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confidence<00:13:17.539><c> in</c><00:13:18.080><c> his</c><00:13:18.480><c> eventual</c><00:13:19.279><c> acquittal.</c><00:13:22.179><c> Saul</c><00:13:22.340><c> had</c><00:13:22.559><c> been</c><00:13:22.860><c> appointed</c><00:13:23.460><c> a</c>

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servant,<00:13:24.519><c> literally</c><00:13:25.019><c> an</c><00:13:25.559><c> underroher,</c>

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I,<00:13:41.679><c> the</c><00:13:41.860><c> Lord,</c><00:13:42.299><c> have</c><00:13:42.480><c> called</c><00:13:42.820><c> thee</c><00:13:43.159><c> in</c><00:13:43.340><c> righteousness,</c><00:13:44.720><c> and</c>

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will<00:13:45.220><c> hold</c><00:13:45.580><c> thine</c><00:13:45.820><c> hand,</c><00:13:46.360><c> and</c><00:13:46.399><c> will</c><00:13:46.620><c> keep</c><00:13:46.840><c> thee,</c>

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the<00:13:51.200><c> Gentiles.</c><00:13:52.100><c> Isaiah</c><00:13:52.580><c> 42</c><00:13:53.139><c> verse</c><00:13:53.480><c> 6.</c>

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No<00:13:55.340><c> wonder</c><00:13:55.559><c> that</c><00:13:55.860><c> Paul,</c><00:13:56.179><c> the</c><00:13:56.480><c> apostle</c><00:13:56.779><c> to</c><00:13:57.019><c> the</c><00:13:57.200><c> Gentiles,</c><00:13:58.360><c> felt</c><00:13:58.440><c> able</c><00:13:58.740><c> to</c>

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apply<00:13:59.399><c> to</c><00:13:59.639><c> himself</c><00:14:00.059><c> several</c><00:14:00.740><c> servant</c>

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passages<00:14:01.919><c> that</c><00:14:02.779><c> foretell</c><00:14:03.279><c> the</c><00:14:03.399><c> work</c><00:14:03.600><c> of</c><00:14:03.799><c> Christ,</c><00:14:04.980><c> as</c><00:14:05.279><c> he</c><00:14:05.539><c> continued</c><00:14:06.320><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:06.860><c> work</c><00:14:07.139><c> the</c><00:14:07.399><c> Lord</c><00:14:07.679><c> had</c><00:14:08.120><c> called</c><00:14:08.460><c> him</c><00:14:08.840><c> to.</c>

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You<00:14:10.279><c> might</c><00:14:10.539><c> like</c><00:14:10.820><c> to</c><00:14:11.159><c> compare</c><00:14:11.379><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:11.879><c> 49</c><00:14:12.559><c> verse</c><00:14:12.860><c> 6</c><00:14:13.700><c> and</c><00:14:14.139><c> Acts</c>

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13<00:14:14.980><c> verse</c><00:14:15.340><c> 47</c><00:14:16.200><c> and</c><00:14:16.879><c> a</c><00:14:16.980><c> number</c><00:14:17.360><c> of</c><00:14:17.700><c> passages</c><00:14:18.059><c> similarly.</c>

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to<00:14:24.120><c> Agrippa,</c><00:14:25.379><c> Paul</c><00:14:25.779><c> gives</c><00:14:26.159><c> the</c><00:14:26.399><c> fuller</c><00:14:26.820><c> account</c>

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of<00:14:27.340><c> his</c><00:14:27.600><c> Lord's</c><00:14:28.120><c> words</c><00:14:28.440><c> than</c><00:14:28.720><c> has</c><00:14:29.059><c> previously</c><00:14:29.580><c> been</c><00:14:30.019><c> recorded.</c><00:14:31.799><c> He</c><00:14:32.039><c> is</c><00:14:32.279><c> to</c>

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open<00:14:32.679><c> the</c><00:14:33.019><c> eyes</c><00:14:33.379><c> of</c><00:14:33.860><c> understanding</c>

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part<00:14:39.879><c> fulfilment</c><00:14:40.539><c> of</c><00:14:40.799><c> several</c><00:14:41.159><c> passages</c>

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in<00:14:42.399><c> Isaiah.</c><00:14:44.559><c> To</c><00:14:44.879><c> the</c><00:14:45.100><c> Ephesian</c><00:14:45.519><c> saints,</c><00:14:46.159><c> he</c><00:14:46.379><c> wrote,</c><00:14:47.539><c> the</c><00:14:47.840><c> eyes</c>

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of<00:14:48.519><c> your</c><00:14:48.820><c> understanding</c><00:14:49.519><c> being</c><00:14:49.960><c> enlightened,</c>

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that<00:14:51.159><c> you</c><00:14:51.320><c> may</c><00:14:51.519><c> know</c><00:14:51.820><c> what</c><00:14:52.059><c> is</c><00:14:52.320><c> the</c><00:14:52.480><c> hope</c><00:14:52.639><c> of</c><00:14:52.840><c> his</c><00:14:53.100><c> calling,</c><00:14:53.879><c> and</c><00:14:54.120><c> what</c><00:14:54.460><c> the</c><00:14:54.740><c> riches</c><00:14:55.059><c> of</c>

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inheritance<00:14:57.200><c> in</c><00:14:57.659><c> the</c><00:14:57.899><c> saints.</c><00:14:59.879><c> Thus</c><00:15:00.139><c> they</c><00:15:00.460><c> would</c><00:15:00.659><c> enable</c><00:15:01.200><c> themselves</c><00:15:01.940><c> to</c>

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be<00:15:02.720><c> light</c><00:15:03.139><c> in</c><00:15:03.480><c> the</c><00:15:03.659><c> Lord,</c><00:15:04.519><c> walk</c><00:15:04.720><c> as</c>

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as<00:15:17.580><c> we</c><00:15:17.740><c> read</c><00:15:17.940><c> in</c><00:15:18.159><c> Ephesians</c><00:15:18.620><c> 1</c><00:15:18.960><c> and</c><00:15:19.279><c> 5.</c>

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sanctified<00:15:32.940><c> by</c><00:15:33.379><c> faith</c><00:15:33.840><c> that</c><00:15:34.159><c> is</c><00:15:34.360><c> in</c><00:15:34.759><c> me.</c>

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idolatry,<00:15:45.860><c> whose</c><00:15:46.019><c> priests</c><00:15:46.559><c> presented</c><00:15:47.159><c> themselves</c><00:15:47.840><c> as</c><00:15:48.120><c> an</c><00:15:48.419><c> angel</c><00:15:48.659><c> of</c><00:15:48.960><c> light.</c>

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everyone<00:16:36.980><c> that</c><00:16:37.379><c> believeth,</c>

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Romans<00:16:42.580><c> 1</c><00:16:42.940><c> verse</c><00:16:43.159><c> 16.</c><00:16:45.080><c> Consequently,</c>

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Greeks,<00:16:50.860><c> repentance</c><00:16:51.539><c> toward</c><00:16:52.000><c> God</c><00:16:52.399><c> and</c><00:16:52.740><c> faith</c>

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delivered<00:16:59.559><c> from</c><00:17:00.100><c> the</c><00:17:00.419><c> power</c><00:17:00.740><c> of</c><00:17:01.019><c> darkness</c>

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and<00:17:02.120><c> translated</c><00:17:02.879><c> into</c><00:17:03.299><c> the</c><00:17:03.519><c> kingdom</c><00:17:03.799><c> of</c><00:17:04.079><c> his</c><00:17:04.259><c> dear</c><00:17:04.559><c> Son,</c><00:17:05.799><c> in</c>

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whom<00:17:06.160><c> we</c><00:17:06.420><c> have</c><00:17:06.599><c> redemption</c><00:17:07.259><c> through</c><00:17:07.619><c> his</c><00:17:07.940><c> blood,</c>

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even<00:17:09.500><c> the</c><00:17:09.819><c> forgiveness</c><00:17:10.420><c> of</c><00:17:10.759><c> sins,</c><00:17:11.759><c> as</c><00:17:11.960><c> we</c><00:17:12.160><c> read</c><00:17:12.359><c> in</c><00:17:12.559><c> Colossians</c><00:17:13.059><c> 1</c><00:17:13.400><c> verses</c>

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Preaching<00:17:18.900><c> to</c><00:17:19.440><c> Gentiles.</c><00:17:22.619><c> Continuing</c><00:17:22.900><c> his</c><00:17:23.299><c> defense,</c><00:17:23.880><c> Paul</c>

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says<00:17:24.539><c> he</c><00:17:24.740><c> was</c><00:17:25.019><c> not</c><00:17:25.400><c> disobedient</c><00:17:26.319><c> to</c><00:17:26.519><c> the</c><00:17:26.680><c> heavenly</c>

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vision<00:17:27.440><c> but</c><00:17:28.039><c> began</c><00:17:28.440><c> preaching</c><00:17:28.859><c> the</c><00:17:29.079><c> gospel</c><00:17:29.480><c> of</c><00:17:29.660><c> Christ</c><00:17:30.079><c> immediately</c><00:17:30.779><c> at</c>

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Damascus,<00:17:32.380><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:17:33.859><c> throughout</c>

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Judea,<00:17:35.240><c> and</c><00:17:35.539><c> then</c><00:17:35.839><c> the</c><00:17:36.039><c> Gentile</c><00:17:36.660><c> world.</c><00:17:37.940><c> It</c><00:17:38.160><c> was</c><00:17:38.440><c> because</c><00:17:38.920><c> he</c>

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taught<00:17:39.559><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:40.259><c> to</c><00:17:40.519><c> repent</c><00:17:40.940><c> and</c><00:17:41.220><c> turn</c><00:17:41.420><c> to</c><00:17:41.619><c> God</c>

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that<00:17:42.500><c> the</c><00:17:42.740><c> Jews</c><00:17:43.019><c> caught</c><00:17:43.420><c> him</c><00:17:43.619><c> in</c><00:17:43.819><c> the</c><00:17:44.019><c> temple</c><00:17:44.279><c> and</c><00:17:44.559><c> set</c><00:17:44.740><c> about</c>

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to<00:17:45.259><c> kill</c><00:17:45.440><c> him.</c><00:17:45.500><c> He</c><00:17:45.500><c> also</c><00:17:45.500><c> taught</c><00:17:45.500><c> the</c>

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Gentiles<00:17:45.500><c> to</c><00:17:45.500><c> repent.</c><00:17:46.619><c> The</c><00:17:47.160><c> Jews</c><00:17:47.160><c> had</c><00:17:47.859><c> become</c><00:17:48.160><c> so</c><00:17:48.660><c> exclusive</c>

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that<00:17:50.420><c> they</c><00:17:50.700><c> opposed</c><00:17:51.140><c> to</c><00:17:51.359><c> the</c><00:17:51.579><c> death,</c>

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the<00:17:52.220><c> inclusion</c><00:17:52.480><c> of</c><00:17:52.799><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:53.339><c> in</c><00:17:53.920><c> the</c><00:17:54.240><c> inheritance,</c><00:17:55.180><c> even</c><00:17:55.359><c> though</c><00:17:55.579><c> God's</c><00:17:56.099><c> promise</c><00:17:56.380><c> to</c>

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Abraham<00:17:57.059><c> had</c><00:17:57.339><c> said,</c>

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in<00:17:58.380><c> thee</c><00:17:58.640><c> shall</c><00:17:58.880><c> all</c><00:17:59.339><c> families</c><00:17:59.759><c> of</c><00:18:00.019><c> the</c><00:18:00.240><c> earth</c><00:18:00.440><c> be</c><00:18:00.779><c> blessed.</c>

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By<00:18:03.740><c> the</c><00:18:03.980><c> help</c><00:18:04.380><c> God</c><00:18:04.940><c> had</c><00:18:05.299><c> provided</c><00:18:05.819><c> through</c>

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Claudius,<00:18:07.380><c> Lysius,</c><00:18:08.059><c> and</c><00:18:08.359><c> his</c><00:18:08.539><c> soldiers,</c><00:18:09.400><c> however,</c><00:18:10.359><c> he</c><00:18:10.799><c> continued</c><00:18:11.500><c> until</c>

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this<00:18:12.559><c> day.</c><00:18:13.920><c> Despite</c><00:18:14.420><c> more</c><00:18:14.759><c> or</c><00:18:14.940><c> less</c>

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continuous<00:18:16.039><c> persecution,</c><00:18:17.299><c> God</c><00:18:17.740><c> worked</c><00:18:18.319><c> in</c><00:18:18.660><c> him</c><00:18:19.079><c> mightily,</c><00:18:19.740><c> he</c><00:18:19.940><c> says</c><00:18:20.160><c> in</c><00:18:20.380><c> Colossians</c><00:18:20.839><c> 1</c>

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verse<00:18:21.480><c> 29.</c>

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He<00:18:23.180><c> was</c><00:18:23.460><c> able</c><00:18:23.680><c> to</c><00:18:23.980><c> say,</c><00:18:25.140><c> I</c><00:18:25.480><c> can</c><00:18:25.880><c> do</c><00:18:26.200><c> all</c><00:18:26.619><c> things</c><00:18:26.940><c> through</c><00:18:27.339><c> Christ.</c><00:18:28.319><c> Some</c>

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texts<00:18:29.079><c> read</c><00:18:29.440><c> him,</c><00:18:29.799><c> that</c><00:18:30.000><c> is</c><00:18:30.180><c> God,</c>

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which<00:18:31.480><c> strengtheneth</c><00:18:32.480><c> me.</c><00:18:33.259><c> Philippians</c><00:18:33.740><c> 4</c><00:18:34.039><c> verse</c><00:18:34.359><c> 13.</c>

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How<00:18:37.200><c> strange</c><00:18:37.759><c> that</c><00:18:38.160><c> inclusion</c><00:18:38.640><c> of</c><00:18:38.920><c> Gentiles</c><00:18:39.400><c> was</c><00:18:39.660><c> the</c><00:18:39.859><c> cause</c>

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of<00:18:40.420><c> Jewish</c><00:18:40.680><c> hatred.</c>

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Yet<00:18:42.660><c> those</c><00:18:43.319><c> same</c><00:18:43.720><c> Jews</c><00:18:44.140><c> expected</c><00:18:44.940><c> to</c><00:18:45.200><c> be</c><00:18:45.460><c> protected</c><00:18:46.099><c> by</c><00:18:46.460><c> the</c>

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Gentile<00:18:47.180><c> authorities.</c>

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How<00:18:49.420><c> remarkable</c><00:18:50.000><c> their</c><00:18:50.339><c> opposition</c><00:18:50.960><c> when</c><00:18:51.200><c> Paul</c><00:18:51.500><c> only</c><00:18:51.940><c> taught</c>

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those<00:18:52.720><c> things</c><00:18:53.099><c> which</c><00:18:53.680><c> the</c><00:18:54.000><c> prophets</c><00:18:54.319><c> and</c><00:18:54.579><c> Moses</c>

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did<00:18:55.460><c> say</c><00:18:55.740><c> should</c><00:18:56.019><c> come,</c><00:18:56.819><c> that</c><00:18:57.039><c> Christ</c><00:18:57.400><c> should</c><00:18:57.680><c> suffer</c><00:18:58.039><c> and</c><00:18:58.240><c> that</c><00:18:58.339><c> he</c>

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should<00:18:58.700><c> rise</c><00:18:59.019><c> from</c><00:18:59.259><c> the</c><00:18:59.460><c> dead</c><00:18:59.680><c> and</c><00:19:00.200><c> should</c>

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show<00:19:00.940><c> light</c><00:19:01.380><c> unto</c><00:19:01.680><c> the</c><00:19:01.980><c> people</c><00:19:02.279><c> and</c><00:19:02.500><c> to</c><00:19:02.759><c> the</c><00:19:02.880><c> Gentiles.</c><00:19:05.920><c> The</c>

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Old<00:19:06.880><c> Testament</c><00:19:07.519><c> contains</c><00:19:08.559><c> the</c><00:19:08.960><c> Gospel.</c>

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The<00:19:10.859><c> New</c><00:19:11.200><c> Testament</c><00:19:11.680><c> is</c><00:19:12.059><c> a</c><00:19:12.279><c> commentary</c><00:19:12.779><c> on</c><00:19:13.039><c> the</c><00:19:13.279><c> Old,</c><00:19:13.619><c> not</c><00:19:14.119><c> a</c>

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replacement<00:19:14.960><c> of</c><00:19:15.259><c> it.</c><00:19:16.480><c> It</c><00:19:16.740><c> is</c><00:19:17.059><c> therefore</c><00:19:17.460><c> essential</c>

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for<00:19:18.480><c> us</c><00:19:18.740><c> to</c><00:19:18.960><c> read</c><00:19:19.180><c> and</c><00:19:19.559><c> understand</c><00:19:20.099><c> both.</c><00:19:22.059><c> Messiah's</c><00:19:22.680><c> suffering</c><00:19:23.059><c> is</c><00:19:23.380><c> particularly</c><00:19:24.099><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:24.619><c> found</c><00:19:24.819><c> in</c><00:19:25.079><c> Isaiah</c>

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53<00:19:26.099><c> and</c><00:19:26.480><c> Psalm</c><00:19:26.859><c> 22,</c><00:19:28.359><c> but</c><00:19:28.640><c> not</c><00:19:28.980><c> exclusively</c><00:19:29.640><c> so,</c><00:19:31.119><c> as</c><00:19:31.380><c> Jesus</c><00:19:31.759><c> himself</c><00:19:32.460><c> explained</c><00:19:32.980><c> to</c>

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Cleopast<00:19:33.759><c> and</c><00:19:33.880><c> the</c>

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other<00:19:34.259><c> disciples</c><00:19:34.680><c> on</c><00:19:34.980><c> the</c><00:19:35.140><c> road</c><00:19:35.299><c> to</c><00:19:35.519><c> Emmaus</c><00:19:36.220><c> in</c><00:19:36.380><c> Luke</c><00:19:36.640><c> 24</c><00:19:37.440><c> verses</c><00:19:38.099><c> 25</c>

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to<00:19:39.180><c> 27.</c><00:19:42.660><c> Acts</c><00:19:42.940><c> 26</c><00:19:43.859><c> verse</c><00:19:44.299><c> 24</c><00:19:44.880><c> to</c><00:19:45.180><c> 32.</c>

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Response<00:19:47.380><c> of</c><00:19:47.720><c> Festus</c><00:19:48.240><c> and</c><00:19:48.519><c> Agrippa.</c><00:19:50.279><c> Paul</c><00:19:50.619><c> was</c><00:19:50.900><c> now</c><00:19:51.140><c> in</c><00:19:51.359><c> full</c>

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flight,<00:19:52.160><c> earnestly</c><00:19:52.740><c> presenting</c><00:19:53.359><c> the</c><00:19:53.640><c> Scriptures,</c>

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but<00:19:55.519><c> Festus</c><00:19:56.099><c> had</c><00:19:56.440><c> heard</c><00:19:56.779><c> enough.</c><00:19:57.359><c> He</c><00:19:57.640><c> loudly</c><00:19:58.079><c> interrupted,</c>

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Paul<00:19:59.500><c> thou</c><00:19:59.779><c> art</c><00:19:59.980><c> beside</c><00:20:00.460><c> thyself.</c><00:20:01.819><c> Much</c><00:20:02.119><c> learning</c><00:20:02.539><c> doth</c><00:20:02.740><c> make</c>

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thee<00:20:03.279><c> bad,</c><00:20:05.039><c> as</c><00:20:05.400><c> if</c><00:20:05.839><c> the</c><00:20:06.119><c> dead</c><00:20:06.500><c> could</c><00:20:06.920><c> ever</c><00:20:07.339><c> live</c><00:20:07.680><c> again.</c>

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Festus<00:20:10.380><c> would</c><00:20:10.619><c> have</c><00:20:10.799><c> been</c><00:20:11.140><c> briefed</c><00:20:11.500><c> on</c><00:20:11.700><c> the</c><00:20:11.940><c> Jews'</c><00:20:12.259><c> hope</c><00:20:12.519><c> for</c>

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a<00:20:12.940><c> Messiah</c><00:20:13.400><c> on</c><00:20:13.980><c> taking</c><00:20:14.319><c> office,</c><00:20:15.279><c> and</c><00:20:15.859><c> there</c><00:20:16.059><c> had</c><00:20:16.259><c> been</c>

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false<00:20:17.079><c> messiahs</c><00:20:17.680><c> who</c><00:20:17.859><c> were</c><00:20:18.220><c> a</c><00:20:18.380><c> threat</c><00:20:18.539><c> to</c><00:20:18.819><c> Roman</c><00:20:19.140><c> rule,</c><00:20:20.200><c> but</c><00:20:20.680><c> a</c>

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Messiah<00:20:21.259><c> who</c><00:20:21.539><c> must</c><00:20:21.720><c> suffer</c><00:20:22.019><c> and</c><00:20:22.380><c> die</c><00:20:22.559><c> was</c><00:20:23.019><c> senseless.</c>

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This<00:20:25.180><c> reaction</c><00:20:25.759><c> was</c><00:20:26.000><c> only</c><00:20:26.279><c> to</c><00:20:26.460><c> be</c><00:20:26.660><c> expected,</c><00:20:27.539><c> for</c><00:20:27.680><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:28.180><c> had</c>

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prophesied<00:20:29.299><c> that</c><00:20:29.519><c> it</c><00:20:29.759><c> would</c><00:20:30.079><c> be</c><00:20:30.440><c> so.</c><00:20:31.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:31.599><c> 52</c><00:20:32.200><c> verse</c>

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15.<00:20:34.299><c> Also</c><00:20:34.640><c> Paul</c><00:20:35.000><c> had</c><00:20:35.319><c> written</c><00:20:35.619><c> to</c><00:20:35.980><c> Corinth</c><00:20:36.279><c> a</c><00:20:36.460><c> few</c><00:20:36.700><c> years</c><00:20:37.039><c> earlier.</c><00:20:38.380><c> We</c>

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preach<00:20:39.000><c> Christ</c><00:20:39.559><c> crucified,</c>

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unto<00:20:41.240><c> the</c><00:20:41.599><c> Jews</c><00:20:41.940><c> a</c><00:20:42.319><c> stumbling</c><00:20:42.740><c> block,</c><00:20:43.140><c> and</c><00:20:43.299><c> unto</c><00:20:43.500><c> the</c><00:20:43.759><c> Greeks</c>

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foolishness.<00:20:45.740><c> 1</c><00:20:45.920><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:46.359><c> 1</c><00:20:46.700><c> verse</c><00:20:46.940><c> 23.</c>

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Festus<00:20:49.200><c> thought</c><00:20:49.640><c> Paul</c><00:20:50.059><c> had</c><00:20:50.460><c> thrown</c><00:20:50.720><c> away</c><00:20:51.079><c> his</c><00:20:51.519><c> life</c><00:20:51.880><c> for</c><00:20:52.220><c> a</c><00:20:52.700><c> dream.</c><00:20:54.039><c> It</c>

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was<00:20:54.480><c> obvious</c><00:20:54.980><c> to</c><00:20:55.259><c> Festus</c><00:20:55.700><c> that</c><00:20:55.960><c> Paul</c><00:20:56.240><c> was</c><00:20:56.579><c> no</c>

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threat<00:20:57.119><c> to</c><00:20:57.539><c> anyone.</c><00:20:58.440><c> His</c><00:20:58.720><c> much</c><00:20:59.119><c> learning</c><00:20:59.579><c> had</c><00:21:00.019><c> mentally</c><00:21:00.539><c> unbalanced</c><00:21:01.319><c> him.</c>

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The<00:21:02.759><c> same</c><00:21:03.019><c> accusation</c><00:21:03.680><c> of</c><00:21:03.960><c> madness</c>

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had<00:21:04.460><c> been</c><00:21:04.700><c> made</c><00:21:04.859><c> to</c><00:21:05.039><c> Jesus</c><00:21:05.420><c> also</c><00:21:06.019><c> in</c><00:21:06.240><c> Mark</c><00:21:06.539><c> 3</c><00:21:06.779><c> verse</c><00:21:07.019><c> 21</c><00:21:07.700><c> and</c>

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other<00:21:08.180><c> places.</c><00:21:09.759><c> Festus'</c><00:21:10.519><c> phrase,</c><00:21:11.119><c> much</c><00:21:11.500><c> learning,</c>

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is<00:21:13.180><c> a</c><00:21:13.460><c> testimony</c><00:21:13.980><c> to</c><00:21:14.299><c> Paul's</c><00:21:14.759><c> knowledge</c><00:21:15.079><c> of</c><00:21:15.319><c> the</c><00:21:15.519><c> word</c><00:21:15.880><c> and</c><00:21:16.500><c> skill</c><00:21:16.839><c> in</c><00:21:17.200><c> debate.</c>

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Paul,<00:21:20.559><c> unflustered</c><00:21:21.039><c> by</c><00:21:21.480><c> the</c><00:21:21.880><c> interruption,</c><00:21:23.279><c> answered</c><00:21:23.759><c> quietly</c><00:21:24.539><c> and</c>

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soberly.<00:21:26.099><c> He</c><00:21:26.380><c> was</c><00:21:26.759><c> an</c><00:21:27.240><c> ambassador</c><00:21:27.779><c> in</c><00:21:28.160><c> bonds</c>

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for<00:21:28.740><c> the</c><00:21:28.940><c> King</c><00:21:29.140><c> of</c><00:21:29.359><c> Heaven,</c><00:21:30.380><c> and</c><00:21:30.759><c> as</c><00:21:31.160><c> such</c><00:21:31.420><c> was</c><00:21:31.759><c> at</c><00:21:32.019><c> ease</c><00:21:32.299><c> in</c><00:21:32.700><c> King</c><00:21:32.920><c> Agrippa's</c><00:21:33.640><c> company.</c><00:21:34.500><c> He</c>

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spoke<00:21:35.099><c> freely</c><00:21:35.579><c> and</c>

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confidently,<00:21:36.700><c> as</c><00:21:37.180><c> I</c><00:21:37.460><c> ought</c><00:21:37.759><c> to</c><00:21:38.140><c> speak,</c><00:21:38.839><c> he</c><00:21:39.000><c> says</c><00:21:39.200><c> in</c><00:21:39.460><c> Ephesians</c><00:21:39.819><c> 6</c><00:21:40.160><c> verse</c>

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19<00:21:41.019><c> to</c><00:21:41.220><c> 20.</c><00:21:42.619><c> No,</c><00:21:43.259><c> it</c><00:21:43.420><c> wasn't</c><00:21:43.880><c> madness.</c>

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His<00:21:45.400><c> words</c><00:21:45.779><c> were</c><00:21:46.019><c> of</c><00:21:46.319><c> truth</c><00:21:46.700><c> and</c><00:21:47.299><c> reason,</c><00:21:48.799><c> the</c><00:21:49.000><c> very</c><00:21:49.279><c> opposite</c>

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of<00:21:50.079><c> madness,</c><00:21:50.640><c> the</c><00:21:50.799><c> Greek</c><00:21:50.980><c> mania.</c>

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King<00:21:53.440><c> Agrippa,</c><00:21:54.119><c> before</c><00:21:54.400><c> whom</c><00:21:54.680><c> Paul</c><00:21:55.059><c> spoke</c><00:21:55.400><c> so</c><00:21:55.779><c> freely</c><00:21:56.119><c> or</c><00:21:56.480><c> boldly,</c><00:21:57.619><c> knew</c><00:21:57.859><c> of</c>

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these<00:21:58.500><c> things.</c><00:21:59.960><c> The</c><00:22:00.279><c> ministry,</c>

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crucifixion,<00:22:03.160><c> and</c><00:22:03.279><c> resurrection</c><00:22:03.819><c> of</c><00:22:04.039><c> Jesus</c><00:22:04.539><c> had</c><00:22:05.519><c> not</c><00:22:05.779><c> been</c><00:22:06.059><c> done</c><00:22:06.240><c> in</c><00:22:06.480><c> a</c>

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corner,<00:22:07.680><c> but</c><00:22:07.880><c> publicly</c><00:22:08.440><c> in</c><00:22:08.779><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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It<00:22:10.960><c> had</c><00:22:11.160><c> involved</c><00:22:11.559><c> the</c><00:22:11.859><c> priests,</c><00:22:12.420><c> the</c><00:22:12.619><c> council,</c><00:22:13.319><c> the</c><00:22:13.480><c> crowd</c>

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:18.000
who<00:22:14.000><c> cried</c><00:22:14.259><c> crucify</c><00:22:14.920><c> him,</c><00:22:15.859><c> and</c><00:22:16.359><c> the</c><00:22:16.579><c> Roman</c><00:22:16.960><c> governor.</c>

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King<00:22:19.599><c> Agrippa,</c><00:22:21.359><c> believest</c><00:22:21.720><c> thou</c><00:22:21.940><c> the</c><00:22:22.240><c> prophets?</c><00:22:24.000><c> I</c><00:22:24.579><c> know</c>

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that<00:22:25.400><c> thou</c><00:22:25.680><c> believest.</c>

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Paul<00:22:27.880><c> could</c><00:22:28.180><c> easily</c><00:22:28.599><c> establish</c><00:22:29.160><c> the</c><00:22:29.460><c> sufferings</c><00:22:29.859><c> of</c><00:22:30.059><c> Christ,</c>

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his<00:22:31.140><c> resurrection,</c><00:22:32.259><c> the</c><00:22:32.500><c> forgiveness</c><00:22:32.859><c> of</c><00:22:33.180><c> sins</c>

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under<00:22:33.779><c> the</c><00:22:33.920><c> new</c><00:22:34.119><c> covenant,</c><00:22:35.359><c> and</c><00:22:35.480><c> the</c><00:22:35.519><c> coming</c><00:22:35.799><c> resurrection</c>

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from<00:22:36.759><c> among</c><00:22:37.059><c> the</c><00:22:37.240><c> dead,</c><00:22:38.000><c> from</c><00:22:38.259><c> the</c><00:22:38.480><c> writings</c><00:22:38.819><c> of</c><00:22:39.119><c> the</c>

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prophets.<00:22:40.880><c> But</c><00:22:41.160><c> Agrippa</c><00:22:41.440><c> wasn't</c><00:22:41.779><c> going</c><00:22:42.079><c> to</c><00:22:42.319><c> give</c><00:22:42.440><c> him</c><00:22:42.680><c> the</c>

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chance.<00:22:44.039><c> Paul's</c><00:22:44.579><c> words,</c><00:22:45.180><c> like</c><00:22:45.319><c> his</c><00:22:45.559><c> letters,</c>

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were<00:22:46.880><c> weighty</c><00:22:47.539><c> and</c><00:22:48.160><c> powerful,</c><00:22:49.200><c> and</c><00:22:49.799><c> Agrippa</c><00:22:50.339><c> knew</c><00:22:50.640><c> it.</c><00:22:51.740><c> His</c>

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conscience<00:22:52.539><c> would</c><00:22:52.940><c> not</c><00:22:53.259><c> be</c><00:22:53.700><c> easy</c><00:22:53.900><c> to</c><00:22:54.119><c> live</c><00:22:54.319><c> with</c><00:22:54.500><c> if</c>

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he<00:22:54.740><c> gave</c><00:22:55.140><c> Paul</c><00:22:55.559><c> a</c><00:22:55.799><c> hearing.</c><00:22:57.740><c> Agrippa</c><00:22:58.160><c> replied,</c><00:22:59.539><c> almost</c><00:23:00.279><c> literally,</c><00:23:01.579><c> in</c><00:23:01.720><c> a</c>

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little,<00:23:02.500><c> i</c><00:23:02.740><c>.e.</c><00:23:03.299><c> in</c><00:23:03.640><c> few</c><00:23:03.819><c> words,</c>

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thou<00:23:05.619><c> persuadest</c><00:23:06.359><c> me</c><00:23:06.819><c> to</c><00:23:06.940><c> be</c><00:23:07.140><c> a</c><00:23:07.319><c> Christian.</c><00:23:08.960><c> His</c><00:23:09.240><c> phrase</c><00:23:09.500><c> is,</c>

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perhaps,<00:23:10.359><c> a</c><00:23:10.460><c> play</c><00:23:10.660><c> on</c><00:23:10.900><c> Paul's</c><00:23:11.539><c> change</c><00:23:11.720><c> of</c><00:23:11.980><c> name</c>

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as<00:23:12.700><c> an</c><00:23:12.940><c> apostle</c><00:23:13.259><c> of</c><00:23:13.440><c> Jesus</c><00:23:13.839><c> Christ.</c><00:23:15.400><c> Paul</c><00:23:15.680><c> responded,</c><00:23:17.740><c> I</c><00:23:18.079><c> would</c><00:23:18.240><c> to</c><00:23:18.559><c> God,</c><00:23:20.059><c> both</c><00:23:20.359><c> in</c><00:23:20.640><c> a</c>

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little<00:23:20.940><c> and</c><00:23:21.319><c> in</c><00:23:21.579><c> much,</c>

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not<00:23:22.140><c> only</c><00:23:22.519><c> thou,</c><00:23:24.019><c> but</c><00:23:24.380><c> also</c><00:23:24.759><c> all</c><00:23:25.180><c> those</c><00:23:25.619><c> hearing</c><00:23:26.319><c> me</c><00:23:26.700><c> this</c><00:23:26.980><c> day,</c><00:23:28.400><c> should</c><00:23:28.539><c> become</c><00:23:29.019><c> such</c><00:23:29.339><c> as</c>

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I<00:23:29.920><c> am,</c><00:23:30.960><c> except</c><00:23:31.240><c> these</c><00:23:31.599><c> bonds.</c>

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Agrippa<00:23:34.380><c> was</c><00:23:34.700><c> caught</c><00:23:35.000><c> between</c><00:23:35.500><c> his</c><00:23:35.839><c> standing</c><00:23:36.180><c> and</c><00:23:36.539><c> reputation</c><00:23:37.039><c> with</c><00:23:37.299><c> the</c>

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Roman<00:23:37.720><c> authorities,</c>

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and<00:23:39.400><c> his</c><00:23:39.759><c> profession</c><00:23:40.279><c> of</c><00:23:40.539><c> their</c><00:23:40.839><c> religion</c><00:23:41.319><c> to</c><00:23:41.559><c> the</c><00:23:41.779><c> Jews.</c><00:23:43.119><c> The</c>

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embarrassed<00:23:43.900><c> Agrippa</c><00:23:44.440><c> suddenly</c><00:23:44.880><c> realized</c>

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that<00:23:46.180><c> Paul</c><00:23:46.619><c> had</c><00:23:47.039><c> turned</c><00:23:47.339><c> the</c><00:23:47.660><c> tables</c><00:23:48.039><c> on</c><00:23:48.319><c> him.</c><00:23:49.220><c> Now</c><00:23:49.500><c> it</c><00:23:49.680><c> was</c><00:23:49.940><c> he</c>

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who<00:23:50.460><c> was</c><00:23:50.779><c> on</c><00:23:51.059><c> trial.</c>

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The<00:23:53.259><c> hope</c><00:23:53.480><c> of</c><00:23:53.819><c> Israel</c><00:23:54.140><c> was</c><00:23:54.480><c> so</c><00:23:55.000><c> real</c><00:23:55.380><c> to</c><00:23:55.619><c> the</c><00:23:55.859><c> apostle</c><00:23:56.180><c> Paul</c><00:23:56.599><c> that</c><00:23:57.039><c> his</c><00:23:57.400><c> mind</c><00:23:57.759><c> was</c><00:23:58.279><c> lifted</c><00:23:58.579><c> up</c>

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above<00:23:59.099><c> his</c>

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surroundings.<00:24:00.960><c> In</c><00:24:01.140><c> his</c><00:24:01.480><c> mind,</c><00:24:02.980><c> our</c><00:24:03.140><c> light</c><00:24:03.460><c> affliction,</c><00:24:04.160><c> which</c><00:24:04.420><c> is</c><00:24:04.680><c> but</c><00:24:04.859><c> for</c><00:24:05.119><c> a</c>

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moment,<00:24:06.880><c> worketh</c><00:24:07.059><c> for</c><00:24:07.319><c> us</c><00:24:07.579><c> a</c><00:24:07.880><c> far</c>

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more<00:24:08.960><c> exceeding</c><00:24:09.740><c> and</c><00:24:10.059><c> eternal</c><00:24:10.720><c> weight</c><00:24:11.019><c> of</c><00:24:11.319><c> glory.</c><00:24:12.480><c> While</c><00:24:12.759><c> we</c>

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look<00:24:13.140><c> not</c><00:24:13.500><c> at</c><00:24:13.740><c> the</c><00:24:13.920><c> things</c><00:24:14.140><c> which</c><00:24:14.380><c> are</c><00:24:14.599><c> seen,</c>

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but<00:24:15.339><c> at</c><00:24:15.559><c> the</c><00:24:15.740><c> things</c><00:24:15.960><c> which</c><00:24:16.180><c> are</c><00:24:16.500><c> not</c><00:24:16.880><c> seen.</c><00:24:18.200><c> For</c><00:24:18.440><c> the</c><00:24:18.680><c> things</c>

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which<00:24:19.480><c> are</c><00:24:19.819><c> seen</c><00:24:20.119><c> are</c><00:24:20.579><c> temporal,</c>

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but<00:24:22.380><c> the</c><00:24:22.660><c> things</c><00:24:22.980><c> which</c><00:24:23.299><c> are</c><00:24:23.599><c> not</c><00:24:23.980><c> seen</c><00:24:24.279><c> are</c><00:24:25.019><c> eternal.</c><00:24:26.740><c> Second</c>

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:30.380
of<00:24:27.240><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:27.599><c> 4</c><00:24:28.000><c> verses</c><00:24:28.380><c> 17</c><00:24:28.940><c> and</c><00:24:29.220><c> 18.</c>

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Conclusion<00:24:32.599><c> of</c><00:24:33.140><c> the</c><00:24:33.460><c> review.</c><00:24:35.420><c> The</c><00:24:35.559><c> king</c><00:24:35.759><c> rose</c><00:24:36.059><c> up</c><00:24:36.339><c> to</c><00:24:36.559><c> conclude</c><00:24:36.980><c> his</c><00:24:37.380><c> review</c><00:24:37.839><c> of</c>

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Paul's<00:24:38.819><c> case.</c>

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The<00:24:40.059><c> governor,</c><00:24:40.880><c> Bernice,</c><00:24:41.119><c> and</c><00:24:41.440><c> the</c><00:24:41.559><c> rest</c><00:24:41.759><c> of</c><00:24:41.980><c> the</c><00:24:42.140><c> court</c><00:24:42.319><c> also</c><00:24:42.779><c> rose.</c>

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Festus<00:24:44.779><c> and</c><00:24:45.140><c> Agrippa,</c><00:24:45.799><c> probably</c><00:24:46.059><c> with</c><00:24:46.339><c> Bernice,</c><00:24:47.619><c> went</c><00:24:47.839><c> aside</c>

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to<00:24:48.460><c> discuss</c><00:24:48.859><c> what</c><00:24:49.160><c> might</c><00:24:49.460><c> be</c><00:24:49.740><c> done,</c>

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what<00:24:50.559><c> charge</c><00:24:51.059><c> might</c><00:24:51.380><c> be</c><00:24:51.720><c> formulated</c><00:24:52.279><c> to</c><00:24:52.640><c> send</c><00:24:52.900><c> with</c><00:24:53.160><c> the</c><00:24:53.339><c> prisoner</c><00:24:53.640><c> to</c><00:24:53.980><c> Nero.</c>

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They<00:24:56.019><c> decided</c><00:24:56.440><c> that</c><00:24:57.380><c> this</c><00:24:57.720><c> man</c><00:24:58.019><c> doeth</c><00:24:58.380><c> nothing</c><00:24:58.759><c> worthy</c><00:24:59.160><c> of</c><00:24:59.440><c> death</c><00:24:59.740><c> or</c>

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of<00:25:00.460><c> bonds,</c><00:25:02.119><c> confirming</c><00:25:02.619><c> the</c><00:25:02.960><c> conclusion</c>

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of<00:25:03.599><c> Lyceus</c><00:25:04.279><c> in</c><00:25:04.460><c> Acts</c><00:25:04.660><c> 23</c><00:25:05.180><c> verse</c><00:25:05.480><c> 29.</c><00:25:07.460><c> Later,</c><00:25:08.019><c> Nero</c><00:25:08.400><c> too</c><00:25:08.740><c> would</c>

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conclude<00:25:09.559><c> that</c><00:25:09.839><c> the</c><00:25:10.039><c> Jews</c><00:25:10.259><c> did</c><00:25:10.599><c> not</c><00:25:10.920><c> have</c><00:25:11.140><c> a</c><00:25:11.319><c> case.</c>

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No<00:25:13.180><c> doubt</c><00:25:13.519><c> Festus'</c><00:25:14.099><c> report</c><00:25:14.460><c> to</c><00:25:14.720><c> Caesar</c><00:25:14.960><c> would</c><00:25:15.279><c> include</c><00:25:15.660><c> his</c>

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recommendation<00:25:16.799><c> that</c><00:25:17.099><c> the</c><00:25:17.359><c> prisoner</c><00:25:17.640><c> should</c><00:25:17.920><c> be</c>

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acquitted.<00:25:20.240><c> Probably</c><00:25:20.859><c> the</c><00:25:21.200><c> centurion</c><00:25:21.859><c> Julius</c><00:25:22.599><c> courteously</c>

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treated<00:25:24.220><c> Paul</c><00:25:24.619><c> and</c><00:25:24.920><c> gave</c><00:25:25.160><c> him</c><00:25:25.440><c> liberty</c><00:25:25.799><c> to</c><00:25:26.019><c> go</c><00:25:26.180><c> on</c><00:25:26.319><c> to</c><00:25:26.460><c> his</c>

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to<00:25:27.130><c> refresh</c><00:25:27.549><c> himself,</c><00:25:28.910><c> because</c><00:25:29.190><c> he</c><00:25:29.390><c> knew</c><00:25:29.670><c> this</c><00:25:30.150><c> in</c><00:25:30.450><c> Acts</c><00:25:30.589><c> 27</c>

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verse<00:25:31.509><c> 3.</c><00:25:33.210><c> How</c><00:25:33.529><c> significant</c><00:25:34.109><c> that</c><00:25:34.329><c> both</c><00:25:34.650><c> Festus</c><00:25:35.029><c> and</c>

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Agrippa<00:25:35.849><c> recognized</c><00:25:36.910><c> that</c><00:25:37.230><c> Paul</c><00:25:37.369><c> was</c><00:25:37.690><c> innocent</c><00:25:38.029><c> of</c><00:25:38.269><c> the</c><00:25:38.490><c> charges</c><00:25:38.769><c> made</c>

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against<00:25:39.470><c> him.</c><00:25:40.769><c> The</c><00:25:40.990><c> gospel</c><00:25:41.430><c> of</c><00:25:41.650><c> Christ</c><00:25:42.009><c> was</c>

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not<00:25:43.009><c> illegal</c><00:25:43.609><c> under</c><00:25:43.930><c> Roman</c><00:25:44.269><c> law.</c><00:25:45.309><c> It</c><00:25:45.509><c> was</c><00:25:45.829><c> the</c><00:25:46.089><c> Jews'</c><00:25:47.130><c> violent</c>

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opposition<00:25:47.849><c> that</c><00:25:48.170><c> was</c><00:25:48.450><c> illegal.</c><00:25:49.890><c> In</c><00:25:50.049><c> fact,</c>

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the<00:25:50.470><c> prisoner</c><00:25:50.750><c> might</c><00:25:51.069><c> have</c><00:25:51.289><c> been</c><00:25:51.509><c> set</c><00:25:51.750><c> free</c><00:25:52.029><c> had</c><00:25:52.269><c> he</c><00:25:52.470><c> not</c><00:25:52.690><c> appealed</c><00:25:53.009><c> unto</c>

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Caesar.<00:25:54.849><c> But</c><00:25:55.170><c> it's</c><00:25:55.849><c> too</c><00:25:56.150><c> late</c>

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now<00:25:56.829><c> for</c><00:25:57.170><c> that.</c><00:25:58.809><c> Festus</c><00:25:59.150><c> might</c><00:25:59.470><c> offend</c><00:25:59.789><c> the</c><00:26:00.069><c> emperor</c><00:26:00.369><c> if</c><00:26:00.589><c> he</c>

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set<00:26:01.049><c> Paul</c><00:26:01.390><c> free.</c><00:26:02.789><c> As</c><00:26:02.890><c> one</c><00:26:03.170><c> writer</c><00:26:03.430><c> put</c><00:26:03.710><c> it,</c>

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no<00:26:05.390><c> sensible</c><00:26:06.170><c> man</c><00:26:06.569><c> with</c><00:26:06.849><c> hopes</c><00:26:07.150><c> of</c><00:26:07.450><c> promotion</c><00:26:07.849><c> would</c><00:26:08.190><c> dream</c>

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of<00:26:08.750><c> short</c><00:26:09.089><c>-circuiting</c><00:26:09.569><c> the</c><00:26:09.809><c> appeal</c><00:26:10.049><c> to</c><00:26:10.309><c> Caesar</c>

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unless<00:26:11.950><c> he</c><00:26:12.210><c> had</c><00:26:12.470><c> specific</c><00:26:13.049><c> authority</c><00:26:13.609><c> to</c><00:26:13.849><c> do</c><00:26:14.089><c> so,</c><00:26:15.390><c> and</c><00:26:15.549><c> that</c>

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by<00:26:16.009><c> Sherwin</c><00:26:16.349><c> White</c><00:26:16.690><c> in</c><00:26:16.930><c> his</c><00:26:17.130><c> book</c><00:26:17.309><c> Roman</c><00:26:17.609><c> Law,</c><00:26:18.109><c> page</c><00:26:18.430><c> 65.</c>

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Luke's<00:26:22.009><c> account</c><00:26:22.309><c> of</c><00:26:22.529><c> the</c><00:26:22.769><c> proceedings</c><00:26:23.190><c> is</c><00:26:23.490><c> so</c><00:26:23.789><c> detailed</c><00:26:24.490><c> that</c>

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he<00:26:25.269><c> may</c><00:26:25.470><c> well</c><00:26:25.769><c> have</c><00:26:25.970><c> been</c><00:26:26.190><c> in</c><00:26:26.450><c> court</c><00:26:26.650><c> with</c><00:26:27.069><c> Paul.</c>

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But<00:26:28.990><c> how</c><00:26:29.250><c> did</c><00:26:29.430><c> he</c><00:26:29.609><c> know</c><00:26:29.769><c> what</c><00:26:30.029><c> had</c><00:26:30.250><c> been</c><00:26:30.430><c> said</c><00:26:30.630><c> by</c><00:26:30.950><c> Festus</c><00:26:31.390><c> and</c>

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Agrippa<00:26:31.950><c> when</c><00:26:32.190><c> they</c><00:26:32.430><c> went</c><00:26:32.609><c> aside</c><00:26:32.990><c> to</c><00:26:33.269><c> discuss</c><00:26:33.630><c> the</c>

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case<00:26:34.170><c> privately?</c><00:26:36.190><c> Was</c><00:26:36.369><c> someone</c><00:26:36.809><c> present</c><00:26:37.170><c> converted</c><00:26:37.750><c> by</c><00:26:38.069><c> Paul's</c><00:26:38.650><c> answer</c><00:26:38.849><c> before</c><00:26:39.269><c> King</c>

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Agrippa?<00:26:47.869><c> It</c><00:26:48.470><c> seems</c>

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freedom<00:26:49.130><c> to</c><00:26:49.529><c> preach</c><00:26:49.809><c> until</c><00:26:50.569><c> a</c><00:26:50.950><c> higher</c><00:26:51.170><c> court</c><00:26:51.529><c> might</c><00:26:51.930><c> rescind</c>

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his<00:26:52.730><c> decision.</c>

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Eventually<00:26:55.329><c> the</c><00:26:55.630><c> test</c><00:26:56.049><c> case</c><00:26:56.430><c> would</c><00:26:56.630><c> go</c><00:26:56.849><c> all</c><00:26:57.190><c> the</c><00:26:57.269><c> way</c><00:26:57.430><c> to</c><00:26:57.670><c> the</c>

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emperor<00:26:58.210><c> himself,</c><00:26:59.910><c> from</c><00:27:00.009><c> whom</c><00:27:00.289><c> Paul</c><00:27:00.750><c> won</c><00:27:01.130><c> freedom</c>

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to<00:27:01.890><c> worship</c><00:27:02.210><c> and</c><00:27:02.549><c> preach</c><00:27:02.890><c> without</c><00:27:03.529><c> interference.</c><00:27:05.789><c> It</c><00:27:06.049><c> is</c>

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true<00:27:06.789><c> that</c><00:27:07.190><c> Nero's</c><00:27:07.730><c> attitude</c><00:27:08.109><c> would</c><00:27:08.390><c> change</c><00:27:08.670><c> later,</c>

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as<00:27:09.329><c> Peter</c><00:27:09.609><c> implies,</c><00:27:11.210><c> but</c><00:27:11.390><c> by</c><00:27:11.789><c> that</c><00:27:12.210><c> time</c><00:27:12.569><c> it</c><00:27:12.750><c> was</c><00:27:13.029><c> too</c><00:27:13.390><c> late</c><00:27:13.690><c> to</c>

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stop<00:27:14.269><c> the</c><00:27:14.589><c> progress</c><00:27:14.970><c> of</c><00:27:15.210><c> the</c><00:27:15.410><c> truth.</c>

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It<00:27:16.849><c> was</c><00:27:17.170><c> already</c><00:27:17.630><c> too</c><00:27:18.069><c> far</c><00:27:18.390><c> spread</c><00:27:18.869><c> to</c><00:27:19.170><c> be</c><00:27:19.430><c> stamped</c><00:27:19.690><c> out.</c><00:27:21.109><c> The</c>

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first<00:27:21.509><c> of</c><00:27:21.670><c> Peter</c><00:27:21.869><c> 4</c><00:27:22.170><c> verse</c><00:27:22.390><c> 16.</c>

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Without<00:27:25.250><c> Luke's</c><00:27:26.029><c> account</c><00:27:26.309><c> in</c><00:27:26.609><c> Acts,</c><00:27:27.309><c> we</c><00:27:27.390><c> would</c><00:27:27.589><c> have</c><00:27:27.809><c> no</c><00:27:28.109><c> knowledge</c><00:27:28.529><c> of</c>

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these<00:27:29.329><c> first</c><00:27:29.849><c> vitally</c><00:27:30.589><c> important</c><00:27:31.170><c> 40</c>

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years<00:27:32.210><c> leading</c><00:27:32.809><c> to</c><00:27:33.109><c> the</c><00:27:33.349><c> overthrow</c><00:27:33.670><c> of</c><00:27:33.990><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:34.589><c> and</c><00:27:35.069><c> the</c>

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temple<00:27:35.809><c> that</c><00:27:36.410><c> effectively</c><00:27:37.049><c> removed</c><00:27:37.650><c> all</c>

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the<00:27:38.049><c> Jewish</c><00:27:38.390><c> opposition</c><00:27:39.069><c> and</c><00:27:39.890><c> even</c><00:27:40.490><c> the</c><00:27:40.789><c> law</c><00:27:41.089><c> itself.</c>