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Who<00:16:56.320><c> would</c><00:16:56.740><c> accompany</c><00:16:57.220><c> Paul</c><00:16:57.600><c> and</c><00:16:57.799><c> Barnabas</c><00:16:58.220><c> to</c><00:16:58.440><c> Antioch?</c>

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Who<00:17:01.720><c> should</c><00:17:01.899><c> be</c><00:17:02.139><c> selected</c><00:17:02.559><c> to</c><00:17:02.940><c> handle</c><00:17:03.220><c> the</c><00:17:03.700><c> daily</c><00:17:04.240><c> ministrations</c><00:17:05.000><c> to</c><00:17:05.299><c> the</c>

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Grecian<00:17:05.799><c> widows?</c>

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