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says</c><00:11:46.860><c> they</c><00:11:47.100><c> were</c><00:11:47.480><c> scattered.</c> 00:11:49.820 --> 00:11:53.600 x Because<00:11:50.700><c> the</c><00:11:51.580><c> history</c><00:11:51.940><c> books</c><00:11:52.200><c> tell</c><00:11:52.480><c> us</c> 00:11:53.940 --> 00:11:56.500 x that<00:11:54.379><c> in</c><00:11:55.000><c> the</c><00:11:55.279><c> town</c><00:11:55.600><c> of</c><00:11:55.899><c> Sepphoris,</c> 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:00.000 x where<00:11:57.200><c> Judas</c><00:11:57.639><c> of</c><00:11:58.059><c> Galilee</c><00:11:58.500><c> was</c><00:11:58.840><c> from,</c> 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:06.240 x there<00:12:01.360><c> were</c><00:12:02.139><c> 2</c><00:12:02.940><c>,000</c><00:12:04.240><c> public</c><00:12:05.279><c> executions</c> 00:12:07.099 --> 00:12:10.820 x of<00:12:07.559><c> the</c><00:12:07.840><c> men</c><00:12:08.259><c> who</c><00:12:08.720><c> were</c><00:12:09.000><c> caught</c><00:12:09.240><c> up</c><00:12:09.460><c> in</c><00:12:09.679><c> that</c><00:12:09.940><c> revolt.</c> 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:13.740 x Let<00:12:12.240><c> that</c><00:12:12.519><c> sink</c><00:12:12.740><c> in.</c> 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:16.799 x Not<00:12:15.080><c> three</c><00:12:15.360><c> men</c><00:12:15.539><c> on</c><00:12:15.820><c> a</c><00:12:15.960><c> hill.</c> 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:20.919 x There<00:12:17.820><c> were</c><00:12:18.259><c> 2</c><00:12:19.159><c>,000</c><00:12:19.759><c> men</c> 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:26.700 x who<00:12:21.879><c> were</c><00:12:22.480><c> put</c><00:12:22.820><c> on</c><00:12:23.700><c> Roman</c><00:12:24.500><c> execution</c><00:12:25.460><c> stakes</c> 00:12:26.929 --> 00:12:33.440 x that<00:12:27.379><c> lined</c><00:12:28.100><c> the</c><00:12:29.000><c> roads</c><00:12:29.600><c> that</c><00:12:30.659><c> led</c><00:12:30.840><c> to</c><00:12:31.580><c> and</c><00:12:32.379><c> from</c> 00:12:33.349 --> 00:12:36.559 x the<00:12:33.799><c> city</c><00:12:34.379><c> of</c><00:12:34.799><c> Sepphoris.</c> 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:40.700 x History<00:12:37.659><c> also</c><00:12:38.179><c> tells</c><00:12:38.559><c> us</c><00:12:38.899><c> that</c><00:12:39.159><c> this</c><00:12:39.480><c> city</c><00:12:39.740><c> of</c><00:12:40.039><c> Sepphoris</c> 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:43.279 x was<00:12:41.139><c> a</c><00:12:41.639><c> monied</c><00:12:42.320><c> city.</c> 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:46.139 x There<00:12:43.740><c> was</c><00:12:43.980><c> a</c><00:12:44.100><c> lot</c><00:12:44.259><c> of</c><00:12:44.620><c> wealth</c><00:12:44.919><c> there.</c> 00:12:46.860 --> 00:12:50.139 x Perhaps<00:12:47.419><c> that's</c><00:12:47.720><c> why</c><00:12:47.980><c> they</c><00:12:48.159><c> didn't</c><00:12:48.379><c> want</c><00:12:48.580><c> to</c><00:12:48.759><c> pay</c><00:12:48.940><c> taxes.</c> 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:56.679 x And<00:12:51.899><c> so</c><00:12:52.340><c> when</c><00:12:52.879><c> Jesus</c><00:12:53.480><c> and</c><00:12:53.820><c> his</c><00:12:54.279><c> family</c><00:12:55.039><c> came</c><00:12:56.059><c> back</c> 00:12:56.679 --> 00:13:00.000 x from<00:12:57.779><c> exile</c><00:12:58.460><c> in</c><00:12:58.960><c> Egypt,</c> 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:03.019 x they<00:13:00.600><c> would</c><00:13:00.840><c> have</c><00:13:00.980><c> been</c><00:13:01.279><c> returning</c><00:13:02.019><c> to</c><00:13:02.419><c> a</c><00:13:02.720><c> place</c> 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:09.279 x that<00:13:03.320><c> just</c><00:13:03.720><c> years</c><00:13:04.080><c> before</c><00:13:05.059><c> had</c><00:13:06.419><c> been</c><00:13:06.960><c> overrun</c><00:13:07.679><c> by</c><00:13:07.960><c> the</c><00:13:08.220><c> Romans</c> 00:13:09.699 --> 00:13:13.980 x where<00:13:10.259><c> in</c><00:13:11.460><c> a</c><00:13:12.620><c> great</c><00:13:13.059><c> public</c><00:13:13.460><c> way,</c> 00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:18.960 x they<00:13:14.419><c> had</c><00:13:14.820><c> executed</c><00:13:15.779><c> so</c><00:13:17.059><c> many</c><00:13:17.299><c> of</c><00:13:17.480><c> the</c><00:13:17.779><c> fathers</c> 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:24.279 x and<00:13:19.360><c> brothers</c><00:13:20.019><c> and</c><00:13:20.980><c> uncles</c><00:13:21.580><c> of</c><00:13:22.639><c> all</c><00:13:23.039><c> of</c><00:13:23.200><c> the</c><00:13:23.759><c> residents</c> 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:26.639 x and<00:13:24.559><c> the</c><00:13:24.820><c> inhabitants</c><00:13:25.240><c> of</c><00:13:25.519><c> that</c><00:13:25.759><c> area.</c> 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:28.580 x So<00:13:27.860><c> I</c><00:13:27.879><c> don't</c><00:13:27.980><c> know</c><00:13:28.059><c> if</c><00:13:28.080><c> you've</c><00:13:28.399><c> heard</c> 00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:31.080 x of<00:13:28.679><c> this</c><00:13:28.980><c> town</c><00:13:29.220><c> of</c><00:13:29.460><c> Sepphoris</c><00:13:29.980><c> before,</c> 00:13:31.180 --> 00:13:32.840 x but<00:13:31.740><c> if</c><00:13:31.840><c> you</c><00:13:32.039><c> look</c><00:13:32.159><c> on</c><00:13:32.399><c> a</c><00:13:32.559><c> map,</c> 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:37.399 x you'll<00:13:33.240><c> find</c><00:13:33.500><c> that</c><00:13:33.700><c> it</c><00:13:33.799><c> is</c><00:13:34.100><c> only</c><00:13:34.639><c> four</c><00:13:35.340><c> and</c><00:13:35.620><c> a</c><00:13:35.740><c> half</c><00:13:36.100><c> miles</c> 00:13:37.560 --> 00:13:39.320 x from<00:13:37.840><c> Nazareth.</c> 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:43.039 x Four<00:13:40.539><c> and</c><00:13:40.720><c> a</c><00:13:40.840><c> half</c><00:13:41.000><c> miles</c><00:13:41.559><c> from</c><00:13:41.799><c> Nazareth.</c> 00:13:44.179 --> 00:13:46.000 x The<00:13:44.480><c> city</c><00:13:44.659><c> was</c><00:13:44.960><c> burned.</c> 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:48.320 x Many<00:13:46.460><c> of</c><00:13:46.620><c> the</c><00:13:46.799><c> people</c><00:13:47.000><c> were</c><00:13:47.299><c> killed</c> 00:13:47.949 --> 00:13:50.720 x and<00:13:48.399><c> this</c><00:13:48.600><c> was</c><00:13:48.840><c> intended</c><00:13:49.340><c> to</c><00:13:49.779><c> send</c><00:13:49.980><c> a</c><00:13:50.279><c> message</c> 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:53.019 x to<00:13:51.039><c> the</c><00:13:51.320><c> people</c><00:13:51.580><c> in</c><00:13:51.820><c> the</c><00:13:52.059><c> area,</c> 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:55.500 x don't<00:13:53.679><c> mess</c><00:13:54.240><c> with</c><00:13:54.700><c> Rome.</c> 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:03.039 x Now<00:13:58.059><c> imagine</c><00:13:58.940><c> the</c><00:14:00.860><c> young</c><00:14:01.139><c> boy</c><00:14:01.360><c> Jesus</c> 00:14:03.189 --> 00:14:05.440 x growing<00:14:03.639><c> up</c><00:14:03.919><c> in</c><00:14:04.120><c> that</c><00:14:04.360><c> environment.</c> 00:14:07.419 --> 00:14:10.919 x Imagine<00:14:08.159><c> what</c><00:14:08.460><c> this</c><00:14:08.919><c> boy</c><00:14:09.320><c> went</c><00:14:09.700><c> through</c> 00:14:11.009 --> 00:14:15.639 x as<00:14:11.460><c> he</c><00:14:12.039><c> and</c><00:14:12.399><c> his</c><00:14:12.840><c> neighbors</c><00:14:13.360><c> dealt</c><00:14:13.840><c> with</c><00:14:14.259><c> the</c><00:14:14.679><c> trauma,</c> 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:24.240 x the<00:14:16.039><c> psychological</c><00:14:17.019><c> trauma</c><00:14:17.899><c> of</c><00:14:18.340><c> having</c><00:14:19.320><c> viewed</c><00:14:20.299><c> their</c><00:14:21.639><c> loved</c><00:14:21.960><c> ones</c> 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:28.139 x hanging<00:14:25.379><c> in</c><00:14:27.120><c> such</c><00:14:27.419><c> a</c><00:14:27.759><c> brutally,</c> 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:32.960 x in<00:14:28.980><c> such</c><00:14:29.200><c> a</c><00:14:29.419><c> brutal</c><00:14:29.620><c> way,</c><00:14:30.720><c> dying</c><00:14:31.059><c> in</c><00:14:31.340><c> such</c><00:14:31.500><c> a</c><00:14:31.740><c> brutal</c><00:14:31.919><c> way.</c> 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:39.279 x Jesus<00:14:36.639><c> as</c><00:14:37.039><c> a</c><00:14:37.299><c> carpenter's</c><00:14:38.059><c> son,</c> 00:14:40.820 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city</c><00:14:55.120><c> that</c><00:14:55.299><c> had</c><00:14:55.480><c> been</c><00:14:55.779><c> burned</c> 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:59.820 x or<00:14:56.299><c> the</c><00:14:56.460><c> city</c><00:14:56.639><c> that</c><00:14:56.879><c> had</c><00:14:57.039><c> been</c><00:14:57.360><c> destroyed</c><00:14:57.899><c> and</c><00:14:58.299><c> traumatized.</c> 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:02.879 x And<00:15:00.580><c> I</c><00:15:01.200><c> suggest</c><00:15:01.720><c> to</c><00:15:01.860><c> you,</c><00:15:02.159><c> brothers</c><00:15:02.240><c> and</c><00:15:02.580><c> sisters,</c> 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:08.740 x this<00:15:03.159><c> was</c><00:15:03.539><c> probably</c><00:15:05.120><c> a</c><00:15:07.340><c> moment</c><00:15:07.740><c> that</c><00:15:07.960><c> was,</c><00:15:08.419><c> you</c><00:15:08.500><c> know,</c> 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:11.559 x an<00:15:09.000><c> experience</c><00:15:09.679><c> that</c><00:15:09.879><c> was</c><00:15:10.379><c> seared</c><00:15:10.779><c> 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chapter</c><00:18:55.059><c> 12,</c> 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:58.099 x I'll<00:18:55.900><c> just</c><00:18:56.140><c> flip</c><00:18:56.339><c> over</c><00:18:56.720><c> a</c><00:18:56.920><c> few</c><00:18:57.019><c> pages,</c> 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:00.920 x we'll<00:18:58.400><c> look</c><00:18:58.559><c> at</c><00:18:58.700><c> the</c><00:18:58.900><c> 27th</c><00:18:59.740><c> verse</c> 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:05.240 x and<00:19:02.579><c> John</c><00:19:03.420><c> chapter</c><00:19:03.900><c> 12,</c><00:19:04.299><c> verse</c><00:19:04.579><c> 27,</c> 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:09.460 x I<00:19:05.420><c> mean,</c><00:19:05.500><c> this</c><00:19:05.680><c> is</c><00:19:05.900><c> where</c><00:19:06.059><c> Jesus</c><00:19:06.640><c> is</c><00:19:08.079><c> predicting</c><00:19:08.660><c> his</c><00:19:09.099><c> death.</c> 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:13.440 x He's<00:19:10.480><c> telling</c><00:19:10.900><c> his</c><00:19:11.299><c> disciples,</c><00:19:11.960><c> he's</c><00:19:12.380><c> telling</c><00:19:12.539><c> his</c><00:19:13.000><c> friends,</c> 00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:16.240 x not<00:19:13.940><c> only</c><00:19:14.259><c> is</c><00:19:14.559><c> he</c><00:19:14.700><c> going</c><00:19:14.920><c> to</c><00:19:15.259><c> die,</c> 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:18.759 x but<00:19:16.420><c> he</c><00:19:16.579><c> tells</c><00:19:16.700><c> them</c><00:19:16.900><c> how</c><00:19:17.240><c> he's</c><00:19:17.500><c> gonna</c><00:19:17.660><c> die.</c> 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:22.059 x Verse<00:19:19.220><c> 27,</c><00:19:19.940><c> now</c><00:19:20.160><c> my</c><00:19:20.539><c> heart</c><00:19:20.779><c> is</c><00:19:21.119><c> troubled.</c> 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:26.279 x And<00:19:23.000><c> what</c><00:19:23.200><c> shall</c><00:19:23.380><c> I</c><00:19:23.579><c> say,</c><00:19:23.839><c> Father,</c><00:19:24.200><c> save</c><00:19:24.700><c> me</c><00:19:24.940><c> from</c><00:19:25.099><c> this</c><00:19:25.460><c> hour?</c> 00:19:26.500 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there</c><00:19:42.980><c> and</c><00:19:43.940><c> heard</c><00:19:44.440><c> it</c><00:19:45.299><c> and</c><00:19:46.059><c> it</c><00:19:46.420><c> thundered</c> 00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:49.960 x and<00:19:47.039><c> others</c><00:19:47.339><c> said</c><00:19:47.539><c> an</c><00:19:47.880><c> angel</c><00:19:48.200><c> had</c><00:19:48.500><c> spoken</c><00:19:48.779><c> to</c><00:19:49.019><c> him.</c> 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:54.960 x And<00:19:50.799><c> Jesus</c><00:19:51.259><c> said,</c><00:19:51.700><c> the</c><00:19:51.859><c> voice</c><00:19:52.259><c> was</c><00:19:52.519><c> for</c><00:19:52.799><c> your</c><00:19:53.119><c> benefit,</c><00:19:53.619><c> not</c><00:19:53.980><c> mine.</c> 00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:59.420 x Now<00:19:55.680><c> is</c><00:19:55.960><c> the</c><00:19:56.240><c> time</c><00:19:56.599><c> for</c><00:19:56.960><c> judgment</c><00:19:57.500><c> on</c><00:19:58.200><c> this</c><00:19:58.559><c> world.</c> 00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:01.960 x 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is</c><00:20:13.920><c> alluding</c><00:20:14.299><c> to</c><00:20:14.680><c> the</c><00:20:15.000><c> type</c><00:20:15.259><c> of</c><00:20:15.599><c> death</c> 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:17.279 x that<00:20:16.019><c> he's</c><00:20:16.380><c> going</c><00:20:16.700><c> to</c><00:20:17.000><c> die.</c> 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:21.200 x He's<00:20:17.980><c> going</c><00:20:18.119><c> to</c><00:20:18.279><c> be</c><00:20:18.500><c> lifted</c><00:20:18.819><c> up</c><00:20:19.140><c> on</c><00:20:19.380><c> a</c><00:20:19.599><c> Roman</c><00:20:19.980><c> execution</c><00:20:20.799><c> stake,</c> 00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:25.720 x just<00:20:21.839><c> like</c><00:20:22.119><c> all</c><00:20:22.440><c> of</c><00:20:22.619><c> those</c><00:20:22.960><c> 2</c><00:20:23.240><c>,000</c><00:20:23.640><c> men</c><00:20:24.039><c> in</c><00:20:24.400><c> his</c><00:20:24.740><c> home</c><00:20:25.039><c> area</c> 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:28.500 x were<00:20:26.319><c> all</c><00:20:26.880><c> those</c><00:20:27.119><c> years</c><00:20:27.400><c> before.</c> 00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:34.099 x All<00:20:30.019><c> four</c><00:20:30.619><c> gospel</c><00:20:31.200><c> records</c><00:20:31.740><c> record</c><00:20:32.579><c> Jesus</c><00:20:33.460><c> dying</c> 00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:36.460 x in<00:20:34.740><c> the</c><00:20:34.880><c> way</c><00:20:35.039><c> that</c><00:20:35.240><c> he</c><00:20:35.460><c> predicted.</c> 00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:40.140 x He<00:20:37.220><c> died</c><00:20:37.559><c> by</c><00:20:37.859><c> way</c><00:20:38.039><c> of</c><00:20:38.339><c> crucifixion.</c> 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:45.200 x And<00:20:40.319><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:41.880><c> according</c><00:20:42.000><c> to</c><00:20:42.279><c> Mark,</c><00:20:42.980><c> breathed</c><00:20:43.460><c> out</c><00:20:44.039><c> his</c><00:20:44.339><c> last.</c> 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:47.799 x He<00:20:45.559><c> died</c><00:20:45.960><c> on</c><00:20:46.559><c> the</c><00:20:46.819><c> cross</c><00:20:47.099><c> that</c><00:20:47.460><c> day.</c> 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:51.240 x We<00:20:48.420><c> know</c><00:20:48.700><c> that,</c><00:20:49.240><c> this</c><00:20:49.359><c> is</c><00:20:49.500><c> what</c><00:20:49.519><c> the</c><00:20:49.740><c> Bible</c><00:20:50.039><c> records.</c> 00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:55.759 x But<00:20:52.880><c> as</c><00:20:53.200><c> soon</c><00:20:53.440><c> as</c><00:20:54.559><c> Jesus</c><00:20:55.240><c> died,</c> 00:20:55.759 --> 00:21:00.279 x no<00:20:56.319><c> sooner</c><00:20:56.700><c> did</c><00:20:56.960><c> his</c><00:20:57.420><c> followers</c><00:20:58.099><c> begin</c><00:20:58.779><c> to</c><00:20:59.279><c> say</c> 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:05.900 x that<00:21:00.680><c> they</c><00:21:00.920><c> had</c><00:21:01.259><c> seen</c><00:21:01.579><c> him</c><00:21:02.400><c> alive</c><00:21:03.200><c> again,</c><00:21:04.859><c> right?</c> 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:09.380 x I<00:21:06.779><c> mean,</c><00:21:06.940><c> they</c><00:21:07.220><c> began</c><00:21:07.460><c> to</c><00:21:07.900><c> claim</c><00:21:08.200><c> that</c><00:21:08.579><c> this</c><00:21:09.059><c> man</c> 00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:13.200 x who<00:21:09.599><c> the</c><00:21:09.859><c> Romans</c><00:21:10.119><c> had</c><00:21:10.500><c> executed</c><00:21:11.119><c> was</c><00:21:11.960><c> alive.</c> 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:19.480 x And<00:21:15.579><c> as</c><00:21:15.819><c> soon</c><00:21:15.980><c> as</c><00:21:16.180><c> they</c><00:21:16.440><c> said</c><00:21:16.660><c> it,</c><00:21:17.859><c> rumors</c><00:21:18.039><c> began</c><00:21:18.500><c> to</c><00:21:18.880><c> circulate</c> 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:22.759 x that<00:21:19.920><c> it</c><00:21:20.200><c> was</c><00:21:21.259><c> a</c><00:21:21.819><c> hoax.</c> 00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:27.000 x And<00:21:23.140><c> those</c><00:21:23.539><c> rumors</c><00:21:24.000><c> have</c><00:21:24.539><c> continued</c><00:21:25.140><c> to</c><00:21:25.400><c> this</c><00:21:25.640><c> day,</c><00:21:25.880><c> of</c><00:21:26.200><c> course.</c> 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:28.220 x So<00:21:27.180><c> we'll</c><00:21:27.500><c> just</c><00:21:27.720><c> take</c><00:21:27.920><c> a</c><00:21:28.059><c> look,</c> 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:31.039 x and<00:21:28.519><c> I</c><00:21:28.680><c> know</c><00:21:28.920><c> this</c><00:21:29.200><c> is</c><00:21:29.500><c> familiar</c><00:21:29.859><c> territory</c><00:21:30.559><c> for</c><00:21:30.880><c> us,</c> 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:33.480 x but<00:21:31.180><c> sometimes</c><00:21:31.660><c> when</c><00:21:31.839><c> things</c><00:21:32.059><c> are</c><00:21:32.259><c> as</c><00:21:32.539><c> familiar</c><00:21:32.880><c> as</c><00:21:33.099><c> they</c><00:21:33.319><c> are,</c> 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:36.519 x we<00:21:34.259><c> tend</c><00:21:34.559><c> not</c><00:21:34.859><c> to</c><00:21:35.119><c> read</c><00:21:35.279><c> them</c><00:21:35.539><c> anymore,</c><00:21:35.960><c> right?</c> 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they</c><00:22:05.240><c> gave</c><00:22:05.500><c> the</c><00:22:05.819><c> soldiers</c> 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:09.240 x a<00:22:06.680><c> large</c><00:22:07.339><c> sum</c><00:22:07.559><c> of</c><00:22:07.839><c> money,</c><00:22:08.500><c> telling</c><00:22:08.799><c> them,</c> 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:13.099 x you<00:22:09.759><c> are</c><00:22:10.019><c> to</c><00:22:10.240><c> say</c><00:22:10.480><c> his</c><00:22:10.819><c> disciples</c><00:22:11.279><c> came</c><00:22:11.740><c> during</c><00:22:12.059><c> the</c><00:22:12.240><c> night</c> 00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:16.140 x and<00:22:13.460><c> stole</c><00:22:13.779><c> them</c><00:22:14.039><c> away</c><00:22:14.640><c> while</c><00:22:15.240><c> we</c><00:22:15.440><c> were</c><00:22:15.680><c> asleep.</c> 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:19.220 x And<00:22:16.700><c> if</c><00:22:16.839><c> this</c><00:22:17.079><c> report</c><00:22:17.480><c> gets</c><00:22:17.859><c> to</c><00:22:18.220><c> the</c><00:22:18.440><c> governor,</c> 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would</c><00:22:50.880><c> doubt</c><00:22:51.140><c> that.</c> 00:22:55.599 --> 00:23:00.819 x And<00:22:55.980><c> I</c><00:22:56.099><c> think</c><00:22:56.220><c> this</c><00:22:56.480><c> is</c><00:22:56.680><c> why</c><00:22:57.619><c> the</c><00:22:58.980><c> early</c><00:22:59.539><c> Christians</c> 00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:05.660 x focused<00:23:01.740><c> so</c><00:23:02.440><c> much</c><00:23:02.640><c> of</c><00:23:02.859><c> their</c><00:23:03.160><c> teaching</c><00:23:03.720><c> on</c><00:23:04.339><c> the</c><00:23:04.640><c> resurrection.</c> 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:09.039 x They<00:23:06.220><c> didn't</c><00:23:06.519><c> want</c><00:23:06.779><c> it</c><00:23:06.980><c> to</c><00:23:07.180><c> be</c><00:23:07.460><c> dismissed</c><00:23:08.240><c> as,</c> 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:10.960 x yeah,<00:23:09.279><c> it's</c><00:23:09.500><c> like</c><00:23:09.759><c> a</c><00:23:10.039><c> fable.</c> 00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:16.440 x It<00:23:11.539><c> was</c><00:23:11.799><c> the</c><00:23:12.180><c> core</c><00:23:12.559><c> teaching</c><00:23:13.220><c> of</c><00:23:14.099><c> the</c><00:23:14.359><c> early</c><00:23:14.740><c> Christian</c><00:23:15.160><c> community.</c> 00:23:16.789 --> 00:23:20.480 x So<00:23:17.299><c> much</c><00:23:17.579><c> so,</c><00:23:17.960><c> and</c><00:23:18.259><c> we'll</c><00:23:18.480><c> look</c><00:23:18.660><c> at</c><00:23:18.880><c> three</c><00:23:19.240><c> passages.</c> 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:27.680 x The<00:23:22.079><c> first</c><00:23:22.420><c> passage</c><00:23:23.299><c> indicates</c><00:23:24.619><c> that</c><00:23:25.279><c> belief</c><00:23:25.759><c> in</c><00:23:26.180><c> the</c><00:23:26.440><c> resurrection</c> 00:23:28.089 --> 00:23:33.920 x was<00:23:28.599><c> required,</c><00:23:31.200><c> required</c><00:23:32.160><c> for</c><00:23:32.660><c> salvation.</c> 00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:42.059 x Romans<00:23:37.119><c> chapter</c><00:23:37.619><c> 10,</c><00:23:39.099><c> we'll</c><00:23:39.279><c> read</c><00:23:39.460><c> verses</c><00:23:39.880><c> nine</c><00:23:40.400><c> through</c><00:23:40.660><c> 13.</c> 00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:52.740 x This<00:23:51.319><c> is</c><00:23:51.579><c> the</c><00:23:51.759><c> passage</c><00:23:52.119><c> that</c><00:23:52.500><c> says,</c> 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:55.339 x if<00:23:52.960><c> you</c><00:23:53.259><c> confess</c><00:23:53.619><c> with</c><00:23:53.859><c> your</c><00:23:54.059><c> mouth,</c><00:23:54.339><c> Jesus</c><00:23:54.779><c> is</c><00:23:55.079><c> Lord</c> 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:57.519 x and<00:23:55.619><c> believe</c><00:23:55.940><c> in</c><00:23:56.099><c> your</c><00:23:56.339><c> heart</c><00:23:56.519><c> that</c><00:23:56.680><c> God</c><00:23:56.960><c> raised</c><00:23:57.339><c> him</c> 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:00.279 x from<00:23:57.720><c> the</c><00:23:57.960><c> dead,</c><00:23:58.599><c> you</c><00:23:58.920><c> will</c><00:23:59.160><c> be</c><00:23:59.460><c> saved.</c> 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:02.519 x So<00:24:00.680><c> if</c><00:24:00.980><c> you</c><00:24:01.420><c> believe</c><00:24:01.720><c> in</c><00:24:01.920><c> your</c><00:24:02.220><c> heart</c> 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:06.259 x that<00:24:02.740><c> God</c><00:24:03.099><c> raised</c><00:24:03.559><c> him</c><00:24:03.799><c> from</c><00:24:04.079><c> the</c><00:24:04.259><c> dead,</c><00:24:04.720><c> you'll</c><00:24:05.099><c> be</c><00:24:05.380><c> saved.</c> 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:12.380 x So,<00:24:09.380><c> I</c><00:24:09.539><c> mean,</c><00:24:09.700><c> I</c><00:24:09.779><c> think</c><00:24:10.000><c> that</c><00:24:10.880><c> gives</c><00:24:11.519><c> us</c><00:24:11.779><c> an</c><00:24:12.079><c> idea</c> 00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:15.920 x as<00:24:12.700><c> to</c><00:24:13.099><c> the</c><00:24:13.519><c> importance</c><00:24:13.980><c> that</c><00:24:14.240><c> the</c><00:24:15.099><c> early</c><00:24:15.339><c> disciples</c> 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:18.859 x were<00:24:16.220><c> placing</c><00:24:16.900><c> on</c><00:24:17.440><c> the</c><00:24:17.779><c> resurrection.</c> 00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.380 x First<00:24:20.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:20.380><c> chapter</c><00:24:20.900><c> 15,</c> 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:25.119 x if<00:24:21.859><c> Christ</c><00:24:22.299><c> be</c><00:24:22.559><c> not</c><00:24:22.859><c> raised,</c><00:24:23.240><c> we</c><00:24:23.519><c> are</c><00:24:23.819><c> without</c><00:24:24.240><c> hope.</c> 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:29.200 x This<00:24:26.380><c> again</c><00:24:26.839><c> shows</c><00:24:27.319><c> that</c><00:24:27.579><c> if</c><00:24:27.680><c> it</c><00:24:27.940><c> didn't</c><00:24:28.200><c> happen,</c> 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:31.759 x if<00:24:29.440><c> the</c><00:24:29.700><c> resurrection</c><00:24:30.079><c> didn't</c><00:24:30.380><c> occur,</c><00:24:30.799><c> we're</c><00:24:31.039><c> all</c><00:24:31.220><c> lost.</c> 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:34.339 x And<00:24:32.380><c> then</c><00:24:32.519><c> in</c><00:24:32.740><c> first</c><00:24:32.940><c> Peter</c><00:24:33.200><c> chapter</c><00:24:33.700><c> one,</c> 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:39.019 x we<00:24:34.799><c> read</c><00:24:35.039><c> about</c><00:24:35.380><c> the</c><00:24:35.700><c> resurrection</c><00:24:36.200><c> as</c><00:24:36.799><c> securing</c><00:24:37.539><c> our</c><00:24:38.019><c> inheritance.</c> 00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:41.759 x So<00:24:39.759><c> I</c><00:24:40.180><c> wanted</c><00:24:40.400><c> to</c><00:24:40.640><c> bring</c><00:24:40.759><c> all</c><00:24:41.019><c> of</c><00:24:41.160><c> those</c><00:24:41.319><c> things</c><00:24:41.579><c> up</c> 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:44.480 x because<00:24:41.980><c> it's</c><00:24:42.220><c> only</c><00:24:42.420><c> normal</c><00:24:42.799><c> for</c><00:24:43.079><c> people</c><00:24:43.400><c> to</c><00:24:43.720><c> doubt.</c> 00:24:44.549 --> 00:24:50.590 x And<00:24:44.940><c> in</c><00:24:45.319><c> the</c><00:24:45.640><c> 1700s,</c><00:24:47.660><c> there</c><00:24:48.799><c> was</c><00:24:49.039><c> a</c><00:24:49.279><c> German</c><00:24:49.700><c> scholar</c> 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:56.660 x who<00:24:51.500><c> proposed</c><00:24:52.200><c> that</c><00:24:52.539><c> Jesus</c><00:24:53.299><c> didn't</c><00:24:54.700><c> really</c><00:24:55.480><c> die,</c> 00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:03.240 x that<00:24:58.839><c> he</c><00:24:59.460><c> merely</c><00:25:00.180><c> fainted</c><00:25:01.900><c> or</c><00:25:02.140><c> passed,</c><00:25:02.700><c> not</c><00:25:02.720><c> fainted,</c> 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:08.759 x but<00:25:03.400><c> that</c><00:25:03.759><c> he</c><00:25:04.960><c> did</c><00:25:05.279><c> not</c><00:25:05.680><c> in</c><00:25:06.099><c> fact</c><00:25:06.440><c> die</c><00:25:07.160><c> on</c><00:25:07.500><c> the</c><00:25:07.740><c> cross,</c> 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:11.539 x but<00:25:09.339><c> that</c><00:25:09.539><c> he</c><00:25:09.720><c> sort</c><00:25:09.880><c> of</c><00:25:10.039><c> was</c><00:25:10.220><c> in</c><00:25:10.480><c> a</c><00:25:10.619><c> coma</c> 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:15.299 x and<00:25:12.059><c> was</c><00:25:12.339><c> later</c><00:25:12.680><c> revived</c><00:25:13.559><c> while</c><00:25:14.079><c> in</c><00:25:14.299><c> the</c><00:25:14.539><c> tomb.</c> 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:18.339 x And<00:25:15.799><c> this</c><00:25:15.960><c> was</c><00:25:16.160><c> a</c><00:25:16.380><c> theory,</c><00:25:16.559><c> they</c><00:25:16.759><c> call</c><00:25:16.940><c> it</c><00:25:17.119><c> the</c><00:25:17.480><c> swoon</c><00:25:17.920><c> theory.</c> 00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:21.920 x Perhaps<00:25:18.819><c> you've</c><00:25:19.200><c> heard</c><00:25:19.480><c> about</c><00:25:19.759><c> it</c><00:25:19.900><c> or</c><00:25:20.039><c> read</c><00:25:20.299><c> about</c><00:25:20.619><c> it.</c> 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:28.940 x They<00:25:22.980><c> think</c><00:25:23.279><c> that</c><00:25:23.559><c> his</c><00:25:24.759><c> proposal</c><00:25:25.539><c> was</c><00:25:26.440><c> that</c><00:25:26.700><c> his</c><00:25:27.160><c> friend,</c><00:25:28.160><c> Luke,</c> 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:31.160 x who<00:25:29.240><c> was</c><00:25:29.519><c> what,</c><00:25:29.880><c> a</c><00:25:29.980><c> physician,</c> 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:35.460 x Luke<00:25:31.700><c> the</c><00:25:31.920><c> physician</c><00:25:32.619><c> gave</c><00:25:33.539><c> Jesus</c><00:25:34.119><c> some</c><00:25:34.480><c> sort</c><00:25:34.660><c> of</c><00:25:34.880><c> medication</c> 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:38.980 x that<00:25:35.720><c> made</c><00:25:35.960><c> it</c><00:25:36.259><c> appear</c><00:25:37.039><c> as</c><00:25:37.880><c> though</c><00:25:38.099><c> he</c><00:25:38.299><c> was</c><00:25:38.599><c> dead</c> 00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:41.279 x when<00:25:39.420><c> in</c><00:25:39.759><c> fact</c><00:25:39.980><c> he</c><00:25:40.140><c> was</c><00:25:40.460><c> not.</c> 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:43.059 x So<00:25:41.579><c> this</c><00:25:41.759><c> was</c><00:25:42.039><c> the</c><00:25:42.400><c> swoon</c><00:25:42.740><c> theory</c> 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:46.220 x that<00:25:43.299><c> sort</c><00:25:43.380><c> of</c><00:25:44.000><c> spread</c><00:25:44.359><c> throughout</c><00:25:44.960><c> the</c><00:25:45.740><c> world</c> 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:49.920 x in<00:25:46.759><c> the</c><00:25:47.000><c> 1700s,</c><00:25:48.000><c> the</c><00:25:48.380><c> 1800s.</c> 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:53.039 x It<00:25:50.779><c> gained</c><00:25:51.559><c> some</c><00:25:51.920><c> traction.</c> 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:58.559 x It<00:25:54.599><c> sort</c><00:25:54.799><c> of</c><00:25:55.039><c> led</c><00:25:55.180><c> to</c><00:25:55.519><c> other</c><00:25:55.759><c> sort</c><00:25:56.019><c> of</c><00:25:56.240><c> guesses</c><00:25:56.539><c> as</c><00:25:56.920><c> to</c><00:25:57.859><c> the</c><00:25:57.940><c> idea</c> 00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:02.160 x or<00:25:59.240><c> theories</c><00:25:59.900><c> that</c><00:26:00.220><c> Jesus</c><00:26:00.579><c> really</c><00:26:00.940><c> wasn't</c><00:26:01.279><c> dead.</c> 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:06.319 x Today,<00:26:02.900><c> most</c><00:26:03.180><c> scholars</c><00:26:03.640><c> reject</c><00:26:04.119><c> the</c><00:26:04.400><c> theory</c><00:26:04.680><c> outright,</c> 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:10.259 x primarily<00:26:07.039><c> because</c><00:26:07.559><c> of</c><00:26:07.779><c> what</c><00:26:08.180><c> science</c><00:26:08.940><c> teaches</c> 00:26:10.349 --> 00:26:15.259 x about<00:26:10.740><c> the</c><00:26:11.160><c> effects</c><00:26:11.460><c> of</c><00:26:11.799><c> crucifixion</c><00:26:12.900><c> and</c><00:26:13.500><c> scourging</c><00:26:14.059><c> on</c><00:26:14.720><c> the</c><00:26:14.900><c> body.</c> 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:20.539 x I'm<00:26:16.019><c> gonna</c><00:26:16.140><c> share</c><00:26:16.440><c> my</c><00:26:16.799><c> screen</c><00:26:17.559><c> for</c><00:26:19.339><c> a</c><00:26:19.599><c> moment.</c> 00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:25.180 x And<00:26:21.319><c> what</c><00:26:21.480><c> we're</c><00:26:21.680><c> gonna</c><00:26:21.819><c> see</c><00:26:22.200><c> here</c><00:26:22.819><c> is,</c> 00:26:26.849 --> 00:26:29.019 x you<00:26:27.240><c> can</c><00:26:27.480><c> see</c><00:26:27.660><c> that,</c><00:26:28.019><c> right?</c> 00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:34.500 x So<00:26:29.880><c> this</c><00:26:30.359><c> is</c><00:26:31.380><c> a</c><00:26:32.000><c> page</c><00:26:33.140><c> that</c><00:26:33.339><c> I've</c><00:26:33.700><c> pulled</c><00:26:33.839><c> from</c><00:26:34.140><c> a</c><00:26:34.359><c> book</c> 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:38.960 x which<00:26:34.720><c> I</c><00:26:34.900><c> would</c><00:26:35.160><c> recommend</c><00:26:35.859><c> we</c><00:26:37.039><c> give</c><00:26:37.259><c> to</c><00:26:37.539><c> our</c><00:26:37.700><c> Sunday</c><00:26:37.980><c> school</c><00:26:38.299><c> students</c> 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:41.380 x that<00:26:39.480><c> you</c><00:26:39.640><c> might</c><00:26:39.839><c> read</c><00:26:40.140><c> yourself.</c> 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:47.779 x It's<00:26:42.440><c> a</c><00:26:42.559><c> book</c><00:26:42.680><c> that</c><00:26:42.880><c> was</c><00:26:43.099><c> written</c><00:26:43.480><c> by</c><00:26:44.859><c> an</c><00:26:45.519><c> investigative</c><00:26:46.339><c> reporter</c> 00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:51.380 x from<00:26:48.299><c> the</c><00:26:48.480><c> Midwest,</c><00:26:49.099><c> his</c><00:26:49.319><c> name</c><00:26:49.539><c> was</c><00:26:49.799><c> Lee</c><00:26:50.380><c> Strobel.</c> 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:55.380 x You<00:26:52.640><c> guys</c><00:26:52.819><c> remember</c><00:26:53.220><c> investigative</c><00:26:53.920><c> reporters,</c><00:26:55.220><c> right?</c> 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:58.920 x These<00:26:55.579><c> are</c><00:26:55.720><c> the</c><00:26:55.859><c> guys</c><00:26:56.140><c> that</c><00:26:57.680><c> would</c><00:26:57.859><c> be</c><00:26:58.079><c> working</c> 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--> 00:27:20.819 x and<00:27:16.599><c> he</c><00:27:17.319><c> set</c><00:27:17.660><c> out</c><00:27:17.900><c> to</c><00:27:18.200><c> sort</c><00:27:18.339><c> of</c><00:27:18.700><c> disprove</c><00:27:19.400><c> the</c><00:27:19.720><c> resurrection.</c> 00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:26.579 x And<00:27:21.839><c> in</c><00:27:22.319><c> doing</c><00:27:22.559><c> so,</c><00:27:23.079><c> he</c><00:27:23.380><c> became</c><00:27:23.960><c> a</c><00:27:24.519><c> believer</c><00:27:24.920><c> in</c><00:27:25.980><c> Jesus</c> 00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:29.480 x and<00:27:27.000><c> the</c><00:27:27.259><c> resurrection</c><00:27:27.859><c> and</c><00:27:28.400><c> he</c><00:27:28.599><c> wrote</c><00:27:28.700><c> a</c><00:27:28.900><c> book</c><00:27:29.039><c> about</c><00:27:29.339><c> it.</c> 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:32.579 x The<00:27:29.660><c> book</c><00:27:29.839><c> is</c><00:27:30.180><c> called</c><00:27:30.599><c> The</c><00:27:31.400><c> Case</c><00:27:31.799><c> for</c><00:27:32.119><c> Christ.</c> 00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:35.420 x It's<00:27:32.799><c> back</c><00:27:33.079><c> in</c><00:27:33.279><c> the</c><00:27:33.480><c> 1980s,</c><00:27:34.099><c> it</c><00:27:34.220><c> was</c><00:27:34.440><c> published.</c> 00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:38.000 x And<00:27:36.019><c> here's</c><00:27:36.460><c> some</c><00:27:36.700><c> of</c><00:27:36.859><c> what</c><00:27:36.980><c> he</c><00:27:37.240><c> wrote.</c> 00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:42.759 x He<00:27:38.880><c> said,</c><00:27:39.519><c> even</c><00:27:40.660><c> before</c><00:27:41.259><c> he</c><00:27:41.599><c> dies,</c> 00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:47.319 x the<00:27:44.039><c> hypovolemic</c><00:27:45.079><c> shock</c><00:27:45.539><c> would</c><00:27:45.940><c> cause</c><00:27:46.299><c> a</c><00:27:46.680><c> sustained</c> 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:50.380 x rapid<00:27:48.039><c> heart</c><00:27:48.440><c> rate</c><00:27:48.839><c> that</c><00:27:49.500><c> would</c><00:27:49.660><c> have</c><00:27:49.900><c> contributed</c> 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:55.039 x to<00:27:50.720><c> heart</c><00:27:50.960><c> failure</c><00:27:51.700><c> resulting</c><00:27:52.920><c> in</c><00:27:53.819><c> the</c><00:27:54.079><c> collection</c><00:27:54.339><c> of</c><00:27:54.799><c> fluid</c> 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:58.000 x in<00:27:55.259><c> the</c><00:27:55.579><c> membrane</c><00:27:56.240><c> around</c><00:27:56.819><c> the</c><00:27:57.119><c> heart</c> 00:27:58.050 --> 00:28:01.240 x called<00:27:58.420><c> the</c><00:27:58.660><c> pericardial</c><00:27:59.700><c> effusion</c> 00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:03.519 x as<00:28:01.460><c> well</c><00:28:01.740><c> as</c><00:28:02.059><c> around</c><00:28:02.279><c> the</c><00:28:02.599><c> lungs,</c> 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:06.900 x which<00:28:03.680><c> is</c><00:28:04.019><c> called</c><00:28:04.519><c> a</c><00:28:05.059><c> plural</c><00:28:05.660><c> effusion.</c> 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:11.140 x This<00:28:07.680><c> is</c><00:28:08.819><c> an</c><00:28:09.059><c> illustration</c><00:28:09.740><c> from</c><00:28:10.079><c> a</c><00:28:10.299><c> medical</c><00:28:10.599><c> journal</c> 00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:13.920 x and<00:28:11.759><c> it</c><00:28:12.000><c> shows</c><00:28:12.339><c> this,</c><00:28:12.779><c> I</c><00:28:12.859><c> don't</c><00:28:12.980><c> know</c><00:28:13.039><c> if</c><00:28:13.059><c> you</c><00:28:13.220><c> can</c><00:28:13.440><c> see</c><00:28:13.599><c> it</c><00:28:13.779><c> there,</c> 00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:18.900 x but<00:28:14.099><c> is</c><00:28:14.440><c> a</c><00:28:15.000><c> lighter</c><00:28:15.240><c> colored</c><00:28:15.839><c> sack</c><00:28:16.480><c> that's</c><00:28:17.119><c> filled</c><00:28:17.460><c> with</c><00:28:17.940><c> fluid.</c> 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:21.920 x And<00:28:19.319><c> when</c><00:28:19.460><c> the</c><00:28:19.759><c> heart</c><00:28:20.000><c> and</c><00:28:20.240><c> the</c><00:28:20.519><c> lungs</c><00:28:20.720><c> are</c><00:28:21.039><c> in</c><00:28:21.259><c> distress,</c> 00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:26.660 x it's<00:28:22.380><c> not</c><00:28:22.700><c> uncommon</c><00:28:23.619><c> for</c><00:28:24.720><c> the</c><00:28:25.140><c> body</c><00:28:25.660><c> to</c><00:28:26.079><c> experience</c> 00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:29.000 x what<00:28:27.460><c> Lee</c><00:28:27.920><c> Strobel</c><00:28:28.299><c> writes</c><00:28:28.559><c> about</c> 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:33.980 x as<00:28:29.420><c> either</c><00:28:29.799><c> a</c><00:28:30.079><c> pericardial</c><00:28:31.079><c> effusion</c><00:28:31.819><c> or</c><00:28:32.420><c> a</c><00:28:32.759><c> plural</c><00:28:33.140><c> effusion.</c> 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:37.500 x This<00:28:34.680><c> is</c><00:28:34.980><c> again,</c><00:28:35.460><c> a</c><00:28:35.519><c> way</c><00:28:35.700><c> of</c><00:28:36.039><c> protecting</c> 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:41.259 x the<00:28:39.059><c> components</c><00:28:39.740><c> of</c><00:28:40.039><c> our</c><00:28:40.299><c> body.</c> 00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:45.140 x And<00:28:43.339><c> in</c><00:28:43.640><c> this</c><00:28:43.880><c> book,</c><00:28:44.019><c> he</c><00:28:44.180><c> goes</c><00:28:44.400><c> on</c><00:28:44.660><c> and</c><00:28:44.779><c> he</c><00:28:44.940><c> says,</c> 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:49.359 x it's<00:28:46.019><c> significant</c><00:28:46.559><c> the</c><00:28:47.480><c> fact</c><00:28:47.680><c> that</c><00:28:47.839><c> there</c><00:28:48.059><c> are</c><00:28:48.259><c> these</c><00:28:48.740><c> effusions</c> 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:53.640 x because<00:28:50.220><c> the</c><00:28:50.980><c> New</c><00:28:51.200><c> Testament</c><00:28:51.700><c> records</c><00:28:52.400><c> the</c><00:28:52.680><c> Roman</c><00:28:52.980><c> soldier</c> 00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:57.440 x driving<00:28:54.440><c> a</c><00:28:54.940><c> spear</c><00:28:55.240><c> into</c><00:28:55.579><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:56.519><c> side.</c> 00:28:57.899 --> 00:29:02.059 x Apparently<00:28:58.539><c> right</c><00:28:59.079><c> through</c><00:28:59.400><c> the</c><00:28:59.660><c> lung</c><00:28:59.980><c> and</c><00:29:00.819><c> into</c><00:29:01.059><c> the</c><00:29:01.319><c> heart</c> 00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:07.660 x resulting<00:29:02.940><c> in</c><00:29:03.880><c> the</c><00:29:04.180><c> outpouring</c><00:29:05.039><c> of</c><00:29:05.759><c> blood</c><00:29:06.200><c> and</c><00:29:06.740><c> water.</c> 00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:11.960 x This<00:29:09.119><c> flow</c><00:29:09.359><c> of</c><00:29:09.599><c> blood</c><00:29:09.839><c> and</c><00:29:10.079><c> water</c><00:29:10.339><c> would</c><00:29:10.619><c> have</c><00:29:10.980><c> actually</c><00:29:11.519><c> been</c> 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:16.880 x the<00:29:12.400><c> pericardial</c><00:29:13.200><c> effusion</c><00:29:14.339><c> and</c><00:29:14.900><c> the</c><00:29:15.200><c> plural</c><00:29:15.599><c> effusion.</c> 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.380 x And<00:29:17.680><c> he</c><00:29:17.740><c> goes</c><00:29:17.900><c> on</c><00:29:18.079><c> and</c><00:29:18.160><c> he</c><00:29:18.259><c> says,</c> 00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:20.539 x the<00:29:18.539><c> New</c><00:29:18.759><c> Testament</c><00:29:19.099><c> writer</c><00:29:19.380><c> would</c><00:29:19.559><c> have</c><00:29:19.700><c> had</c><00:29:19.900><c> no</c><00:29:20.220><c> idea</c> 00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:25.160 x why<00:29:21.099><c> he</c><00:29:21.440><c> saw</c><00:29:21.640><c> both</c><00:29:21.920><c> blood</c><00:29:22.480><c> and</c><00:29:22.940><c> a</c><00:29:23.220><c> clear</c><00:29:23.440><c> fluid</c><00:29:23.819><c> come</c><00:29:24.119><c> out,</c> 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:28.079 x yet<00:29:25.359><c> his</c><00:29:25.839><c> description</c><00:29:26.640><c> of</c><00:29:26.880><c> the</c><00:29:27.140><c> events</c> 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:33.440 x is<00:29:29.000><c> consistent</c><00:29:29.779><c> with</c><00:29:30.720><c> modern</c><00:29:31.480><c> medical</c><00:29:32.299><c> knowledge.</c> 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:36.460 x So<00:29:34.000><c> the</c><00:29:34.099><c> Bible</c><00:29:34.380><c> doesn't</c><00:29:34.660><c> go</c><00:29:34.880><c> into</c><00:29:35.240><c> detail</c><00:29:35.599><c> saying,</c> 00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:40.240 x the<00:29:37.099><c> effusion</c><00:29:37.660><c> ruptured</c><00:29:38.319><c> and</c><00:29:38.700><c> it</c><00:29:39.259><c> says</c><00:29:39.500><c> blood</c><00:29:39.779><c> and</c><00:29:40.000><c> water</c> 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.660 x came<00:29:40.519><c> out.</c> 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:43.240 x That's<00:29:40.839><c> what</c><00:29:40.920><c> it</c><00:29:41.160><c> looked</c><00:29:41.319><c> like</c><00:29:41.539><c> to</c><00:29:41.759><c> the</c><00:29:42.039><c> ancients.</c> 00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:48.420 x But<00:29:43.779><c> modern</c><00:29:44.160><c> medicine</c><00:29:44.680><c> teaches</c><00:29:45.220><c> us</c><00:29:46.319><c> that</c><00:29:46.819><c> what</c><00:29:47.180><c> likely,</c> 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.420 x the<00:29:49.079><c> most</c><00:29:49.339><c> likely</c><00:29:49.759><c> explanation</c><00:29:50.539><c> was</c><00:29:51.200><c> that</c><00:29:51.359><c> it</c><00:29:51.460><c> was</c><00:29:51.640><c> not</c><00:29:51.900><c> water,</c> 00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:57.200 x but<00:29:52.900><c> it</c><00:29:53.039><c> was</c><00:29:53.279><c> the</c><00:29:53.619><c> clear</c><00:29:54.000><c> effusion</c><00:29:54.920><c> like</c><00:29:56.500><c> liquid</c> 00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:59.339 x that<00:29:57.599><c> was</c><00:29:57.859><c> designed</c><00:29:58.160><c> to</c><00:29:58.519><c> protect</c><00:29:58.720><c> the</c><00:29:58.980><c> heart</c> 00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:01.559 x under<00:30:00.059><c> such</c><00:30:00.420><c> circumstances.</c> 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.079 x Interesting. 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:07.839 x The<00:30:05.019><c> next</c><00:30:05.200><c> thing</c><00:30:05.339><c> I</c><00:30:05.460><c> wanted</c><00:30:05.619><c> to</c><00:30:05.839><c> pull</c><00:30:05.980><c> up</c><00:30:06.160><c> is</c><00:30:07.200><c> an</c><00:30:07.460><c> article</c> 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:10.460 x from<00:30:08.180><c> the</c><00:30:08.319><c> Journal</c><00:30:08.660><c> of</c><00:30:09.079><c> American</c><00:30:09.740><c> Medical,</c> 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:14.900 x the<00:30:11.220><c> JAMA,</c><00:30:12.160><c> Journal</c><00:30:12.559><c> of</c><00:30:12.859><c> American</c><00:30:13.240><c> Medical</c><00:30:13.640><c> Association.</c> 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:21.440 x In<00:30:15.519><c> 1986,</c><00:30:18.319><c> they</c><00:30:19.400><c> dedicated</c><00:30:20.119><c> an</c><00:30:20.380><c> entire</c><00:30:20.859><c> issue</c> 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:30.319 x to<00:30:21.839><c> the</c><00:30:22.180><c> effects</c><00:30:22.740><c> of</c><00:30:27.140><c> torture</c><00:30:27.819><c> on</c><00:30:28.940><c> the</c><00:30:29.140><c> human</c><00:30:29.319><c> body.</c> 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:36.920 x And<00:30:31.579><c> one</c><00:30:31.740><c> of</c><00:30:31.900><c> the</c><00:30:32.119><c> articles</c><00:30:32.519><c> in</c><00:30:33.500><c> this</c><00:30:33.759><c> whole</c><00:30:34.759><c> issue</c><00:30:35.319><c> about</c><00:30:35.700><c> torture</c> 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.100 x was<00:30:37.519><c> about</c><00:30:38.059><c> the</c><00:30:38.519><c> torture</c><00:30:38.960><c> of</c><00:30:39.339><c> Jesus</c><00:30:39.720><c> of</c><00:30:40.000><c> Nazareth.</c> 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:46.119 x It<00:30:42.359><c> says,</c><00:30:42.920><c> Jesus</c><00:30:42.920><c> of</c><00:30:43.180><c> Nazareth</c><00:30:43.779><c> underwent</c><00:30:44.240><c> Jewish</c><00:30:45.059><c> and</c><00:30:45.279><c> Roman</c><00:30:45.599><c> trials,</c> 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:50.339 x was<00:30:46.500><c> flogged</c><00:30:47.240><c> and</c><00:30:47.359><c> was</c><00:30:47.599><c> sentenced</c><00:30:48.099><c> to</c><00:30:48.480><c> death</c><00:30:48.680><c> by</c><00:30:49.000><c> crucifixion.</c> 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:54.319 x The<00:30:51.039><c> scourging</c><00:30:51.440><c> produced</c><00:30:51.940><c> deep</c><00:30:52.660><c> stripe</c><00:30:53.039><c>-like</c><00:30:53.359><c> lacerations</c> 00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.839 x and<00:30:54.660><c> appreciable</c><00:30:55.220><c> blood</c><00:30:55.500><c> loss.</c> 00:30:55.880 --> 00:31:00.000 x And<00:30:56.000><c> it</c><00:30:56.240><c> probably</c><00:30:56.660><c> set</c><00:30:56.920><c> the</c><00:30:57.180><c> stage</c><00:30:57.660><c> for</c><00:30:58.279><c> hypovolemic</c><00:30:59.000><c> shock</c> 00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:02.839 x as<00:31:00.339><c> evidenced</c><00:31:00.740><c> by</c><00:31:00.960><c> the</c><00:31:01.180><c> fact</c><00:31:01.380><c> that</c><00:31:01.579><c> Jesus</c><00:31:01.920><c> was</c><00:31:02.220><c> too</c><00:31:02.519><c> weakened</c> 00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.799 x to<00:31:03.180><c> carry</c><00:31:03.400><c> the</c><00:31:03.660><c> crossbar.</c> 00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:09.180 x The<00:31:06.019><c> major</c><00:31:06.460><c> patho</c><00:31:07.180><c>-psychologic</c><00:31:07.900><c> effect</c><00:31:08.319><c> of</c><00:31:08.539><c> crucifixion</c> 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:13.000 x was<00:31:09.460><c> an</c><00:31:09.740><c> interference</c><00:31:10.299><c> with</c><00:31:10.619><c> normal</c><00:31:11.460><c> respirations.</c> 00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:18.039 x Accordingly,<00:31:14.240><c> death</c><00:31:14.380><c> resulted</c><00:31:15.119><c> primarily</c><00:31:16.339><c> from</c><00:31:16.660><c> hypovolemic</c><00:31:17.519><c> shock</c> 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:20.259 x and<00:31:18.720><c> exhaustion</c><00:31:19.339><c> asphyxia.</c> 00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:23.079 x Jesus'<00:31:21.200><c> death</c><00:31:21.400><c> was</c><00:31:21.720><c> ensured</c><00:31:22.279><c> by</c><00:31:22.579><c> the</c><00:31:22.859><c> thrust</c> 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:25.660 x of<00:31:23.299><c> a</c><00:31:23.500><c> soldier's</c><00:31:24.059><c> spear</c><00:31:24.240><c> into</c><00:31:24.519><c> his</c><00:31:24.819><c> side.</c> 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:29.460 x Modern<00:31:26.380><c> medical</c><00:31:26.859><c> interpretation</c><00:31:27.579><c> of</c><00:31:27.779><c> the</c><00:31:28.019><c> historical</c><00:31:28.460><c> evidence</c> 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:31.599 x indicate<00:31:29.980><c> that</c><00:31:30.200><c> Jesus</c><00:31:30.539><c> was</c><00:31:30.880><c> dead</c> 00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:34.359 x when<00:31:32.079><c> taken</c><00:31:32.359><c> down</c><00:31:32.940><c> from</c><00:31:33.299><c> the</c><00:31:33.539><c> cross.</c> 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:38.579 x So,<00:31:35.859><c> brothers</c><00:31:35.940><c> and</c><00:31:36.220><c> sisters,</c><00:31:36.920><c> we</c><00:31:37.220><c> share</c><00:31:37.599><c> that</c> 00:31:40.959 --> 00:31:45.740 x because<00:31:41.639><c> it</c><00:31:42.319><c> really</c><00:31:43.000><c> identifies</c><00:31:44.119><c> that</c><00:31:44.460><c> some</c><00:31:44.700><c> of</c><00:31:44.900><c> these</c><00:31:45.200><c> theories</c> 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:51.299 x that<00:31:45.880><c> have</c><00:31:46.119><c> been</c><00:31:46.740><c> proposed</c><00:31:47.680><c> as</c><00:31:48.099><c> explaining</c><00:31:48.740><c> the</c><00:31:50.059><c> resurrection</c> 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:57.900 x are<00:31:54.279><c> not</c><00:31:55.039><c> consistent</c><00:31:55.619><c> with</c><00:31:55.960><c> modern</c><00:31:56.779><c> medicine.</c> 00:31:58.880 --> 00:32:02.799 x And<00:31:59.079><c> I</c><00:31:59.240><c> just</c><00:31:59.480><c> thought</c><00:31:59.619><c> that</c><00:31:59.819><c> that</c><00:32:00.019><c> might</c><00:32:00.279><c> be</c><00:32:00.880><c> helpful</c><00:32:01.339><c> to</c><00:32:01.720><c> understand.</c> 00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:04.940 x Any<00:32:03.319><c> comments</c><00:32:03.700><c> or</c><00:32:03.940><c> questions?</c> 00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:09.380 x Okay. 00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:11.160 x So<00:32:10.079><c> the</c><00:32:10.200><c> next</c><00:32:10.339><c> thing</c><00:32:10.480><c> I</c><00:32:10.619><c> wanna</c><00:32:10.759><c> do</c> 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:12.720 x when<00:32:11.359><c> we</c><00:32:11.579><c> think</c><00:32:11.740><c> about</c><00:32:11.940><c> the</c><00:32:12.220><c> resurrection</c> 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:16.660 x is<00:32:12.980><c> I</c><00:32:13.119><c> want</c><00:32:13.259><c> you</c><00:32:14.160><c> to</c><00:32:14.420><c> think</c><00:32:14.579><c> about</c><00:32:15.200><c> tall</c><00:32:16.079><c> tales</c> 00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:20.400 x that<00:32:16.980><c> you</c><00:32:17.200><c> might</c><00:32:17.480><c> have</c><00:32:18.200><c> heard</c><00:32:18.819><c> as</c><00:32:19.119><c> a</c><00:32:19.319><c> child.</c> 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:25.380 x Davy<00:32:21.099><c> Crockett,</c><00:32:22.799><c> Johnny</c><00:32:23.039><c> Appleseed,</c><00:32:24.140><c> Paul</c><00:32:24.420><c> Bunyan.</c> 00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.839 x There<00:32:26.279><c> are</c><00:32:26.480><c> a</c><00:32:26.559><c> number</c><00:32:26.819><c> of</c><00:32:27.180><c> tall</c><00:32:27.420><c> tales</c> 00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:33.839 x that<00:32:28.099><c> once</c><00:32:28.480><c> began</c><00:32:29.180><c> with</c><00:32:30.779><c> historical</c><00:32:31.700><c> individuals,</c><00:32:32.880><c> likely.</c> 00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:37.059 x And<00:32:34.759><c> over</c><00:32:35.200><c> a</c><00:32:35.339><c> period</c><00:32:35.559><c> of</c><00:32:35.880><c> generations,</c> 00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:41.900 x the<00:32:38.339><c> accomplishments</c><00:32:39.059><c> that</c><00:32:40.220><c> they</c><00:32:40.559><c> experienced</c><00:32:41.140><c> in</c><00:32:41.400><c> life</c> 00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:47.240 x began<00:32:42.339><c> to</c><00:32:42.759><c> be</c><00:32:45.619><c> elaborated</c><00:32:46.259><c> on.</c> 00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:51.779 x And<00:32:49.519><c> sometimes</c><00:32:50.599><c> people</c><00:32:50.980><c> will</c><00:32:51.299><c> suggest</c> 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:55.240 x that<00:32:52.099><c> what</c><00:32:52.359><c> we</c><00:32:52.779><c> see</c><00:32:53.019><c> and</c><00:32:53.319><c> read</c><00:32:53.539><c> in</c><00:32:53.720><c> the</c><00:32:53.980><c> scripture</c><00:32:54.319><c> is</c><00:32:54.619><c> just</c><00:32:54.960><c> that.</c> 00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:57.000 x It's<00:32:55.559><c> a</c><00:32:55.779><c> tall</c><00:32:56.059><c> tale.</c> 00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:59.380 x It's<00:32:57.400><c> something</c><00:32:57.599><c> that</c><00:32:58.339><c> began,</c> 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:07.799 x but<00:33:00.039><c> it</c><00:33:01.880><c> was</c><00:33:02.140><c> really</c><00:33:02.579><c> just</c><00:33:04.180><c> a</c><00:33:06.599><c> fabrication.</c> 00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:13.039 x Claims<00:33:11.299><c> like</c><00:33:11.500><c> the</c><00:33:11.759><c> resurrection</c><00:33:12.259><c> of</c><00:33:12.500><c> the</c><00:33:12.680><c> dead</c> 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:17.900 x would<00:33:13.420><c> be</c><00:33:13.859><c> normally</c><00:33:14.380><c> dismissed</c><00:33:15.180><c> as</c><00:33:15.980><c> a</c><00:33:16.460><c> legend</c><00:33:16.960><c> or</c><00:33:17.200><c> a</c><00:33:17.559><c> story</c> 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:20.819 x that's<00:33:18.180><c> been</c><00:33:18.400><c> passed</c><00:33:18.720><c> down</c><00:33:19.019><c> from</c><00:33:19.299><c> generation</c><00:33:19.859><c> to</c><00:33:20.079><c> generation.</c> 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:23.299 x And<00:33:21.400><c> with</c><00:33:21.579><c> each</c><00:33:21.880><c> retelling</c><00:33:22.400><c> of</c><00:33:22.619><c> the</c><00:33:22.940><c> story,</c> 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:26.079 x the<00:33:23.779><c> facts</c><00:33:24.019><c> get</c><00:33:24.319><c> embellished.</c> 00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:31.180 x 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legend</c><00:33:46.319><c> tales</c> 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:49.079 x to<00:33:47.140><c> grow</c><00:33:47.400><c> over</c><00:33:47.740><c> generations.</c> 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:53.640 x I'm<00:33:49.380><c> gonna</c><00:33:49.460><c> read</c><00:33:49.779><c> to</c><00:33:49.980><c> you</c><00:33:51.019><c> a</c><00:33:51.539><c> thing</c><00:33:51.940><c> that</c><00:33:52.160><c> I</c><00:33:52.339><c> had</c><00:33:52.599><c> read.</c> 00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:57.420 x There<00:33:54.380><c> was</c><00:33:54.619><c> an</c><00:33:54.920><c> Oxford</c><00:33:55.579><c> professor</c> 00:33:58.019 --> 00:34:02.000 x who<00:33:58.859><c> wrote</c><00:33:59.519><c> about</c><00:34:00.259><c> ancient</c><00:34:00.819><c> history.</c> 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:08.840 x And<00:34:02.740><c> he</c><00:34:03.039><c> said</c><00:34:03.400><c> two</c><00:34:04.380><c> generations</c><00:34:05.380><c> are</c><00:34:06.640><c> too</c><00:34:07.119><c> short</c><00:34:07.440><c> a</c><00:34:07.900><c> span</c> 00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:12.000 x to<00:34:09.480><c> allow</c><00:34:09.760><c> the</c><00:34:10.139><c> mythical</c><00:34:10.599><c> tendency</c><00:34:11.199><c> to</c><00:34:11.500><c> prevail</c> 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.760 x over<00:34:12.619><c> hard</c><00:34:13.099><c> historical</c><00:34:13.920><c> core</c><00:34:14.599><c> and</c><00:34:15.380><c> oral</c><00:34:15.679><c> tradition.</c> 00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:19.000 x So<00:34:17.619><c> oral</c><00:34:17.840><c> tradition</c><00:34:18.239><c> is</c><00:34:18.480><c> something</c><00:34:18.719><c> that,</c> 00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:23.300 x is<00:34:19.420><c> how</c><00:34:19.719><c> history</c><00:34:20.059><c> has</c><00:34:20.239><c> been</c><00:34:20.380><c> passed</c><00:34:20.679><c> down</c><00:34:20.960><c> for</c><00:34:21.719><c> millennia.</c> 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:27.519 x And<00:34:24.059><c> what</c><00:34:24.480><c> this</c><00:34:25.239><c> historian</c><00:34:25.739><c> was</c><00:34:26.059><c> saying</c><00:34:26.400><c> is</c><00:34:26.860><c> that,</c> 00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:30.599 x if<00:34:28.039><c> you've</c><00:34:28.300><c> got</c><00:34:28.400><c> less</c><00:34:28.699><c> than</c><00:34:28.980><c> two</c><00:34:29.320><c> generations,</c> 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:32.400 x you<00:34:30.800><c> can</c><00:34:31.119><c> count</c><00:34:31.360><c> it</c><00:34:31.559><c> on</c><00:34:31.719><c> as</c><00:34:32.079><c> fact</c> 00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:36.300 x and<00:34:32.679><c> not</c><00:34:33.019><c> as</c><00:34:33.780><c> exaggeration</c><00:34:34.699><c> and</c><00:34:35.159><c> tall</c><00:34:35.420><c> tales.</c> 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:40.519 x So<00:34:37.300><c> scholars</c><00:34:37.579><c> agree</c><00:34:38.099><c> that</c><00:34:38.400><c> the</c><00:34:38.659><c> teaching</c><00:34:38.920><c> of</c><00:34:39.139><c> Jesus'</c><00:34:39.940><c> resurrection</c> 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:43.320 x was<00:34:41.059><c> recorded</c><00:34:41.900><c> very</c><00:34:42.480><c> early</c><00:34:42.900><c> on.</c> 00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:46.699 x The<00:34:44.079><c> timing</c><00:34:44.400><c> between</c><00:34:45.059><c> Jesus'</c><00:34:45.679><c> death</c><00:34:45.840><c> and</c><00:34:46.079><c> resurrection</c> 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:51.159 x and<00:34:47.340><c> the</c><00:34:47.559><c> writing</c><00:34:47.780><c> of</c><00:34:48.000><c> the</c><00:34:48.179><c> gospels</c><00:34:49.219><c> is</c><00:34:49.559><c> really</c><00:34:49.920><c> just</c><00:34:50.320><c> too</c><00:34:50.780><c> short</c> 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:54.079 x for<00:34:51.920><c> legend</c><00:34:52.280><c> status</c><00:34:52.780><c> to</c><00:34:52.980><c> have</c><00:34:53.239><c> developed.</c> 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:57.820 x Turn<00:34:55.280><c> with</c><00:34:55.440><c> me</c><00:34:55.599><c> to</c><00:34:55.820><c> 1</c><00:34:55.980><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:56.380><c> chapter</c><00:34:57.239><c> 15.</c> 00:34:57.820 --> 00:35:00.800 x I<00:34:57.960><c> wanna</c><00:34:58.320><c> go</c><00:34:59.519><c> there.</c> 00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:08.539 x It's<00:35:04.400><c> in</c><00:35:04.699><c> this</c><00:35:05.000><c> chapter</c><00:35:05.559><c> where</c><00:35:06.780><c> we</c><00:35:07.320><c> have</c><00:35:07.559><c> that</c><00:35:08.039><c> passage,</c> 00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:12.460 x if<00:35:08.860><c> Christ</c><00:35:09.219><c> has</c><00:35:09.500><c> not</c><00:35:09.699><c> been</c><00:35:09.960><c> raised,</c><00:35:10.360><c> then</c><00:35:10.599><c> we</c><00:35:10.760><c> are</c><00:35:10.960><c> without</c><00:35:11.320><c> hope.</c> 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:17.820 x Chapter<00:35:15.199><c> 15,</c><00:35:15.880><c> verse</c><00:35:16.199><c> 15</c><00:35:16.820><c> says,</c> 00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:21.440 x more<00:35:18.440><c> than</c><00:35:18.739><c> that,</c><00:35:19.000><c> we're</c><00:35:19.280><c> found</c><00:35:19.440><c> to</c><00:35:19.619><c> be</c><00:35:19.900><c> false</c><00:35:20.199><c> witnesses</c><00:35:20.719><c> about</c><00:35:21.099><c> God</c> 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.860 x who've<00:35:21.820><c> testified</c><00:35:22.320><c> about</c><00:35:22.619><c> God</c> 00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:24.320 x that<00:35:23.000><c> he</c><00:35:23.199><c> raised</c><00:35:23.460><c> Christ</c><00:35:23.800><c> from</c><00:35:24.019><c> the</c><00:35:24.199><c> dead.</c> 00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:26.840 x But<00:35:24.460><c> if</c><00:35:24.599><c> he</c><00:35:24.780><c> did</c><00:35:25.000><c> not</c><00:35:25.280><c> raise</c><00:35:25.519><c> him</c><00:35:25.679><c> from</c><00:35:25.880><c> the</c><00:35:26.079><c> dead,</c> 00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:29.019 x and<00:35:27.119><c> the</c><00:35:27.519><c> dead</c><00:35:27.639><c> are</c><00:35:27.860><c> not</c><00:35:28.039><c> raised,</c> 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:31.039 x then<00:35:29.300><c> Christ</c><00:35:29.659><c> has</c><00:35:29.880><c> not</c><00:35:30.039><c> been</c><00:35:30.260><c> raised</c><00:35:30.500><c> either.</c> 00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:34.760 x And<00:35:31.739><c> if</c><00:35:31.900><c> Christ</c><00:35:32.199><c> has</c><00:35:32.440><c> not</c><00:35:32.639><c> been</c><00:35:32.880><c> raised,</c><00:35:33.300><c> your</c><00:35:33.599><c> faith</c><00:35:33.940><c> is</c><00:35:34.300><c> futile.</c> 00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:37.539 x So<00:35:35.380><c> clearly</c><00:35:36.820><c> early</c><00:35:37.219><c> on,</c> 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:39.199 x this<00:35:37.719><c> is</c><00:35:37.960><c> the</c><00:35:38.099><c> thing</c><00:35:38.239><c> that</c><00:35:38.420><c> they</c><00:35:38.579><c> were</c><00:35:38.760><c> teaching.</c> 00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:43.239 x But<00:35:39.820><c> I</c><00:35:40.019><c> wanted</c><00:35:40.179><c> to</c><00:35:40.460><c> focus</c><00:35:40.760><c> our</c><00:35:41.079><c> attention</c><00:35:41.420><c> on</c><00:35:41.639><c> the</c><00:35:41.900><c> third</c><00:35:42.139><c> verse.</c> 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resurrection</c><00:35:58.519><c> was</c><00:35:58.780><c> being</c><00:35:59.099><c> taught.</c> 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:03.280 x He<00:36:00.579><c> says,</c><00:36:01.380><c> what</c><00:36:01.420><c> I</c><00:36:01.760><c> received</c><00:36:02.119><c> I</c><00:36:02.380><c> passed</c><00:36:02.679><c> on</c><00:36:02.920><c> to</c><00:36:03.079><c> you</c> 00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:06.539 x as<00:36:03.480><c> of</c><00:36:03.760><c> first</c><00:36:03.980><c> importance</c><00:36:04.480><c> that</c><00:36:04.719><c> Christ</c><00:36:05.079><c> died</c><00:36:05.559><c> for</c><00:36:05.860><c> our</c><00:36:06.159><c> sins</c> 00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.860 x according<00:36:06.980><c> to</c><00:36:07.199><c> the</c><00:36:07.420><c> scriptures.</c> 00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:11.360 x He<00:36:08.500><c> was</c><00:36:08.760><c> buried,</c><00:36:09.599><c> that</c><00:36:09.659><c> he</c><00:36:09.780><c> was</c><00:36:10.079><c> raised</c><00:36:10.420><c> on</c><00:36:10.639><c> the</c><00:36:10.840><c> third</c><00:36:11.059><c> day</c> 00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:13.059 x according<00:36:11.679><c> to</c><00:36:11.880><c> the</c><00:36:12.059><c> scriptures,</c> 00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:17.860 x and<00:36:13.960><c> that</c><00:36:14.559><c> he</c><00:36:14.840><c> appeared</c><00:36:15.159><c> to</c><00:36:15.519><c> Peter</c><00:36:16.079><c> and</c><00:36:16.820><c> then</c><00:36:17.059><c> to</c><00:36:17.260><c> the</c><00:36:17.500><c> 12.</c> 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:22.199 x And<00:36:18.679><c> after</c><00:36:19.079><c> that,</c><00:36:19.780><c> he</c><00:36:20.079><c> appeared</c><00:36:20.480><c> to</c><00:36:20.800><c> more</c><00:36:21.039><c> than</c><00:36:21.639><c> 500</c> 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:24.219 x of<00:36:22.420><c> the</c><00:36:22.679><c> brothers</c><00:36:22.980><c> at</c><00:36:23.199><c> the</c><00:36:23.440><c> same</c><00:36:23.780><c> time,</c> 00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:27.440 x most<00:36:25.099><c> of</c><00:36:25.360><c> whom</c><00:36:25.599><c> are</c><00:36:26.039><c> still</c><00:36:26.559><c> living.</c> 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:30.340 x I<00:36:27.579><c> mean,</c><00:36:27.699><c> this</c><00:36:27.880><c> is</c><00:36:28.219><c> really</c><00:36:28.639><c> important</c><00:36:29.159><c> stuff,</c><00:36:29.639><c> brothers</c><00:36:29.739><c> and</c><00:36:30.019><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:33.500 x because<00:36:30.679><c> when</c><00:36:30.940><c> Paul</c><00:36:31.260><c> is</c><00:36:31.539><c> writing</c><00:36:31.820><c> this</c><00:36:32.059><c> to</c><00:36:32.300><c> the</c><00:36:32.500><c> Corinthians,</c> 00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:35.320 x it's<00:36:33.860><c> a</c><00:36:34.059><c> short</c><00:36:34.320><c> period</c><00:36:34.639><c> of</c><00:36:34.880><c> time</c> 00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:38.139 x after<00:36:36.119><c> the</c><00:36:36.400><c> death</c><00:36:36.599><c> and</c><00:36:36.860><c> resurrection</c><00:36:37.340><c> of</c><00:36:37.579><c> Jesus.</c> 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a</c><00:36:52.139><c> persecutor</c><00:36:52.619><c> of</c><00:36:52.739><c> the</c><00:36:52.880><c> early</c><00:36:53.059><c> church</c> 00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:58.159 x to<00:36:54.139><c> becoming</c><00:36:54.679><c> a</c><00:36:55.199><c> full</c><00:36:55.559><c>-fledged</c><00:36:56.659><c> follower</c><00:36:57.219><c> of</c><00:36:57.659><c> Jesus.</c> 00:36:58.619 --> 00:37:00.579 x These<00:36:58.920><c> are</c><00:36:59.119><c> the</c><00:36:59.300><c> very</c><00:36:59.559><c> things</c><00:36:59.880><c> that</c><00:37:00.099><c> I</c><00:37:00.280><c> heard,</c> 00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:02.400 x and<00:37:00.860><c> I'm</c><00:37:01.119><c> teaching</c><00:37:01.480><c> them</c><00:37:01.719><c> to</c><00:37:01.920><c> you.</c> 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:06.039 x The<00:37:02.739><c> point</c><00:37:02.940><c> is,</c><00:37:03.780><c> it</c><00:37:03.860><c> didn't</c><00:37:04.139><c> have</c><00:37:04.460><c> time</c><00:37:04.840><c> to</c><00:37:05.199><c> develop.</c> 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in</c><00:37:20.860><c> the</c><00:37:21.059><c> scriptures?</c> 00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:24.599 x And<00:37:22.760><c> I</c><00:37:22.900><c> think</c><00:37:23.059><c> the</c><00:37:23.440><c> answer</c><00:37:23.800><c> is</c><00:37:24.300><c> explained</c> 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:26.320 x in<00:37:24.960><c> another</c><00:37:25.239><c> one</c><00:37:25.440><c> of</c><00:37:25.619><c> Paul's</c><00:37:26.039><c> letters,</c> 00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:29.239 x and<00:37:26.519><c> it's</c><00:37:26.699><c> in</c><00:37:26.920><c> the</c><00:37:27.019><c> letter</c><00:37:27.219><c> to</c><00:37:27.500><c> the</c><00:37:27.699><c> Galatians.</c> 00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:32.039 x And<00:37:30.360><c> I</c><00:37:30.539><c> wanna</c><00:37:30.780><c> ask</c><00:37:31.239><c> you</c><00:37:31.400><c> to</c><00:37:31.619><c> turn</c><00:37:31.840><c> here,</c> 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:34.719 x and<00:37:32.199><c> I</c><00:37:32.440><c> really</c><00:37:32.780><c> think</c><00:37:32.980><c> this</c><00:37:33.239><c> is</c><00:37:33.480><c> an</c><00:37:33.820><c> important</c><00:37:34.239><c> section</c> 00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:36.739 x of<00:37:35.460><c> passages,</c> 00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:45.860 x because<00:37:39.699><c> it</c><00:37:40.280><c> shows</c><00:37:40.679><c> us</c><00:37:41.820><c> really</c><00:37:42.500><c> the</c><00:37:43.079><c> short</c><00:37:43.619><c> period</c><00:37:44.039><c> of</c><00:37:44.320><c> time,</c><00:37:44.659><c> again,</c> 00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:50.960 x when<00:37:48.079><c> Paul</c><00:37:48.579><c> heard</c><00:37:49.139><c> about</c><00:37:49.440><c> the</c><00:37:49.699><c> resurrection</c><00:37:50.179><c> of</c><00:37:50.420><c> Jesus</c> 00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:52.519 x and<00:37:51.300><c> began</c><00:37:51.619><c> teaching</c><00:37:52.000><c> it.</c> 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:56.300 x So<00:37:52.960><c> you</c><00:37:53.019><c> can</c><00:37:53.199><c> imagine</c><00:37:53.920><c> Paul</c><00:37:54.840><c> with</c><00:37:55.579><c> the</c><00:37:56.079><c> thoughts</c> 00:37:56.300 --> 00:38:00.699 x that<00:37:56.519><c> went</c><00:37:56.619><c> through</c><00:37:56.900><c> his</c><00:37:57.260><c> mind</c><00:37:57.820><c> after</c><00:37:59.019><c> his</c><00:37:59.460><c> experience</c> 00:38:00.769 --> 00:38:03.340 x on<00:38:01.119><c> the</c><00:38:01.320><c> road</c><00:38:01.480><c> to</c><00:38:01.719><c> Damascus.</c> 00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:04.900 x Like,<00:38:03.980><c> he's</c><00:38:04.099><c> thinking,</c> 00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:08.719 x did<00:38:05.860><c> I</c><00:38:06.179><c> experience</c><00:38:06.719><c> some</c><00:38:07.019><c> sort</c><00:38:07.219><c> of</c><00:38:07.400><c> hallucination?</c> 00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:13.199 x What<00:38:09.500><c> really</c><00:38:10.219><c> happened</c><00:38:10.719><c> to</c><00:38:11.119><c> me</c><00:38:11.679><c> that</c><00:38:12.079><c> caused</c><00:38:12.340><c> me</c><00:38:12.539><c> to</c><00:38:12.659><c> go</c><00:38:12.880><c> blind?</c> 00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:16.480 x I<00:38:13.320><c> mean,</c><00:38:13.480><c> is</c><00:38:13.699><c> this</c><00:38:13.980><c> like</c><00:38:14.199><c> some</c><00:38:14.519><c> figment</c><00:38:14.860><c> of</c><00:38:15.059><c> my</c><00:38:15.340><c> imagination?</c> 00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:19.460 x Is<00:38:16.900><c> this</c><00:38:17.079><c> some</c><00:38:17.300><c> sort</c><00:38:17.519><c> of</c><00:38:17.780><c> trauma</c><00:38:18.239><c> that's</c><00:38:18.679><c> causing</c><00:38:18.920><c> me</c><00:38:19.139><c> to</c><00:38:19.320><c> think</c> 00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:23.519 x that<00:38:19.619><c> I</c><00:38:19.920><c> actually</c><00:38:20.840><c> heard</c><00:38:21.380><c> the</c><00:38:22.239><c> risen</c><00:38:22.559><c> Lord?</c> 00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:25.940 x Like,<00:38:23.880><c> what's</c><00:38:24.260><c> actually</c><00:38:24.619><c> going</c><00:38:24.940><c> on?</c> 00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:28.300 x And<00:38:26.719><c> he's</c><00:38:26.940><c> trying</c><00:38:27.119><c> to</c><00:38:27.400><c> figure</c><00:38:27.579><c> it</c><00:38:27.800><c> out,</c> 00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:31.059 x because<00:38:28.900><c> he's</c><00:38:29.639><c> at</c><00:38:29.780><c> this</c><00:38:30.079><c> stage</c><00:38:30.380><c> of</c><00:38:30.559><c> his</c><00:38:30.820><c> life</c> 00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:34.739 x where<00:38:31.300><c> he's</c><00:38:32.199><c> at</c><00:38:32.679><c> a</c><00:38:32.920><c> pivot</c><00:38:33.139><c> point,</c><00:38:34.079><c> right?</c> 00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:37.059 x He's<00:38:35.559><c> gonna</c><00:38:35.639><c> decide</c><00:38:36.079><c> what</c><00:38:36.360><c> he's</c><00:38:36.679><c> gonna</c><00:38:36.840><c> do</c> 00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.840 x with<00:38:37.260><c> the</c><00:38:37.420><c> rest</c><00:38:37.599><c> of</c><00:38:37.780><c> his</c><00:38:38.000><c> life.</c> 00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:44.760 x Is<00:38:39.360><c> he</c><00:38:39.519><c> gonna</c><00:38:39.699><c> go</c><00:38:40.000><c> all</c><00:38:40.460><c> in</c><00:38:41.000><c> and</c><00:38:41.480><c> follow</c><00:38:42.139><c> this</c><00:38:43.039><c> man,</c><00:38:43.340><c> the</c><00:38:43.519><c> Lord</c><00:38:43.739><c> Jesus,</c> 00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:48.440 x or<00:38:45.800><c> is</c><00:38:45.980><c> he</c><00:38:46.079><c> gonna</c><00:38:46.280><c> continue,</c><00:38:47.219><c> and</c><00:38:47.699><c> in</c><00:38:47.940><c> doing</c><00:38:48.219><c> so,</c> 00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:50.599 x is<00:38:48.579><c> he</c><00:38:48.679><c> gonna</c><00:38:48.880><c> give</c><00:38:49.099><c> up</c><00:38:49.420><c> everything</c><00:38:49.800><c> he</c><00:38:49.980><c> had</c><00:38:50.159><c> worked</c><00:38:50.340><c> for</c> 00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:54.219 x all<00:38:50.800><c> his</c><00:38:51.039><c> life</c><00:38:51.260><c> as</c><00:38:52.000><c> a</c><00:38:52.579><c> Pharisee</c><00:38:53.059><c> of</c><00:38:53.260><c> Pharisees</c> 00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:56.619 x and<00:38:54.420><c> all</c><00:38:54.639><c> the</c><00:38:54.860><c> things</c><00:38:54.980><c> that</c><00:38:55.179><c> went</c><00:38:55.280><c> along</c><00:38:55.559><c> with</c><00:38:55.800><c> that?</c> 00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:58.039 x Is<00:38:56.880><c> he</c><00:38:57.000><c> gonna</c><00:38:57.199><c> give</c><00:38:57.460><c> that</c><00:38:57.760><c> up?</c> 00:38:58.179 --> 00:39:01.139 x And<00:38:58.460><c> if</c><00:38:58.599><c> he</c><00:38:58.780><c> does,</c><00:38:59.000><c> he</c><00:38:59.159><c> wants</c><00:38:59.500><c> to</c><00:38:59.760><c> make</c><00:39:00.099><c> sure.</c> 00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:03.480 x So<00:39:01.780><c> how</c><00:39:01.920><c> does</c><00:39:02.079><c> he</c><00:39:02.219><c> make</c><00:39:02.440><c> sure?</c> 00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:06.780 x He<00:39:04.019><c> goes</c><00:39:04.320><c> and</c><00:39:04.519><c> he</c><00:39:04.780><c> checks</c><00:39:04.980><c> with</c><00:39:05.199><c> the</c><00:39:05.380><c> eyewitnesses.</c> 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:08.300 x Let's<00:39:07.519><c> take</c><00:39:07.719><c> a</c><00:39:07.820><c> look</c><00:39:07.940><c> at</c><00:39:08.139><c> it.</c> 00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:10.720 x So<00:39:08.460><c> we're</c><00:39:08.639><c> in</c><00:39:08.840><c> Galatians</c><00:39:09.239><c> chapter</c><00:39:09.719><c> one.</c> 00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:16.140 x Gonna<00:39:14.099><c> look</c><00:39:14.260><c> at</c><00:39:14.400><c> the</c><00:39:14.559><c> 18th</c><00:39:15.159><c> verse.</c> 00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:21.840 x Says<00:39:17.800><c> in</c><00:39:18.000><c> verse</c><00:39:18.159><c> 13,</c><00:39:20.699><c> verse</c><00:39:21.219><c> 11,</c><00:39:21.599><c> he</c><00:39:21.739><c> says,</c> 00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:23.639 x "'I<00:39:21.960><c> want</c><00:39:22.199><c> you</c><00:39:22.340><c> to</c><00:39:22.480><c> know,</c><00:39:22.659><c> brothers,</c> 00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:26.139 x "'that<00:39:24.119><c> the</c><00:39:24.320><c> gospel</c><00:39:24.659><c> I</c><00:39:24.960><c> preached</c><00:39:25.219><c> is</c><00:39:25.420><c> not</c><00:39:25.739><c> something</c> 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.420 x "'that<00:39:26.639><c> man</c><00:39:26.960><c> made</c><00:39:27.239><c> up.</c> 00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:29.440 x "'I<00:39:27.579><c> did</c><00:39:27.780><c> not</c><00:39:28.039><c> receive</c><00:39:28.440><c> it</c><00:39:28.599><c> from</c><00:39:28.800><c> any</c><00:39:29.079><c> man,</c> 00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.900 x "'nor<00:39:30.019><c> was</c><00:39:30.260><c> I</c><00:39:30.440><c> taught</c><00:39:30.679><c> it.</c> 00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:34.300 x "'Rather,<00:39:31.300><c> I</c><00:39:31.579><c> received</c><00:39:32.099><c> it</c><00:39:32.679><c> by</c><00:39:32.980><c> revelation</c> 00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:37.100 x "'from<00:39:34.880><c> Jesus</c><00:39:35.360><c> Christ</c><00:39:35.699><c> himself.'"</c> 00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:40.179 x And<00:39:38.519><c> in</c><00:39:38.639><c> his</c><00:39:38.840><c> own</c><00:39:39.119><c> mind,</c><00:39:39.380><c> he's</c><00:39:39.619><c> gotta</c><00:39:39.780><c> realize,</c> 00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:44.300 x he's<00:39:40.719><c> gotta</c><00:39:41.099><c> decide,</c><00:39:42.300><c> was</c><00:39:43.260><c> this</c><00:39:43.559><c> really</c><00:39:43.980><c> something</c> 00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:46.219 x that<00:39:44.639><c> happened</c><00:39:44.840><c> to</c><00:39:45.079><c> me?</c> 00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:48.800 x Or<00:39:46.719><c> was</c><00:39:46.920><c> this</c><00:39:47.179><c> a</c><00:39:47.400><c> figment</c><00:39:47.719><c> of</c><00:39:47.940><c> my</c><00:39:48.159><c> imagination?</c> 00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:51.739 x Received<00:39:49.719><c> this</c><00:39:49.940><c> revelation</c><00:39:50.500><c> from</c><00:39:50.739><c> Jesus.</c> 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:54.820 x So<00:39:53.159><c> he</c><00:39:53.340><c> says,</c><00:39:53.739><c> and</c><00:39:53.820><c> then</c><00:39:53.900><c> he</c><00:39:53.960><c> goes</c><00:39:54.119><c> on</c><00:39:54.320><c> and</c><00:39:54.599><c> explains</c> 00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:56.320 x about<00:39:55.059><c> his</c><00:39:55.300><c> previous</c><00:39:55.699><c> way</c><00:39:55.920><c> of</c><00:39:56.159><c> life,</c> 00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:59.739 x but<00:39:56.480><c> look</c><00:39:56.659><c> at</c><00:39:56.739><c> what</c><00:39:56.880><c> it</c><00:39:57.159><c> says</c><00:39:57.340><c> here</c><00:39:58.199><c> in</c><00:39:58.840><c> verse,</c> 00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:02.739 x we'll<00:40:01.539><c> pick</c><00:40:01.619><c> it</c><00:40:01.699><c> up</c><00:40:01.780><c> in</c><00:40:01.900><c> the</c><00:40:02.059><c> 15th</c><00:40:02.579><c> verse,</c> 00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:06.400 x but<00:40:02.960><c> when</c><00:40:04.039><c> God,</c><00:40:05.159><c> who</c><00:40:05.159><c> set</c><00:40:05.340><c> me</c><00:40:05.579><c> apart</c><00:40:05.860><c> from</c><00:40:06.139><c> birth</c> 00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.860 x and<00:40:06.639><c> called</c><00:40:06.940><c> me</c><00:40:07.119><c> by</c><00:40:07.340><c> his</c><00:40:07.579><c> grace,</c> 00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:10.960 x was<00:40:08.239><c> pleased</c><00:40:08.860><c> to</c><00:40:09.539><c> reveal</c><00:40:10.059><c> his</c><00:40:10.420><c> son</c><00:40:10.559><c> in</c><00:40:10.780><c> me</c> 00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:13.960 x so<00:40:11.119><c> that</c><00:40:11.280><c> I</c><00:40:11.400><c> might</c><00:40:11.659><c> preach</c><00:40:12.019><c> him</c><00:40:12.260><c> among</c><00:40:12.480><c> the</c><00:40:12.659><c> Gentiles,</c> 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:15.539 x I<00:40:14.119><c> did</c><00:40:14.280><c> not</c><00:40:14.460><c> consult</c><00:40:14.820><c> any</c><00:40:15.139><c> man,</c> 00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:17.320 x nor<00:40:16.179><c> did</c><00:40:16.340><c> I</c><00:40:16.460><c> go</c><00:40:16.579><c> up</c><00:40:16.739><c> to</c><00:40:16.940><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:20.659 x to<00:40:17.579><c> see</c><00:40:17.739><c> those</c><00:40:18.039><c> who</c><00:40:18.280><c> were</c><00:40:18.579><c> apostles</c><00:40:19.019><c> before</c><00:40:19.420><c> I</c><00:40:19.739><c> was,</c> 00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:24.079 x but<00:40:20.960><c> I</c><00:40:21.119><c> went</c><00:40:21.280><c> immediately</c><00:40:22.039><c> into</c><00:40:22.739><c> Arabia</c> 00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:27.760 x and<00:40:24.860><c> later</c><00:40:25.380><c> returned</c><00:40:26.199><c> to</c><00:40:26.559><c> Damascus.</c> 00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:31.480 x So<00:40:28.219><c> he</c><00:40:28.320><c> sort</c><00:40:28.460><c> of</c><00:40:28.559><c> goes</c><00:40:28.800><c> off</c><00:40:29.099><c> on</c><00:40:29.260><c> his</c><00:40:29.460><c> own,</c><00:40:30.260><c> in</c><00:40:30.539><c> private.</c> 00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:34.199 x Perhaps<00:40:32.119><c> he's</c><00:40:32.300><c> being</c><00:40:32.579><c> taught</c><00:40:32.880><c> by</c><00:40:33.099><c> the</c><00:40:33.280><c> Lord</c><00:40:33.440><c> Jesus</c><00:40:33.780><c> himself,</c> 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:35.380 x I<00:40:34.380><c> don't</c><00:40:34.619><c> know.</c> 00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:38.199 x The<00:40:36.019><c> angels</c><00:40:36.260><c> there,</c><00:40:36.519><c> I</c><00:40:36.739><c> don't</c><00:40:37.019><c> know.</c> 00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.380 x Verse<00:40:38.699><c> 18</c><00:40:39.099><c> says,</c> 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:44.039 x "'Then<00:40:39.619><c> after</c><00:40:40.039><c> three</c><00:40:40.420><c> years,</c><00:40:41.679><c> I</c><00:40:41.960><c> went</c><00:40:42.139><c> up</c><00:40:42.400><c> to</c><00:40:42.619><c> Jerusalem.'"</c> 00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:45.659 x Why? 00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.659 x Why? 00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:52.539 x To<00:40:49.159><c> get</c><00:40:49.500><c> acquainted</c><00:40:50.159><c> with</c><00:40:51.420><c> Peter.</c> 00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:55.920 x I<00:40:53.659><c> stayed</c><00:40:53.980><c> with</c><00:40:54.179><c> him</c><00:40:54.380><c> 15</c><00:40:54.820><c> days.</c> 00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:58.179 x I<00:40:56.539><c> saw</c><00:40:56.780><c> none</c><00:40:57.099><c> of</c><00:40:57.280><c> the</c><00:40:57.440><c> other</c><00:40:57.659><c> apostles,</c> 00:40:58.179 --> 00:41:01.880 x only<00:40:58.760><c> James,</c><00:41:00.280><c> the</c><00:41:00.460><c> Lord's</c><00:41:00.940><c> brother.</c> 00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:03.800 x Now<00:41:02.380><c> think</c><00:41:02.559><c> about</c><00:41:02.800><c> this,</c><00:41:03.300><c> brothers</c><00:41:03.300><c> and</c><00:41:03.559><c> sisters.</c> 00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:06.820 x Remember<00:41:04.199><c> when</c><00:41:04.400><c> we</c><00:41:04.559><c> were</c><00:41:04.739><c> in</c><00:41:04.860><c> 1</c><00:41:05.039><c> Corinthians</c><00:41:05.460><c> 15?</c> 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:14.699 x 1<00:41:07.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:41:07.960><c> 15</c><00:41:08.639><c> tells</c><00:41:08.960><c> us</c><00:41:09.780><c> about</c><00:41:13.599><c> those</c><00:41:13.940><c> who</c><00:41:14.219><c> saw</c><00:41:14.460><c> the</c> 00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:15.739 x risen<00:41:14.940><c> link.</c> 00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:19.039 x And<00:41:16.780><c> two</c><00:41:16.920><c> of</c><00:41:17.099><c> the</c><00:41:17.260><c> individuals</c><00:41:17.719><c> that</c><00:41:18.000><c> were</c><00:41:18.280><c> identified</c> 00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:23.639 x in<00:41:19.239><c> that</c><00:41:19.500><c> passage</c><00:41:20.079><c> were</c><00:41:21.000><c> Peter</c><00:41:21.599><c> and</c><00:41:22.599><c> James.</c> 00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:26.000 x And<00:41:24.340><c> so</c><00:41:24.460><c> it</c><00:41:24.659><c> seems</c><00:41:24.860><c> only</c><00:41:25.159><c> natural</c><00:41:25.659><c> to</c><00:41:25.900><c> me</c> 00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:29.420 x that<00:41:26.179><c> what</c><00:41:26.320><c> we're</c><00:41:26.699><c> seeing</c><00:41:27.019><c> here</c><00:41:27.360><c> is</c><00:41:27.559><c> we're</c><00:41:27.960><c> seeing</c><00:41:28.340><c> Paul,</c> 00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:34.840 x Saul,<00:41:30.960><c> to</c><00:41:31.139><c> become</c><00:41:31.380><c> Paul,</c><00:41:32.559><c> the</c><00:41:33.000><c> apostle</c><00:41:33.480><c> to</c><00:41:33.719><c> the</c><00:41:33.840><c> Gentiles,</c> 00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:36.139 x takes<00:41:35.239><c> on</c><00:41:35.440><c> the</c><00:41:35.579><c> name</c><00:41:35.739><c> Paul.</c> 00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:40.960 x We're<00:41:36.860><c> seeing</c><00:41:37.059><c> him</c><00:41:37.380><c> just</c><00:41:37.679><c> confirm</c><00:41:39.099><c> that,</c><00:41:40.960><c> yeah,</c> 00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:42.800 x Jesus<00:41:41.780><c> was</c><00:41:42.239><c> raised.</c> 00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:45.679 x He<00:41:43.500><c> went</c><00:41:43.780><c> and</c><00:41:44.219><c> spoke</c><00:41:44.539><c> to</c><00:41:44.880><c> people.</c> 00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:49.500 x I<00:41:46.159><c> can</c><00:41:46.500><c> only</c><00:41:46.739><c> imagine</c><00:41:47.239><c> what</c><00:41:47.400><c> that</c><00:41:47.739><c> conversation</c><00:41:48.320><c> was</c><00:41:48.619><c> like.</c> 00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:52.179 x Did<00:41:49.880><c> you</c><00:41:50.119><c> really</c><00:41:50.559><c> see</c><00:41:50.800><c> Jesus</c><00:41:51.219><c> alive?</c> 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:53.739 x I<00:41:52.860><c> did.</c> 00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:54.960 x Yeah. 00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:58.179 x You<00:41:55.739><c> can</c><00:41:56.599><c> imagine</c><00:41:57.039><c> Peter</c><00:41:57.380><c> saying,</c> 00:41:58.219 --> 00:42:00.719 x I<00:41:58.219><c> doubted</c><00:41:58.760><c> him,</c><00:41:59.000><c> I</c><00:41:59.320><c> denied</c><00:41:59.840><c> him.</c> 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.679 x And<00:42:01.099><c> then</c><00:42:01.239><c> the</c><00:42:01.440><c> Lord</c><00:42:01.599><c> appeared</c><00:42:02.039><c> to</c><00:42:02.320><c> me.</c> 00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:05.900 x Can<00:42:03.219><c> imagine</c><00:42:03.699><c> what</c><00:42:03.860><c> that</c><00:42:04.179><c> conversation</c><00:42:04.820><c> must've</c><00:42:05.239><c> been</c><00:42:05.360><c> like.</c> 00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:07.559 x Same<00:42:06.420><c> conversation</c><00:42:07.059><c> with</c><00:42:07.300><c> James.</c> 00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:08.460 x Did<00:42:07.739><c> you</c><00:42:07.960><c> see</c><00:42:08.119><c> him</c><00:42:08.320><c> alive?</c> 00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.659 x I<00:42:08.820><c> did.</c> 00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:12.559 x No,<00:42:10.280><c> it</c><00:42:10.320><c> wasn't</c><00:42:10.639><c> a</c><00:42:10.820><c> figment</c><00:42:11.099><c> of</c><00:42:11.300><c> your</c><00:42:11.539><c> imagination,</c><00:42:12.519><c> Saul.</c> 00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:14.539 x This<00:42:13.179><c> really</c><00:42:13.579><c> did</c><00:42:13.820><c> appear</c><00:42:14.159><c> to</c><00:42:14.360><c> you.</c> 00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.679 x This<00:42:14.820><c> did</c><00:42:15.019><c> happen</c><00:42:15.320><c> to</c><00:42:15.460><c> you.</c> 00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:18.320 x And<00:42:16.139><c> the</c><00:42:16.340><c> reason</c><00:42:16.500><c> I</c><00:42:16.699><c> wanna</c><00:42:16.840><c> come</c><00:42:17.139><c> here</c><00:42:17.380><c> is</c><00:42:17.579><c> because</c><00:42:17.900><c> again,</c> 00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:23.440 x this<00:42:19.000><c> shows</c><00:42:19.340><c> you</c><00:42:20.000><c> how</c><00:42:20.559><c> soon</c><00:42:21.280><c> after</c><00:42:21.920><c> the</c><00:42:22.219><c> resurrection,</c> 00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:25.059 x Saul<00:42:24.059><c> became</c><00:42:24.500><c> convinced.</c> 00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:26.940 x It<00:42:25.219><c> was</c><00:42:25.500><c> within</c><00:42:25.760><c> a</c><00:42:26.019><c> period</c><00:42:26.219><c> of</c><00:42:26.539><c> years.</c> 00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:30.920 x It<00:42:27.400><c> was</c><00:42:27.659><c> never</c><00:42:27.980><c> time</c><00:42:28.460><c> for</c><00:42:28.960><c> legend</c><00:42:29.340><c> status</c><00:42:29.880><c> to</c><00:42:30.179><c> grow.</c> 00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:40.059 x This<00:42:33.920><c> fact</c><00:42:34.219><c>-finding</c><00:42:34.760><c> trip</c><00:42:36.519><c> of</c><00:42:37.320><c> Paul's</c><00:42:38.480><c> took</c><00:42:38.659><c> place</c><00:42:39.039><c> within</c><00:42:39.519><c> three,</c> 00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:44.380 x maybe<00:42:40.400><c> five</c><00:42:41.019><c> years</c><00:42:41.739><c> after</c><00:42:42.599><c> our</c><00:42:42.880><c> Lord's</c><00:42:43.340><c> crucifixion.</c> 00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:48.059 x And<00:42:45.480><c> it's</c><00:42:45.760><c> likely</c><00:42:46.079><c> that</c><00:42:46.559><c> the</c><00:42:46.840><c> source</c><00:42:47.139><c> of</c><00:42:47.340><c> this</c><00:42:47.659><c> doctrine</c> 00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:52.139 x of<00:42:48.360><c> first</c><00:42:48.599><c> importance,</c><00:42:49.659><c> which</c><00:42:49.860><c> he</c><00:42:50.199><c> shared</c><00:42:50.380><c> with</c><00:42:50.760><c> the</c><00:42:51.079><c> Corinthians.</c> 00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:56.280 x He<00:42:53.579><c> wanted</c><00:42:53.880><c> to</c><00:42:54.260><c> corroborate</c><00:42:55.300><c> his</c><00:42:55.699><c> experience</c> 00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:58.480 x with<00:42:56.599><c> eyewitness</c><00:42:57.219><c> testimony.</c> 00:42:58.599 --> 00:43:01.920 x And<00:42:59.059><c> he</c><00:42:59.360><c> was</c><00:42:59.619><c> able</c><00:42:59.840><c> to</c><00:43:00.280><c> confidently</c><00:43:00.780><c> assert</c><00:43:01.260><c> later</c><00:43:01.599><c> on</c> 00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:06.159 x that<00:43:02.099><c> if</c><00:43:02.360><c> Christ</c><00:43:02.780><c> is</c><00:43:03.119><c> not</c><00:43:03.480><c> raised,</c><00:43:04.599><c> our</c><00:43:04.820><c> preaching</c><00:43:05.159><c> is</c><00:43:05.500><c> useless.</c> 00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:08.219 x And<00:43:06.840><c> so</c><00:43:06.980><c> is</c><00:43:07.159><c> your</c><00:43:07.440><c> faith.</c> 00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:11.760 x This<00:43:08.480><c> was</c><00:43:08.719><c> the</c><00:43:09.059><c> confidence</c><00:43:09.760><c> that</c><00:43:10.820><c> Paul</c><00:43:11.159><c> had</c> 00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:14.519 x after<00:43:12.400><c> having</c><00:43:12.659><c> met</c><00:43:12.900><c> these</c><00:43:13.179><c> eyewitnesses.</c> 00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:16.980 x And<00:43:15.139><c> so</c><00:43:15.300><c> eyewitness</c><00:43:15.880><c> testimony</c><00:43:16.559><c> is</c><00:43:16.760><c> something</c> 00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:19.719 x that<00:43:17.159><c> we</c><00:43:17.380><c> have</c><00:43:17.639><c> to</c><00:43:17.980><c> really</c><00:43:18.420><c> appreciate.</c> 00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:22.219 x Paul<00:43:20.940><c> sought</c><00:43:21.239><c> out</c><00:43:21.500><c> Peter</c><00:43:21.760><c> and</c><00:43:21.960><c> James</c> 00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:24.239 x to<00:43:22.500><c> hear</c><00:43:22.679><c> their</c><00:43:22.960><c> eyewitness</c><00:43:23.619><c> testimony</c> 00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:28.139 x before<00:43:24.739><c> fully</c><00:43:25.360><c> committing</c><00:43:25.739><c> his</c><00:43:26.079><c> life</c><00:43:26.280><c> to</c><00:43:26.619><c> preaching</c><00:43:26.880><c> the</c><00:43:27.159><c> gospel.</c> 00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:32.900 x They<00:43:29.340><c> were</c><00:43:29.559><c> not</c><00:43:29.719><c> only</c><00:43:30.000><c> eyewitnesses</c><00:43:30.900><c> to</c><00:43:31.159><c> Jesus'</c><00:43:32.360><c> resurrection.</c> 00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:37.159 x The<00:43:34.420><c> Bible</c><00:43:34.760><c> records,</c><00:43:35.460><c> they</c><00:43:35.980><c> weren't</c><00:43:36.179><c> the</c><00:43:36.460><c> only</c><00:43:36.780><c> ones</c> 00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:38.760 x to<00:43:37.400><c> witness</c><00:43:37.659><c> Jesus'</c><00:43:38.679><c> resurrection.</c> 00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:45.320 x The<00:43:39.099><c> Bible</c><00:43:39.440><c> records</c><00:43:40.300><c> hundreds</c><00:43:41.219><c> who</c><00:43:42.679><c> saw</c><00:43:43.440><c> the</c><00:43:44.059><c> risen</c><00:43:44.320><c> Lord.</c> 00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:46.760 x And<00:43:45.599><c> at</c><00:43:45.739><c> one</c><00:43:45.980><c> point</c><00:43:46.099><c> Paul</c><00:43:46.380><c> says,</c> 00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:51.539 x most<00:43:47.739><c> of</c><00:43:48.059><c> whom</c><00:43:48.280><c> are</c><00:43:48.539><c> still</c><00:43:48.860><c> alive,</c><00:43:50.280><c> as</c><00:43:50.719><c> though</c><00:43:50.900><c> to</c><00:43:51.159><c> infer,</c> 00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:54.559 x look,<00:43:52.239><c> don't</c><00:43:52.460><c> believe</c><00:43:52.780><c> me,</c><00:43:53.579><c> go</c><00:43:53.880><c> ask</c><00:43:54.239><c> them.</c> 00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:56.019 x This<00:43:55.219><c> was</c><00:43:55.420><c> not</c><00:43:55.599><c> a</c><00:43:55.800><c> bluff.</c> 00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:59.219 x He<00:43:56.239><c> was</c><00:43:56.400><c> saying,</c><00:43:56.719><c> go</c><00:43:57.219><c> ask</c><00:43:57.699><c> them,</c><00:43:58.119><c> really.</c> 00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:01.780 x Become<00:43:59.679><c> convinced</c><00:44:00.300><c> as</c><00:44:00.579><c> I</c><00:44:00.860><c> became</c><00:44:01.199><c> convinced</c> 00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:04.960 x after<00:44:02.179><c> hearing</c><00:44:02.539><c> eyewitness</c><00:44:03.219><c> testimony</c><00:44:03.800><c> myself.</c> 00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:07.380 x And<00:44:05.420><c> so</c><00:44:05.539><c> we</c><00:44:05.659><c> know</c><00:44:05.960><c> that</c><00:44:06.300><c> Jesus</c><00:44:06.800><c> appeared,</c> 00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:09.480 x he<00:44:07.900><c> was</c><00:44:08.139><c> seen</c><00:44:08.340><c> by</c><00:44:08.639><c> Mary</c><00:44:08.980><c> Magdalene,</c> 00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:11.300 x the<00:44:09.760><c> women</c><00:44:10.019><c> returning</c><00:44:10.519><c> from</c><00:44:10.800><c> the</c><00:44:11.039><c> tomb.</c> 00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:12.920 x He<00:44:11.780><c> was</c><00:44:12.039><c> seen</c><00:44:12.260><c> by</c><00:44:12.599><c> Peter.</c> 00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:16.300 x He<00:44:13.079><c> was</c><00:44:13.340><c> seen</c><00:44:13.599><c> by</c><00:44:13.860><c> the</c><00:44:14.039><c> two</c><00:44:14.239><c> men</c><00:44:14.460><c> on</c><00:44:14.659><c> the</c><00:44:14.880><c> road</c><00:44:15.059><c> to</c><00:44:15.360><c> Emmaus.</c> 00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:21.199 x He<00:44:16.460><c> was</c><00:44:16.760><c> seen</c><00:44:17.519><c> by</c><00:44:18.039><c> the</c><00:44:18.539><c> disciples</c><00:44:18.980><c> on</c><00:44:19.360><c> multiple</c><00:44:19.920><c> occasions.</c> 00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:28.260 x Jesus<00:44:23.760><c> was</c><00:44:24.239><c> not</c><00:44:25.019><c> seen</c><00:44:25.440><c> once,</c><00:44:26.739><c> but</c><00:44:27.159><c> many</c><00:44:27.519><c> times.</c> 00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:33.079 x He<00:44:29.000><c> was</c><00:44:29.239><c> not</c><00:44:29.539><c> seen</c><00:44:29.719><c> by</c><00:44:30.059><c> one</c><00:44:30.400><c> person,</c><00:44:31.519><c> but</c><00:44:31.719><c> by</c><00:44:32.179><c> several.</c> 00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:36.940 x He<00:44:33.500><c> was</c><00:44:33.760><c> not</c><00:44:34.260><c> seen</c><00:44:34.679><c> by</c><00:44:35.480><c> only</c><00:44:36.000><c> individuals,</c> 00:44:37.239 --> 00:44:40.300 x but<00:44:37.719><c> he</c><00:44:37.820><c> was</c><00:44:38.039><c> seen</c><00:44:38.300><c> by</c><00:44:38.719><c> groups</c><00:44:39.099><c> of</c><00:44:39.460><c> people.</c> 00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:42.980 x He<00:44:40.880><c> wasn't</c><00:44:41.159><c> seen</c><00:44:41.480><c> in</c><00:44:41.659><c> just</c><00:44:42.019><c> one</c><00:44:42.300><c> location.</c> 00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:45.800 x He<00:44:43.219><c> was</c><00:44:43.420><c> seen</c><00:44:43.800><c> in</c><00:44:44.119><c> many</c><00:44:44.480><c> locations.</c> 00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:50.599 x And<00:44:46.880><c> importantly,</c><00:44:47.219><c> he</c><00:44:47.380><c> wasn't</c><00:44:47.699><c> seen</c><00:44:48.119><c> just</c><00:44:48.639><c> by</c><00:44:49.400><c> believers.</c> 00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:56.320 x He<00:44:51.219><c> was</c><00:44:51.599><c> seen</c><00:44:52.019><c> by</c><00:44:52.559><c> skeptics</c><00:44:53.900><c> and</c><00:44:54.460><c> unbelievers</c><00:44:55.139><c> as</c><00:44:55.480><c> well.</c> 00:44:56.739 --> 00:44:59.780 x And<00:44:56.940><c> I</c><00:44:56.960><c> think</c><00:44:57.079><c> that's</c><00:44:57.440><c> really</c><00:44:57.699><c> an</c><00:44:58.039><c> important</c><00:44:58.219><c> thing</c><00:44:58.500><c> to</c><00:44:58.840><c> remember.</c> 00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:03.980 x You<00:45:00.559><c> know,</c><00:45:00.699><c> it</c><00:45:00.800><c> wasn't</c><00:45:00.900><c> just</c><00:45:01.219><c> the</c><00:45:01.599><c> believers</c><00:45:02.019><c> who</c><00:45:02.360><c> saw</c><00:45:02.539><c> him.</c> 00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:09.360 x Saul<00:45:04.639><c> was</c><00:45:05.619><c> an</c><00:45:05.960><c> ardent</c><00:45:06.860><c> opponent</c><00:45:07.599><c> of</c><00:45:08.119><c> the</c><00:45:08.340><c> way,</c> 00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:11.599 x and<00:45:10.019><c> he</c><00:45:10.239><c> was</c><00:45:10.480><c> convinced.</c> 00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:15.300 x It<00:45:12.360><c> was</c><00:45:12.619><c> no</c><00:45:12.980><c> figment</c><00:45:13.480><c> of</c><00:45:13.739><c> their</c><00:45:14.039><c> imagination.</c> 00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:17.500 x You<00:45:15.820><c> know,</c><00:45:16.099><c> I</c><00:45:16.219><c> don't</c><00:45:16.380><c> know</c><00:45:16.519><c> how</c><00:45:16.719><c> many</c><00:45:16.940><c> of</c><00:45:17.119><c> you</c> 00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:20.320 x get<00:45:18.059><c> Jim</c><00:45:18.360><c> Boyko's</c><00:45:19.300><c> emails.</c> 00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:24.380 x Jim<00:45:21.360><c> Boyko</c><00:45:21.719><c> sent</c><00:45:21.960><c> an</c><00:45:22.280><c> email</c><00:45:22.539><c> out</c><00:45:22.800><c> this</c><00:45:23.139><c> morning.</c> 00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:28.239 x See<00:45:26.260><c> if</c><00:45:26.420><c> I</c><00:45:26.460><c> can</c><00:45:26.719><c> find</c><00:45:27.000><c> it.</c> 00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:32.539 x His<00:45:30.079><c> email</c><00:45:30.420><c> was</c><00:45:30.739><c> entitled,</c><00:45:31.159><c> he</c><00:45:31.340><c> is</c><00:45:31.659><c> risen.</c> 00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:34.000 x And<00:45:33.320><c> Jim</c><00:45:33.519><c> wrote,</c><00:45:33.880><c> he</c><00:45:33.880><c> says,</c> 00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:36.079 x "'I<00:45:34.119><c> went</c><00:45:34.280><c> to</c><00:45:34.440><c> a</c><00:45:34.699><c> psychologist</c><00:45:35.219><c> friend</c><00:45:35.659><c> and</c><00:45:35.880><c> said,</c> 00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:40.599 x "'if<00:45:36.360><c> 500</c><00:45:36.699><c> people</c><00:45:37.440><c> claimed</c><00:45:38.000><c> to</c><00:45:38.360><c> see</c><00:45:38.619><c> Jesus</c><00:45:39.079><c> after</c><00:45:39.480><c> he</c><00:45:39.719><c> died,</c> 00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:42.000 x "'it<00:45:40.780><c> was</c><00:45:40.980><c> just</c><00:45:41.280><c> a</c><00:45:41.480><c> hallucination.'"</c> 00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:44.639 x I<00:45:42.099><c> guess</c><00:45:42.300><c> Jim</c><00:45:42.519><c> isn't</c><00:45:42.719><c> writing,</c><00:45:43.099><c> this</c><00:45:43.219><c> is</c><00:45:43.380><c> what</c><00:45:43.519><c> somebody</c><00:45:43.800><c> wrote.</c> 00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:46.059 x So<00:45:45.239><c> he's</c><00:45:45.519><c> saying,</c><00:45:45.699><c> you</c><00:45:45.699><c> know,</c> 00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:47.980 x 500<00:45:46.360><c> claimed</c><00:45:46.679><c> to</c><00:45:46.880><c> see</c><00:45:47.000><c> Jesus</c><00:45:47.300><c> after</c><00:45:47.639><c> he</c><00:45:47.820><c> died,</c> 00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:49.960 x it<00:45:48.079><c> was</c><00:45:48.260><c> just</c><00:45:48.500><c> a</c><00:45:48.679><c> hallucination.</c> 00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:52.360 x And<00:45:50.519><c> the</c><00:45:50.820><c> psychologist</c><00:45:51.420><c> said,</c> 00:45:52.780 --> 00:45:56.500 x hallucinations<00:45:53.340><c> are</c><00:45:53.619><c> an</c><00:45:54.840><c> individual</c><00:45:55.559><c> event.</c> 00:45:56.579 --> 00:46:00.119 x If<00:45:56.760><c> 500</c><00:45:57.139><c> people</c><00:45:57.480><c> have</c><00:45:57.599><c> the</c><00:45:57.920><c> same</c><00:45:58.199><c> hallucination</c><00:45:58.980><c> at</c><00:45:59.159><c> the</c><00:45:59.380><c> same</c><00:45:59.679><c> time,</c> 00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:03.639 x that's<00:46:01.000><c> a</c><00:46:01.099><c> bigger</c><00:46:01.280><c> miracle</c><00:46:01.760><c> than</c><00:46:01.940><c> the</c><00:46:02.119><c> resurrection,</c><00:46:02.980><c> right?</c> 00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:06.480 x In<00:46:04.340><c> other</c><00:46:04.539><c> words,</c><00:46:05.440><c> you</c><00:46:05.440><c> know,</c><00:46:05.860><c> 500</c><00:46:06.059><c> people</c> 00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:07.500 x aren't<00:46:06.659><c> gonna</c><00:46:06.840><c> hallucinate.</c> 00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:12.000 x If<00:46:07.960><c> there</c><00:46:08.159><c> are</c><00:46:08.380><c> 500</c><00:46:08.619><c> people</c><00:46:09.019><c> that</c><00:46:09.300><c> saw</c><00:46:09.519><c> it,</c><00:46:10.260><c> it</c><00:46:10.559><c> actually</c><00:46:11.059><c> happened.</c> 00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:14.079 x I<00:46:12.239><c> find</c><00:46:12.480><c> that</c><00:46:12.739><c> convincing.</c> 00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:17.980 x Thoughts<00:46:16.800><c> or</c><00:46:16.940><c> comments?</c> 00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:21.760 x All<00:46:19.739><c> right,</c><00:46:19.780><c> we're</c><00:46:19.920><c> gonna</c><00:46:20.000><c> finish</c><00:46:20.260><c> up</c><00:46:20.420><c> with</c><00:46:20.599><c> one</c><00:46:20.820><c> more.</c> 00:46:22.739 --> 00:46:25.380 x And<00:46:22.920><c> to</c><00:46:23.079><c> me,</c><00:46:23.639><c> this</c><00:46:23.639><c> is,</c><00:46:23.719><c> you</c><00:46:23.900><c> know,</c><00:46:24.039><c> this</c><00:46:24.159><c> is</c><00:46:24.440><c> critical.</c> 00:46:26.239 --> 00:46:30.519 x Think<00:46:26.420><c> about</c><00:46:26.639><c> the</c><00:46:27.000><c> lives</c><00:46:27.420><c> of</c><00:46:27.719><c> those</c><00:46:29.179><c> early</c><00:46:29.900><c> believers.</c> 00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:33.659 x Think<00:46:31.059><c> about</c><00:46:31.280><c> the</c><00:46:31.579><c> men</c><00:46:31.820><c> who</c><00:46:32.159><c> committed</c><00:46:32.440><c> their</c><00:46:32.780><c> lives</c> 00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:36.539 x to<00:46:34.539><c> following</c><00:46:34.940><c> Jesus</c><00:46:35.480><c> during</c><00:46:35.820><c> his</c><00:46:36.159><c> ministry,</c> 00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:39.980 x working<00:46:37.099><c> with</c><00:46:37.280><c> Jesus</c><00:46:38.000><c> during</c><00:46:38.619><c> his</c><00:46:38.960><c> ministry.</c> 00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:43.760 x They<00:46:42.360><c> were</c><00:46:42.579><c> his</c><00:46:42.880><c> friends.</c> 00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:47.159 x They<00:46:44.719><c> were</c><00:46:44.960><c> his</c><00:46:45.579><c> co</c><00:46:46.119><c>-workers.</c> 00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:52.639 x They<00:46:49.039><c> sat</c><00:46:49.360><c> at</c><00:46:49.500><c> his</c><00:46:49.800><c> feet</c><00:46:49.980><c> and</c><00:46:50.539><c> heard</c><00:46:50.880><c> the</c><00:46:51.159><c> things</c><00:46:51.360><c> that</c><00:46:51.539><c> he</c><00:46:51.739><c> said.</c> 00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:56.780 x They<00:46:54.460><c> didn't</c><00:46:54.699><c> have</c><00:46:54.980><c> perfect</c><00:46:55.420><c> understanding.</c> 00:46:57.340 --> 00:47:00.139 x And<00:46:57.760><c> they</c><00:46:57.900><c> were</c><00:46:58.179><c> afraid</c><00:46:58.760><c> because</c><00:46:59.400><c> they</c><00:46:59.840><c> thought</c> 00:47:00.139 --> 00:47:04.159 x that<00:47:00.400><c> Jesus</c><00:47:00.820><c> was</c><00:47:01.099><c> going</c><00:47:01.320><c> to</c><00:47:01.599><c> become</c><00:47:02.079><c> the</c><00:47:03.059><c> reigning</c><00:47:03.579><c> King</c> 00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:05.860 x then<00:47:04.539><c> and</c><00:47:04.760><c> there.</c> 00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:07.719 x You<00:47:05.940><c> know,</c><00:47:06.139><c> when</c><00:47:06.340><c> Jesus</c><00:47:06.679><c> saw</c><00:47:07.019><c> that</c><00:47:07.219><c> the</c><00:47:07.420><c> crowd</c> 00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:10.139 x was<00:47:08.159><c> intended</c><00:47:08.460><c> to</c><00:47:08.739><c> make</c><00:47:08.860><c> him</c><00:47:09.119><c> King</c><00:47:09.400><c> by</c><00:47:09.820><c> force,</c> 00:47:10.139 --> 00:47:11.739 x he<00:47:10.420><c> sent</c><00:47:10.639><c> his</c><00:47:10.920><c> disciples</c><00:47:11.320><c> away.</c> 00:47:11.800 --> 00:47:13.260 x Remember<00:47:12.119><c> that</c><00:47:12.360><c> in</c><00:47:12.519><c> John</c><00:47:12.820><c> 6?</c> 00:47:13.659 --> 00:47:16.739 x Like<00:47:14.019><c> he</c><00:47:14.340><c> wanted</c><00:47:14.619><c> to</c><00:47:14.860><c> make</c><00:47:15.079><c> sure</c><00:47:15.639><c> that</c><00:47:16.099><c> the</c><00:47:16.320><c> disciples</c> 00:47:16.739 --> 00:47:21.820 x weren't<00:47:17.760><c> tempted</c><00:47:19.179><c> to</c><00:47:20.079><c> force</c><00:47:20.360><c> Jesus</c><00:47:20.760><c> to</c><00:47:21.039><c> become</c><00:47:21.300><c> King</c><00:47:21.599><c> then</c> 00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:23.780 x because<00:47:22.079><c> it</c><00:47:22.340><c> wasn't</c><00:47:22.500><c> his</c><00:47:22.820><c> time.</c> 00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:29.400 x And<00:47:24.420><c> so</c><00:47:24.599><c> when</c><00:47:25.239><c> the</c><00:47:25.679><c> Romans</c><00:47:26.000><c> began</c><00:47:26.480><c> to</c><00:47:26.880><c> close</c><00:47:27.219><c> in</c><00:47:27.840><c> on</c><00:47:28.280><c> Jesus,</c> 00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:31.760 x these<00:47:30.199><c> men</c><00:47:30.420><c> were</c><00:47:30.800><c> fearful.</c> 00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:38.860 x Take<00:47:33.059><c> a</c><00:47:33.260><c> look</c><00:47:33.420><c> at,</c><00:47:37.420><c> let's</c><00:47:38.519><c> see,</c> 00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:43.719 x I<00:47:39.000><c> wanna</c><00:47:39.199><c> go</c><00:47:39.440><c> over</c><00:47:39.719><c> to</c><00:47:40.099><c> Matthew</c><00:47:40.840><c> chapter</c><00:47:41.780><c> 26.</c> 00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:51.420 x Matthew<00:47:48.760><c> chapter</c><00:47:49.159><c> 26</c><00:47:49.800><c> describes</c><00:47:50.539><c> this</c> 00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:54.360 x and<00:47:51.679><c> we'll</c><00:47:52.039><c> start</c><00:47:52.239><c> in</c><00:47:52.440><c> verse</c><00:47:52.780><c> 55.</c> 00:47:57.070 --> 00:48:00.000 x This<00:47:57.440><c> is</c><00:47:57.639><c> after</c><00:47:57.960><c> Jesus</c><00:47:58.400><c> has</c><00:47:58.639><c> been</c><00:47:58.840><c> arrested.</c> 00:48:00.720 --> 00:48:04.559 x It<00:48:01.280><c> says</c><00:48:01.539><c> in</c><00:48:01.719><c> verse</c><00:48:01.960><c> 55,</c><00:48:03.099><c> Matthew</c><00:48:03.239><c> 26</c><00:48:03.780><c> verse</c><00:48:04.019><c> 55,</c> 00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:07.599 x at<00:48:04.780><c> that</c><00:48:05.199><c> time,</c><00:48:05.579><c> Jesus</c><00:48:05.980><c> said</c><00:48:06.260><c> to</c><00:48:06.480><c> the</c><00:48:06.719><c> crowd,</c> 00:48:07.840 --> 00:48:10.119 x am<00:48:07.960><c> I</c><00:48:08.179><c> leading</c><00:48:08.420><c> a</c><00:48:08.739><c> rebellion</c><00:48:09.179><c> that</c><00:48:09.380><c> you</c><00:48:09.519><c> have</c><00:48:09.619><c> to</c><00:48:09.760><c> come</c><00:48:09.900><c> out</c> 00:48:10.119 --> 00:48:12.320 x with<00:48:10.400><c> swords</c><00:48:10.780><c> and</c><00:48:11.079><c> clubs</c><00:48:11.340><c> to</c><00:48:11.619><c> capture</c><00:48:11.960><c> me?</c> 00:48:12.619 --> 00:48:15.000 x Every<00:48:12.920><c> day</c><00:48:13.119><c> I</c><00:48:13.320><c> sat</c><00:48:13.559><c> in</c><00:48:13.719><c> the</c><00:48:13.860><c> temple</c><00:48:14.139><c> courts</c><00:48:14.519><c> teaching</c> 00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:17.260 x and<00:48:15.239><c> you</c><00:48:15.460><c> didn't</c><00:48:15.840><c> arrest</c><00:48:16.139><c> me</c><00:48:16.400><c> then,</c> 00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:21.139 x but<00:48:17.840><c> this</c><00:48:18.599><c> has</c><00:48:19.139><c> all</c><00:48:19.519><c> taken</c><00:48:19.840><c> place</c><00:48:20.380><c> that</c><00:48:20.559><c> the</c><00:48:20.880><c> writings</c> 00:48:21.139 --> 00:48:23.480 x of<00:48:21.360><c> the</c><00:48:21.599><c> prophets</c><00:48:21.920><c> might</c><00:48:22.179><c> be</c><00:48:22.460><c> fulfilled.</c> 00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:26.920 x And<00:48:24.440><c> then</c><00:48:24.639><c> almost</c><00:48:25.039><c> parenthetically,</c><00:48:25.980><c> the</c><00:48:26.059><c> last</c><00:48:26.519><c> verse,</c> 00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:29.739 x the<00:48:27.320><c> last</c><00:48:27.579><c> sentence</c><00:48:27.940><c> of</c><00:48:28.099><c> that</c><00:48:28.400><c> passage</c><00:48:28.800><c> says,</c> 00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:36.840 x then<00:48:30.440><c> all</c><00:48:32.079><c> the</c><00:48:32.539><c> disciples</c><00:48:33.280><c> deserted</c><00:48:34.460><c> him</c><00:48:35.340><c> and</c><00:48:36.019><c> fled.</c> 00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:39.119 x Why? 00:48:39.659 --> 00:48:42.260 x Because<00:48:39.940><c> they</c><00:48:40.099><c> were</c><00:48:40.360><c> afraid</c><00:48:40.719><c> for</c><00:48:40.940><c> their</c><00:48:41.179><c> lives.</c> 00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:44.500 x They<00:48:42.599><c> thought</c><00:48:42.739><c> if</c><00:48:42.880><c> we</c><00:48:43.059><c> get</c><00:48:43.239><c> caught</c><00:48:43.500><c> up</c><00:48:43.719><c> with</c><00:48:43.920><c> this</c><00:48:44.159><c> man,</c> 00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:47.460 x not<00:48:45.000><c> only</c><00:48:45.280><c> will</c><00:48:45.559><c> he</c><00:48:45.920><c> be</c><00:48:46.199><c> hanging</c><00:48:46.539><c> on</c><00:48:46.840><c> the</c><00:48:47.099><c> cross</c> 00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:51.380 x like<00:48:47.920><c> all</c><00:48:48.440><c> of</c><00:48:48.599><c> those</c><00:48:48.719><c> men</c><00:48:48.980><c> in</c><00:48:49.219><c> Sepphoris</c><00:48:49.699><c> all</c><00:48:49.940><c> those</c><00:48:50.119><c> years</c><00:48:50.380><c> before,</c> 00:48:51.619 --> 00:48:53.260 x we<00:48:51.960><c> will</c><00:48:52.239><c> too.</c> 00:48:53.679 --> 00:48:55.539 x And<00:48:54.099><c> so</c><00:48:54.260><c> they</c><00:48:54.519><c> fled.</c> 00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:02.340 x Look<00:49:00.000><c> at</c><00:49:00.639><c> verse</c><00:49:01.079><c> 74.</c> 00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:05.880 x Here's<00:49:04.940><c> Peter.</c> 00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:09.820 x He<00:49:07.599><c> began</c><00:49:07.920><c> to</c><00:49:08.199><c> call</c><00:49:08.380><c> down</c><00:49:08.719><c> curses</c><00:49:09.219><c> on</c><00:49:09.400><c> himself</c> 00:49:09.820 --> 00:49:13.119 x and<00:49:10.000><c> he</c><00:49:10.380><c> swore</c><00:49:10.619><c> to</c><00:49:10.780><c> them,</c><00:49:11.139><c> I</c><00:49:11.139><c> don't</c><00:49:11.579><c> know</c><00:49:11.940><c> the</c><00:49:12.179><c> man.</c> 00:49:13.199 --> 00:49:14.920 x And<00:49:13.460><c> immediately</c><00:49:13.880><c> a</c><00:49:14.179><c> rooster</c><00:49:14.599><c> crowed</c> 00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:18.059 x and<00:49:15.039><c> Peter</c><00:49:15.340><c> remembered</c><00:49:16.000><c> the</c><00:49:16.239><c> word</c><00:49:16.440><c> Jesus</c><00:49:16.860><c> had</c><00:49:17.159><c> spoken.</c> 00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:21.940 x Before<00:49:18.900><c> the</c><00:49:19.119><c> rooster</c><00:49:19.460><c> crows,</c><00:49:19.780><c> you'll</c><00:49:20.039><c> disown</c><00:49:20.320><c> me</c><00:49:20.579><c> three</c><00:49:20.860><c> times.</c> 00:49:23.099 --> 00:49:24.659 x Peter<00:49:23.400><c> was</c><00:49:23.679><c> afraid.</c> 00:49:24.379 --> 00:49:26.880 x He<00:49:24.719><c> was</c><00:49:24.940><c> afraid</c><00:49:25.300><c> for</c><00:49:25.500><c> his</c><00:49:25.699><c> life</c><00:49:25.900><c> and</c><00:49:26.139><c> denied</c><00:49:26.519><c> the</c><00:49:26.800><c> one</c> 00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:28.559 x he<00:49:27.280><c> promised</c><00:49:27.699><c> he</c><00:49:27.840><c> wouldn't</c><00:49:28.139><c> deny.</c> 00:49:28.679 --> 00:49:31.500 x I'll<00:49:28.900><c> even</c><00:49:29.079><c> go</c><00:49:29.380><c> to</c><00:49:29.599><c> the</c><00:49:29.760><c> death</c><00:49:29.940><c> with</c><00:49:30.199><c> you,</c><00:49:30.380><c> Jesus.</c> 00:49:32.579 --> 00:49:35.400 x That's<00:49:33.219><c> how</c><00:49:33.559><c> fearful</c><00:49:33.940><c> he</c><00:49:34.119><c> was.</c> 00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:40.199 x John<00:49:38.159><c> chapter</c><00:49:38.579><c> 20.</c> 00:49:41.619 --> 00:49:43.340 x Let's<00:49:42.039><c> look</c><00:49:42.280><c> there.</c> 00:49:44.059 --> 00:49:46.500 x This<00:49:44.280><c> is</c><00:49:44.519><c> after</c><00:49:45.139><c> the</c><00:49:45.420><c> crucifixion.</c> 00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:50.440 x You<00:49:46.820><c> can</c><00:49:47.000><c> imagine</c><00:49:47.360><c> how</c><00:49:48.239><c> disheartened</c><00:49:49.280><c> Jesus</c><00:49:49.960><c> believers,</c> 00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:53.159 x his<00:49:51.099><c> disciples</c><00:49:51.639><c> were</c><00:49:52.079><c> at</c><00:49:52.480><c> seeing</c><00:49:52.760><c> the</c><00:49:52.980><c> man</c> 00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:55.860 x they<00:49:53.260><c> had</c><00:49:53.559><c> committed</c><00:49:53.820><c> their</c><00:49:54.159><c> lives</c><00:49:54.579><c> to</c><00:49:54.900><c> following,</c> 00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:58.059 x how<00:49:56.980><c> disheartened</c><00:49:57.500><c> it</c><00:49:57.639><c> must</c><00:49:57.800><c> have</c><00:49:57.940><c> been</c> 00:49:58.059 --> 00:50:00.000 x after<00:49:58.260><c> they</c><00:49:58.480><c> saw</c><00:49:58.619><c> him</c><00:49:58.800><c> crucified.</c> 00:50:01.179 --> 00:50:04.380 x John<00:50:01.460><c> chapter</c><00:50:01.800><c> 20,</c><00:50:02.199><c> we'll</c><00:50:02.300><c> look</c><00:50:02.460><c> at</c><00:50:02.579><c> the</c><00:50:02.760><c> 19th</c><00:50:03.340><c> verse.</c> 00:50:05.900 --> 00:50:09.079 x On<00:50:06.539><c> the</c><00:50:07.099><c> evening</c><00:50:07.500><c> of</c><00:50:07.840><c> the</c><00:50:08.099><c> first</c><00:50:08.360><c> day</c><00:50:08.519><c> of</c><00:50:08.719><c> the</c><00:50:08.900><c> week</c> 00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:11.500 x when<00:50:09.280><c> the</c><00:50:09.539><c> disciples</c><00:50:09.920><c> were</c><00:50:10.219><c> together,</c> 00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:13.639 x look<00:50:12.280><c> what</c><00:50:12.360><c> it</c><00:50:12.519><c> says</c><00:50:12.639><c> next.</c> 00:50:14.060 --> 00:50:20.219 x With<00:50:14.700><c> the</c><00:50:15.340><c> doors</c><00:50:16.039><c> locked</c><00:50:16.880><c> for</c><00:50:17.840><c> fear</c><00:50:18.500><c> of</c><00:50:18.900><c> the</c><00:50:19.159><c> Jews,</c> 00:50:20.799 --> 00:50:28.500 x Jesus<00:50:21.679><c> came</c><00:50:22.260><c> and</c><00:50:23.079><c> stood</c><00:50:23.280><c> among</c><00:50:23.659><c> them</c><00:50:24.280><c> and</c><00:50:25.219><c> said,</c><00:50:26.480><c> shalom,</c><00:50:27.500><c> peace.</c> 00:50:28.699 --> 00:50:31.880 x They<00:50:28.860><c> were</c><00:50:29.099><c> so</c><00:50:29.539><c> fearful</c><00:50:30.000><c> that</c><00:50:30.300><c> they</c><00:50:30.519><c> would</c><00:50:30.719><c> be</c><00:50:31.079><c> caught,</c> 00:50:32.179 --> 00:50:34.940 x that<00:50:32.260><c> they</c><00:50:32.719><c> would</c><00:50:32.860><c> be</c><00:50:33.260><c> rounded</c><00:50:33.579><c> up</c><00:50:33.960><c> and</c><00:50:34.480><c> executed</c> 00:50:34.940 --> 00:50:38.440 x just<00:50:35.260><c> as</c><00:50:35.500><c> Jesus</c><00:50:35.880><c> was</c><00:50:36.500><c> three</c><00:50:37.019><c> days</c><00:50:37.300><c> earlier.</c> 00:50:39.739 --> 00:50:43.199 x And<00:50:40.179><c> what</c><00:50:40.260><c> do</c><00:50:40.400><c> we</c><00:50:40.619><c> see</c><00:50:40.940><c> after</c><00:50:41.840><c> the</c><00:50:42.179><c> resurrection?</c> 00:50:43.460 --> 00:50:47.820 x After<00:50:43.980><c> these</c><00:50:44.260><c> men</c><00:50:44.980><c> witness</c><00:50:45.559><c> and</c><00:50:46.219><c> touch</c><00:50:46.639><c> Jesus</c> 00:50:47.619 --> 00:50:51.659 x and<00:50:47.920><c> see</c><00:50:48.380><c> Jesus</c><00:50:48.820><c> have</c><00:50:49.099><c> a</c><00:50:49.380><c> meal</c><00:50:49.559><c> with</c><00:50:49.840><c> them</c><00:50:50.039><c> and</c><00:50:50.320><c> the</c><00:50:50.679><c> food</c><00:50:50.980><c> remains.</c> 00:50:51.820 --> 00:50:54.619 x It<00:50:52.099><c> was</c><00:50:52.360><c> not</c><00:50:52.559><c> a</c><00:50:52.840><c> vision,</c><00:50:53.099><c> it</c><00:50:53.400><c> actually</c><00:50:54.000><c> happened.</c> 00:50:55.059 --> 00:50:58.219 x And<00:50:55.360><c> of</c><00:50:55.519><c> course,</c><00:50:55.679><c> what</c><00:50:55.860><c> we</c><00:50:56.179><c> see,</c><00:50:56.800><c> brothers</c><00:50:56.940><c> and</c><00:50:57.239><c> sisters,</c> 00:50:58.340 --> 00:51:00.480 x are<00:50:58.639><c> changed</c><00:50:59.260><c> lives.</c> 00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:02.960 x These<00:51:01.199><c> men</c><00:51:01.380><c> were</c><00:51:01.599><c> no</c><00:51:01.920><c> longer</c><00:51:02.420><c> fearful.</c> 00:51:03.460 --> 00:51:06.800 x These<00:51:03.780><c> men</c><00:51:03.980><c> would</c><00:51:04.199><c> go</c><00:51:04.679><c> and</c><00:51:05.179><c> put</c><00:51:05.320><c> in</c><00:51:05.500><c> the</c><00:51:05.780><c> same</c><00:51:06.099><c> circumstance,</c> 00:51:06.900 --> 00:51:11.219 x if<00:51:07.039><c> given</c><00:51:07.239><c> a</c><00:51:07.539><c> second</c><00:51:07.739><c> chance,</c><00:51:08.119><c> they</c><00:51:08.380><c> would</c><00:51:09.059><c> proclaim</c><00:51:09.920><c> Jesus</c> 00:51:11.480 --> 00:51:14.280 x as<00:51:11.800><c> the</c><00:51:12.059><c> Messiah,</c><00:51:13.059><c> not</c><00:51:13.519><c> to</c><00:51:13.719><c> be</c><00:51:13.960><c> fearful</c> 00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:17.619 x because<00:51:14.599><c> they</c><00:51:14.860><c> knew</c><00:51:15.079><c> that</c><00:51:15.380><c> if</c><00:51:15.579><c> they</c><00:51:15.900><c> were</c><00:51:16.059><c> put</c><00:51:16.280><c> to</c><00:51:16.559><c> death,</c> 00:51:18.239 --> 00:51:21.099 x just<00:51:18.559><c> as</c><00:51:18.820><c> Jesus</c><00:51:19.280><c> was</c><00:51:19.579><c> raised</c><00:51:19.840><c> from</c><00:51:20.079><c> the</c><00:51:20.280><c> dead,</c> 00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:24.300 x so<00:51:21.619><c> too</c><00:51:22.019><c> would</c><00:51:22.340><c> they</c><00:51:22.599><c> be</c><00:51:22.840><c> raised</c><00:51:23.079><c> from</c><00:51:23.320><c> the</c><00:51:23.519><c> dead.</c> 00:51:24.320 --> 00:51:29.000 x And<00:51:24.639><c> they</c><00:51:24.780><c> were</c><00:51:25.000><c> therefore</c><00:51:25.679><c> able</c><00:51:26.219><c> to</c><00:51:26.860><c> live</c><00:51:27.119><c> lives</c><00:51:27.579><c> of</c><00:51:27.920><c> courage.</c> 00:51:29.179 --> 00:51:34.780 x They<00:51:29.340><c> were</c><00:51:29.579><c> able</c><00:51:29.780><c> to</c><00:51:30.820><c> live</c><00:51:31.340><c> lives</c><00:51:31.900><c> without</c><00:51:32.599><c> fear</c><00:51:33.219><c> of</c><00:51:33.840><c> death</c> 00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:39.579 x because<00:51:36.039><c> they</c><00:51:36.679><c> knew</c><00:51:37.000><c> that</c><00:51:37.679><c> God</c><00:51:38.000><c> raised</c><00:51:38.380><c> Jesus</c><00:51:38.800><c> from</c><00:51:39.079><c> the</c><00:51:39.280><c> dead</c> 00:51:39.579 --> 00:51:42.039 x and<00:51:40.099><c> he</c><00:51:40.260><c> will</c><00:51:40.500><c> raise</c><00:51:40.820><c> me</c><00:51:41.179><c> too.</c> 00:51:42.030 --> 00:51:45.360 x And<00:51:42.360><c> so</c><00:51:42.599><c> they</c><00:51:42.820><c> were</c><00:51:43.000><c> able</c><00:51:43.179><c> to</c><00:51:43.559><c> conclude</c><00:51:43.920><c> it</c><00:51:44.119><c> is</c><00:51:44.420><c> true,</c> 00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:47.760 x the<00:51:45.760><c> Lord</c><00:51:46.159><c> is</c><00:51:47.000><c> risen.</c>