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poem<00:35:47.190><c> called</c>

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which<00:36:17.369><c> Paul</c><00:36:17.789><c> himself</c><00:36:18.469><c> is</c>

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weep<00:36:44.630><c> to</c><00:36:45.070><c> Stephen</c><00:36:45.469><c> and</c><00:36:46.449><c> to</c>

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you<00:36:47.750><c> now</c><00:36:49.530><c> just</c><00:36:49.789><c> ignoring</c><00:36:50.309><c> the</c><00:36:50.690><c> heavenly</c><00:36:51.030><c> places</c><00:36:51.630><c> and</c><00:36:52.650><c> interpreting</c><00:36:53.230><c> that</c><00:36:53.590><c> in</c><00:36:53.789><c> the</c>

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arrested<00:37:09.150><c> and</c><00:37:10.329><c> executed</c><00:37:11.090><c> and</c><00:37:14.710><c> it's</c><00:37:14.909><c> quite</c><00:37:15.110><c> possible</c><00:37:16.070><c> that</c>

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were<00:37:24.769><c> flying</c><00:37:25.130><c> towards</c><00:37:25.570><c> his</c>

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head<00:37:26.510><c> and</c><00:37:28.489><c> Stephen</c><00:37:28.750><c> certainly</c><00:37:29.210><c> wasn't</c><00:37:29.530><c> to</c><00:37:29.849><c> know</c><00:37:30.530><c> that</c><00:37:31.289><c> Saul</c>

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