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verse<00:11:41.200><c> 31.</c>

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in<00:12:46.620><c> the</c><00:12:46.700><c> word</c><00:12:46.940><c> simony,</c>

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meaning<00:12:48.559><c> buying</c><00:12:49.100><c> or</c><00:12:49.419><c> selling</c><00:12:49.879><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:12:51.080><c> preferment.</c>

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Acts<00:12:53.799><c> 28</c><00:12:54.480><c> verse</c><00:12:54.820><c> 26</c><00:12:55.500><c> to</c><00:12:55.740><c> 40.</c>

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The<00:12:56.960><c> truth</c><00:12:57.440><c> spreads</c><00:12:57.940><c> to</c><00:12:58.379><c> Africa.</c>

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Taking<00:13:00.840><c> the</c><00:13:01.100><c> gospel</c><00:13:01.440><c> to</c><00:13:01.700><c> Samaria</c>

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began<00:13:02.679><c> the</c><00:13:02.980><c> long</c><00:13:03.220><c> process</c><00:13:03.740><c> of</c><00:13:03.980><c> breaking</c><00:13:04.340><c> down</c>

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the<00:13:04.860><c> Jewish</c><00:13:05.200><c> prejudice</c><00:13:05.919><c> against</c><00:13:06.679><c> Gentiles</c><00:13:07.259><c> in</c><00:13:07.480><c> the</c><00:13:07.679><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:13:09.379><c> gospel</c><00:13:09.799><c> would</c><00:13:10.019><c> go</c><00:13:10.240><c> from</c><00:13:10.500><c> the</c><00:13:10.720><c> Jews,</c>

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Shem,<00:13:12.639><c> to</c><00:13:12.860><c> Ethiopia,</c><00:13:14.200><c> Ham,</c>

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and<00:13:15.500><c> then</c><00:13:15.779><c> to</c><00:13:16.000><c> Europe,</c><00:13:17.000><c> Japheth.</c>

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Philip<00:13:19.240><c> was</c><00:13:19.620><c> a</c><00:13:19.720><c> Greek</c><00:13:20.179><c> Jew,</c>

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and<00:13:21.059><c> therefore</c><00:13:21.419><c> probably</c><00:13:21.860><c> not</c><00:13:22.159><c> as</c><00:13:22.399><c> exclusive</c><00:13:23.000><c> as</c><00:13:23.379><c> other</c><00:13:23.720><c> Jews.</c>

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The<00:13:25.440><c> work</c><00:13:25.639><c> in</c><00:13:25.899><c> Samaria,</c>

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now<00:13:26.799><c> being</c><00:13:27.159><c> supervised</c><00:13:27.820><c> by</c><00:13:28.120><c> the</c><00:13:28.399><c> apostles,</c>

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Philip<00:13:30.000><c> was</c><00:13:30.360><c> directed</c><00:13:30.820><c> by</c><00:13:31.139><c> an</c><00:13:31.440><c> angel</c><00:13:31.639><c> to</c><00:13:31.919><c> new</c><00:13:32.320><c> fields.</c>

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He<00:13:34.360><c> arose</c><00:13:34.720><c> and</c><00:13:34.960><c> went</c><00:13:35.159><c> at</c><00:13:35.519><c> noon,</c>

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your<00:13:36.600><c> thrice</c><00:13:36.919><c> version</c><00:13:37.299><c> says</c><00:13:37.620><c> south,</c>

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compare<00:13:39.220><c> chapter</c><00:13:39.639><c> 22</c><00:13:40.179><c> verse</c><00:13:40.480><c> 6,</c>

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at<00:13:42.080><c> noon</c><00:13:42.299><c> from</c><00:13:42.740><c> Jerusalem</c><00:13:43.480><c> to</c><00:13:43.799><c> Gaza.</c>

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This<00:13:45.580><c> was</c><00:13:46.179><c> a</c><00:13:46.379><c> route</c><00:13:46.580><c> that</c><00:13:46.960><c> was</c><00:13:47.519><c> deserted,</c>

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the<00:13:48.480><c> authorized</c><00:13:48.820><c> version,</c><00:13:49.799><c> desert.</c>

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Philip<00:13:51.559><c> was</c><00:13:51.899><c> always</c><00:13:52.519><c> ready</c><00:13:52.820><c> to</c><00:13:53.220><c> preach</c><00:13:53.559><c> the</c><00:13:53.820><c> word</c>

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being<00:13:54.539><c> instant</c><00:13:55.139><c> in</c><00:13:55.480><c> season,</c><00:13:56.460><c> out</c><00:13:56.720><c> of</c><00:13:57.059><c> season,</c>

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as<00:13:57.980><c> Paul</c><00:13:58.299><c> says</c><00:13:58.639><c> in</c><00:13:58.820><c> the</c><00:13:58.980><c> second</c><00:13:59.220><c> Timothy</c><00:13:59.720><c> chapter</c><00:14:00.200><c> 4</c><00:14:00.500><c> verse</c><00:14:00.840><c> 2.</c>

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On<00:14:02.700><c> his</c><00:14:02.960><c> way</c><00:14:03.200><c> he</c><00:14:03.340><c> met</c><00:14:03.580><c> a</c><00:14:03.740><c> man</c><00:14:03.879><c> of</c><00:14:04.059><c> Ethiopia</c>

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returning<00:14:05.200><c> from</c><00:14:05.600><c> a</c><00:14:05.820><c> visit</c><00:14:06.120><c> to</c><00:14:06.580><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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This<00:14:09.059><c> man</c><00:14:09.340><c> was</c><00:14:09.600><c> not</c><00:14:09.820><c> a</c><00:14:10.039><c> Jew,</c>

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but<00:14:11.080><c> a</c><00:14:11.179><c> proselyte</c><00:14:11.820><c> who</c><00:14:12.100><c> was</c><00:14:12.480><c> not</c><00:14:12.720><c> allowed</c>

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to<00:14:13.379><c> enter</c><00:14:13.580><c> the</c><00:14:13.919><c> temple,</c><00:14:14.700><c> especially</c><00:14:15.340><c> as</c><00:14:15.700><c> he</c><00:14:15.779><c> was</c><00:14:16.100><c> a</c><00:14:16.399><c> eunuch</c><00:14:16.740><c> too.</c>

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You<00:14:17.799><c> might</c><00:14:18.080><c> like</c><00:14:18.360><c> to</c><00:14:18.480><c> see</c><00:14:18.940><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:19.580><c> 23</c><00:14:20.139><c> verse</c><00:14:20.460><c> 1.</c>

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He<00:14:22.240><c> was</c><00:14:22.500><c> of</c><00:14:22.700><c> great</c><00:14:23.019><c> authority</c><00:14:23.679><c> under</c><00:14:24.000><c> Kandasi,</c>

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that<00:14:25.919><c> name</c><00:14:26.539><c> actually</c><00:14:27.100><c> is</c><00:14:27.539><c> a</c><00:14:27.679><c> royal</c><00:14:28.000><c> title,</c>

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queen<00:14:29.820><c> probably</c><00:14:30.419><c> of</c><00:14:30.639><c> the</c><00:14:30.779><c> kingdom</c><00:14:31.159><c> of</c><00:14:31.559><c> Meroe,</c>

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which<00:14:32.899><c> Pliny</c><00:14:33.259><c> recorded</c><00:14:33.799><c> was</c><00:14:34.279><c> governed</c><00:14:34.679><c> by</c><00:14:35.279><c> queens.</c>

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She<00:14:37.200><c> may</c><00:14:37.460><c> even</c><00:14:37.740><c> have</c><00:14:37.980><c> been</c><00:14:38.200><c> in</c><00:14:38.440><c> the</c><00:14:38.620><c> line</c><00:14:38.820><c> of</c><00:14:39.000><c> the</c><00:14:39.159><c> queen</c><00:14:39.340><c> of</c><00:14:39.580><c> Sheba.</c>

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The<00:14:41.559><c> eunuch</c><00:14:41.899><c> had</c><00:14:42.179><c> a</c><00:14:42.399><c> charge</c><00:14:42.700><c> of</c><00:14:42.899><c> her</c><00:14:43.120><c> royal</c><00:14:43.440><c> treasure,</c>

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the<00:14:44.539><c> Persian</c><00:14:44.879><c> word</c><00:14:45.139><c> for</c><00:14:45.379><c> which</c><00:14:45.620><c> is</c><00:14:46.240><c> Gaza,</c>

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and<00:14:48.299><c> Gaza</c><00:14:48.740><c> itself</c><00:14:49.320><c> is</c><00:14:49.539><c> on</c><00:14:49.799><c> the</c><00:14:49.919><c> highway</c>

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to<00:14:50.740><c> Egypt</c><00:14:51.259><c> and</c><00:14:51.879><c> Ethiopia.</c>

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Philip<00:14:54.700><c> preached</c><00:14:55.240><c> unto</c><00:14:55.519><c> him</c><00:14:55.799><c> Jesus.</c>

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This<00:14:58.080><c> man</c><00:14:58.340><c> was</c><00:14:58.600><c> reading</c><00:14:58.879><c> from</c><00:14:59.179><c> a</c><00:14:59.419><c> scroll</c><00:14:59.679><c> of</c><00:14:59.960><c> Isaiah</c>

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which<00:15:00.759><c> he</c><00:15:00.980><c> had</c><00:15:01.220><c> probably</c><00:15:01.740><c> bought</c><00:15:02.039><c> in</c><00:15:02.340><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He<00:15:04.240><c> was</c><00:15:04.500><c> obviously</c><00:15:05.019><c> sincere,</c><00:15:06.000><c> diligent</c><00:15:06.379><c> and</c><00:15:06.740><c> educated.</c>

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Why<00:15:09.019><c> hadn't</c><00:15:09.419><c> the</c><00:15:09.679><c> eunuch</c><00:15:09.899><c> learned</c><00:15:10.259><c> the</c><00:15:10.460><c> truth</c><00:15:10.639><c> in</c><00:15:10.799><c> Jerusalem?</c>

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He<00:15:12.559><c> almost</c><00:15:13.019><c> certainly</c><00:15:13.539><c> did</c><00:15:13.899><c> hear</c><00:15:14.279><c> about</c><00:15:14.559><c> Jesus</c><00:15:15.000><c> there</c>

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since<00:15:15.899><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:16.580><c> was</c><00:15:16.840><c> full</c><00:15:17.100><c> of</c><00:15:17.320><c> speculation,</c>

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but<00:15:19.039><c> had</c><00:15:19.320><c> probably</c><00:15:19.840><c> suffered</c><00:15:20.159><c> a</c><00:15:20.440><c> setback</c>

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when<00:15:21.279><c> he</c><00:15:21.500><c> found</c><00:15:21.759><c> himself</c><00:15:22.240><c> barred</c><00:15:22.580><c> from</c><00:15:22.840><c> the</c><00:15:23.080><c> temple</c>

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because<00:15:24.000><c> he</c><00:15:24.120><c> was</c><00:15:24.340><c> not</c><00:15:24.600><c> a</c><00:15:24.779><c> Jew.</c>

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Christ<00:15:27.360><c> will</c><00:15:27.639><c> send</c><00:15:27.860><c> someone</c><00:15:28.500><c> a</c><00:15:28.940><c> long</c><00:15:29.279><c> way</c>

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to<00:15:29.940><c> teach</c><00:15:30.279><c> one</c><00:15:30.659><c> man</c><00:15:30.960><c> the</c><00:15:31.200><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:15:33.100><c> the</c><00:15:33.379><c> spirit</c><00:15:33.720><c> told</c><00:15:34.200><c> Philip</c><00:15:34.580><c> to</c><00:15:34.799><c> go</c><00:15:34.980><c> near.</c>

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He<00:15:36.059><c> ran</c><00:15:36.460><c> to</c><00:15:36.659><c> the</c><00:15:36.879><c> chariot</c><00:15:37.220><c> and</c><00:15:37.399><c> heard</c><00:15:37.700><c> the</c><00:15:37.919><c> man</c><00:15:38.120><c> reading</c><00:15:38.500><c> aloud</c>

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from<00:15:39.200><c> his</c><00:15:39.519><c> scroll.</c>

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Philip<00:15:41.379><c> then</c><00:15:41.820><c> created</c><00:15:42.320><c> the</c><00:15:42.639><c> opening.</c>

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Understandest<00:15:44.779><c> thou</c><00:15:45.039><c> what</c><00:15:45.379><c> thou</c><00:15:45.759><c> readest?</c>

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And<00:15:47.419><c> was</c><00:15:47.679><c> invited</c><00:15:48.159><c> into</c><00:15:48.480><c> the</c><00:15:48.779><c> chariot</c>

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to<00:15:49.559><c> explain</c><00:15:50.080><c> who</c><00:15:50.299><c> it</c><00:15:50.580><c> was</c><00:15:50.919><c> that</c><00:15:51.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:51.960><c> had</c><00:15:52.299><c> written</c><00:15:52.559><c> about</c>

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when<00:15:53.620><c> he</c><00:15:53.960><c> predicted</c><00:15:54.379><c> the</c><00:15:54.679><c> death</c><00:15:54.940><c> and</c><00:15:55.240><c> resurrection</c>

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of<00:15:56.080><c> Yahweh's</c><00:15:56.799><c> suffering</c><00:15:57.059><c> servant</c><00:15:57.539><c> in</c><00:15:57.840><c> chapter</c><00:15:58.299><c> 53.</c>

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So<00:16:01.159><c> Philip</c><00:16:01.419><c> taught</c><00:16:01.700><c> him</c><00:16:02.379><c> as</c><00:16:03.120><c> the</c><00:16:03.440><c> truth</c><00:16:03.700><c> is</c>

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in<00:16:04.500><c> Jesus,</c><00:16:05.179><c> Ephesians</c><00:16:05.580><c> 4</c><00:16:05.860><c> verse</c><00:16:06.159><c> 21.</c>

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No<00:16:08.399><c> doubt</c><00:16:08.639><c> what</c><00:16:08.899><c> Philip</c><00:16:09.220><c> taught</c><00:16:09.539><c> to</c><00:16:09.799><c> the</c><00:16:09.960><c> eunuch</c>

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from<00:16:10.379><c> the</c><00:16:10.639><c> prophets</c><00:16:10.980><c> was</c><00:16:11.299><c> similar</c><00:16:11.799><c> to</c><00:16:12.080><c> the</c><00:16:12.279><c> teaching</c>

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of<00:16:12.799><c> the</c><00:16:12.879><c> risen</c><00:16:13.120><c> Lord</c><00:16:13.580><c> from</c><00:16:13.860><c> the</c><00:16:14.179><c> prophets</c>

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to<00:16:15.299><c> the</c><00:16:15.519><c> two</c><00:16:15.679><c> on</c><00:16:15.919><c> the</c><00:16:16.100><c> road</c><00:16:16.299><c> to</c><00:16:16.620><c> Emmaus</c>

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that<00:16:17.539><c> we</c><00:16:17.799><c> read</c><00:16:18.019><c> of</c><00:16:18.519><c> in</c><00:16:18.879><c> Luke</c><00:16:19.139><c> 24</c><00:16:19.799><c> verses</c><00:16:20.220><c> 25</c><00:16:21.000><c> to</c><00:16:21.299><c> 27.</c>

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Together<00:16:23.940><c> they</c><00:16:24.320><c> read,</c>

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And<00:16:25.539><c> who</c><00:16:25.820><c> shall</c><00:16:26.039><c> declare</c><00:16:26.519><c> his</c><00:16:26.820><c> generation?</c>

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With<00:16:28.899><c> what</c><00:16:29.080><c> growing</c><00:16:29.500><c> excitement</c><00:16:30.259><c> this</c><00:16:30.639><c> eunuch</c>

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would<00:16:31.100><c> listen</c><00:16:31.460><c> as</c><00:16:31.860><c> Philip</c><00:16:32.159><c> explained</c>

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that<00:16:33.639><c> Yahweh's</c><00:16:34.399><c> suffering</c><00:16:34.779><c> servant,</c>

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cut<00:16:35.860><c> off</c><00:16:36.120><c> and</c><00:16:36.600><c> without</c><00:16:37.200><c> children,</c>

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shall<00:16:38.799><c> yet</c><00:16:39.399><c> see</c><00:16:39.899><c> his</c><00:16:40.399><c> seed.</c>

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For<00:16:42.120><c> thus</c><00:16:42.539><c> saith</c><00:16:42.919><c> the</c><00:16:43.159><c> Lord</c><00:16:43.440><c> unto</c><00:16:43.759><c> the</c><00:16:44.019><c> eunuchs</c>

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that<00:16:44.559><c> keep</c><00:16:44.740><c> my</c><00:16:45.120><c> Sabbaths,</c><00:16:46.139><c> and</c><00:16:46.279><c> choose</c><00:16:46.559><c> the</c><00:16:46.799><c> things</c>

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that<00:16:47.340><c> please</c><00:16:47.580><c> me,</c><00:16:48.279><c> and</c><00:16:48.399><c> take</c><00:16:48.700><c> hold</c><00:16:49.019><c> of</c><00:16:49.279><c> my</c><00:16:49.580><c> covenant.</c>

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Even<00:16:51.500><c> unto</c><00:16:51.779><c> them</c><00:16:52.139><c> will</c><00:16:52.379><c> I</c><00:16:52.580><c> give</c><00:16:52.740><c> in</c><00:16:52.980><c> mine</c><00:16:53.120><c> house</c>

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and<00:16:53.840><c> within</c><00:16:54.100><c> my</c><00:16:54.419><c> walls</c><00:16:54.879><c> a</c><00:16:55.259><c> place</c><00:16:55.639><c> and</c><00:16:55.960><c> a</c><00:16:56.100><c> name</c>

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better<00:16:57.299><c> than</c><00:16:57.720><c> of</c><00:16:58.000><c> sons</c><00:16:58.360><c> and</c><00:16:58.659><c> daughters.</c>

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I<00:17:00.240><c> will</c><00:17:00.480><c> give</c><00:17:00.700><c> them</c><00:17:01.000><c> an</c><00:17:01.539><c> everlasting</c><00:17:02.399><c> name</c>

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that<00:17:03.299><c> shall</c><00:17:03.639><c> not</c><00:17:04.079><c> be</c><00:17:04.420><c> cut</c><00:17:04.660><c> off.</c>

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Isaiah<00:17:06.160><c> 56</c><00:17:06.980><c> verses</c><00:17:07.500><c> 4</c><00:17:07.960><c> to</c><00:17:08.200><c> 8.</c>

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He<00:17:10.579><c> went</c><00:17:10.839><c> on</c><00:17:11.079><c> his</c><00:17:11.319><c> way</c><00:17:11.859><c> rejoicing.</c>

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Providentially<00:17:15.839><c> it</c><00:17:16.000><c> must</c><00:17:16.299><c> have</c><00:17:16.500><c> rained</c><00:17:16.700><c> hard</c>

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in<00:17:17.339><c> the</c><00:17:17.579><c> area</c><00:17:17.880><c> shortly</c><00:17:18.299><c> before,</c>

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so<00:17:19.900><c> that</c><00:17:20.059><c> when</c><00:17:20.380><c> water</c><00:17:20.619><c> was</c><00:17:20.960><c> seen,</c>

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upon<00:17:22.299><c> his</c><00:17:22.680><c> confession</c><00:17:23.160><c> of</c><00:17:23.460><c> faith</c>

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that<00:17:23.980><c> Jesus</c><00:17:24.579><c> Christ</c><00:17:24.960><c> is</c><00:17:25.559><c> the</c><00:17:25.759><c> Son</c><00:17:26.039><c> of</c><00:17:26.259><c> God,</c>

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they<00:17:27.740><c> went</c><00:17:28.059><c> down</c><00:17:28.500><c> both</c><00:17:28.799><c> into</c><00:17:29.099><c> the</c><00:17:29.319><c> water,</c>

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both<00:17:29.859><c> Philip</c><00:17:30.099><c> and</c><00:17:30.380><c> the</c><00:17:30.579><c> eunuch,</c><00:17:31.440><c> and</c><00:17:31.619><c> he</c><00:17:31.839><c> baptized</c><00:17:32.380><c> him.</c>

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In<00:17:34.220><c> so</c><00:17:34.460><c> doing</c><00:17:34.720><c> this</c><00:17:35.079><c> great</c><00:17:35.380><c> man</c><00:17:35.779><c> humbled</c><00:17:36.259><c> himself</c>

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before<00:17:37.599><c> his</c><00:17:37.920><c> servants.</c>

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Obviously<00:17:40.519><c> there</c><00:17:40.779><c> would</c><00:17:41.000><c> be</c><00:17:41.160><c> drinking</c><00:17:41.500><c> water</c>

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carried<00:17:42.240><c> by</c><00:17:42.619><c> the</c><00:17:42.859><c> eunuch</c><00:17:43.099><c> and</c><00:17:43.359><c> his</c><00:17:43.599><c> retinue,</c>

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but<00:17:45.079><c> this</c><00:17:45.339><c> was</c><00:17:45.579><c> not</c><00:17:45.799><c> enough</c><00:17:46.019><c> for</c><00:17:46.240><c> a</c><00:17:46.339><c> baptism.</c>

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In<00:17:47.940><c> those</c><00:17:48.319><c> days</c><00:17:48.700><c> there</c><00:17:48.859><c> was</c><00:17:49.099><c> no</c><00:17:49.440><c> substitute</c>

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such<00:17:50.420><c> as</c><00:17:50.740><c> sprinkling</c><00:17:51.240><c> an</c><00:17:51.480><c> unbelieving</c><00:17:52.059><c> babe</c>

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with<00:17:52.740><c> holy</c><00:17:53.059><c> water,</c><00:17:54.259><c> for</c><00:17:54.380><c> the</c><00:17:54.680><c> full</c><00:17:54.900><c> immersion</c>

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of<00:17:55.579><c> a</c><00:17:55.799><c> believer</c><00:17:56.180><c> in</c><00:17:56.480><c> the</c><00:17:56.640><c> things</c><00:17:56.920><c> concerning</c>

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the<00:17:57.720><c> kingdom</c><00:17:58.039><c> of</c><00:17:58.259><c> God</c><00:17:58.759><c> and</c><00:17:59.200><c> the</c><00:17:59.359><c> name</c><00:17:59.640><c> of</c><00:17:59.880><c> Jesus</c><00:18:00.359><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:18:02.900><c> eunuch</c><00:18:03.160><c> had</c><00:18:03.480><c> stated</c><00:18:03.779><c> his</c><00:18:04.180><c> belief</c>

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that<00:18:05.059><c> Jesus</c><00:18:05.640><c> is</c><00:18:06.000><c> the</c><00:18:06.180><c> Christ,</c><00:18:07.240><c> or</c><00:18:07.380><c> Messiah,</c>

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and<00:18:08.460><c> Son</c><00:18:08.700><c> of</c><00:18:08.880><c> God.</c>

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This<00:18:11.000><c> belief,</c><00:18:11.720><c> though</c><00:18:11.980><c> vigorously</c><00:18:12.700><c> denied</c><00:18:13.099><c> by</c><00:18:13.440><c> Jews,</c>

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is<00:18:14.880><c> an</c><00:18:15.259><c> essential</c><00:18:16.019><c> confession</c><00:18:16.700><c> before</c><00:18:17.119><c> baptism</c>

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that<00:18:18.500><c> you</c><00:18:18.619><c> might</c><00:18:18.859><c> have</c><00:18:19.140><c> life</c>

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through<00:18:20.420><c> his</c><00:18:20.759><c> name.</c>

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John<00:18:22.099><c> 20</c><00:18:22.579><c> verse</c><00:18:22.859><c> 31.</c>

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The<00:18:24.740><c> name</c><00:18:25.079><c> of</c><00:18:25.339><c> Jesus,</c><00:18:25.940><c> Yah</c><00:18:26.339><c> shall</c><00:18:26.640><c> save,</c>

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is<00:18:27.640><c> the</c><00:18:27.940><c> key</c><00:18:28.220><c> to</c><00:18:28.539><c> eternal</c><00:18:29.000><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:30.680><c> this</c><00:18:30.960><c> is</c><00:18:31.319><c> life</c><00:18:31.599><c> eternal,</c>

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that<00:18:33.160><c> they</c><00:18:33.380><c> might</c><00:18:33.640><c> know</c><00:18:34.079><c> thee</c><00:18:34.480><c> the</c><00:18:34.839><c> only</c><00:18:35.500><c> true</c><00:18:35.920><c> God,</c>

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and<00:18:37.519><c> Jesus</c><00:18:38.059><c> Christ</c><00:18:38.619><c> whom</c><00:18:38.880><c> thou</c><00:18:39.119><c> hast</c><00:18:39.460><c> sent.</c>

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Christ's<00:18:41.000><c> praise</c><00:18:41.200><c> in</c><00:18:41.460><c> John</c><00:18:41.799><c> 17</c><00:18:42.420><c> verse</c><00:18:42.720><c> 3.</c>

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After<00:18:45.240><c> they</c><00:18:45.460><c> came</c><00:18:45.700><c> out</c><00:18:46.000><c> of</c><00:18:46.160><c> the</c><00:18:46.339><c> water,</c>

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the<00:18:46.880><c> Spirit</c><00:18:47.160><c> caught</c><00:18:47.480><c> away</c><00:18:47.779><c> Philip</c><00:18:48.140><c> to</c><00:18:48.380><c> Azotus,</c>

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some<00:18:49.579><c> twenty</c><00:18:50.019><c>-five</c><00:18:50.319><c> miles,</c><00:18:51.200><c> forty</c><00:18:51.559><c> kilometers</c>

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from<00:18:52.400><c> Gaza.</c><00:18:53.940><c> And</c><00:18:54.220><c> passing</c><00:18:54.539><c> through,</c>

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he<00:18:55.200><c> preached</c><00:18:55.539><c> in</c><00:18:55.779><c> all</c><00:18:56.000><c> the</c><00:18:56.200><c> cities</c><00:18:56.460><c> till</c><00:18:56.680><c> he</c><00:18:56.839><c> came</c>

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to<00:18:57.359><c> Caesarea,</c><00:18:58.299><c> where</c><00:18:58.519><c> he</c><00:18:58.779><c> settled.</c>

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For<00:19:00.240><c> he</c><00:19:00.400><c> was</c><00:19:00.619><c> still</c><00:19:00.900><c> there</c><00:19:01.299><c> twenty</c><00:19:01.759><c> years</c><00:19:02.160><c> later,</c>

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we<00:19:02.880><c> see</c><00:19:03.099><c> in</c><00:19:03.220><c> chapter</c><00:19:03.559><c> 21</c><00:19:04.099><c> verse</c><00:19:04.440><c> 8.</c>

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When<00:19:06.779><c> Elijah</c><00:19:07.339><c> had</c><00:19:07.579><c> been</c><00:19:07.880><c> caught</c><00:19:08.140><c> away</c>

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by<00:19:08.759><c> the</c><00:19:09.039><c> Spirit,</c><00:19:10.019><c> he</c><00:19:10.160><c> was</c><00:19:10.400><c> not</c><00:19:10.680><c> found</c>

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because<00:19:11.579><c> his</c><00:19:11.920><c> work</c><00:19:12.140><c> was</c><00:19:12.599><c> finished</c><00:19:13.079><c> until</c><00:19:13.539><c> the</c><00:19:13.779><c> kingdom.</c>

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Malachi<00:19:15.259><c> 4</c><00:19:15.539><c> verse</c><00:19:15.779><c> 5.</c>

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Most<00:19:17.720><c> of</c><00:19:18.039><c> Philip's</c><00:19:18.400><c> work</c><00:19:18.599><c> still</c><00:19:19.019><c> lay</c><00:19:19.180><c> ahead</c><00:19:19.539><c> of</c><00:19:19.859><c> him.</c>

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But<00:19:21.500><c> we</c><00:19:21.720><c> will</c><00:19:21.940><c> have</c><00:19:22.160><c> to</c><00:19:22.279><c> wait</c><00:19:22.539><c> for</c><00:19:22.759><c> the</c><00:19:22.940><c> kingdom</c>

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before<00:19:23.559><c> we</c><00:19:23.779><c> find</c><00:19:24.059><c> out</c><00:19:24.359><c> what</c><00:19:24.680><c> else</c><00:19:25.059><c> Philip</c><00:19:25.400><c> did</c>

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in<00:19:25.839><c> the</c><00:19:26.140><c> Spirit</c><00:19:26.539><c> in</c><00:19:27.200><c> those</c><00:19:27.680><c> intervening</c><00:19:28.500><c> years.</c>

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The<00:19:31.220><c> nameless</c><00:19:31.599><c> eunuch</c>

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went<00:19:32.859><c> on</c><00:19:33.339><c> his</c><00:19:33.579><c> way</c><00:19:33.980><c> rejoicing.</c>

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Determined<00:19:36.539><c> to</c><00:19:36.799><c> preach</c><00:19:37.200><c> the</c><00:19:37.440><c> word</c><00:19:37.660><c> in</c><00:19:38.000><c> Ethiopia,</c>

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for<00:19:39.000><c> is</c><00:19:39.220><c> it</c><00:19:39.400><c> not</c><00:19:39.599><c> written?</c>

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Princes<00:19:41.440><c> shall</c><00:19:41.640><c> come</c><00:19:41.880><c> out</c><00:19:42.180><c> of</c><00:19:42.380><c> Egypt.</c>

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Ethiopia<00:19:44.259><c> shall</c><00:19:44.640><c> soon</c><00:19:45.220><c> stretch</c><00:19:45.519><c> out</c><00:19:45.940><c> her</c><00:19:46.200><c> hands</c><00:19:46.640><c> to</c><00:19:46.960><c> God.</c>

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Written<00:19:48.660><c> in</c><00:19:48.980><c> Psalm</c><00:19:49.339><c> 68</c><00:19:50.339><c> verse</c><00:19:51.160><c> 31.</c>

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