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soldiers<00:12:04.299><c> to</c><00:12:04.879><c> smuggle</c><00:12:05.200><c> Jesus</c><00:12:05.580><c> out</c><00:12:05.820><c> of</c><00:12:05.940><c> one</c><00:12:06.080><c> of</c><00:12:06.179><c> the</c><00:12:06.399><c> side</c><00:12:06.659><c> gates</c><00:12:06.879><c> of</c>

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about<00:12:18.580><c> it.</c><00:12:19.799><c> But</c><00:12:20.000><c> if</c><00:12:20.139><c> that</c><00:12:20.419><c> was</c><00:12:20.720><c> what</c><00:12:20.960><c> he</c><00:12:21.159><c> had</c><00:12:21.360><c> in</c><00:12:21.679><c> mind</c>

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the<00:12:22.720><c> move</c><00:12:23.059><c> was</c><00:12:23.399><c> detected</c><00:12:24.019><c> or</c><00:12:24.399><c> at</c><00:12:24.500><c> least</c><00:12:24.799><c> anticipated</c><00:12:25.840><c> by</c><00:12:26.500><c> the</c>

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chief<00:12:27.000><c> priests.</c><00:12:27.600><c> For</c><00:12:27.700><c> the</c><00:12:27.820><c> narrative</c><00:12:28.220><c> goes</c><00:12:28.559><c> on</c><00:12:28.860><c> to</c>

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say<00:12:29.379><c> in</c><00:12:29.620><c> verse</c><00:12:29.980><c> 12</c><00:12:30.799><c> the</c><00:12:31.519><c> Jews</c><00:12:31.879><c> cried</c><00:12:32.360><c> out</c><00:12:32.799><c> saying</c><00:12:33.200><c> if</c><00:12:33.840><c> thou</c><00:12:34.340><c> let</c>

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this<00:12:35.220><c> man</c><00:12:35.559><c> go</c><00:12:36.019><c> thou</c><00:12:36.320><c> art</c><00:12:36.679><c> not</c><00:12:37.159><c> Caesar's</c><00:12:37.960><c> friend</c>

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whosoever<00:12:40.179><c> maketh</c><00:12:40.440><c> himself</c><00:12:41.100><c> a</c><00:12:41.500><c> king</c><00:12:41.899><c> speaketh</c><00:12:42.659><c> against</c><00:12:43.360><c> Caesar.</c><00:12:45.600><c> And</c>

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that<00:12:46.419><c> went</c><00:12:46.840><c> right</c><00:12:47.519><c> home.</c>

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well<00:12:55.240><c> they'd</c><00:12:55.580><c> lost.</c><00:12:56.759><c> But</c><00:12:56.960><c> it</c><00:12:57.240><c> didn't</c><00:12:57.600><c> fail.</c><00:12:59.419><c> Thou</c><00:12:59.679><c> art</c><00:13:00.139><c> not</c><00:13:00.840><c> Caesar's</c><00:13:01.679><c> friend.</c><00:13:03.039><c> And</c><00:13:03.500><c> no</c>

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man<00:13:04.240><c> brethren</c><00:13:04.940><c> holding</c>

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a<00:13:06.039><c> high</c><00:13:06.259><c> office</c><00:13:06.620><c> in</c><00:13:06.820><c> the</c><00:13:06.940><c> Roman</c><00:13:07.299><c> Empire</c><00:13:07.740><c> at</c><00:13:07.980><c> that</c><00:13:08.220><c> time</c><00:13:08.440><c> in</c><00:13:08.679><c> history</c><00:13:08.960><c> could</c><00:13:09.200><c> afford</c><00:13:09.759><c> to</c>

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Verse<00:13:19.720><c> 13</c><00:13:20.620><c> when</c><00:13:22.039><c> Pilate</c><00:13:22.639><c> therefore</c><00:13:23.279><c> heard</c><00:13:23.759><c> that</c><00:13:24.279><c> saying</c><00:13:24.799><c> he</c>

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brought<00:13:26.960><c> Jesus</c><00:13:27.379><c> forth</c><00:13:27.700><c> and</c><00:13:27.879><c> sat</c><00:13:28.080><c> down</c><00:13:28.379><c> in</c><00:13:28.580><c> the</c><00:13:28.799><c> judgment</c>

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was<00:13:39.379><c> about</c><00:13:39.580><c> to</c><00:13:39.740><c> be</c><00:13:39.980><c> formally</c><00:13:40.360><c> pronounced.</c>

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which<00:13:56.320><c> abound</c><00:13:56.820><c> in</c><00:13:57.039><c> John's</c><00:13:57.480><c> Gospel.</c><00:13:58.340><c> It</c><00:13:58.679><c> was</c>

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the<00:13:59.919><c> preparation</c><00:13:59.919><c> of</c><00:14:00.360><c> the</c><00:14:00.639><c> Passover.</c><00:14:01.820><c> That</c><00:14:02.000><c> is</c><00:14:02.179><c> to</c><00:14:02.320><c> say</c><00:14:02.500><c> the</c>

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everything<00:14:06.179><c> was</c><00:14:06.480><c> made</c><00:14:06.860><c> ready.</c><00:14:07.960><c> That's</c><00:14:08.220><c> what</c><00:14:08.440><c> the</c><00:14:08.679><c> term</c><00:14:08.879><c> meant</c>

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bondage<00:14:21.460><c> and</c><00:14:21.580><c> destruction.</c><00:14:23.440><c> That</c><00:14:23.759><c> lamb</c><00:14:24.379><c> was</c><00:14:25.179><c> about</c><00:14:25.500><c> to</c><00:14:25.659><c> be</c><00:14:25.879><c> slain.</c><00:14:28.120><c> And</c><00:14:28.179><c> as</c>

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Pilate<00:14:28.720><c> was</c><00:14:28.899><c> about</c><00:14:29.240><c> to</c><00:14:29.399><c> pronounce</c>

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sentence<00:14:30.500><c> from</c><00:14:30.720><c> his</c><00:14:31.000><c> judgment</c><00:14:31.320><c> seat.</c><00:14:32.840><c> He</c><00:14:32.879><c> said</c><00:14:33.419><c> most</c><00:14:33.980><c> appropriately</c><00:14:34.659><c> to</c><00:14:34.919><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:14:35.759><c> behold</c><00:14:37.460><c> your</c><00:14:38.460><c> king.</c>

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But<00:14:47.740><c> he</c><00:14:47.840><c> had</c><00:14:48.019><c> spoken</c><00:14:48.360><c> the</c><00:14:48.620><c> truth.</c><00:14:50.240><c> He</c><00:14:50.360><c> had</c><00:14:50.460><c> given</c><00:14:50.679><c> his</c><00:14:51.000><c> testimony</c><00:14:51.440><c> without</c>

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realizing<00:14:52.460><c> it.</c>

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portions<00:15:01.000><c> of</c><00:15:01.220><c> the</c><00:15:01.399><c> Gospels.</c><00:15:02.720><c> How</c><00:15:03.179><c> everything</c><00:15:03.980><c> that</c><00:15:04.399><c> happens</c>

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fact.<00:15:20.059><c> Often</c><00:15:20.399><c> quite</c><00:15:20.899><c> unwittingly</c><00:15:22.080><c> that</c><00:15:22.580><c> this</c><00:15:22.940><c> man</c>

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crucify<00:15:42.299><c> your</c><00:15:42.899><c> king.</c>

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him.<00:21:35.670><c> On</c><00:21:35.930><c> him</c><00:21:36.289><c> they</c><00:21:36.670><c> laid</c><00:21:36.970><c> the</c><00:21:37.390><c> cross</c><00:21:37.650><c> that</c><00:21:37.829><c> he</c><00:21:38.049><c> might</c><00:21:38.369><c> bear</c><00:21:38.710><c> it</c>

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burden<00:22:08.509><c> Jesus</c><00:22:09.289><c> forward.</c><00:22:11.329><c> And</c><00:22:11.490><c> I</c><00:22:11.529><c> think</c><00:22:11.710><c> that's</c><00:22:12.029><c> how</c><00:22:12.289><c> we</c><00:22:12.529><c> should</c><00:22:13.170><c> harmonize</c><00:22:13.950><c> these</c><00:22:14.309><c> details.</c>

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sisters<00:22:22.769><c> that</c><00:22:22.970><c> Jesus</c><00:22:23.289><c> must</c><00:22:23.569><c> have</c><00:22:23.710><c> been</c><00:22:23.869><c> very</c><00:22:24.390><c> close</c><00:22:24.670><c> to</c><00:22:24.890><c> a</c><00:22:25.109><c> state</c><00:22:25.329><c> of</c>

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villages<00:23:02.609><c> each.</c><00:23:04.609><c> That</c><00:23:04.970><c> means</c><00:23:05.309><c> that</c><00:23:05.569><c> into</c><00:23:05.849><c> more</c><00:23:06.150><c> than</c><00:23:06.470><c> 100</c><00:23:07.210><c> of</c>

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addition<00:23:42.450><c> Jesus</c><00:23:42.869><c> made</c><00:23:43.150><c> several</c><00:23:43.549><c> special</c><00:23:43.890><c> journeys</c>

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ministry<00:24:22.930><c> before</c><00:24:23.490><c> he</c><00:24:23.670><c> had</c><00:24:23.809><c> even</c><00:24:24.130><c> set</c><00:24:24.369><c> out</c><00:24:24.589><c> on</c><00:24:24.750><c> this</c><00:24:25.009><c> last</c><00:24:25.329><c> major</c><00:24:25.670><c> campaign.</c><00:24:26.670><c> Do</c>

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you<00:24:26.809><c> remember</c><00:24:26.970><c> what</c><00:24:27.190><c> the</c><00:24:27.349><c> Jews</c><00:24:27.529><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:24:28.230><c> said</c><00:24:28.529><c> to</c><00:24:28.730><c> him?</c><00:24:29.529><c> Highly</c><00:24:29.990><c> significant.</c><00:24:32.170><c> They</c><00:24:32.390><c> said</c>

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to<00:24:32.670><c> him,</c><00:24:32.789><c> thou</c><00:24:33.009><c> art</c><00:24:33.369><c> not</c><00:24:33.549><c> yet</c><00:24:33.910><c> 50</c><00:24:34.390><c> years</c><00:24:34.910><c> old</c><00:24:35.190><c> and</c>

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hast<00:24:35.670><c> thou</c><00:24:35.930><c> seen</c><00:24:36.170><c> Abraham?</c><00:24:38.609><c> Imagine</c><00:24:39.109><c> a</c><00:24:39.329><c> man</c><00:24:39.529><c> of</c><00:24:39.710><c> just</c><00:24:39.950><c> over</c><00:24:40.309><c> 30</c>

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being<00:24:41.250><c> mistaken</c><00:24:41.970><c> for</c><00:24:42.250><c> a</c><00:24:42.430><c> man</c><00:24:42.609><c> of</c><00:24:42.890><c> 50.</c>

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That<00:24:45.210><c> verse</c><00:24:45.450><c> tells</c><00:24:45.750><c> a</c><00:24:45.990><c> story</c><00:24:46.210><c> on</c><00:24:46.410><c> its</c><00:24:46.650><c> own</c><00:24:46.809><c> doesn't</c><00:24:47.089><c> it,</c><00:24:47.410><c> brothers</c><00:24:47.549><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:24:48.049><c> That</c><00:24:48.309><c> verse</c><00:24:48.890><c> speaks</c><00:24:49.450><c> volumes.</c>

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And<00:24:51.930><c> the</c><00:24:52.049><c> fact</c><00:24:52.250><c> that</c><00:24:52.470><c> Jesus</c><00:24:52.829><c> died</c><00:24:53.150><c> on</c><00:24:53.349><c> the</c><00:24:53.549><c> cross</c><00:24:53.710><c> in</c><00:24:53.890><c> what</c>

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must<00:24:54.589><c> have</c><00:24:54.769><c> been</c><00:24:55.009><c> almost</c><00:24:55.430><c> record</c><00:24:55.970><c> time,</c>

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if<00:24:57.210><c> I</c><00:24:57.309><c> could</c><00:24:57.549><c> express</c><00:24:57.829><c> it</c><00:24:58.049><c> like</c><00:24:58.329><c> that.</c><00:24:59.750><c> For</c><00:24:59.930><c> Pilate</c><00:25:00.269><c> marveled</c>

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if<00:25:01.029><c> he</c><00:25:01.210><c> were</c><00:25:01.410><c> already</c><00:25:01.970><c> dead,</c><00:25:02.349><c> the</c><00:25:02.569><c> record</c><00:25:02.930><c> says.</c>

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Now<00:25:04.910><c> surely</c><00:25:05.089><c> that</c><00:25:05.369><c> rounds</c><00:25:05.630><c> off</c><00:25:05.890><c> the</c><00:25:06.089><c> picture</c><00:25:06.329><c> for</c><00:25:06.630><c> us.</c><00:25:08.089><c> By</c><00:25:08.410><c> the</c>

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time<00:25:08.910><c> they</c><00:25:09.250><c> nailed</c><00:25:09.769><c> our</c><00:25:10.210><c> Lord</c><00:25:10.569><c> to</c><00:25:10.789><c> that</c><00:25:11.150><c> cross</c>

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he<00:25:12.910><c> had</c><00:25:13.130><c> given</c><00:25:13.390><c> all,</c><00:25:14.869><c> everything</c><00:25:15.509><c> in</c><00:25:16.849><c> his</c><00:25:17.190><c> service</c><00:25:17.450><c> to</c><00:25:17.630><c> the</c><00:25:17.849><c> father</c>

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and<00:25:20.410><c> to</c><00:25:20.589><c> those</c><00:25:21.410><c> who</c><00:25:22.069><c> accounted</c><00:25:22.369><c> amongst</c><00:25:22.750><c> his</c><00:25:23.009><c> brethren</c><00:25:23.250><c> and</c><00:25:23.529><c> sisters.</c>

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Accordingly<00:25:26.190><c> I</c><00:25:26.230><c> think</c><00:25:26.410><c> we</c><00:25:26.509><c> can</c><00:25:26.750><c> understand</c><00:25:27.210><c> why</c><00:25:27.569><c> Jesus</c><00:25:27.970><c> was</c>

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scarcely<00:25:28.670><c> able</c><00:25:29.049><c> to</c><00:25:29.349><c> carry</c><00:25:29.569><c> his</c><00:25:29.910><c> cross</c>

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as<00:25:30.950><c> the</c><00:25:31.190><c> end</c><00:25:31.470><c> drew</c><00:25:31.730><c> nigh.</c><00:25:32.990><c> Particularly</c><00:25:33.529><c> in</c><00:25:33.809><c> view</c><00:25:33.910><c> of</c><00:25:34.109><c> the</c><00:25:34.289><c> scourging</c><00:25:34.650><c> he</c>

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had<00:25:34.950><c> just</c><00:25:35.230><c> received</c>

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and<00:25:36.329><c> why</c><00:25:36.630><c> Simon</c><00:25:36.990><c> was</c><00:25:37.230><c> brought</c><00:25:37.470><c> to</c><00:25:37.650><c> his</c><00:25:37.910><c> assistance.</c>

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Now<00:25:40.890><c> who</c><00:25:41.029><c> was</c><00:25:41.309><c> this</c><00:25:41.589><c> man,</c><00:25:42.190><c> this</c><00:25:42.470><c> Simon</c><00:25:42.730><c> of</c><00:25:42.970><c> Cyrene?</c><00:25:45.130><c> Apparently</c><00:25:45.650><c> he</c><00:25:45.950><c> was</c><00:25:46.190><c> a</c>

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Jew<00:25:46.410><c> of</c><00:25:46.609><c> the</c><00:25:46.910><c> dispersion</c>

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who<00:25:49.569><c> had</c><00:25:49.750><c> come</c><00:25:49.910><c> to</c><00:25:50.089><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:50.549><c> to</c><00:25:50.769><c> keep</c><00:25:50.950><c> the</c><00:25:51.250><c> Passover</c><00:25:51.769><c> and</c><00:25:52.869><c> here</c><00:25:53.130><c> he</c>

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was<00:25:53.589><c> entering</c><00:25:53.910><c> the</c><00:25:54.130><c> city</c><00:25:54.349><c> with</c><00:25:54.529><c> only</c><00:25:54.710><c> a</c>

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short<00:25:55.089><c> time</c><00:25:55.450><c> left</c><00:25:55.829><c> in</c><00:25:56.210><c> which</c><00:25:56.349><c> to</c><00:25:56.589><c> purchase</c><00:25:56.890><c> his</c><00:25:57.210><c> lamb</c><00:25:57.529><c> and</c><00:25:58.029><c> make</c><00:25:58.250><c> all</c>

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the<00:25:58.609><c> other</c><00:25:58.769><c> necessary</c><00:25:59.210><c> arrangements</c><00:25:59.769><c> for</c><00:26:00.029><c> the</c>

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feast.<00:26:01.869><c> And</c><00:26:02.150><c> you</c><00:26:02.230><c> can</c><00:26:02.430><c> imagine</c><00:26:02.809><c> this</c><00:26:03.109><c> man's</c><00:26:03.769><c> exasperation,</c>

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his<00:26:04.910><c> irritation</c><00:26:05.670><c> in</c><00:26:06.210><c> being</c><00:26:06.470><c> unexpectedly</c>

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pressed<00:26:07.650><c> into</c><00:26:07.930><c> service</c><00:26:08.309><c> by</c><00:26:08.569><c> a</c><00:26:08.650><c> Roman</c><00:26:08.990><c> soldier.</c><00:26:09.809><c> Here</c><00:26:10.130><c> you</c><00:26:10.910><c> come</c><00:26:11.269><c> this</c><00:26:11.490><c> way</c>

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and<00:26:11.970><c> help</c><00:26:12.190><c> this</c><00:26:12.470><c> man,</c>

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help<00:26:14.230><c> with</c><00:26:14.430><c> this</c><00:26:14.690><c> cross.</c><00:26:16.309><c> There</c><00:26:16.490><c> was</c><00:26:16.630><c> no</c><00:26:16.809><c> arguing</c><00:26:17.150><c> about</c><00:26:17.529><c> it,</c>

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he<00:26:17.990><c> simply</c><00:26:18.430><c> had</c><00:26:18.710><c> to</c><00:26:18.950><c> do</c><00:26:19.109><c> it.</c><00:26:20.630><c> And</c><00:26:21.029><c> so</c><00:26:21.289><c> he</c><00:26:21.490><c> was</c><00:26:21.829><c> snatched</c>

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away<00:26:22.650><c> from</c><00:26:22.970><c> an</c><00:26:23.190><c> observance</c><00:26:23.589><c> of</c><00:26:23.789><c> the</c><00:26:23.970><c> law</c><00:26:24.130><c> of</c><00:26:24.390><c> Moses</c><00:26:24.849><c> to</c><00:26:25.710><c> follow</c>

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Christ.<00:26:27.970><c> There's</c><00:26:28.289><c> surely</c><00:26:28.569><c> a</c><00:26:28.710><c> lesson</c><00:26:28.950><c> in</c><00:26:29.130><c> that</c>

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for<00:26:29.509><c> us.</c><00:26:31.670><c> And</c><00:26:31.849><c> Peter</c><00:26:32.130><c> has</c><00:26:32.410><c> a</c><00:26:32.549><c> very</c><00:26:33.049><c> expressive</c><00:26:33.509><c> phrase</c><00:26:34.089><c> in</c><00:26:34.250><c> his</c>

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first<00:26:34.809><c> epistle</c><00:26:35.130><c> when</c><00:26:35.329><c> he</c><00:26:35.509><c> speaks</c><00:26:35.849><c> of</c><00:26:36.109><c> Christ</c>

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leaving<00:26:37.509><c> us</c><00:26:38.009><c> an</c><00:26:38.309><c> example</c><00:26:39.049><c> that</c><00:26:40.069><c> we</c><00:26:40.269><c> should</c><00:26:40.589><c> follow</c><00:26:41.269><c> his</c><00:26:42.109><c> steps.</c><00:26:44.069><c> And</c>

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here<00:26:44.450><c> is</c><00:26:44.710><c> Simon</c><00:26:44.990><c> of</c><00:26:45.250><c> Cyrene</c><00:26:45.690><c> leaving</c><00:26:46.089><c> us</c>

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an<00:26:46.549><c> example</c><00:26:46.930><c> as</c><00:26:47.369><c> to</c><00:26:47.369><c> how</c><00:26:47.730><c> we</c><00:26:47.970><c> should</c><00:26:48.250><c> follow</c><00:26:48.869><c> his</c><00:26:49.250><c> steps.</c><00:26:50.549><c> And</c>

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we<00:26:50.809><c> see</c><00:26:50.970><c> that</c><00:26:51.109><c> it</c><00:26:51.269><c> involves</c><00:26:51.710><c> taking</c><00:26:52.069><c> up</c><00:26:52.410><c> a</c><00:26:52.569><c> cross,</c>

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it<00:26:53.750><c> involves</c><00:26:54.210><c> shouldering</c><00:26:54.849><c> a</c><00:26:55.089><c> burden</c><00:26:55.589><c> and</c><00:26:56.509><c> following</c><00:26:56.890><c> the</c><00:26:57.170><c> master</c><00:26:57.869><c> closely,</c><00:26:59.309><c> in</c>

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fact<00:26:59.690><c> right</c><00:27:00.210><c> behind</c><00:27:00.869><c> him,</c>

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step<00:27:02.250><c> for</c><00:27:02.970><c> step.</c><00:27:05.450><c> And</c><00:27:05.650><c> earlier</c><00:27:05.869><c> in</c><00:27:05.970><c> his</c><00:27:06.250><c> ministry</c><00:27:06.589><c> Jesus</c><00:27:07.009><c> had</c><00:27:07.289><c> said,</c>

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whosoever<00:27:08.769><c> shall</c><00:27:09.029><c> compel</c><00:27:09.609><c> thee</c><00:27:09.849><c> to</c><00:27:09.950><c> go</c><00:27:10.190><c> a</c><00:27:10.369><c> mile,</c><00:27:11.369><c> go</c><00:27:11.609><c> with</c><00:27:11.849><c> him</c>

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twain.<00:27:14.130><c> And</c><00:27:14.369><c> that</c><00:27:14.549><c> word</c><00:27:14.750><c> Jesus</c><00:27:15.190><c> used</c><00:27:15.490><c> in</c><00:27:15.630><c> that</c>

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context<00:27:16.970><c> applies</c><00:27:17.690><c> to</c><00:27:18.049><c> this</c><00:27:18.390><c> compulsion</c><00:27:19.170><c> that</c><00:27:20.150><c> a</c><00:27:20.269><c> Roman</c><00:27:20.670><c> soldier</c><00:27:21.170><c> could</c>

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lay<00:27:21.710><c> upon</c><00:27:21.970><c> any</c><00:27:22.210><c> member</c><00:27:22.490><c> of</c><00:27:22.710><c> a</c><00:27:22.829><c> subject</c>

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race.<00:27:24.730><c> And</c><00:27:24.970><c> here</c><00:27:25.109><c> it</c><00:27:25.349><c> happened</c><00:27:25.529><c> to</c><00:27:25.789><c> Simon</c><00:27:26.029><c> quite</c><00:27:26.410><c> literally.</c>

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He<00:27:27.529><c> was</c><00:27:27.789><c> compelled</c><00:27:28.309><c> to</c><00:27:28.569><c> go</c><00:27:28.750><c> a</c><00:27:29.009><c> mile</c><00:27:29.170><c> with</c><00:27:29.450><c> Jesus.</c>

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We<00:27:31.930><c> have</c><00:27:32.089><c> very</c><00:27:32.410><c> good</c><00:27:32.630><c> reason</c><00:27:32.950><c> for</c><00:27:33.210><c> believing</c><00:27:33.589><c> that</c><00:27:33.829><c> he</c><00:27:34.029><c> also</c>

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went<00:27:34.750><c> with</c><00:27:34.970><c> him</c>

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twain,<00:27:37.049><c> that</c><00:27:37.230><c> he</c><00:27:37.410><c> went</c><00:27:37.650><c> with</c><00:27:37.930><c> him</c><00:27:38.450><c> that</c><00:27:38.829><c> second</c><00:27:39.269><c> mile.</c><00:27:40.849><c> In</c><00:27:41.170><c> fact,</c><00:27:42.289><c> I</c>

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believe<00:27:42.730><c> that</c><00:27:42.890><c> he</c><00:27:42.990><c> went</c><00:27:43.210><c> with</c><00:27:43.470><c> him</c><00:27:44.130><c> for</c><00:27:44.529><c> life.</c>

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By<00:27:46.569><c> subsequently</c><00:27:47.170><c> becoming</c><00:27:47.589><c> a</c><00:27:47.789><c> disciple.</c><00:27:49.829><c> Because</c><00:27:49.849><c> Mark</c><00:27:50.150><c> records</c><00:27:50.869><c> that</c><00:27:51.230><c> Simon</c><00:27:51.529><c> of</c>

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Cyrene<00:27:52.190><c> was</c><00:27:52.390><c> the</c><00:27:52.670><c> father</c><00:27:52.990><c> of</c>

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Alexander<00:27:54.069><c> and</c><00:27:54.470><c> Rufus.</c><00:27:56.309><c> And</c><00:27:56.450><c> as</c><00:27:56.549><c> we</c><00:27:56.710><c> mentioned</c><00:27:56.970><c> in</c><00:27:57.230><c> the</c><00:27:57.549><c> opening</c><00:27:57.970><c> study</c>

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in<00:27:58.529><c> this</c><00:27:58.750><c> series,</c><00:27:59.690><c> these</c><00:27:59.809><c> details</c><00:28:00.450><c> were</c>

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probably<00:28:01.609><c> included</c><00:28:02.130><c> because</c><00:28:02.730><c> the</c><00:28:03.049><c> people</c><00:28:03.369><c> named</c><00:28:03.849><c> were</c><00:28:04.109><c> known</c>

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to<00:28:04.750><c> the</c><00:28:04.930><c> readers</c><00:28:05.210><c> of</c><00:28:05.450><c> the</c><00:28:05.589><c> gospel</c><00:28:05.930><c> in</c><00:28:06.190><c> the</c><00:28:06.349><c> early</c>

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church.<00:28:08.650><c> Because</c><00:28:09.049><c> they</c><00:28:09.230><c> were</c><00:28:09.450><c> disciples</c><00:28:10.069><c> that</c><00:28:10.349><c> were</c><00:28:10.609><c> known</c>

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amongst<00:28:11.730><c> the</c><00:28:11.930><c> believers</c><00:28:12.190><c> in</c><00:28:12.390><c> the</c><00:28:12.509><c> first</c><00:28:12.710><c> century.</c>

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And<00:28:14.289><c> if</c><00:28:14.430><c> you</c><00:28:14.569><c> take</c><00:28:14.789><c> a</c><00:28:15.029><c> concordance</c><00:28:15.450><c> and</c><00:28:15.609><c> trace</c><00:28:16.190><c> the</c><00:28:16.690><c> names</c><00:28:16.869><c> of</c>

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this<00:28:17.230><c> family</c><00:28:17.569><c> through</c><00:28:17.789><c> the</c><00:28:17.910><c> book</c><00:28:18.029><c> of</c><00:28:18.230><c> Acts</c>

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and<00:28:18.589><c> the</c><00:28:18.730><c> epistles</c><00:28:18.990><c> of</c><00:28:19.210><c> Paul,</c><00:28:19.549><c> I</c><00:28:19.589><c> think</c><00:28:19.750><c> you'll</c><00:28:20.009><c> find</c><00:28:20.230><c> evidence</c><00:28:20.549><c> to</c><00:28:20.809><c> suggest</c><00:28:21.150><c> that</c>

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the<00:28:21.609><c> whole</c><00:28:21.930><c> family,</c>

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including<00:28:23.670><c> the</c><00:28:23.930><c> mother</c><00:28:24.150><c> of</c><00:28:24.369><c> the</c><00:28:24.529><c> two</c><00:28:24.750><c> boys,</c><00:28:25.789><c> later</c><00:28:26.089><c> became</c><00:28:26.549><c> members</c><00:28:27.170><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:27.849><c> body</c><00:28:28.190><c> of</c><00:28:28.390><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:28:30.329><c> if</c><00:28:30.430><c> this</c><00:28:30.710><c> be</c><00:28:30.950><c> true,</c><00:28:32.910><c> how</c><00:28:33.170><c> Simon</c><00:28:33.589><c> of</c><00:28:33.829><c> Cyrene</c><00:28:34.190><c> must</c><00:28:34.529><c> have</c><00:28:34.690><c> looked</c><00:28:34.890><c> back</c><00:28:35.210><c> in</c>

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later<00:28:35.710><c> years</c>

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to<00:28:37.210><c> bless</c><00:28:37.509><c> the</c><00:28:37.730><c> day</c><00:28:37.890><c> that</c><00:28:38.049><c> he</c><00:28:38.170><c> was</c><00:28:38.410><c> singled</c><00:28:38.769><c> out</c><00:28:39.009><c> to</c><00:28:39.170><c> help</c><00:28:39.390><c> Jesus</c><00:28:39.849><c> of</c>

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Nazareth<00:28:40.930><c> bear</c><00:28:41.390><c> his</c><00:28:41.710><c> cross.</c><00:28:42.369><c> Even</c><00:28:42.869><c> though</c>

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he<00:28:43.250><c> had</c><00:28:43.329><c> been</c><00:28:43.630><c> exasperated</c><00:28:44.410><c> at</c><00:28:44.609><c> the</c><00:28:44.789><c> time.</c><00:28:47.150><c> How</c><00:28:47.670><c> unsearchable</c>

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brethren<00:28:49.049><c> are</c><00:28:49.390><c> the</c><00:28:49.589><c> father's</c><00:28:50.130><c> ways</c>

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in<00:28:51.369><c> choosing</c><00:28:51.650><c> men</c><00:28:51.910><c> and</c><00:28:52.029><c> women</c><00:28:52.309><c> for</c><00:28:52.470><c> his</c><00:28:52.789><c> kingdom.</c><00:28:53.950><c> We</c><00:28:54.049><c> have</c><00:28:54.150><c> a</c>

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most<00:28:54.609><c> interesting</c><00:28:55.130><c> example</c><00:28:55.670><c> here</c><00:28:56.250><c> in</c><00:28:56.789><c> the</c><00:28:57.109><c> call</c><00:28:57.509><c> of</c><00:28:58.329><c> Simon.</c>

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But<00:29:02.049><c> Simon</c><00:29:02.210><c> was</c><00:29:02.410><c> not</c><00:29:02.630><c> alone</c><00:29:02.950><c> in</c><00:29:03.250><c> following</c><00:29:03.529><c> Jesus</c><00:29:03.990><c> that</c><00:29:04.329><c> day.</c>

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If<00:29:04.930><c> you</c><00:29:05.049><c> look</c><00:29:05.289><c> at</c><00:29:05.430><c> Luke</c><00:29:05.630><c> 23</c><00:29:06.289><c> verse</c><00:29:06.650><c> 27,</c>

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there<00:29:09.470><c> followed</c><00:29:09.930><c> him</c><00:29:10.430><c> a</c><00:29:10.750><c> great</c><00:29:11.150><c> company</c><00:29:11.670><c> of</c><00:29:12.009><c> people</c><00:29:12.490><c> and</c><00:29:12.730><c> of</c>

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women<00:29:13.329><c> which</c><00:29:13.730><c> also</c><00:29:14.329><c> bewailed</c><00:29:15.049><c> and</c><00:29:15.410><c> lamented</c><00:29:15.950><c> him.</c>

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And<00:29:17.509><c> these</c><00:29:17.609><c> were</c><00:29:17.809><c> not</c><00:29:18.009><c> disciples</c><00:29:18.609><c> as</c><00:29:18.829><c> the</c><00:29:19.009><c> words</c><00:29:19.210><c> which</c><00:29:19.529><c> follow</c><00:29:19.809><c> show.</c>

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But<00:29:21.430><c> out</c><00:29:21.630><c> of</c><00:29:21.869><c> sheer</c><00:29:22.130><c> pity,</c>

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they<00:29:23.529><c> couldn't</c><00:29:23.869><c> help</c><00:29:24.190><c> but</c><00:29:24.509><c> lament</c><00:29:24.950><c> this</c><00:29:25.349><c> man</c><00:29:25.809><c> struggling</c><00:29:26.349><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:26.930><c> place</c><00:29:27.170><c> of</c><00:29:27.349><c> his</c><00:29:27.609><c> execution.</c>

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But<00:29:30.109><c> despite</c><00:29:30.569><c> his</c><00:29:30.950><c> wretched</c><00:29:31.289><c> condition,</c><00:29:32.589><c> Jesus</c><00:29:33.109><c> thought</c><00:29:33.509><c> not</c>

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of<00:29:34.089><c> himself</c><00:29:34.789><c> but</c><00:29:35.069><c> of</c><00:29:35.349><c> them.</c>

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Jesus<00:29:37.910><c> turning</c><00:29:38.430><c> unto</c><00:29:38.690><c> them</c><00:29:38.990><c> said,</c><00:29:39.390><c> Daughters</c><00:29:39.869><c> of</c><00:29:40.150><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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weep<00:29:41.650><c> not</c><00:29:41.869><c> for</c><00:29:42.049><c> me,</c><00:29:42.529><c> but</c><00:29:42.710><c> weep</c><00:29:43.029><c> for</c><00:29:43.170><c> yourselves</c>

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and<00:29:44.109><c> for</c><00:29:44.329><c> your</c><00:29:44.589><c> children.</c><00:29:45.890><c> For</c><00:29:46.049><c> behold</c><00:29:46.509><c> the</c><00:29:46.710><c> days</c><00:29:47.069><c> are</c><00:29:47.329><c> coming,</c><00:29:48.289><c> in</c><00:29:48.529><c> the</c>

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which<00:29:48.849><c> they</c><00:29:49.150><c> shall</c><00:29:49.390><c> say,</c><00:29:50.029><c> blessed</c><00:29:50.430><c> are</c>

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the<00:29:50.950><c> barren,</c><00:29:51.849><c> and</c><00:29:52.049><c> the</c><00:29:52.289><c> wombs</c><00:29:52.650><c> that</c><00:29:52.910><c> never</c><00:29:53.289><c> bear,</c><00:29:54.109><c> and</c><00:29:54.250><c> the</c>

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paps<00:29:54.730><c> which</c><00:29:54.990><c> never</c><00:29:55.309><c> gave</c><00:29:55.650><c> suck.</c><00:29:57.089><c> Then</c><00:29:57.410><c> shall</c><00:29:57.569><c> they</c><00:29:57.769><c> begin</c>

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us.<00:30:03.289><c> These</c><00:30:03.630><c> are</c><00:30:03.769><c> grim</c><00:30:03.950><c> words,</c><00:30:04.549><c> brethren</c>

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sisters.<00:30:06.170><c> But</c><00:30:06.390><c> how</c><00:30:06.630><c> could</c><00:30:06.930><c> Jesus</c><00:30:07.309><c> remain</c><00:30:07.730><c> silent</c><00:30:08.170><c> in</c><00:30:08.329><c> the</c><00:30:08.470><c> face</c><00:30:08.630><c> of</c>

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this<00:30:08.970><c> awful</c><00:30:09.430><c> prospect</c><00:30:10.009><c> which</c><00:30:10.509><c> he</c><00:30:10.690><c> knew</c><00:30:10.910><c> was</c>

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bound<00:30:11.609><c> to</c><00:30:11.789><c> come</c><00:30:12.009><c> upon</c><00:30:12.349><c> them?</c><00:30:13.630><c> He</c><00:30:13.809><c> had</c><00:30:13.950><c> come</c><00:30:14.170><c> to</c><00:30:14.250><c> them</c><00:30:14.430><c> in</c><00:30:14.549><c> effect</c><00:30:14.849><c> saying,</c><00:30:15.250><c> yet</c>

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forty<00:30:15.910><c> years</c><00:30:16.349><c> and</c><00:30:16.549><c> Jerusalem</c>

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shall<00:30:17.230><c> be</c><00:30:17.450><c> overthrown.</c><00:30:19.490><c> They</c><00:30:19.829><c> had</c><00:30:20.029><c> rejected</c><00:30:20.410><c> his</c><00:30:20.750><c> word</c><00:30:21.309><c> and</c><00:30:22.750><c> Nineveh</c><00:30:23.190><c> with</c><00:30:23.390><c> a</c>

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lesser<00:30:23.829><c> prophet</c><00:30:24.250><c> and</c><00:30:24.430><c> with</c><00:30:24.609><c> less</c>

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reason<00:30:25.089><c> for</c><00:30:25.369><c> repentance</c><00:30:25.930><c> had</c><00:30:26.289><c> received</c><00:30:26.650><c> the</c><00:30:26.849><c> message</c><00:30:27.250><c> that</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:30:28.950><c> heart</c><00:30:29.250><c> of</c><00:30:29.509><c> heart,</c><00:30:30.750><c> was</c><00:30:30.910><c> still</c><00:30:31.210><c> unable</c>

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to<00:30:31.809><c> accept.</c><00:30:33.190><c> They</c><00:30:33.369><c> just</c><00:30:33.789><c> could</c><00:30:34.250><c> not</c><00:30:34.710><c> see</c><00:30:35.450><c> that</c><00:30:36.109><c> this</c><00:30:36.329><c> was</c><00:30:36.589><c> the</c>

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Son<00:30:37.170><c> of</c><00:30:37.549><c> God</c><00:30:37.990><c> whom</c><00:30:38.269><c> they</c><00:30:38.490><c> were</c><00:30:38.710><c> destroying.</c>

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No<00:30:40.890><c> wonder</c><00:30:41.130><c> Jesus</c><00:30:41.529><c> looked</c><00:30:41.789><c> into</c><00:30:42.049><c> the</c><00:30:42.269><c> future</c><00:30:42.589><c> and</c><00:30:42.869><c> had</c><00:30:42.990><c> them</c>

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weep<00:30:43.470><c> for</c><00:30:43.630><c> themselves</c><00:30:44.589><c> and</c><00:30:45.349><c> for</c><00:30:45.609><c> their</c><00:30:45.829><c> children.</c>

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If<00:30:48.309><c> you</c><00:30:48.490><c> care</c><00:30:48.630><c> to</c><00:30:48.829><c> use</c><00:30:48.990><c> your</c><00:30:49.349><c> margins</c><00:30:49.789><c> and</c><00:30:50.029><c> the</c><00:30:50.289><c> concordance</c>

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to<00:30:51.029><c> investigate</c><00:30:51.589><c> the</c><00:30:51.869><c> source</c><00:30:52.069><c> of</c><00:30:52.269><c> Jesus'</c><00:30:52.930><c> words</c><00:30:52.970><c> in</c><00:30:53.170><c> that</c>

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passage,<00:30:54.190><c> you'll</c><00:30:54.769><c> find</c><00:30:54.970><c> that</c><00:30:55.130><c> he's</c><00:30:55.250><c> linking</c><00:30:55.630><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:56.609><c> chapter</c><00:30:57.589><c> 9</c><00:30:58.089><c> with</c><00:30:58.369><c> Hosea</c><00:30:58.910><c> 9</c>

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and<00:30:59.809><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:31:01.829><c> they're</c><00:31:02.049><c> all</c><00:31:02.329><c> chapters</c><00:31:02.809><c> which</c><00:31:03.269><c> detail</c><00:31:03.829><c> the</c><00:31:04.150><c> suffering</c>

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that<00:31:04.769><c> was</c><00:31:04.910><c> to</c><00:31:05.130><c> come</c><00:31:05.309><c> upon</c><00:31:05.569><c> the</c><00:31:05.809><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:31:07.490><c> part</c><00:31:07.710><c> of</c><00:31:07.849><c> that</c><00:31:08.109><c> we</c><00:31:08.269><c> have</c><00:31:08.470><c> already</c><00:31:08.769><c> looked</c><00:31:09.029><c> at</c><00:31:09.970><c> in</c><00:31:10.349><c> yesterday's</c><00:31:11.150><c> studies.</c><00:31:12.589><c> So</c><00:31:12.750><c> just</c>

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make<00:31:13.230><c> a</c><00:31:13.470><c> note</c><00:31:13.650><c> and</c>

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follow<00:31:14.049><c> it</c><00:31:14.210><c> up</c><00:31:14.369><c> for</c><00:31:14.549><c> yourselves.</c><00:31:15.529><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:15.990><c> 9,</c><00:31:16.809><c> Hosea</c><00:31:17.130><c> 9</c><00:31:17.670><c> and</c>

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10,<00:31:19.250><c> next</c><00:31:19.509><c> to</c><00:31:19.730><c> that</c><00:31:20.869><c> dramatic</c><00:31:21.549><c> warning</c><00:31:22.029><c> which</c>

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Jesus<00:31:23.089><c> issued.</c><00:31:25.710><c> But</c><00:31:25.789><c> what</c><00:31:26.029><c> were</c><00:31:26.190><c> these</c><00:31:26.730><c> enigmatic</c><00:31:27.549><c> words</c><00:31:28.109><c> with</c><00:31:28.369><c> which</c><00:31:28.569><c> he</c>

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concluded<00:31:29.529><c> in</c><00:31:29.809><c> verse</c><00:31:30.150><c> 31?</c>

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For<00:31:31.150><c> he</c><00:31:31.329><c> said,</c><00:31:31.730><c> for</c><00:31:31.730><c> if</c><00:31:31.930><c> they</c><00:31:32.210><c> do</c><00:31:32.529><c> these</c><00:31:32.950><c> things</c><00:31:33.250><c> in</c><00:31:33.490><c> a</c><00:31:33.769><c> green</c>

00:31:34.250 --> 00:31:38.549
tree,<00:31:35.289><c> what</c><00:31:35.670><c> shall</c><00:31:35.930><c> be</c><00:31:36.210><c> done</c><00:31:36.750><c> in</c><00:31:37.410><c> the</c><00:31:37.710><c> dry?</c>

00:31:39.329 --> 00:31:41.710
Did<00:31:39.650><c> he</c><00:31:39.789><c> mean</c><00:31:39.950><c> that</c><00:31:40.130><c> the</c><00:31:40.289><c> Jews</c><00:31:40.430><c> at</c><00:31:40.650><c> that</c><00:31:40.890><c> time</c><00:31:41.130><c> were</c><00:31:41.329><c> still</c>

00:31:41.710 --> 00:31:44.049
comparatively<00:31:42.289><c> green,</c><00:31:42.869><c> that</c><00:31:42.990><c> there</c><00:31:43.150><c> were</c><00:31:43.250><c> still</c><00:31:43.589><c> some</c>

00:31:44.049 --> 00:31:47.829
sap<00:31:44.250><c> in</c><00:31:44.430><c> the</c><00:31:44.670><c> nation,</c><00:31:45.869><c> but</c><00:31:45.990><c> that</c><00:31:46.109><c> when</c><00:31:46.309><c> they</c><00:31:46.470><c> were</c><00:31:46.710><c> spiritually</c><00:31:47.069><c> dry</c><00:31:47.529><c> and</c>

00:31:47.829 --> 00:31:49.069
barren,<00:31:48.230><c> well,</c><00:31:48.630><c> what</c><00:31:48.849><c> would</c>

00:31:49.069 --> 00:31:54.369
the<00:31:49.529><c> fire</c><00:31:49.529><c> of</c><00:31:49.710><c> judgment</c><00:31:50.150><c> do</c><00:31:50.349><c> to</c><00:31:50.470><c> them</c><00:31:50.730><c> then?</c><00:31:52.950><c> Or</c><00:31:53.170><c> was</c><00:31:53.410><c> the</c><00:31:53.630><c> green</c><00:31:54.049><c> tree</c>

00:31:54.369 --> 00:31:56.609
perhaps<00:31:54.869><c> Jesus</c><00:31:55.269><c> himself?</c>

00:31:57.009 --> 00:32:01.029
You'll<00:31:57.410><c> recall</c><00:31:57.609><c> the</c><00:31:57.809><c> figure</c><00:31:58.009><c> used</c><00:31:58.329><c> in</c><00:31:58.589><c> Psalm</c><00:31:58.829><c> 1</c><00:31:59.170><c> of</c><00:31:59.369><c> the</c><00:31:59.509><c> righteous</c><00:31:59.890><c> man</c><00:32:00.289><c> being</c><00:32:00.509><c> like</c><00:32:00.769><c> a</c>

00:32:01.029 --> 00:32:02.029
tree<00:32:01.250><c> planted</c><00:32:01.630><c> by</c><00:32:01.869><c> the</c>

00:32:02.029 --> 00:32:06.150
rivers<00:32:02.250><c> of</c><00:32:02.490><c> water,</c><00:32:03.950><c> whose</c><00:32:04.049><c> leaf</c><00:32:04.289><c> will</c><00:32:04.529><c> not</c><00:32:04.710><c> wither</c><00:32:05.009><c> and</c><00:32:05.289><c> fade.</c>

00:32:06.450 --> 00:32:08.410
Did<00:32:06.630><c> he</c><00:32:06.750><c> mean</c><00:32:06.890><c> that</c><00:32:07.029><c> if</c><00:32:07.130><c> they</c><00:32:07.309><c> do</c><00:32:07.529><c> such</c><00:32:07.809><c> things</c><00:32:08.150><c> to</c>

00:32:08.410 --> 00:32:13.809
me,<00:32:09.829><c> what</c><00:32:10.150><c> will</c><00:32:10.430><c> the</c><00:32:10.670><c> Romans</c><00:32:11.069><c> do</c><00:32:11.369><c> to</c><00:32:11.690><c> them,</c><00:32:12.950><c> an</c><00:32:13.170><c> altogether</c>

00:32:13.809 --> 00:32:16.410
dry<00:32:14.490><c> and</c><00:32:14.930><c> wicked</c><00:32:15.289><c> nation?</c>

00:32:17.809 --> 00:32:22.130
Well,<00:32:18.690><c> I'm</c><00:32:18.789><c> not</c><00:32:19.109><c> sure</c><00:32:19.890><c> which</c><00:32:20.289><c> of</c><00:32:20.410><c> the</c><00:32:20.549><c> two</c><00:32:20.670><c> it</c><00:32:20.849><c> is,</c><00:32:21.069><c> but</c><00:32:21.190><c> whatever</c><00:32:21.490><c> the</c><00:32:21.730><c> truth</c><00:32:21.869><c> of</c>

00:32:22.130 --> 00:32:23.049
the<00:32:22.250><c> matter,</c>

00:32:23.089 --> 00:32:27.210
the<00:32:23.250><c> sadness</c><00:32:23.849><c> and</c><00:32:24.589><c> the</c><00:32:24.829><c> warning</c><00:32:25.130><c> in</c><00:32:25.349><c> these</c><00:32:25.569><c> words</c><00:32:25.809><c> is</c><00:32:26.170><c> clear.</c>

00:32:27.990 --> 00:32:30.529
And<00:32:28.230><c> so</c><00:32:28.390><c> they</c><00:32:28.569><c> took</c><00:32:28.809><c> Jesus</c><00:32:29.329><c> to</c><00:32:29.609><c> Golgotha.</c>

00:32:30.609 --> 00:32:36.470
Slowly<00:32:31.210><c> and</c><00:32:32.430><c> painfully</c><00:32:32.990><c> he</c><00:32:33.210><c> made</c><00:32:33.509><c> his</c><00:32:33.809><c> way,</c><00:32:35.170><c> helped</c><00:32:35.569><c> by</c><00:32:36.130><c> Simon</c>

00:32:36.470 --> 00:32:37.650
of<00:32:36.710><c> Cyrene.</c>

00:32:39.710 --> 00:32:44.190
Can<00:32:40.309><c> we</c><00:32:40.470><c> turn</c><00:32:40.650><c> to</c><00:32:40.829><c> Mark</c><00:32:41.029><c> chapter</c><00:32:41.329><c> 15,</c><00:32:42.009><c> please,</c><00:32:42.450><c> for</c><00:32:42.769><c> further</c><00:32:42.970><c> details?</c>

00:32:44.650 --> 00:32:49.710
Mark<00:32:45.410><c> chapter</c><00:32:45.730><c> 15</c><00:32:46.410><c> and</c><00:32:46.789><c> verse</c><00:32:48.049><c> 22.</c>

00:32:56.109 --> 00:33:01.210
And<00:32:56.869><c> they</c><00:32:57.269><c> bring</c><00:32:57.549><c> him</c><00:32:58.150><c> unto</c><00:32:58.529><c> the</c><00:32:58.829><c> place</c><00:32:59.289><c> Golgotha,</c><00:33:00.589><c> which</c><00:33:00.849><c> is</c>

00:33:01.210 --> 00:33:06.210
being<00:33:01.690><c> interpreted</c><00:33:02.730><c> the</c><00:33:03.609><c> place</c><00:33:04.410><c> of</c><00:33:05.069><c> a</c><00:33:05.349><c> skull.</c>

00:33:07.609 --> 00:33:10.789
Now,<00:33:07.809><c> various</c><00:33:08.029><c> attempts</c><00:33:08.430><c> have</c><00:33:08.630><c> been</c><00:33:08.869><c> made</c><00:33:09.170><c> to</c><00:33:09.509><c> identify</c><00:33:10.390><c> this</c>

00:33:10.789 --> 00:33:13.250
spot,<00:33:11.170><c> but</c><00:33:11.450><c> the</c><00:33:11.910><c> place</c><00:33:12.069><c> is</c><00:33:12.309><c> still</c><00:33:12.470><c> uncertain.</c>

00:33:13.690 --> 00:33:17.930
Many<00:33:14.269><c> of</c><00:33:14.430><c> you</c><00:33:14.490><c> will</c><00:33:14.750><c> know</c><00:33:15.009><c> that</c><00:33:15.210><c> General</c><00:33:15.630><c> Gordon</c><00:33:17.009><c> identified</c>

00:33:17.930 --> 00:33:19.970
it<00:33:18.069><c> during</c><00:33:18.349><c> the</c><00:33:18.490><c> 19th</c><00:33:19.109><c> century</c><00:33:19.470><c> as</c><00:33:19.710><c> a</c>

00:33:19.970 --> 00:33:23.750
knoll<00:33:20.230><c> on</c><00:33:20.509><c> the</c><00:33:20.690><c> north</c><00:33:20.970><c> side</c><00:33:21.529><c> of</c><00:33:21.750><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:33:22.970><c> which</c><00:33:23.150><c> does</c><00:33:23.529><c> look</c>

00:33:23.750 --> 00:33:26.329
remarkably<00:33:24.329><c> like</c><00:33:24.710><c> a</c><00:33:24.890><c> skull</c><00:33:25.130><c> from</c><00:33:25.390><c> certain</c><00:33:25.769><c> angles</c>

00:33:26.329 --> 00:33:29.650
because<00:33:26.710><c> there</c><00:33:26.970><c> are</c><00:33:27.529><c> two</c><00:33:27.829><c> small</c><00:33:28.190><c> caves</c><00:33:28.789><c> on</c><00:33:29.069><c> the</c><00:33:29.210><c> side</c><00:33:29.369><c> of</c><00:33:29.549><c> the</c>

00:33:29.650 --> 00:33:32.250
hill<00:33:29.750><c> in</c><00:33:29.970><c> the</c><00:33:30.190><c> position</c><00:33:30.450><c> of</c><00:33:30.670><c> the</c><00:33:30.890><c> eye</c><00:33:31.130><c> sockets.</c>

00:33:32.890 --> 00:33:36.029
And<00:33:33.089><c> some</c><00:33:33.210><c> of</c><00:33:33.410><c> you</c><00:33:33.809><c> probably</c><00:33:34.210><c> have</c><00:33:34.390><c> seen</c><00:33:34.569><c> the</c><00:33:34.789><c> place</c><00:33:34.990><c> yourselves</c><00:33:35.589><c> when</c><00:33:35.829><c> you</c>

00:33:36.029 --> 00:33:37.609
have<00:33:36.190><c> visited</c><00:33:36.450><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:33:37.630 --> 00:33:41.930
It's<00:33:37.829><c> a</c><00:33:37.950><c> great</c><00:33:38.150><c> tourist</c><00:33:38.509><c> attraction</c><00:33:39.009><c> and</c><00:33:39.230><c> the</c><00:33:39.509><c> identification</c><00:33:40.190><c> is</c><00:33:40.509><c> widely</c><00:33:40.809><c> accepted.</c>

00:33:42.690 --> 00:33:46.289
Other<00:33:43.210><c> commentators</c><00:33:43.730><c> have</c><00:33:43.930><c> said</c><00:33:44.049><c> no,</c><00:33:45.390><c> and</c><00:33:45.509><c> they</c><00:33:45.750><c> point</c><00:33:45.910><c> to</c><00:33:46.109><c> a</c>

00:33:46.289 --> 00:33:48.450
spot<00:33:46.470><c> actually</c><00:33:46.990><c> within</c><00:33:47.349><c> the</c><00:33:47.529><c> walls</c><00:33:47.750><c> of</c><00:33:47.970><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:33:48.450 --> 00:33:52.430
today,<00:33:48.970><c> but</c><00:33:49.190><c> which</c><00:33:49.450><c> lay</c><00:33:49.730><c> outside</c><00:33:50.410><c> the</c><00:33:50.670><c> city</c><00:33:50.930><c> walls</c><00:33:51.369><c> in</c><00:33:51.890><c> the</c><00:33:52.109><c> time</c><00:33:52.250><c> of</c>

00:33:52.430 --> 00:33:55.390
Christ.<00:33:53.710><c> So</c><00:33:53.869><c> we</c><00:33:53.970><c> can't</c><00:33:54.210><c> be</c><00:33:54.450><c> absolutely</c><00:33:54.910><c> sure.</c>

00:33:55.869 --> 00:34:00.509
It<00:33:56.109><c> doesn't</c><00:33:56.450><c> very</c><00:33:56.789><c> much</c><00:33:57.029><c> matter.</c><00:33:58.829><c> What</c><00:33:58.990><c> is</c><00:33:59.250><c> perhaps</c><00:33:59.490><c> more</c><00:33:59.750><c> interesting</c><00:34:00.150><c> to</c>

00:34:00.509 --> 00:34:01.930
consider<00:34:00.670><c> is</c><00:34:00.849><c> why</c><00:34:01.089><c> it</c><00:34:01.309><c> was</c><00:34:01.569><c> called</c>

00:34:01.930 --> 00:34:06.470
the<00:34:02.230><c> place</c><00:34:02.690><c> of</c><00:34:03.009><c> a</c><00:34:03.390><c> skull,</c><00:34:04.430><c> because</c><00:34:04.569><c> it</c><00:34:04.750><c> must</c><00:34:04.910><c> have</c><00:34:05.029><c> had</c><00:34:05.170><c> a</c><00:34:05.349><c> symbolic</c><00:34:05.809><c> meaning</c><00:34:06.250><c> to</c>

00:34:06.470 --> 00:34:11.329
the<00:34:06.690><c> Jews</c><00:34:06.869><c> because</c><00:34:07.170><c> all</c><00:34:07.390><c> the</c>

00:34:11.789 --> 00:34:17.349
why<00:34:12.349><c> was</c><00:34:12.670><c> it</c><00:34:12.929><c> named</c><00:34:13.489><c> in</c><00:34:13.730><c> that</c><00:34:14.030><c> fashion?</c><00:34:15.730><c> Again,</c><00:34:16.289><c> various</c><00:34:16.389><c> explanations</c><00:34:17.110><c> have</c>

00:34:17.349 --> 00:34:17.969
been<00:34:17.449><c> put</c><00:34:17.690><c> forward</c>

00:34:17.969 --> 00:34:20.750
by<00:34:18.289><c> different</c><00:34:18.610><c> writers,</c><00:34:19.250><c> and</c><00:34:19.250><c> we</c><00:34:19.409><c> only</c><00:34:19.630><c> have</c><00:34:19.789><c> time</c><00:34:20.010><c> to</c><00:34:20.170><c> mention</c><00:34:20.429><c> two</c><00:34:20.670><c> or</c>

00:34:20.750 --> 00:34:21.809
three<00:34:20.969><c> of</c><00:34:21.110><c> the</c><00:34:21.230><c> more</c><00:34:21.389><c> interesting</c>

00:34:21.809 --> 00:34:28.769
ideas<00:34:22.269><c> this</c><00:34:22.550><c> morning.</c><00:34:24.329><c> One</c><00:34:24.630><c> scholar,</c><00:34:25.409><c> a</c><00:34:25.469><c> man</c><00:34:25.690><c> named</c><00:34:26.030><c> Wordsworth,</c><00:34:26.909><c> has</c><00:34:27.130><c> suggested</c><00:34:27.710><c> that</c>

00:34:28.769 --> 00:34:30.150
Golgotha<00:34:29.530><c> originally</c>

00:34:30.150 --> 00:34:35.750
meant<00:34:30.530><c> the</c><00:34:30.929><c> skull</c><00:34:31.289><c> of</c><00:34:31.750><c> Goliath.</c><00:34:34.110><c> Well,</c><00:34:34.730><c> it's</c><00:34:35.130><c> certainly</c><00:34:35.369><c> true</c>

00:34:35.750 --> 00:34:37.789
that<00:34:35.949><c> the</c><00:34:36.190><c> sanctuary</c><00:34:36.530><c> in</c><00:34:36.690><c> the</c><00:34:36.829><c> time</c><00:34:37.010><c> of</c><00:34:37.269><c> David</c><00:34:37.550><c> was</c>

00:34:37.789 --> 00:34:41.110
Nob<00:34:38.369><c> just</c><00:34:38.610><c> north</c><00:34:38.949><c> of</c><00:34:39.110><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:34:39.809><c> Our</c><00:34:39.889><c> brother</c><00:34:40.110><c> Dennis</c><00:34:40.389><c> reminded</c><00:34:40.789><c> us</c><00:34:41.070><c> of</c>

00:34:41.110 --> 00:34:43.489
that<00:34:41.389><c> yesterday,</c><00:34:42.690><c> and</c><00:34:42.730><c> it</c><00:34:42.809><c> was</c><00:34:43.050><c> there</c>

00:34:43.489 --> 00:34:46.369
that<00:34:43.650><c> David</c><00:34:44.090><c> dumped</c><00:34:44.469><c> Goliath's</c><00:34:45.230><c> head</c><00:34:45.489><c> together</c><00:34:45.909><c> with</c><00:34:46.090><c> his</c>

00:34:46.369 --> 00:34:49.969
armor<00:34:46.730><c> and</c><00:34:47.349><c> later</c><00:34:47.670><c> retrieved</c><00:34:48.170><c> the</c><00:34:48.369><c> sword,</c><00:34:48.650><c> you</c><00:34:48.929><c> remember.</c>

00:34:50.489 --> 00:34:53.630
So<00:34:50.650><c> it</c><00:34:50.769><c> may</c><00:34:51.030><c> well</c><00:34:51.409><c> be</c><00:34:51.730><c> that</c><00:34:51.869><c> this</c><00:34:52.190><c> name</c><00:34:52.429><c> is</c><00:34:52.650><c> inviting</c><00:34:53.010><c> us</c><00:34:53.269><c> to</c><00:34:53.369><c> go</c>

00:34:53.630 --> 00:34:57.389
back<00:34:53.849><c> to</c><00:34:54.010><c> 1</c><00:34:54.289><c> Samuel</c><00:34:54.710><c> 17,</c><00:34:56.010><c> that</c><00:34:56.449><c> chapter</c><00:34:56.889><c> which</c><00:34:57.130><c> deals</c>

00:34:57.389 --> 00:35:01.670
with<00:34:57.630><c> the</c><00:34:57.809><c> destruction</c><00:34:58.170><c> of</c><00:34:58.409><c> Goliath,</c><00:34:59.409><c> and</c><00:34:59.929><c> see</c><00:35:00.190><c> the</c><00:35:00.389><c> whole</c><00:35:00.789><c> episode</c><00:35:01.449><c> as</c>

00:35:01.670 --> 00:35:03.230
a<00:35:01.849><c> type</c><00:35:02.110><c> of</c><00:35:02.349><c> the</c><00:35:02.510><c> vanquishing</c>

00:35:03.230 --> 00:35:08.510
of<00:35:03.889><c> the</c><00:35:04.070><c> great</c><00:35:04.289><c> enemy</c><00:35:04.570><c> of</c><00:35:04.769><c> God's</c><00:35:05.210><c> people,</c><00:35:06.570><c> slain</c><00:35:06.809><c> by</c><00:35:07.110><c> the</c><00:35:07.289><c> beloved</c><00:35:07.630><c> and</c>

00:35:08.510 --> 00:35:09.570
his<00:35:08.750><c> armor</c><00:35:09.030><c> dumped</c>

00:35:09.570 --> 00:35:15.090
north<00:35:10.210><c> of</c><00:35:10.429><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:10.889><c> in</c><00:35:11.050><c> that</c><00:35:11.329><c> spot.</c><00:35:14.190><c> Another</c><00:35:14.550><c> suggestion</c>

00:35:15.090 --> 00:35:16.469
draws<00:35:15.389><c> attention</c><00:35:15.849><c> to</c><00:35:16.030><c> the</c><00:35:16.250><c> close</c>

00:35:16.469 --> 00:35:21.829
connection<00:35:16.949><c> between</c><00:35:17.389><c> the</c><00:35:17.650><c> word</c><00:35:17.969><c> Golgotha</c><00:35:18.929><c> and</c><00:35:19.429><c> Gilgal,</c><00:35:21.210><c> apparently</c><00:35:21.550><c> from</c>

00:35:21.829 --> 00:35:24.469
the<00:35:21.989><c> same</c><00:35:22.949><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:23.429><c> word,</c><00:35:24.090><c> the</c><00:35:24.269><c> same</c>

00:35:24.469 --> 00:35:30.329
root<00:35:24.750><c> word.</c><00:35:26.429><c> At</c><00:35:26.789><c> Gilgal,</c><00:35:27.670><c> the</c><00:35:27.750><c> reproach</c><00:35:28.369><c> of</c><00:35:28.610><c> Egypt</c><00:35:29.070><c> was</c><00:35:29.510><c> rolled</c><00:35:29.849><c> away</c>

00:35:30.329 --> 00:35:32.989
in<00:35:30.530><c> the</c><00:35:30.809><c> covenant</c><00:35:31.210><c> of</c><00:35:31.630><c> circumcision,</c>

00:35:33.230 --> 00:35:38.389
and<00:35:33.750><c> now</c><00:35:34.190><c> at</c><00:35:34.570><c> Golgotha,</c><00:35:36.429><c> the</c><00:35:36.489><c> reproach</c><00:35:36.989><c> of</c><00:35:37.110><c> God's</c><00:35:37.610><c> people</c><00:35:38.010><c> was</c>

00:35:38.389 --> 00:35:41.429
rolled<00:35:38.710><c> away</c><00:35:39.429><c> in</c><00:35:40.090><c> the</c><00:35:40.269><c> cutting</c><00:35:40.429><c> off</c><00:35:40.730><c> of</c><00:35:40.909><c> the</c><00:35:41.050><c> Son</c><00:35:41.210><c> of</c>

00:35:41.429 --> 00:35:46.010
God<00:35:41.989><c> from</c><00:35:42.690><c> the</c><00:35:42.909><c> land</c><00:35:43.090><c> of</c><00:35:43.289><c> the</c><00:35:43.429><c> living.</c><00:35:45.010><c> Perhaps</c><00:35:45.349><c> that's</c><00:35:45.809><c> the</c>

00:35:46.010 --> 00:35:49.590
association<00:35:46.630><c> of</c><00:35:46.949><c> ideas.</c><00:35:48.750><c> Quite</c><00:35:49.050><c> differently,</c>

00:35:49.889 --> 00:35:52.269
others<00:35:49.929><c> have</c><00:35:50.190><c> suggested</c><00:35:50.630><c> that</c><00:35:50.889><c> Golgotha</c><00:35:51.429><c> may</c><00:35:51.650><c> be</c><00:35:51.869><c> intended</c>

00:35:52.269 --> 00:35:55.289
to<00:35:52.570><c> suggest</c><00:35:53.110><c> the</c><00:35:53.750><c> wheels</c><00:35:54.230><c> of</c><00:35:54.550><c> the</c><00:35:54.809><c> cherubim</c>

00:35:55.289 --> 00:36:00.190
chariot<00:35:55.650><c> of</c><00:35:55.889><c> the</c><00:35:56.070><c> Lord,</c><00:35:56.469><c> the</c><00:35:56.670><c> Golgal.</c><00:35:58.750><c> That</c><00:35:59.050><c> cherubim</c><00:35:59.570><c> chariot</c><00:35:59.989><c> which</c>

00:36:00.190 --> 00:36:01.829
was<00:36:00.449><c> undoubtedly</c><00:36:00.949><c> present</c><00:36:01.389><c> on</c><00:36:01.650><c> that</c>

00:36:01.829 --> 00:36:04.190
occasion,<00:36:02.349><c> and</c><00:36:02.489><c> we</c><00:36:02.610><c> shall</c><00:36:02.789><c> see</c><00:36:02.969><c> more</c><00:36:03.230><c> of</c><00:36:03.329><c> that</c><00:36:03.570><c> in</c><00:36:03.670><c> the</c><00:36:03.809><c> final</c>

00:36:04.190 --> 00:36:09.130
study,<00:36:05.610><c> as</c><00:36:05.829><c> the</c><00:36:06.050><c> heavenly</c><00:36:06.429><c> host</c><00:36:07.210><c> looked</c><00:36:08.170><c> down</c>

00:36:09.309 --> 00:36:13.869
upon<00:36:09.869><c> this</c><00:36:10.190><c> dreadful</c><00:36:10.829><c> scene.</c><00:36:12.630><c> Now</c><00:36:12.869><c> it's</c><00:36:12.969><c> hard</c><00:36:13.250><c> to</c><00:36:13.489><c> say</c><00:36:13.650><c> which</c>

00:36:13.869 --> 00:36:16.869
of<00:36:13.949><c> those</c><00:36:14.250><c> ideas</c><00:36:14.610><c> is</c><00:36:14.929><c> correct.</c><00:36:16.110><c> Perhaps</c><00:36:16.469><c> all</c><00:36:16.750><c> of</c>

00:36:16.869 --> 00:36:19.989
them<00:36:16.989><c> have</c><00:36:17.230><c> relevance,</c><00:36:18.670><c> but</c><00:36:18.909><c> it</c><00:36:19.070><c> seems</c><00:36:19.250><c> clear</c><00:36:19.489><c> that</c><00:36:19.690><c> the</c><00:36:19.809><c> name</c>

00:36:19.989 --> 00:36:22.489
Golgotha<00:36:20.550><c> had</c><00:36:20.809><c> some</c><00:36:21.230><c> deep</c><00:36:21.590><c> symbolic</c><00:36:22.070><c> meaning</c>

00:36:22.489 --> 00:36:28.269
closely<00:36:23.030><c> associated</c><00:36:23.789><c> with</c><00:36:24.530><c> the</c><00:36:24.730><c> death</c><00:36:24.929><c> of</c><00:36:25.190><c> our</c><00:36:25.429><c> Lord,</c><00:36:26.989><c> and</c><00:36:27.429><c> certainly</c><00:36:27.809><c> even</c><00:36:28.070><c> as</c>

00:36:28.269 --> 00:36:31.190
it<00:36:28.409><c> is</c><00:36:28.710><c> interpreted,</c><00:36:30.150><c> the</c><00:36:30.409><c> place</c>

00:36:31.829 --> 00:36:40.250
of<00:36:32.130><c> a</c><00:36:32.409><c> skull</c><00:36:32.929><c> brings</c><00:36:34.489><c> us</c><00:36:34.809><c> to</c><00:36:34.929><c> the</c><00:36:35.070><c> heart</c><00:36:35.269><c> of</c><00:36:35.449><c> the</c><00:36:35.570><c> matter.</c><00:36:38.469><c> Verse</c><00:36:38.909><c> 23.</c>

00:36:40.550 --> 00:36:43.630
And<00:36:41.070><c> they</c><00:36:41.269><c> gave</c><00:36:41.429><c> him</c><00:36:41.610><c> to</c><00:36:41.829><c> drink</c><00:36:42.050><c> wine</c><00:36:42.750><c> mingled</c>

00:36:43.630 --> 00:36:49.650
with<00:36:44.050><c> myrrh,</c><00:36:45.309><c> but</c><00:36:45.449><c> he</c><00:36:45.710><c> received</c><00:36:45.969><c> it</c><00:36:46.230><c> not.</c><00:36:48.829><c> Notice</c><00:36:49.190><c> that</c><00:36:49.389><c> this</c>

00:36:49.650 --> 00:36:51.849
mixture<00:36:49.949><c> of</c><00:36:50.130><c> wine</c><00:36:50.389><c> and</c><00:36:50.610><c> myrrh</c><00:36:50.889><c> was</c><00:36:51.070><c> offered</c><00:36:51.289><c> to</c><00:36:51.510><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:51.849 --> 00:36:56.090
before<00:36:52.469><c> they</c><00:36:52.809><c> crucified</c><00:36:53.449><c> him,</c><00:36:54.969><c> and</c><00:36:55.190><c> it's</c><00:36:55.429><c> commonly</c><00:36:55.690><c> believed</c>

00:36:56.090 --> 00:36:58.150
that<00:36:56.250><c> this</c><00:36:56.449><c> mixture</c><00:36:56.730><c> was</c><00:36:56.929><c> given</c><00:36:57.150><c> as</c><00:36:57.409><c> a</c><00:36:57.530><c> narcotic</c>

00:36:58.150 --> 00:37:05.030
to<00:36:58.710><c> numb</c><00:36:59.050><c> the</c><00:36:59.389><c> pain</c><00:37:00.010><c> of</c><00:37:00.690><c> crucifixion.</c><00:37:03.090><c> And</c><00:37:03.170><c> the</c><00:37:03.369><c> Talmud</c><00:37:03.650><c> actually</c><00:37:04.090><c> records</c><00:37:04.769><c> that</c>

00:37:05.030 --> 00:37:06.409
there<00:37:05.309><c> existed</c><00:37:05.610><c> in</c><00:37:05.849><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:37:06.409 --> 00:37:10.349
a<00:37:06.710><c> society</c><00:37:07.190><c> of</c><00:37:07.489><c> charitable</c><00:37:07.889><c> women</c><00:37:08.309><c> who</c><00:37:08.510><c> made</c><00:37:08.730><c> themselves</c><00:37:09.230><c> responsible</c><00:37:09.929><c> for</c>

00:37:10.349 --> 00:37:13.190
providing<00:37:11.349><c> drinks</c><00:37:11.909><c> of</c><00:37:12.170><c> this</c><00:37:12.469><c> nature</c>

00:37:13.190 --> 00:37:18.309
to<00:37:13.869><c> all</c><00:37:14.349><c> condemned</c><00:37:15.070><c> to</c><00:37:15.550><c> crucifixion.</c><00:37:17.690><c> And</c><00:37:17.829><c> the</c><00:37:17.969><c> reason</c><00:37:18.150><c> they</c>

00:37:18.309 --> 00:37:20.250
did<00:37:18.429><c> it</c><00:37:18.590><c> was</c><00:37:18.769><c> because</c><00:37:19.030><c> of</c><00:37:19.190><c> a</c><00:37:19.369><c> passage</c><00:37:19.630><c> in</c><00:37:19.989><c> the</c>

00:37:20.250 --> 00:37:23.289
book<00:37:20.449><c> of</c><00:37:20.750><c> Proverbs</c><00:37:21.070><c> which</c><00:37:21.309><c> reads</c><00:37:21.670><c> as</c><00:37:21.969><c> follows.</c><00:37:22.929><c> There's</c><00:37:23.110><c> an</c>

00:37:23.289 --> 00:37:25.909
injunction<00:37:23.730><c> there</c><00:37:23.989><c> in</c><00:37:24.250><c> Proverbs</c><00:37:24.610><c> 31</c><00:37:25.170><c> which</c><00:37:25.550><c> says,</c>

00:37:25.909 --> 00:37:30.070
Give<00:37:26.670><c> strong</c><00:37:27.269><c> drink</c><00:37:27.710><c> unto</c><00:37:28.050><c> him</c><00:37:28.329><c> that</c><00:37:28.449><c> is</c><00:37:28.670><c> ready</c><00:37:28.929><c> to</c><00:37:29.230><c> perish,</c>

00:37:30.289 --> 00:37:33.329
and<00:37:30.309><c> wine</c><00:37:30.610><c> unto</c><00:37:30.869><c> those</c><00:37:31.250><c> that</c><00:37:31.489><c> be</c><00:37:31.630><c> of</c><00:37:31.849><c> heavy</c><00:37:32.170><c> hearts.</c>

00:37:33.389 --> 00:37:39.809
Let<00:37:33.630><c> him</c><00:37:33.989><c> drink</c><00:37:34.329><c> and</c><00:37:34.570><c> forget</c><00:37:34.949><c> his</c><00:37:35.289><c> poverty,</c><00:37:36.150><c> and</c><00:37:36.550><c> remember</c><00:37:37.070><c> his</c><00:37:37.449><c> misery</c><00:37:38.269><c> no</c><00:37:38.849><c> more.</c>

00:37:40.769 --> 00:37:46.730
And<00:37:41.030><c> for</c><00:37:41.170><c> that</c><00:37:41.409><c> reason</c><00:37:42.070><c> these</c><00:37:43.389><c> women</c><00:37:43.909><c> made</c><00:37:44.710><c> such</c><00:37:45.010><c> drinks</c><00:37:45.230><c> available</c><00:37:45.929><c> to</c>

00:37:46.730 --> 00:37:48.809
the<00:37:46.829><c> victims</c><00:37:47.150><c> of</c><00:37:47.409><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:37:49.210 --> 00:37:52.329
The<00:37:49.349><c> only</c><00:37:49.590><c> problem</c><00:37:49.949><c> is,</c><00:37:50.510><c> so</c><00:37:50.730><c> modern</c><00:37:51.090><c> chemists</c><00:37:51.610><c> tell</c><00:37:51.869><c> us,</c><00:37:52.130><c> that</c>

00:37:52.329 --> 00:37:54.730
the<00:37:52.469><c> narcotic</c><00:37:52.989><c> powers</c><00:37:53.369><c> of</c><00:37:53.650><c> myrrh</c><00:37:53.849><c> are</c><00:37:54.050><c> not</c><00:37:54.309><c> very</c>

00:37:54.730 --> 00:37:58.710
hard,<00:37:55.150><c> brethren</c><00:37:55.510><c> and</c><00:37:55.750><c> sisters.</c><00:37:57.269><c> And</c><00:37:57.349><c> so</c><00:37:57.530><c> apparently</c><00:37:58.130><c> opium</c>

00:37:58.710 --> 00:38:00.809
was<00:37:58.949><c> often</c><00:37:59.289><c> added</c><00:37:59.590><c> to</c><00:37:59.769><c> the</c><00:37:59.949><c> mixture</c><00:38:00.269><c> in</c><00:38:00.489><c> those</c>

00:38:00.809 --> 00:38:04.550
days<00:38:01.110><c> to</c><00:38:01.250><c> make</c><00:38:01.449><c> it</c><00:38:01.570><c> more</c><00:38:01.829><c> effective.</c><00:38:03.469><c> Well,</c><00:38:03.690><c> whether</c><00:38:03.909><c> this</c><00:38:04.130><c> was</c><00:38:04.309><c> so</c>

00:38:04.550 --> 00:38:08.050
or<00:38:04.849><c> not,</c><00:38:05.449><c> Jesus</c><00:38:05.789><c> refused</c><00:38:06.750><c> the</c><00:38:07.070><c> drink.</c>

00:38:08.630 --> 00:38:11.489
Doubtless<00:38:09.050><c> he</c><00:38:09.210><c> was</c><00:38:09.489><c> aware</c><00:38:09.909><c> that</c><00:38:10.050><c> it</c><00:38:10.269><c> was</c><00:38:10.510><c> intended</c><00:38:10.949><c> to</c><00:38:11.289><c> numb</c>

00:38:11.489 --> 00:38:16.070
his<00:38:11.809><c> senses,</c><00:38:13.389><c> and</c><00:38:13.590><c> this</c><00:38:13.969><c> he</c><00:38:14.210><c> would</c><00:38:14.590><c> not</c><00:38:14.989><c> have.</c>

00:38:16.230 --> 00:38:21.150
How<00:38:16.570><c> could</c><00:38:16.829><c> he</c><00:38:17.170><c> thrust</c><00:38:17.530><c> aside</c><00:38:18.150><c> the</c><00:38:18.469><c> cup</c><00:38:18.769><c> which</c><00:38:19.570><c> his</c><00:38:19.849><c> father</c><00:38:20.210><c> held</c><00:38:20.550><c> out</c><00:38:20.929><c> to</c>

00:38:21.150 --> 00:38:24.269
him?<00:38:22.710><c> And</c><00:38:23.110><c> so</c><00:38:23.289><c> he</c><00:38:23.550><c> thrust</c><00:38:23.769><c> aside</c>

00:38:24.269 --> 00:38:28.150
this<00:38:24.570><c> other</c><00:38:24.730><c> cup</c><00:38:24.949><c> instead,</c><00:38:26.809><c> and</c><00:38:26.929><c> faced</c><00:38:27.150><c> crucifixion</c><00:38:27.809><c> with</c><00:38:28.030><c> a</c>

00:38:28.150 --> 00:38:30.650
clear<00:38:28.349><c> mind,</c><00:38:29.590><c> because</c><00:38:29.849><c> there</c><00:38:30.030><c> was</c><00:38:30.210><c> still</c><00:38:30.409><c> work</c>

00:38:30.650 --> 00:38:35.309
for<00:38:30.769><c> him</c><00:38:30.929><c> to</c><00:38:31.130><c> do</c><00:38:31.230><c> as</c><00:38:31.409><c> we</c><00:38:31.550><c> shall</c><00:38:31.789><c> see.</c><00:38:33.909><c> The</c><00:38:34.130><c> actual</c><00:38:34.610><c> crucifixion</c>

00:38:35.309 --> 00:38:37.449
itself<00:38:35.889><c> is</c><00:38:36.210><c> described</c><00:38:36.750><c> in</c><00:38:36.949><c> just</c><00:38:37.190><c> the</c>

00:38:37.449 --> 00:38:42.289
briefest<00:38:37.889><c> of</c><00:38:38.170><c> phrases</c><00:38:38.530><c> in</c><00:38:38.829><c> all</c><00:38:39.130><c> the</c><00:38:39.289><c> gospel</c><00:38:39.690><c> records.</c><00:38:41.230><c> It</c><00:38:41.409><c> comes</c><00:38:41.750><c> in</c>

00:38:42.289 --> 00:38:45.929
almost<00:38:42.949><c> as</c><00:38:43.309><c> an</c><00:38:43.449><c> aside,</c><00:38:45.090><c> as</c><00:38:45.309><c> for</c><00:38:45.489><c> example</c>

00:38:45.929 --> 00:38:52.050
here<00:38:46.250><c> in</c><00:38:46.489><c> Mark's</c><00:38:46.929><c> record,</c><00:38:48.809><c> verse</c><00:38:49.170><c> 24,</c><00:38:50.849><c> and</c><00:38:51.250><c> when</c><00:38:51.530><c> they</c><00:38:51.750><c> had</c>

00:38:52.050 --> 00:38:55.630
crucified<00:38:52.610><c> him,</c><00:38:53.630><c> they</c><00:38:53.909><c> parted</c><00:38:54.250><c> his</c><00:38:54.489><c> garments.</c>

00:38:56.190 --> 00:39:00.130
And<00:38:56.449><c> again</c><00:38:56.630><c> in</c><00:38:56.829><c> verse</c><00:38:57.030><c> 25,</c><00:38:57.829><c> and</c><00:38:58.010><c> it</c><00:38:58.070><c> was</c><00:38:58.309><c> the</c><00:38:58.409><c> third</c><00:38:58.750><c> hour,</c><00:39:00.010><c> and</c>

00:39:00.130 --> 00:39:01.670
they<00:39:00.329><c> crucified</c><00:39:00.869><c> him.</c>

00:39:03.190 --> 00:39:07.050
But<00:39:03.530><c> these</c><00:39:03.750><c> things</c><00:39:03.969><c> were</c><00:39:04.190><c> happening</c><00:39:04.530><c> for</c><00:39:04.809><c> our</c><00:39:05.150><c> sakes,</c><00:39:06.530><c> and</c><00:39:06.889><c> we</c>

00:39:07.050 --> 00:39:09.289
have<00:39:07.190><c> a</c><00:39:07.349><c> moral</c><00:39:07.570><c> obligation</c><00:39:08.150><c> to</c><00:39:08.449><c> try</c><00:39:08.650><c> to</c><00:39:08.909><c> realize</c>

00:39:09.289 --> 00:39:15.449
something<00:39:09.789><c> of</c><00:39:09.889><c> what</c><00:39:10.170><c> was</c><00:39:10.449><c> involved</c><00:39:11.170><c> here,</c><00:39:14.849><c> because</c><00:39:15.110><c> we</c><00:39:15.269><c> were</c>

00:39:15.449 --> 00:39:17.909
there<00:39:15.670><c> when</c><00:39:15.829><c> they</c><00:39:16.030><c> crucified</c><00:39:16.550><c> our</c><00:39:16.849><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:19.909 --> 00:39:23.969
They<00:39:20.210><c> took</c><00:39:20.429><c> Jesus</c><00:39:20.889><c> and</c><00:39:21.190><c> stripped</c><00:39:21.389><c> him</c><00:39:21.610><c> naked,</c><00:39:23.489><c> that</c><00:39:23.650><c> amongst</c>

00:39:23.969 --> 00:39:26.369
all<00:39:24.309><c> the</c><00:39:24.449><c> other</c><00:39:24.829><c> curses</c><00:39:25.090><c> of</c><00:39:25.329><c> humanity,</c>

00:39:26.750 --> 00:39:30.929
he<00:39:26.869><c> might</c><00:39:27.150><c> share</c><00:39:27.409><c> Adam's</c><00:39:27.969><c> nakedness.</c><00:39:29.849><c> And</c><00:39:30.289><c> then</c><00:39:30.429><c> they</c><00:39:30.769><c> threw</c>

00:39:30.929 --> 00:39:33.070
him<00:39:31.210><c> down</c><00:39:31.530><c> on</c><00:39:31.730><c> this</c><00:39:31.989><c> rough</c><00:39:32.289><c> contraption</c><00:39:32.909><c> that</c>

00:39:33.070 --> 00:39:36.630
was<00:39:33.269><c> to</c><00:39:33.329><c> be</c><00:39:33.570><c> the</c><00:39:33.789><c> instrument</c><00:39:34.110><c> of</c><00:39:34.289><c> his</c><00:39:34.530><c> death.</c><00:39:35.909><c> And</c><00:39:36.190><c> we</c><00:39:36.349><c> won't</c>

00:39:36.630 --> 00:39:38.590
argue<00:39:37.090><c> about</c><00:39:37.469><c> the</c><00:39:37.829><c> shape,</c><00:39:38.369><c> brethren,</c>

00:39:38.590 --> 00:39:44.349
it's<00:39:39.090><c> not</c><00:39:39.550><c> important.</c><00:39:42.570><c> And</c><00:39:42.809><c> kneeling</c><00:39:43.070><c> on</c><00:39:43.250><c> his</c><00:39:43.530><c> arms</c><00:39:43.829><c> and</c><00:39:44.070><c> his</c>

00:39:44.349 --> 00:39:47.369
legs,<00:39:44.769><c> they</c><00:39:45.070><c> drove</c><00:39:45.469><c> these</c><00:39:45.929><c> great</c><00:39:46.469><c> nails</c><00:39:46.989><c> through</c>

00:39:47.369 --> 00:39:52.789
hands<00:39:48.090><c> and</c><00:39:48.829><c> feet.</c><00:39:50.510><c> And</c><00:39:50.670><c> you</c><00:39:50.769><c> can</c><00:39:50.969><c> imagine</c><00:39:51.329><c> every</c><00:39:52.030><c> blow</c><00:39:52.309><c> of</c><00:39:52.530><c> the</c>

00:39:52.789 --> 00:39:56.409
mallet<00:39:53.789><c> sending</c><00:39:54.409><c> a</c><00:39:54.849><c> horror</c><00:39:55.150><c> of</c><00:39:55.530><c> pain</c><00:39:55.889><c> through</c><00:39:56.150><c> his</c>

00:39:56.409 --> 00:40:05.289
tortured<00:39:56.809><c> body.</c><00:39:59.090><c> But</c><00:39:59.250><c> can</c><00:39:59.469><c> you</c><00:39:59.670><c> imagine</c><00:40:00.050><c> it?</c><00:40:02.210><c> We</c><00:40:02.610><c> can</c><00:40:02.829><c> only</c><00:40:03.150><c> try.</c><00:40:04.889><c> It</c>

00:40:05.289 --> 00:40:07.570
isn't<00:40:05.590><c> a</c><00:40:05.769><c> pleasant</c><00:40:05.989><c> thing</c><00:40:06.269><c> to</c><00:40:06.590><c> contemplate.</c>

00:40:08.750 --> 00:40:13.710
And<00:40:09.309><c> the</c><00:40:09.469><c> mind</c><00:40:09.769><c> instinctively</c><00:40:10.489><c> recoils</c><00:40:11.050><c> from</c><00:40:11.289><c> it.</c><00:40:12.710><c> But</c><00:40:12.789><c> it</c><00:40:13.070><c> should</c><00:40:13.309><c> be</c>

00:40:13.710 --> 00:40:15.289
harrowing<00:40:14.170><c> for</c><00:40:14.510><c> us,</c>

00:40:16.550 --> 00:40:20.230
for<00:40:16.710><c> this</c><00:40:16.969><c> is</c><00:40:17.250><c> our</c><00:40:17.690><c> sin</c><00:40:18.030><c> being</c><00:40:18.389><c> nailed</c><00:40:18.769><c> to</c><00:40:18.949><c> that</c><00:40:19.269><c> cross.</c>

00:40:20.829 --> 00:40:23.409
And<00:40:21.030><c> we</c><00:40:21.170><c> must</c><00:40:21.329><c> be</c><00:40:21.530><c> made</c><00:40:21.710><c> to</c><00:40:21.929><c> realize</c><00:40:22.349><c> what</c><00:40:22.610><c> was</c><00:40:22.869><c> done,</c><00:40:23.130><c> that</c><00:40:23.230><c> we</c>

00:40:23.409 --> 00:40:25.969
might<00:40:23.630><c> be</c><00:40:23.969><c> saved</c><00:40:24.250><c> from</c><00:40:24.449><c> its</c><00:40:24.710><c> dominion.</c>

00:40:28.369 --> 00:40:33.869
So<00:40:28.690><c> then</c><00:40:28.889><c> we</c><00:40:29.090><c> see</c><00:40:29.289><c> our</c><00:40:29.590><c> Lord</c><00:40:29.849><c> suffering</c><00:40:30.329><c> all</c><00:40:30.670><c> the</c><00:40:30.929><c> pain</c><00:40:31.530><c> and</c><00:40:32.230><c> the</c><00:40:32.489><c> shame</c><00:40:32.969><c> as</c>

00:40:33.869 --> 00:40:35.969
they<00:40:34.150><c> nailed</c><00:40:34.429><c> him</c><00:40:34.829><c> to</c><00:40:35.050><c> the</c><00:40:35.230><c> wood.</c>

00:40:36.550 --> 00:40:41.489
We<00:40:37.110><c> see</c><00:40:37.449><c> the</c><00:40:37.889><c> crimson</c><00:40:38.429><c> trickles</c><00:40:38.929><c> of</c><00:40:39.070><c> his</c><00:40:39.369><c> lifeblood</c><00:40:41.050><c> running</c>

00:40:41.489 --> 00:40:43.829
away<00:40:41.829><c> to</c><00:40:41.989><c> be</c><00:40:42.190><c> lost</c><00:40:42.449><c> in</c><00:40:42.630><c> the</c><00:40:42.829><c> dry</c><00:40:43.050><c> soil.</c>

00:40:45.030 --> 00:40:48.989
Ah,<00:40:45.070><c> but</c><00:40:45.210><c> it</c><00:40:45.329><c> wasn't</c><00:40:45.650><c> lost,</c><00:40:46.170><c> was</c><00:40:46.170><c> it?</c><00:40:47.869><c> The</c><00:40:48.269><c> blood</c><00:40:48.489><c> in</c><00:40:48.690><c> which</c><00:40:48.849><c> is</c>

00:40:48.989 --> 00:40:51.809
the<00:40:49.210><c> life</c><00:40:50.090><c> was</c><00:40:50.750><c> achieving</c><00:40:51.150><c> its</c><00:40:51.429><c> purpose,</c>

00:40:51.809 --> 00:40:58.210
even<00:40:52.070><c> as</c><00:40:52.250><c> it</c><00:40:52.369><c> was</c><00:40:52.510><c> being</c><00:40:52.809><c> poured</c><00:40:53.050><c> out.</c><00:40:55.510><c> And</c><00:40:55.809><c> then</c><00:40:55.929><c> we</c><00:40:56.130><c> see</c><00:40:56.309><c> these</c><00:40:56.570><c> Roman</c><00:40:56.909><c> soldiers</c><00:40:57.409><c> hoisting</c><00:40:58.030><c> the</c>

00:40:58.210 --> 00:40:58.929
cross<00:40:58.429><c> and</c>

00:40:58.929 --> 00:41:02.130
edging<00:40:59.269><c> it</c><00:40:59.590><c> across</c><00:41:00.010><c> to</c><00:41:00.750><c> the</c><00:41:00.929><c> socket</c><00:41:01.130><c> that</c><00:41:01.329><c> had</c><00:41:01.469><c> been</c><00:41:01.730><c> prepared</c>

00:41:02.130 --> 00:41:04.630
for<00:41:02.409><c> it.</c><00:41:03.429><c> Perhaps</c><00:41:03.750><c> just</c><00:41:04.010><c> a</c><00:41:04.150><c> gap</c><00:41:04.309><c> between</c>

00:41:04.630 --> 00:41:11.530
a<00:41:04.849><c> couple</c><00:41:04.929><c> of</c><00:41:05.170><c> rocks</c><00:41:05.610><c> and</c><00:41:07.090><c> then</c><00:41:07.949><c> ramming</c><00:41:08.329><c> it</c><00:41:08.610><c> home.</c><00:41:10.949><c> They</c><00:41:11.110><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:11.289><c> be</c>

00:41:11.530 --> 00:41:12.789
particularly<00:41:11.929><c> careful</c><00:41:12.309><c> about</c><00:41:12.610><c> it,</c>

00:41:12.789 --> 00:41:17.449
would<00:41:12.909><c> they?</c><00:41:14.869><c> To</c><00:41:15.110><c> them</c><00:41:15.210><c> it</c><00:41:15.269><c> was</c><00:41:15.449><c> just</c><00:41:15.690><c> another</c><00:41:15.909><c> job</c><00:41:16.150><c> of</c><00:41:16.389><c> work,</c>

00:41:17.909 --> 00:41:20.670
probably<00:41:18.269><c> one</c><00:41:18.469><c> they'd</c><00:41:18.650><c> done</c><00:41:18.809><c> many</c><00:41:19.130><c> times</c><00:41:19.530><c> before.</c>

00:41:21.429 --> 00:41:26.489
But<00:41:21.789><c> try</c><00:41:22.050><c> to</c><00:41:22.329><c> imagine</c><00:41:22.769><c> what</c><00:41:23.030><c> that</c><00:41:23.630><c> sickening</c><00:41:24.210><c> jolt</c><00:41:24.929><c> would</c><00:41:26.010><c> have</c><00:41:26.150><c> meant</c><00:41:26.289><c> to</c>

00:41:26.489 --> 00:41:28.190
the<00:41:26.630><c> crucified</c><00:41:27.170><c> one,</c>

00:41:28.110 --> 00:41:34.130
the<00:41:28.710><c> searing</c><00:41:29.210><c> agony</c><00:41:29.750><c> through</c><00:41:30.110><c> every</c><00:41:30.710><c> fiber</c><00:41:31.469><c> of</c><00:41:32.750><c> his</c><00:41:33.010><c> being.</c>

00:41:37.289 --> 00:41:46.130
And<00:41:37.369><c> at</c><00:41:37.550><c> this</c><00:41:37.809><c> point,</c><00:41:39.690><c> Luke</c><00:41:39.789><c> introduces</c><00:41:40.809><c> a</c><00:41:41.230><c> most</c><00:41:41.449><c> amazing</c><00:41:41.929><c> detail,</c><00:41:44.170><c> Luke</c><00:41:44.389><c> chapter</c><00:41:44.650><c> 23</c>

00:41:49.090 --> 00:41:51.389
and<00:41:49.690><c> verse</c><00:41:49.969><c> 34.</c>

00:41:53.809 --> 00:41:58.469
Well,<00:41:54.670><c> let's</c><00:41:55.170><c> read</c><00:41:55.409><c> verse</c><00:41:55.670><c> 33</c><00:41:56.269><c> to</c><00:41:56.610><c> establish</c><00:41:57.030><c> the</c><00:41:57.309><c> context.</c>

00:42:00.750 --> 00:42:04.510
And<00:42:00.829><c> when</c><00:42:01.090><c> they</c><00:42:01.309><c> were</c><00:42:01.590><c> come</c><00:42:01.809><c> to</c><00:42:01.989><c> the</c><00:42:02.289><c> place</c><00:42:02.570><c> which</c><00:42:02.809><c> is</c><00:42:03.130><c> called</c><00:42:03.469><c> Calvary,</c>

00:42:05.449 --> 00:42:11.989
that<00:42:05.690><c> is</c><00:42:06.010><c> the</c><00:42:06.210><c> Greek</c><00:42:07.349><c> version</c><00:42:08.469><c> of</c><00:42:08.769><c> the</c><00:42:08.909><c> word</c><00:42:09.210><c> Golgotha,</c><00:42:11.570><c> there</c>

00:42:11.989 --> 00:42:14.030
they<00:42:12.409><c> crucified</c><00:42:13.210><c> him</c>

00:42:14.449 --> 00:42:18.230
under<00:42:15.090><c> malefactors,</c><00:42:15.750><c> one</c><00:42:15.949><c> on</c><00:42:16.150><c> the</c><00:42:16.289><c> right</c><00:42:16.610><c> side</c><00:42:17.230><c> and</c><00:42:17.809><c> the</c><00:42:17.909><c> other</c><00:42:18.010><c> on</c>

00:42:18.230 --> 00:42:19.510
the<00:42:18.389><c> left.</c>

00:42:20.289 --> 00:42:26.190
Then<00:42:20.969><c> said</c><00:42:21.369><c> Jesus,</c><00:42:22.150><c> Father,</c><00:42:23.309><c> forgive</c><00:42:23.889><c> them,</c><00:42:25.510><c> for</c><00:42:25.650><c> they</c><00:42:25.929><c> know</c>

00:42:26.190 --> 00:42:28.230
not<00:42:26.530><c> what</c><00:42:26.869><c> they</c><00:42:27.130><c> do.</c>

00:42:29.889 --> 00:42:33.090
So<00:42:30.050><c> in</c><00:42:30.349><c> contrast</c><00:42:30.849><c> to</c><00:42:31.090><c> the</c><00:42:31.329><c> oaths</c><00:42:31.769><c> and</c><00:42:31.909><c> the</c><00:42:32.230><c> curses</c><00:42:32.670><c> which</c><00:42:32.889><c> were</c>

00:42:33.090 --> 00:42:35.130
after<00:42:33.349><c> streaming</c><00:42:33.929><c> from</c><00:42:34.190><c> the</c><00:42:34.329><c> other</c><00:42:34.510><c> two</c><00:42:34.750><c> crosses,</c>

00:42:35.489 --> 00:42:40.550
comes<00:42:35.750><c> the</c><00:42:36.170><c> clear</c><00:42:36.510><c> and</c><00:42:36.889><c> simple</c><00:42:37.269><c> prayer</c><00:42:37.909><c> of</c><00:42:38.989><c> Jesus,</c><00:42:40.090><c> Father,</c>

00:42:40.590 --> 00:42:44.710
forgive<00:42:41.110><c> them,</c><00:42:42.409><c> for</c><00:42:42.530><c> they</c><00:42:42.690><c> know</c><00:42:42.929><c> not</c><00:42:43.230><c> what</c><00:42:43.489><c> they</c><00:42:43.769><c> do.</c>

00:42:46.010 --> 00:42:49.230
Now,<00:42:46.590><c> who</c><00:42:46.789><c> was</c><00:42:47.010><c> Jesus</c><00:42:47.510><c> referring</c><00:42:48.110><c> to</c><00:42:48.369><c> in</c><00:42:48.550><c> that</c><00:42:48.789><c> prayer,</c><00:42:49.090><c> do</c>

00:42:49.230 --> 00:42:50.989
you<00:42:49.309><c> think,</c><00:42:49.610><c> brethren</c><00:42:49.869><c> and</c><00:42:50.130><c> sisters?</c>

00:42:51.389 --> 00:42:54.710
Was<00:42:51.550><c> it</c><00:42:51.829><c> everybody</c><00:42:52.309><c> who</c><00:42:52.590><c> had</c><00:42:52.829><c> a</c><00:42:53.030><c> part</c><00:42:53.230><c> in</c><00:42:53.349><c> his</c><00:42:53.630><c> crucifixion?</c>

00:42:55.409 --> 00:42:58.349
For<00:42:55.590><c> Acts</c><00:42:55.849><c> chapter</c><00:42:56.210><c> 4</c><00:42:56.570><c> makes</c><00:42:56.869><c> it</c><00:42:57.150><c> abundantly</c><00:42:57.670><c> clear</c><00:42:57.969><c> that</c><00:42:58.170><c> we</c>

00:42:58.349 --> 00:43:00.969
were<00:42:58.769><c> all</c><00:42:59.170><c> responsible</c><00:42:59.869><c> for</c><00:43:00.070><c> both</c><00:43:00.510><c> Herod</c>

00:43:00.969 --> 00:43:04.969
and<00:43:01.510><c> Pontius</c><00:43:02.050><c> Pilate</c><00:43:02.570><c> with</c><00:43:03.030><c> the</c><00:43:03.230><c> Gentiles</c><00:43:03.989><c> and</c><00:43:04.469><c> the</c><00:43:04.650><c> people</c>

00:43:04.969 --> 00:43:07.730
of<00:43:05.150><c> Israel</c><00:43:05.730><c> were</c><00:43:06.269><c> gathered</c><00:43:06.670><c> together</c><00:43:07.309><c> against</c>

00:43:07.730 --> 00:43:13.449
the<00:43:08.110><c> Lord</c><00:43:08.489><c> and</c><00:43:08.949><c> his</c><00:43:09.250><c> anointed.</c><00:43:11.730><c> The</c><00:43:12.090><c> writer</c><00:43:12.429><c> of</c><00:43:12.690><c> that</c><00:43:13.030><c> passage</c>

00:43:13.449 --> 00:43:18.170
in<00:43:13.690><c> Acts</c><00:43:14.010><c> makes</c><00:43:14.409><c> it</c><00:43:14.869><c> very</c><00:43:15.409><c> clear</c><00:43:15.929><c> we</c><00:43:16.730><c> were</c><00:43:17.070><c> there.</c>

00:43:20.510 --> 00:43:26.210
Was<00:43:20.849><c> Jesus</c><00:43:21.349><c> praying</c><00:43:21.929><c> for</c><00:43:22.929><c> each</c><00:43:23.150><c> one</c><00:43:23.289><c> of</c><00:43:23.489><c> us?</c><00:43:25.190><c> Or</c><00:43:25.349><c> was</c><00:43:25.449><c> he</c><00:43:25.630><c> referring</c><00:43:25.909><c> only</c>

00:43:26.210 --> 00:43:27.389
to<00:43:26.349><c> the</c><00:43:26.489><c> Roman</c><00:43:26.769><c> soldiers</c><00:43:27.150><c> who</c>

00:43:27.389 --> 00:43:34.050
actually<00:43:28.010><c> nailed</c><00:43:28.349><c> him</c><00:43:28.590><c> to</c><00:43:28.730><c> the</c><00:43:29.010><c> cross?</c><00:43:31.670><c> Now,</c><00:43:32.010><c> some</c><00:43:32.250><c> have</c><00:43:32.489><c> suggested</c><00:43:33.210><c> that</c>

00:43:34.050 --> 00:43:36.090
Jesus<00:43:34.449><c> was</c><00:43:34.789><c> praying</c><00:43:35.070><c> only</c><00:43:35.630><c> for</c><00:43:35.869><c> the</c>

00:43:36.090 --> 00:43:40.190
Roman<00:43:36.369><c> soldiers,</c><00:43:37.690><c> and</c><00:43:38.030><c> certainly</c><00:43:38.409><c> not</c><00:43:38.710><c> for</c><00:43:38.909><c> the</c><00:43:39.130><c> Jews,</c><00:43:39.610><c> because</c><00:43:39.909><c> the</c>

00:43:40.190 --> 00:43:42.769
latters<00:43:40.650><c> did</c><00:43:40.909><c> know</c><00:43:41.170><c> what</c><00:43:41.389><c> they</c><00:43:41.610><c> were</c><00:43:41.809><c> doing.</c>

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I<00:43:44.070><c> invite</c><00:43:44.389><c> you</c><00:43:44.550><c> just</c><00:43:44.710><c> to</c><00:43:44.909><c> turn</c><00:43:45.070><c> for</c><00:43:45.269><c> a</c><00:43:45.429><c> moment</c><00:43:45.789><c> to</c><00:43:46.110><c> the</c><00:43:46.610><c> passages</c><00:43:47.030><c> that</c><00:43:47.210><c> are</c><00:43:47.429><c> alluded</c><00:43:47.829><c> to</c>

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here.<00:43:49.150><c> John</c><00:43:49.369><c> chapter</c><00:43:49.690><c> 15,</c>

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John<00:43:53.690><c> chapter</c><00:43:54.250><c> 15,</c><00:44:02.929><c> verse</c><00:44:03.530><c> 22,</c><00:44:07.750><c> Jesus</c><00:44:08.090><c> says,</c><00:44:08.630><c> If</c><00:44:08.650><c> I</c><00:44:08.909><c> had</c><00:44:09.190><c> not</c>

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come<00:44:09.710><c> and</c><00:44:09.929><c> spoken</c><00:44:10.289><c> unto</c><00:44:10.570><c> them,</c><00:44:10.849><c> they</c><00:44:11.050><c> had</c><00:44:11.510><c> not</c>

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had<00:44:12.590><c> sin,</c><00:44:13.530><c> but</c><00:44:13.650><c> now</c><00:44:13.909><c> they</c><00:44:14.110><c> have</c><00:44:14.349><c> no</c><00:44:14.750><c> cloak</c><00:44:15.050><c> for</c><00:44:15.349><c> their</c><00:44:15.650><c> sin.</c><00:44:16.530><c> Verse</c><00:44:16.710><c> 24,</c><00:44:18.269><c> And</c><00:44:18.449><c> if</c>

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I<00:44:18.670><c> had</c><00:44:18.849><c> not</c><00:44:18.989><c> done</c><00:44:19.130><c> among</c><00:44:19.409><c> them</c>

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the<00:44:19.849><c> works</c><00:44:19.929><c> which</c><00:44:20.230><c> none</c><00:44:20.409><c> other</c><00:44:20.650><c> man</c><00:44:20.949><c> did,</c><00:44:21.389><c> they</c><00:44:21.610><c> had</c><00:44:21.889><c> not</c><00:44:22.150><c> had</c>

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sin,<00:44:23.469><c> but</c><00:44:23.670><c> now</c><00:44:24.010><c> have</c><00:44:24.230><c> they</c><00:44:24.449><c> both</c><00:44:24.809><c> seen</c><00:44:25.289><c> and</c><00:44:25.750><c> hated</c>

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both<00:44:26.670><c> me</c><00:44:27.429><c> and</c><00:44:27.869><c> my</c><00:44:28.269><c> father.</c><00:44:31.170><c> Appeal</c><00:44:31.610><c> is</c><00:44:31.750><c> also</c><00:44:32.150><c> made</c><00:44:32.469><c> to</c><00:44:32.809><c> those</c>

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passages<00:44:33.449><c> in</c><00:44:33.710><c> Jeremiah</c><00:44:34.190><c> which</c><00:44:34.449><c> we</c><00:44:34.650><c> came</c><00:44:34.849><c> across</c>

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yesterday<00:44:35.730><c> which</c><00:44:36.090><c> record</c><00:44:36.389><c> the</c><00:44:36.570><c> following</c><00:44:36.909><c> instruction,</c><00:44:37.909><c> Pray</c><00:44:38.250><c> not</c>

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for<00:44:38.889><c> this</c><00:44:39.150><c> people,</c><00:44:39.690><c> neither</c><00:44:39.849><c> lift</c><00:44:40.110><c> up</c><00:44:40.389><c> crying</c>

00:44:40.610 --> 00:44:43.630
or<00:44:40.869><c> prayer</c><00:44:41.150><c> for</c><00:44:41.409><c> them,</c><00:44:41.690><c> neither</c><00:44:41.929><c> make</c><00:44:42.250><c> intercession</c><00:44:42.789><c> for</c><00:44:43.050><c> them,</c><00:44:43.489><c> for</c>

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I<00:44:43.909><c> will</c><00:44:44.170><c> not</c><00:44:44.389><c> hear</c><00:44:44.710><c> thee.</c>

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Seth<00:44:48.409><c> the</c><00:44:48.690><c> Lord.</c><00:44:51.409><c> Three</c><00:44:51.670><c> times</c><00:44:52.070><c> that</c><00:44:52.329><c> instruction</c><00:44:52.769><c> is</c><00:44:53.050><c> repeated,</c><00:44:53.469><c> and</c><00:44:53.570><c> in</c>

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each<00:44:53.889><c> case</c><00:44:54.170><c> the</c><00:44:54.369><c> context</c><00:44:54.809><c> is</c>

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undoubtedly<00:44:55.809><c> messianic.</c><00:44:58.849><c> Accordingly,</c><00:44:59.550><c> the</c><00:44:59.690><c> conclusion</c><00:45:00.210><c> is</c>

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reached<00:45:00.849><c> that</c><00:45:01.070><c> Jesus</c><00:45:01.510><c> must</c><00:45:01.869><c> have</c><00:45:02.110><c> been</c><00:45:02.369><c> praying</c><00:45:02.789><c> for</c>

00:45:03.030 --> 00:45:07.309
the<00:45:03.250><c> Roman</c><00:45:03.670><c> soldiers</c><00:45:04.309><c> and</c><00:45:04.710><c> not</c><00:45:05.150><c> for</c><00:45:05.389><c> the</c><00:45:05.610><c> Jews</c><00:45:06.090><c> when</c><00:45:06.889><c> he</c><00:45:07.070><c> said,</c>

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Father,<00:45:07.869><c> forgive</c><00:45:08.309><c> them,</c><00:45:09.510><c> for</c><00:45:09.710><c> they</c><00:45:09.869><c> know</c><00:45:10.050><c> not</c><00:45:10.269><c> what</c>

00:45:10.469 --> 00:45:15.829
they<00:45:10.730><c> do.</c><00:45:13.510><c> But</c><00:45:13.690><c> it</c><00:45:13.769><c> seems</c><00:45:14.030><c> to</c><00:45:14.190><c> me,</c><00:45:14.530><c> brethren</c><00:45:14.650><c> and</c><00:45:14.929><c> sisters,</c><00:45:15.389><c> that</c><00:45:15.510><c> that</c><00:45:15.670><c> is</c>

00:45:15.829 --> 00:45:17.710
not<00:45:16.070><c> a</c><00:45:16.210><c> right</c><00:45:16.409><c> balance</c>

00:45:17.750 --> 00:45:23.369
of<00:45:18.050><c> Scripture</c><00:45:18.570><c> as</c><00:45:19.489><c> our</c><00:45:19.650><c> brother</c><00:45:19.829><c> Len</c><00:45:20.130><c> exhorted</c><00:45:20.550><c> us</c><00:45:20.809><c> to</c><00:45:21.010><c> try</c><00:45:21.150><c> and</c><00:45:21.389><c> achieve.</c><00:45:23.250><c> It</c>

00:45:23.369 --> 00:45:24.309
is<00:45:23.590><c> a</c><00:45:23.690><c> conclusion</c><00:45:24.130><c> which</c>

00:45:24.309 --> 00:45:27.349
is<00:45:24.489><c> not</c><00:45:24.690><c> borne</c><00:45:24.949><c> out</c><00:45:25.130><c> by</c><00:45:25.369><c> the</c><00:45:25.530><c> facts</c><00:45:25.750><c> of</c><00:45:25.989><c> history,</c><00:45:26.670><c> for</c><00:45:26.829><c> early</c>

00:45:27.349 --> 00:45:30.210
in<00:45:28.050><c> the</c><00:45:28.230><c> Acts</c><00:45:28.409><c> of</c><00:45:28.590><c> the</c><00:45:28.789><c> Apostles</c><00:45:29.150><c> we</c><00:45:29.349><c> find</c><00:45:29.690><c> both</c>

00:45:30.210 --> 00:45:33.530
Jews<00:45:30.590><c> and</c><00:45:31.230><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:32.010><c> being</c><00:45:32.289><c> brought</c><00:45:32.550><c> into</c><00:45:32.789><c> the</c><00:45:32.989><c> bonds</c><00:45:33.170><c> of</c><00:45:33.349><c> the</c>

00:45:33.530 --> 00:45:36.829
covenant<00:45:33.889><c> on</c><00:45:34.349><c> the</c><00:45:34.510><c> basis</c><00:45:34.809><c> of</c><00:45:35.050><c> repentance</c><00:45:35.530><c> and</c><00:45:35.889><c> faith,</c>

00:45:37.269 --> 00:45:41.190
and<00:45:37.610><c> I'm</c><00:45:37.829><c> sure</c><00:45:38.050><c> that</c><00:45:38.289><c> is</c><00:45:38.550><c> the</c><00:45:38.670><c> solution</c><00:45:39.309><c> to</c><00:45:39.670><c> the</c><00:45:39.869><c> problem.</c><00:45:41.010><c> For</c>

00:45:41.190 --> 00:45:44.309
the<00:45:41.550><c> ruthless</c><00:45:41.949><c> and</c><00:45:42.429><c> calculating</c><00:45:43.090><c> Jews</c><00:45:43.590><c> who</c><00:45:43.869><c> refused</c>

00:45:44.309 --> 00:45:48.250
to<00:45:44.570><c> soften</c><00:45:44.789><c> their</c><00:45:45.130><c> hearts,</c><00:45:45.449><c> there</c><00:45:45.730><c> was</c><00:45:46.170><c> no</c><00:45:46.530><c> forgiveness.</c><00:45:48.070><c> For</c>

00:45:48.250 --> 00:45:50.550
them<00:45:48.489><c> the</c><00:45:48.750><c> passages</c><00:45:49.070><c> in</c><00:45:49.429><c> John</c><00:45:49.710><c> and</c><00:45:49.869><c> in</c><00:45:50.110><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:45:50.550 --> 00:45:55.190
were<00:45:50.889><c> true,</c><00:45:51.170><c> they</c><00:45:51.389><c> were</c><00:45:51.670><c> beyond</c><00:45:52.050><c> the</c><00:45:52.329><c> pale,</c><00:45:53.909><c> but</c><00:45:54.269><c> for</c><00:45:54.610><c> those</c>

00:45:55.190 --> 00:45:59.030
who<00:45:55.769><c> rethought</c><00:45:56.329><c> their</c><00:45:56.630><c> position</c><00:45:57.510><c> at</c><00:45:58.309><c> Pentecost</c>

00:45:59.030 --> 00:46:03.989
thereafter<00:45:59.949><c> and</c><00:46:00.769><c> who</c><00:46:01.010><c> came</c><00:46:01.250><c> to</c><00:46:01.389><c> Christ</c><00:46:01.750><c> in</c><00:46:02.110><c> faith,</c><00:46:03.610><c> there</c><00:46:03.730><c> was</c>

00:46:03.989 --> 00:46:07.130
forgiveness<00:46:04.630><c> and</c><00:46:05.829><c> there</c><00:46:05.909><c> was</c><00:46:06.150><c> blessing.</c>

00:46:07.909 --> 00:46:11.289
So<00:46:08.130><c> to</c><00:46:08.289><c> my</c><00:46:08.530><c> mind</c><00:46:08.889><c> this</c><00:46:09.170><c> prayer</c><00:46:09.449><c> from</c><00:46:09.690><c> the</c><00:46:09.949><c> cross</c><00:46:10.170><c> embraced</c><00:46:10.690><c> all</c>

00:46:11.289 --> 00:46:14.409
who<00:46:11.449><c> were</c><00:46:11.750><c> involved</c><00:46:12.409><c> in</c><00:46:12.590><c> the</c><00:46:12.829><c> crucifixion,</c>

00:46:14.510 --> 00:46:17.889
and<00:46:14.570><c> that</c><00:46:14.909><c> prayer</c><00:46:15.349><c> was</c><00:46:15.809><c> answered</c><00:46:16.590><c> because</c><00:46:17.230><c> it</c><00:46:17.329><c> was</c><00:46:17.550><c> effective</c>

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for<00:46:18.170><c> both</c><00:46:18.570><c> Jew</c><00:46:18.789><c> and</c><00:46:19.210><c> Gentile,</c><00:46:19.909><c> and</c><00:46:19.989><c> it</c><00:46:20.449><c> still</c>

00:46:20.730 --> 00:46:30.610
is,<00:46:22.110><c> provided</c><00:46:22.789><c> we</c><00:46:23.150><c> come</c><00:46:23.449><c> to</c><00:46:23.670><c> the</c><00:46:23.849><c> Lord</c><00:46:24.989><c> penitently</c><00:46:26.369><c> and</c><00:46:27.030><c> in</c><00:46:27.309><c> faith,</c><00:46:28.769><c> and</c><00:46:29.050><c> you</c><00:46:29.230><c> may</c><00:46:29.389><c> like</c><00:46:29.690><c> to</c>

00:46:30.610 --> 00:46:31.510
discuss<00:46:31.010><c> that</c><00:46:31.309><c> point</c>

00:46:31.510 --> 00:46:36.489
later<00:46:31.829><c> in</c><00:46:32.030><c> the</c><00:46:32.130><c> day.</c><00:46:33.969><c> Back</c><00:46:34.210><c> now</c><00:46:34.510><c> please</c><00:46:34.789><c> to</c><00:46:34.929><c> John</c><00:46:35.190><c> 19</c><00:46:35.909><c> for</c><00:46:36.269><c> one</c>

00:46:36.489 --> 00:46:39.929
or<00:46:36.630><c> two</c><00:46:36.949><c> details</c><00:46:37.590><c> to</c><00:46:38.110><c> conclude</c><00:46:38.489><c> this</c><00:46:38.829><c> study.</c>

00:46:41.570 --> 00:46:49.530
John<00:46:42.250><c> chapter</c><00:46:42.590><c> 19</c><00:46:43.949><c> and</c><00:46:46.230><c> verse</c><00:46:47.550><c> 19,</c>

00:46:53.050 --> 00:46:58.650
and<00:46:53.389><c> Pilate</c><00:46:53.670><c> wrote</c><00:46:54.010><c> a</c><00:46:54.309><c> title</c><00:46:54.710><c> and</c><00:46:56.070><c> put</c><00:46:56.269><c> it</c><00:46:56.389><c> on</c><00:46:56.630><c> the</c><00:46:56.889><c> cross,</c><00:46:58.650><c> and</c>

00:46:58.650 --> 00:47:01.610
the<00:46:58.829><c> writing</c><00:46:59.170><c> was</c><00:46:59.889><c> Jesus</c><00:47:00.630><c> of</c><00:47:00.949><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:47:01.889 --> 00:47:06.949
the<00:47:02.130><c> King</c><00:47:02.349><c> of</c><00:47:02.590><c> the</c><00:47:02.849><c> Jews.</c><00:47:05.030><c> This</c><00:47:05.429><c> title</c><00:47:05.829><c> then</c><00:47:06.170><c> read</c><00:47:06.389><c> many</c><00:47:06.750><c> of</c>

00:47:06.949 --> 00:47:09.230
the<00:47:07.130><c> Jews</c><00:47:07.389><c> for</c><00:47:07.590><c> the</c><00:47:07.750><c> place</c><00:47:07.969><c> where</c><00:47:08.170><c> Jesus</c><00:47:08.469><c> was</c><00:47:08.710><c> crucified</c>

00:47:09.230 --> 00:47:12.690
was<00:47:09.449><c> nigh</c><00:47:09.809><c> to</c><00:47:09.989><c> the</c><00:47:10.170><c> city,</c><00:47:11.269><c> and</c><00:47:11.269><c> it</c><00:47:11.349><c> was</c><00:47:11.550><c> written</c><00:47:11.809><c> in</c><00:47:12.130><c> Hebrew</c>

00:47:12.690 --> 00:47:17.650
and<00:47:13.369><c> Greek</c><00:47:13.809><c> and</c><00:47:14.750><c> Latin.</c><00:47:16.769><c> Then</c><00:47:17.010><c> said</c><00:47:17.230><c> the</c><00:47:17.349><c> chief</c>

00:47:17.650 --> 00:47:23.829
priest<00:47:17.909><c> of</c><00:47:18.050><c> the</c><00:47:18.190><c> Jews</c><00:47:18.389><c> to</c><00:47:18.690><c> Pilate,</c><00:47:19.210><c> write</c><00:47:19.469><c> not</c><00:47:19.949><c> the</c><00:47:20.329><c> King</c><00:47:20.630><c> of</c><00:47:20.809><c> the</c><00:47:21.030><c> Jews,</c><00:47:21.949><c> but</c><00:47:22.170><c> that</c><00:47:22.409><c> he</c><00:47:22.869><c> said,</c><00:47:23.710><c> I</c>

00:47:23.829 --> 00:47:24.730
am<00:47:24.070><c> King</c><00:47:24.289><c> of</c><00:47:24.510><c> the</c>

00:47:24.730 --> 00:47:33.230
Jews.<00:47:26.610><c> Pilate</c><00:47:26.969><c> answered,</c><00:47:28.329><c> what</c><00:47:28.530><c> I</c><00:47:28.710><c> have</c><00:47:28.849><c> written,</c><00:47:30.389><c> I</c><00:47:30.510><c> have</c><00:47:30.710><c> written.</c><00:47:32.769><c> So</c>

00:47:33.230 --> 00:47:34.650
this<00:47:33.369><c> was</c><00:47:33.550><c> one</c><00:47:33.730><c> way</c><00:47:33.929><c> in</c><00:47:34.010><c> which</c><00:47:34.230><c> Pilate</c><00:47:34.510><c> could</c>

00:47:34.650 --> 00:47:37.090
get<00:47:34.869><c> a</c><00:47:34.969><c> little</c><00:47:35.110><c> of</c><00:47:35.250><c> his</c><00:47:35.389><c> own</c><00:47:35.590><c> back</c><00:47:35.789><c> on</c><00:47:35.989><c> these</c><00:47:36.250><c> men</c><00:47:36.449><c> who</c><00:47:36.630><c> had</c><00:47:36.849><c> so</c>

00:47:37.090 --> 00:47:38.989
cleverly<00:47:37.550><c> bullied</c><00:47:37.750><c> and</c><00:47:38.010><c> blackmailed</c><00:47:38.610><c> him</c><00:47:38.750><c> into</c>

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giving<00:47:39.309><c> the</c><00:47:39.409><c> sentence</c><00:47:39.809><c> they</c><00:47:40.050><c> required.</c><00:47:41.650><c> Pilate</c><00:47:42.050><c> knew</c><00:47:42.409><c> that</c>

00:47:42.610 --> 00:47:44.389
the<00:47:42.789><c> title</c><00:47:43.030><c> would</c><00:47:43.289><c> cause</c><00:47:43.590><c> bitter</c><00:47:43.889><c> resentment,</c>

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that<00:47:44.610><c> it</c><00:47:44.710><c> would</c><00:47:44.969><c> rankle,</c><00:47:46.710><c> and</c><00:47:47.090><c> I'm</c><00:47:47.230><c> sure</c><00:47:47.449><c> he</c><00:47:47.570><c> meant</c><00:47:47.809><c> it</c><00:47:48.070><c> to.</c><00:47:48.630><c> He</c>

00:47:48.829 --> 00:47:52.289
may<00:47:49.250><c> even</c><00:47:49.809><c> have</c><00:47:50.210><c> believed</c><00:47:50.610><c> it</c><00:47:50.849><c> to</c><00:47:50.989><c> be</c><00:47:51.230><c> true.</c>

00:47:52.829 --> 00:47:55.849
By<00:47:53.030><c> the</c><00:47:53.130><c> morning</c><00:47:53.349><c> of</c><00:47:53.550><c> the</c><00:47:53.650><c> third</c><00:47:54.030><c> day,</c><00:47:54.530><c> he</c><00:47:54.710><c> almost</c><00:47:55.269><c> certainly</c>

00:47:55.849 --> 00:47:57.570
would<00:47:56.130><c> have</c><00:47:56.389><c> believed</c><00:47:56.730><c> it.</c>

00:47:59.610 --> 00:48:03.289
But<00:47:59.769><c> then</c><00:47:59.989><c> the</c><00:48:00.090><c> chief</c><00:48:00.309><c> priest</c><00:48:00.510><c> protested,</c><00:48:01.090><c> Pilate</c><00:48:01.409><c> refused</c><00:48:01.869><c> to</c><00:48:02.110><c> budge,</c><00:48:02.869><c> what</c><00:48:03.110><c> I</c>

00:48:03.289 --> 00:48:05.789
have<00:48:03.449><c> written,</c><00:48:04.190><c> I</c><00:48:04.530><c> have</c><00:48:04.849><c> written,</c>

00:48:06.050 --> 00:48:10.349
and<00:48:06.710><c> nothing</c><00:48:07.010><c> through</c><00:48:07.269><c> the</c><00:48:07.449><c> centuries</c><00:48:07.829><c> has</c><00:48:08.030><c> been</c><00:48:08.210><c> able</c><00:48:08.449><c> to</c><00:48:08.730><c> alter</c><00:48:08.909><c> it.</c><00:48:10.349><c> It</c>

00:48:10.349 --> 00:48:11.889
was<00:48:10.469><c> another</c><00:48:10.789><c> of</c><00:48:11.090><c> Pilate's</c><00:48:11.530><c> unwitting</c>

00:48:11.889 --> 00:48:17.409
prophecies,<00:48:12.809><c> a</c><00:48:12.949><c> further</c><00:48:13.289><c> tribute</c><00:48:13.829><c> to</c><00:48:14.889><c> the</c><00:48:15.050><c> Son</c><00:48:15.269><c> of</c><00:48:15.510><c> God,</c><00:48:16.789><c> Jesus</c><00:48:17.170><c> of</c>

00:48:17.409 --> 00:48:21.769
Nazareth,<00:48:18.889><c> the</c><00:48:19.050><c> King</c><00:48:20.090><c> of</c><00:48:20.690><c> the</c><00:48:20.869><c> Jews.</c>

00:48:23.750 --> 00:48:27.070
And<00:48:24.010><c> certainly</c><00:48:24.269><c> this</c><00:48:24.489><c> witness</c><00:48:24.829><c> to</c><00:48:25.010><c> Jesus'</c><00:48:25.650><c> kingship</c><00:48:25.909><c> received</c><00:48:26.550><c> the</c>

00:48:27.070 --> 00:48:29.250
widest<00:48:27.570><c> possible</c><00:48:28.050><c> publicity.</c>

00:48:31.110 --> 00:48:34.090
And<00:48:31.809><c> this</c><00:48:31.849><c> title</c><00:48:32.210><c> then</c><00:48:32.510><c> read</c><00:48:32.710><c> many</c><00:48:33.110><c> of</c><00:48:33.289><c> the</c><00:48:33.469><c> Jews,</c><00:48:33.909><c> for</c><00:48:33.909><c> the</c>

00:48:34.090 --> 00:48:36.050
place<00:48:34.369><c> where</c><00:48:34.570><c> Jesus</c><00:48:34.929><c> was</c><00:48:35.230><c> crucified</c>

00:48:36.050 --> 00:48:41.349
was<00:48:36.949><c> nigh</c><00:48:37.730><c> to</c><00:48:38.150><c> the</c><00:48:38.289><c> city.</c><00:48:39.809><c> And</c><00:48:39.929><c> the</c><00:48:40.090><c> three</c><00:48:40.230><c> languages</c><00:48:40.730><c> testify</c>

00:48:41.349 --> 00:48:43.349
to<00:48:41.530><c> the</c><00:48:41.750><c> universal</c><00:48:42.230><c> nature</c><00:48:42.690><c> of</c><00:48:42.889><c> the</c><00:48:42.989><c> gospel</c>

00:48:43.349 --> 00:48:49.510
of<00:48:43.610><c> salvation.</c><00:48:44.929><c> For</c><00:48:45.110><c> I,</c><00:48:45.550><c> if</c><00:48:45.909><c> I</c><00:48:46.250><c> be</c><00:48:46.469><c> lifted</c><00:48:46.869><c> up,</c><00:48:47.710><c> will</c><00:48:48.309><c> draw</c><00:48:48.869><c> all</c>

00:48:49.510 --> 00:48:55.280
men<00:48:50.289><c> unto</c><00:48:51.030><c> me.</c><00:48:53.190><c> And</c><00:48:53.409><c> now</c><00:48:53.630><c> it</c><00:48:53.769><c> was</c><00:48:53.929><c> coming</c><00:48:54.170><c> to</c><00:48:54.429><c> pass.</c>

00:48:57.360 --> 00:49:01.500
And<00:48:57.960><c> then</c><00:48:58.059><c> the</c><00:48:58.260><c> soldiers,</c><00:48:59.039><c> when</c><00:48:59.280><c> they</c><00:48:59.440><c> had</c><00:48:59.739><c> crucified</c><00:49:00.340><c> Jesus,</c>

00:49:02.420 --> 00:49:04.599
took<00:49:02.639><c> his</c><00:49:02.880><c> garments</c><00:49:03.260><c> and</c><00:49:03.480><c> made</c><00:49:03.699><c> four</c><00:49:04.079><c> parts,</c>

00:49:04.800 --> 00:49:10.139
to<00:49:05.019><c> every</c><00:49:05.320><c> soldier</c><00:49:05.980><c> a</c><00:49:07.099><c> part.</c><00:49:09.159><c> Now</c><00:49:09.400><c> that</c><00:49:09.559><c> the</c><00:49:09.679><c> grim</c><00:49:09.860><c> business</c>

00:49:10.139 --> 00:49:11.480
of<00:49:10.400><c> crucifixion</c><00:49:10.900><c> was</c><00:49:11.159><c> over,</c>

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:14.360
the<00:49:11.760><c> soldiers</c><00:49:12.139><c> settled</c><00:49:12.559><c> down</c><00:49:12.960><c> to</c><00:49:13.079><c> the</c><00:49:13.119><c> more</c><00:49:13.400><c> congenial</c><00:49:13.940><c> task</c>

00:49:14.360 --> 00:49:15.699
of<00:49:14.519><c> sharing</c><00:49:14.800><c> out</c><00:49:15.119><c> the</c><00:49:15.280><c> garments</c>

00:49:15.699 --> 00:49:20.820
of<00:49:16.219><c> this</c><00:49:16.420><c> crucified</c><00:49:16.980><c> man.</c><00:49:18.719><c> And</c><00:49:18.880><c> it</c><00:49:19.400><c> would</c><00:49:19.739><c> seem</c><00:49:19.980><c> five</c><00:49:20.380><c> items</c>

00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:23.199
to<00:49:21.139><c> dispose</c><00:49:21.420><c> of</c><00:49:21.599><c> in</c><00:49:21.800><c> Jesus'</c><00:49:22.460><c> case,</c>

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:30.219
his<00:49:24.219><c> headgear,</c><00:49:26.139><c> his</c><00:49:26.340><c> outer</c><00:49:26.599><c> robe,</c><00:49:28.059><c> his</c><00:49:28.380><c> long</c><00:49:28.940><c> undershirt,</c>

00:49:30.699 --> 00:49:36.860
which<00:49:30.940><c> John</c><00:49:31.239><c> calls</c><00:49:31.579><c> his</c><00:49:31.840><c> coat,</c><00:49:33.760><c> his</c><00:49:33.940><c> girdle,</c><00:49:35.699><c> his</c><00:49:35.900><c> sandals,</c>

00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:45.539
some<00:49:39.119><c> total</c><00:49:39.420><c> of</c><00:49:39.559><c> his</c><00:49:39.760><c> worldly</c><00:49:40.000><c> possessions.</c><00:49:43.139><c> And</c><00:49:43.780><c> the</c><00:49:43.920><c> one</c><00:49:44.179><c> piece</c><00:49:44.460><c> shirt</c><00:49:44.940><c> or</c>

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:48.059
coat<00:49:46.139><c> was</c><00:49:47.019><c> evidently</c><00:49:47.420><c> of</c><00:49:47.639><c> especially</c>

00:49:48.059 --> 00:49:51.800
fine<00:49:48.360><c> quality.</c><00:49:50.079><c> And</c><00:49:50.159><c> it</c><00:49:50.219><c> was</c><00:49:50.360><c> set</c><00:49:50.519><c> on</c><00:49:50.719><c> one</c><00:49:51.019><c> side</c><00:49:51.260><c> to</c><00:49:51.440><c> be</c><00:49:51.559><c> dealt</c>

00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:58.980
with<00:49:52.079><c> last.</c><00:49:55.760><c> Now</c><00:49:56.019><c> the</c><00:49:56.119><c> coat</c><00:49:56.659><c> was</c><00:49:57.460><c> without</c><00:49:57.880><c> seam,</c>

00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:05.440
woven<00:50:00.519><c> from</c><00:50:01.039><c> the</c><00:50:01.280><c> top</c><00:50:01.760><c> throughout.</c><00:50:04.380><c> And</c><00:50:04.579><c> Josephus</c><00:50:04.940><c> tells</c><00:50:05.199><c> us</c>

00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:07.739
that<00:50:05.639><c> this</c><00:50:05.900><c> was</c><00:50:06.119><c> precisely</c><00:50:06.679><c> the</c><00:50:06.940><c> kind</c><00:50:07.239><c> of</c><00:50:07.440><c> garment</c>

00:50:07.739 --> 00:50:15.420
which<00:50:08.039><c> a</c><00:50:08.159><c> high</c><00:50:08.400><c> priest</c><00:50:08.639><c> wore.</c><00:50:14.360><c> They</c><00:50:14.679><c> said</c><00:50:14.860><c> therefore</c><00:50:15.219><c> among</c>

00:50:15.420 --> 00:50:17.559
themselves,<00:50:15.940><c> let</c><00:50:16.079><c> us</c><00:50:16.320><c> not</c><00:50:16.539><c> rend</c><00:50:16.820><c> it,</c><00:50:17.079><c> but</c><00:50:17.199><c> cast</c>

00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:21.500
lots<00:50:17.840><c> for</c><00:50:18.039><c> it,</c><00:50:18.280><c> whose</c><00:50:18.400><c> it</c><00:50:18.599><c> shall</c><00:50:18.780><c> be,</c><00:50:19.820><c> that</c><00:50:20.039><c> the</c><00:50:20.300><c> Scripture</c><00:50:20.719><c> might</c><00:50:21.119><c> be</c>

00:50:21.500 --> 00:50:23.199
fulfilled<00:50:22.179><c> which</c><00:50:22.539><c> saith,</c>

00:50:23.619 --> 00:50:25.940
They<00:50:23.739><c> parted</c><00:50:24.119><c> my</c><00:50:24.340><c> raiment</c><00:50:24.639><c> among</c><00:50:24.940><c> them,</c><00:50:25.099><c> and</c><00:50:25.179><c> for</c><00:50:25.360><c> my</c><00:50:25.619><c> vesture</c>

00:50:25.940 --> 00:50:27.699
they<00:50:26.119><c> did</c><00:50:26.380><c> cast</c><00:50:26.739><c> lots.</c>

00:50:28.659 --> 00:50:35.739
These<00:50:29.059><c> things</c><00:50:29.579><c> therefore</c><00:50:30.500><c> the</c><00:50:31.159><c> soldiers</c><00:50:31.619><c> did.</c><00:50:34.519><c> They</c><00:50:35.019><c> fulfilled</c><00:50:35.420><c> to</c><00:50:35.599><c> the</c>

00:50:35.739 --> 00:50:38.599
letter,<00:50:37.139><c> Psalm</c><00:50:37.360><c> 22</c><00:50:37.840><c> verse</c><00:50:38.159><c> 18,</c>

00:50:38.679 --> 00:50:43.320
written<00:50:38.920><c> a</c><00:50:39.159><c> thousand</c><00:50:39.480><c> years</c><00:50:39.840><c> before.</c><00:50:42.480><c> But</c><00:50:42.739><c> John</c><00:50:42.940><c> with</c><00:50:43.119><c> his</c>

00:50:43.320 --> 00:50:45.440
wonderfully<00:50:43.699><c> symbolic</c><00:50:44.280><c> mind,</c><00:50:44.800><c> brethren</c><00:50:44.980><c> and</c><00:50:45.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:48.679
were<00:50:45.719><c> drawing</c><00:50:45.920><c> attention</c><00:50:46.639><c> to</c><00:50:46.820><c> more</c><00:50:47.019><c> than</c><00:50:47.159><c> the</c><00:50:47.260><c> mere</c><00:50:47.440><c> fulfillment</c><00:50:47.900><c> of</c><00:50:48.199><c> prophecy</c><00:50:48.480><c> in</c>

00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:49.880
these<00:50:48.900><c> verses.</c>

00:50:50.239 --> 00:50:56.059
The<00:50:50.420><c> one</c><00:50:50.780><c> piece</c><00:50:51.099><c> garment</c><00:50:51.519><c> of</c><00:50:51.800><c> Jesus</c><00:50:52.440><c> remained</c><00:50:53.480><c> intact.</c><00:50:55.840><c> Here</c>

00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:59.039
in<00:50:56.400><c> symbol</c><00:50:56.860><c> was</c><00:50:57.840><c> the</c><00:50:57.960><c> very</c><00:50:58.320><c> truth</c><00:50:58.539><c> that</c><00:50:58.739><c> Jesus</c>

00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:02.579
had<00:50:59.320><c> emphasized</c><00:50:59.820><c> for</c><00:51:00.000><c> the</c><00:51:00.159><c> benefit</c><00:51:00.420><c> of</c><00:51:00.579><c> his</c><00:51:00.780><c> disciples.</c><00:51:02.340><c> And</c>

00:51:02.579 --> 00:51:06.099
there<00:51:02.760><c> shall</c><00:51:02.880><c> be</c><00:51:03.119><c> one</c><00:51:03.519><c> flock</c><00:51:03.940><c> and</c><00:51:04.679><c> one</c><00:51:05.019><c> shepherd.</c>

00:51:06.599 --> 00:51:10.260
Holy<00:51:06.840><c> Father,</c><00:51:08.380><c> keep</c><00:51:08.639><c> through</c><00:51:08.920><c> thine</c><00:51:09.119><c> own</c><00:51:09.420><c> name</c><00:51:09.739><c> those</c><00:51:10.079><c> whom</c>

00:51:10.260 --> 00:51:14.300
thou<00:51:10.480><c> hast</c><00:51:10.760><c> given</c><00:51:11.059><c> me,</c><00:51:11.940><c> that</c><00:51:12.119><c> they</c><00:51:12.400><c> may</c><00:51:12.739><c> be</c><00:51:13.500><c> one,</c>

00:51:14.559 --> 00:51:20.400
even<00:51:15.119><c> as</c><00:51:15.340><c> we</c><00:51:15.579><c> are.</c><00:51:17.360><c> But</c><00:51:17.440><c> for</c><00:51:17.659><c> those</c><00:51:18.039><c> estranged</c><00:51:18.940><c> from</c><00:51:19.219><c> Christ,</c>

00:51:20.699 --> 00:51:22.539
it<00:51:20.760><c> was</c><00:51:20.980><c> exactly</c><00:51:21.420><c> the</c><00:51:21.619><c> opposite.</c>

00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:25.199
And<00:51:23.039><c> we</c><00:51:23.139><c> read</c><00:51:23.320><c> in</c><00:51:23.420><c> John's</c><00:51:23.880><c> Gospel</c><00:51:24.099><c> time</c><00:51:24.420><c> and</c><00:51:24.639><c> again,</c><00:51:24.980><c> so</c><00:51:25.099><c> there</c>

00:51:25.199 --> 00:51:27.039
was<00:51:25.380><c> a</c><00:51:25.559><c> division</c><00:51:25.820><c> amongst</c><00:51:26.159><c> the</c><00:51:26.380><c> people</c><00:51:26.559><c> because</c><00:51:26.860><c> of</c>

00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:31.000
him.<00:51:28.199><c> Or</c><00:51:28.480><c> again,</c><00:51:29.320><c> there</c><00:51:29.440><c> was</c><00:51:29.639><c> a</c><00:51:29.800><c> division</c><00:51:30.119><c> therefore</c><00:51:30.659><c> amongst</c>

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:33.340
the<00:51:31.239><c> Jews</c><00:51:31.440><c> for</c><00:51:31.699><c> these</c><00:51:32.000><c> sayings.</c>

00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:38.559
And<00:51:35.380><c> all</c><00:51:35.599><c> these</c><00:51:35.840><c> things</c><00:51:36.199><c> were</c><00:51:36.599><c> impressively</c><00:51:37.420><c> symbolized</c><00:51:38.219><c> in</c>

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:43.119
two<00:51:39.159><c> simple</c><00:51:39.739><c> facts.</c><00:51:41.739><c> At</c><00:51:41.940><c> the</c><00:51:42.119><c> trial</c><00:51:42.280><c> of</c><00:51:42.440><c> Jesus</c><00:51:42.800><c> before</c>

00:51:43.119 --> 00:51:45.480
the<00:51:43.559><c> Sanhedrin,</c><00:51:44.000><c> you</c><00:51:44.079><c> will</c><00:51:44.360><c> recall</c><00:51:44.639><c> that</c><00:51:44.840><c> the</c><00:51:44.940><c> high</c><00:51:45.239><c> priest</c>

00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:49.280
rent<00:51:45.980><c> his</c><00:51:46.360><c> priestly</c><00:51:46.719><c> garments.</c><00:51:48.780><c> But</c><00:51:48.860><c> from</c><00:51:49.059><c> the</c>

00:51:49.280 --> 00:51:57.260
cross,<00:51:50.679><c> Jesus</c><00:51:50.860><c> looked</c><00:51:51.159><c> down</c><00:51:51.920><c> and</c><00:51:53.219><c> saw</c><00:51:53.400><c> his</c><00:51:53.639><c> own</c><00:51:53.920><c> priestly</c><00:51:54.219><c> garment</c><00:51:54.679><c> preserved</c><00:51:55.260><c> whole</c><00:51:56.000><c> and</c>

00:51:57.260 --> 00:51:59.019
free<00:51:57.500><c> from</c><00:51:57.760><c> any</c><00:51:58.079><c> tear.</c>

00:52:00.719 --> 00:52:06.000
But<00:52:00.900><c> oh,</c><00:52:01.139><c> brethren</c><00:52:01.500><c> and</c><00:52:01.820><c> sisters,</c><00:52:02.300><c> is</c><00:52:02.480><c> there</c><00:52:02.760><c> not</c><00:52:03.139><c> a</c><00:52:03.500><c> sad</c><00:52:03.900><c> irony</c><00:52:04.599><c> about</c><00:52:05.800><c> the</c>

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rending<00:52:06.340><c> of</c><00:52:06.480><c> his</c><00:52:06.739><c> garment</c><00:52:07.059><c> that</c><00:52:07.239><c> has</c>

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gone<00:52:07.760><c> within</c><00:52:08.019><c> the</c><00:52:08.260><c> brotherhood</c><00:52:08.679><c> from</c><00:52:08.900><c> that</c><00:52:09.219><c> day</c><00:52:09.480><c> to</c><00:52:09.719><c> this?</c><00:52:11.559><c> How</c><00:52:11.940><c> indifferently</c><00:52:12.679><c> at</c>

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times<00:52:13.280><c> we</c><00:52:13.599><c> treat</c><00:52:13.860><c> that</c><00:52:14.199><c> which</c><00:52:14.380><c> was</c>

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intended<00:52:15.119><c> to</c><00:52:15.500><c> be</c><00:52:15.900><c> even</c><00:52:16.619><c> without</c><00:52:17.699><c> seam.</c><00:52:19.860><c> Let</c><00:52:20.000><c> alone</c><00:52:20.360><c> a</c><00:52:20.599><c> rent</c><00:52:21.039><c> because</c><00:52:22.199><c> we</c>

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fail<00:52:22.679><c> to</c><00:52:22.820><c> look</c><00:52:23.000><c> to</c><00:52:23.139><c> the</c><00:52:23.300><c> author</c><00:52:23.559><c> and</c><00:52:23.820><c> finisher</c>

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of<00:52:24.380><c> our</c><00:52:24.679><c> faith</c><00:52:25.159><c> who</c><00:52:26.579><c> loved</c><00:52:26.860><c> us</c><00:52:27.820><c> and</c><00:52:28.139><c> gave</c><00:52:28.420><c> himself</c><00:52:28.860><c> for</c><00:52:29.179><c> us.</c><00:52:30.920><c> Surely</c><00:52:31.300><c> we</c>

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can<00:52:31.719><c> do</c><00:52:31.960><c> better</c><00:52:32.260><c> than</c><00:52:32.579><c> that</c><00:52:33.000><c> in</c><00:52:33.320><c> these</c><00:52:33.519><c> last</c>

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days.<00:52:35.639><c> For</c><00:52:35.840><c> the</c><00:52:36.119><c> coat</c><00:52:36.480><c> was</c><00:52:37.440><c> without</c><00:52:38.139><c> seam,</c><00:52:39.539><c> woven</c><00:52:39.940><c> from</c><00:52:40.420><c> the</c>

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top<00:52:41.360><c> throughout.</c>