:21.679><c> went</c><00:38:21.880><c> to</c><00:38:22.059><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:24.280 In<00:38:23.139><c> every</c><00:38:23.400><c> city</c><00:38:23.659><c> people</c><00:38:23.880><c> were</c><00:38:24.059><c> saying,</c> 00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:27.699 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