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Arimathea<00:12:19.039><c> so</c><00:12:19.200><c> he</c><00:12:19.360><c> had</c><00:12:19.580><c> vast</c><00:12:20.019><c> resources.</c>

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goes<00:14:25.879><c> right</c><00:14:26.179><c> to</c><00:14:26.379><c> the</c><00:14:26.559><c> top</c><00:14:26.820><c> to</c><00:14:27.639><c> ask</c><00:14:28.080><c> for</c><00:14:28.500><c> the</c>

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defiling<00:14:52.200><c> himself</c><00:14:52.720><c> with</c><00:14:52.940><c> a</c><00:14:53.080><c> dead</c><00:14:53.299><c> body</c><00:14:53.659><c> which</c><00:14:54.100><c> would</c><00:14:54.740><c> make</c><00:14:55.100><c> it</c>

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impossible<00:14:55.980><c> for</c><00:14:56.139><c> him</c><00:14:56.279><c> to</c><00:14:56.460><c> partake</c><00:14:56.720><c> of</c><00:14:56.820><c> the</c><00:14:57.000><c> Passover.</c>

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fulfilment<00:15:01.279><c> of</c><00:15:01.379><c> these</c><00:15:01.639><c> messianic</c><00:15:02.139><c> prophecies</c>

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it<00:15:05.539><c> says</c><00:15:05.700><c> he</c><00:15:06.139><c> laid</c><00:15:06.440><c> it</c><00:15:06.659><c> in</c><00:15:06.840><c> his</c><00:15:07.139><c> own</c><00:15:07.840><c> new</c><00:15:08.220><c> tomb.</c>

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it,<00:15:24.139><c> he</c><00:15:24.419><c> craved</c><00:15:24.779><c> it,</c><00:15:25.100><c> he</c><00:15:25.340><c> took</c><00:15:25.580><c> the</c><00:15:25.820><c> body.</c>

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was<00:16:16.299><c> a</c><00:16:16.559><c> ruler</c><00:16:16.820><c> of</c><00:16:17.120><c> the</c><00:16:17.320><c> Jews</c><00:16:17.519><c> so</c><00:16:17.759><c> he</c><00:16:17.960><c> was</c><00:16:18.259><c> held</c>

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in<00:16:19.259><c> respect.</c><00:16:20.820><c> Again</c><00:16:21.259><c> there</c><00:16:21.379><c> was</c><00:16:21.519><c> that</c><00:16:21.820><c> same</c><00:16:22.340><c> cautiousness</c><00:16:23.299><c> in</c>

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Nicodemus<00:17:06.539><c> as</c><00:17:06.680><c> he</c><00:17:06.880><c> saw</c><00:17:07.000><c> the</c><00:17:07.200><c> Lord</c><00:17:07.400><c> Jesus</c><00:17:07.799><c> Christ</c><00:17:08.200><c> raised</c><00:17:08.700><c> up</c>

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directions<00:17:13.119><c> and</c><00:17:14.140><c> the</c><00:17:14.619><c> council</c><00:17:15.039><c> of</c><00:17:15.299><c> Christ.</c><00:17:17.279><c> He</c><00:17:17.559><c> also</c><00:17:17.900><c> accepted</c><00:17:18.200><c> with</c><00:17:18.640><c> a</c>

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our<00:32:15.160><c> concepts</c><00:32:15.740><c> and</c><00:32:16.759><c> our</c><00:32:17.059><c> desires</c>

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to<00:32:17.799><c> raise</c><00:32:18.099><c> the</c><00:32:18.400><c> standards</c><00:32:18.779><c> of</c><00:32:19.220><c> the</c><00:32:19.500><c> truth</c><00:32:19.839><c> and</c><00:32:20.619><c> when</c><00:32:20.779><c> we</c><00:32:20.980><c> step</c>

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forward<00:32:21.539><c> in</c><00:32:21.839><c> service</c><00:32:22.119><c> for</c><00:32:22.359><c> Christ</c><00:32:22.799><c> we</c><00:32:23.380><c> can</c><00:32:23.640><c> help</c>

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others<00:32:24.420><c> who</c><00:32:25.160><c> perhaps</c><00:32:25.480><c> are</c><00:32:25.720><c> a</c><00:32:25.839><c> little</c><00:32:26.019><c> bit</c><00:32:26.500><c> reticent</c><00:32:27.119><c> to</c><00:32:27.480><c> stand</c>

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on<00:32:28.319><c> their</c><00:32:28.579><c> own</c><00:32:29.019><c> so</c><00:32:30.720><c> Nicodemus</c><00:32:31.420><c> steps</c><00:32:31.859><c> forward</c><00:32:32.240><c> as</c>

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well<00:32:32.779><c> in</c><00:32:33.019><c> verse</c><00:32:33.400><c> 39</c><00:32:33.819><c> and</c><00:32:34.000><c> there</c><00:32:34.119><c> is</c><00:32:34.240><c> the</c><00:32:34.460><c> comment</c><00:32:34.680><c> there</c><00:32:35.240><c> which</c>

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at<00:32:36.160><c> the</c><00:32:36.400><c> first</c><00:32:36.619><c> came</c><00:32:36.960><c> to</c><00:32:37.180><c> Jesus</c><00:32:37.920><c> by</c><00:32:38.619><c> night</c><00:32:39.019><c> and</c>

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as<00:32:39.960><c> we've</c><00:32:40.539><c> said</c><00:32:40.700><c> is</c><00:32:40.859><c> the</c><00:32:41.079><c> connecting</c><00:32:41.319><c> point</c><00:32:41.619><c> and</c><00:32:41.799><c> the</c><00:32:42.000><c> tracing</c>

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point<00:32:42.740><c> by</c><00:32:43.299><c> John</c><00:32:43.500><c> he's</c><00:32:43.759><c> the</c><00:32:43.900><c> only</c><00:32:44.079><c> writer</c><00:32:44.619><c> that</c>

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mentions<00:32:45.579><c> Nicodemus</c><00:32:46.819><c> and</c><00:32:47.740><c> he</c><00:32:47.920><c> mentions</c><00:32:48.200><c> him</c><00:32:48.420><c> on</c><00:32:48.680><c> three</c><00:32:48.980><c> occasions</c><00:32:49.599><c> and</c><00:32:50.079><c> there</c><00:32:50.200><c> is</c><00:32:50.339><c> a</c>

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procedure<00:32:50.839><c> there</c><00:32:51.099><c> where</c>

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Nicodemus<00:32:52.180><c> is</c><00:32:52.759><c> emerging</c><00:32:53.279><c> from</c><00:32:54.099><c> darkness</c><00:32:54.779><c> into</c><00:32:55.519><c> light</c><00:32:55.859><c> three</c>

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occasions<00:32:56.640><c> John</c><00:32:57.000><c> 3</c><00:32:57.460><c> John</c><00:32:57.720><c> 7</c><00:32:58.160><c> verse</c><00:32:58.400><c> 50</c><00:32:58.880><c> and</c><00:32:59.400><c> here</c>

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John<00:32:59.859><c> 19</c><00:33:00.660><c> verse</c><00:33:01.619><c> 39</c><00:33:02.460><c> so</c><00:33:03.359><c> there</c><00:33:03.559><c> is</c><00:33:03.700><c> the</c><00:33:03.960><c> development</c><00:33:04.400><c> of</c><00:33:05.019><c> the</c>

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knowledge<00:33:05.640><c> of</c><00:33:06.019><c> Nicodemus</c><00:33:06.579><c> and</c><00:33:06.759><c> that</c><00:33:06.900><c> has</c><00:33:07.099><c> its</c><00:33:07.319><c> outcome</c>

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in<00:33:08.420><c> action</c>

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the<00:33:11.740><c> comment</c><00:33:11.960><c> of</c><00:33:12.099><c> the</c><00:33:12.200><c> Lord</c><00:33:12.380><c> Jesus</c><00:33:12.740><c> Christ</c><00:33:13.160><c> in</c><00:33:13.380><c> John</c><00:33:13.619><c> 3</c><00:33:14.099><c> to</c><00:33:14.319><c> Nicodemus</c><00:33:14.859><c> was</c>

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he<00:33:15.799><c> that</c><00:33:16.119><c> doeth</c><00:33:16.539><c> the</c><00:33:17.079><c> truth</c><00:33:17.740><c> cometh</c><00:33:18.740><c> to</c><00:33:19.079><c> the</c><00:33:19.400><c> light</c><00:33:19.819><c> that</c><00:33:20.539><c> his</c>

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deeds<00:33:21.420><c> might</c><00:33:21.740><c> be</c><00:33:22.079><c> made</c><00:33:22.680><c> manifest</c><00:33:23.420><c> and</c><00:33:24.539><c> that</c><00:33:24.759><c> was</c><00:33:24.880><c> the</c>

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point<00:33:25.259><c> of</c><00:33:25.599><c> procrastination</c><00:33:26.519><c> for</c><00:33:27.759><c> Nicodemus</c><00:33:29.319><c> Christ</c><00:33:29.839><c> said</c><00:33:30.079><c> to</c>

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him<00:33:30.640><c> Nicodemus</c><00:33:31.119><c> you've</c><00:33:31.440><c> got</c><00:33:31.480><c> to</c><00:33:31.640><c> come</c><00:33:31.740><c> to</c><00:33:31.920><c> the</c><00:33:32.140><c> light</c>

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and<00:33:32.779><c> by</c><00:33:33.059><c> that</c><00:33:33.279><c> I</c><00:33:33.500><c> mean</c><00:33:33.740><c> your</c><00:33:34.099><c> deeds</c><00:33:34.380><c> have</c><00:33:34.619><c> to</c><00:33:34.819><c> be</c><00:33:35.000><c> made</c><00:33:35.700><c> manifest</c>

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if<00:33:38.660><c> we</c><00:33:38.819><c> just</c><00:33:39.019><c> turn</c><00:33:39.220><c> back</c><00:33:39.460><c> the</c><00:33:39.660><c> page</c><00:33:39.940><c> we'll</c><00:33:40.160><c> see</c><00:33:40.460><c> that</c><00:33:41.559><c> perhaps</c>

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to<00:33:44.019><c> Nicodemus</c><00:33:44.480><c> as</c><00:33:44.740><c> well</c><00:33:45.000><c> back</c><00:33:45.279><c> to</c><00:33:45.460><c> John</c><00:33:45.740><c> chapter</c><00:33:46.019><c> 18</c><00:33:46.660><c> and</c><00:33:47.299><c> verse</c><00:33:47.599><c> 20</c>

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here<00:33:57.299><c> verse</c><00:33:57.539><c> 19</c><00:33:58.039><c> there's</c><00:33:58.440><c> protection</c><00:33:58.900><c> here</c>

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because<00:34:00.140><c> the</c><00:34:00.339><c> high</c><00:34:00.559><c> priest</c><00:34:00.819><c> asked</c><00:34:01.319><c> Jesus</c><00:34:01.779><c> of</c><00:34:02.039><c> his</c><00:34:02.400><c> disciples</c>

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so<00:34:08.440><c> it's</c><00:34:08.659><c> a</c><00:34:08.760><c> point</c><00:34:08.820><c> of</c><00:34:09.019><c> protection</c>

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Jesus<00:34:10.400><c> answered</c><00:34:10.820><c> him</c><00:34:11.440><c> I</c><00:34:12.019><c> spake</c><00:34:12.599><c> openly</c><00:34:13.179><c> to</c><00:34:13.780><c> the</c><00:34:14.079><c> world</c><00:34:14.739><c> I</c><00:34:15.780><c> ever</c>

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wither<00:34:18.119><c> the</c><00:34:18.300><c> Jews</c><00:34:18.559><c> always</c><00:34:19.139><c> resort</c><00:34:19.659><c> and</c><00:34:21.019><c> in</c><00:34:21.400><c> secret</c><00:34:21.880><c> have</c><00:34:22.099><c> I</c><00:34:22.420><c> said</c><00:34:22.579><c> nothing</c><00:34:22.920><c> what</c><00:34:23.280><c> he's</c><00:34:23.619><c> saying</c><00:34:23.719><c> to</c>

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his<00:34:29.380><c> practice</c><00:34:29.840><c> and</c><00:34:30.460><c> I</c><00:34:30.699><c> wonder</c><00:34:30.940><c> if</c><00:34:31.139><c> on</c><00:34:31.320><c> that</c>

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occasion<00:34:31.900><c> he</c><00:34:32.159><c> happened</c><00:34:32.380><c> to</c><00:34:32.559><c> look</c><00:34:32.699><c> across</c><00:34:33.039><c> at</c><00:34:33.239><c> Nicodemus</c><00:34:33.920><c> to</c><00:34:34.460><c> enforce</c><00:34:34.920><c> these</c><00:34:35.280><c> words</c><00:34:35.619><c> and</c><00:34:35.840><c> to</c><00:34:36.099><c> seek</c><00:34:36.260><c> a</c><00:34:36.420><c> response</c>

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remember<00:34:37.820><c> the</c><00:34:38.039><c> incident</c><00:34:38.280><c> that</c><00:34:38.440><c> we</c><00:34:38.619><c> highlight</c><00:34:38.900><c> so</c><00:34:39.280><c> often</c><00:34:39.420><c> the</c>

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and<00:34:42.579><c> remember</c><00:34:42.840><c> how</c><00:34:43.039><c> Peter</c><00:34:43.300><c> said</c><00:34:43.500><c> he</c><00:34:43.619><c> would</c><00:34:43.800><c> not</c><00:34:44.000><c> offend</c><00:34:44.300><c> Christ</c><00:34:44.860><c> and</c>

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Christ<00:34:45.760><c> comes</c><00:34:46.079><c> out</c><00:34:46.500><c> and</c><00:34:46.760><c> it</c><00:34:46.920><c> says</c><00:34:47.039><c> their</c>

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eyes<00:34:47.599><c> met</c><00:34:47.940><c> and</c><00:34:48.940><c> that</c><00:34:49.139><c> message</c><00:34:49.420><c> was</c><00:34:49.780><c> transmitted</c><00:34:50.280><c> and</c><00:34:50.739><c> Peter</c><00:34:50.960><c> went</c><00:34:51.119><c> out</c><00:34:51.380><c> and</c><00:34:51.500><c> wept</c><00:34:51.739><c> bitterly</c><00:34:52.139><c> and</c><00:34:52.519><c> I</c>

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wonder<00:34:53.119><c> if</c>

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the<00:34:53.679><c> Lord</c><00:34:53.920><c> Jesus</c><00:34:54.300><c> Christ</c><00:34:54.659><c> was</c><00:34:54.940><c> stating</c><00:34:55.199><c> this</c><00:34:55.420><c> he</c><00:34:55.559><c> says</c><00:34:55.820><c> I've</c>

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ever<00:34:56.599><c> spoken</c><00:34:56.940><c> openly</c><00:34:57.519><c> to</c><00:34:57.800><c> the</c><00:34:58.000><c> world</c>

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and<00:34:59.199><c> in</c><00:34:59.500><c> secret</c><00:34:59.760><c> I</c><00:35:00.019><c> have</c><00:35:00.199><c> said</c><00:35:00.480><c> nothing</c><00:35:00.820><c> whether</c><00:35:01.039><c> he</c><00:35:01.300><c> looked</c><00:35:01.599><c> and</c><00:35:01.900><c> gave</c><00:35:02.280><c> a</c>

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similar<00:35:03.239><c> gaze</c><00:35:03.820><c> to</c><00:35:04.360><c> Nicodemus</c>

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as<00:35:06.139><c> a</c><00:35:06.320><c> mark</c><00:35:06.519><c> of</c><00:35:06.780><c> response</c><00:35:07.400><c> and</c><00:35:07.739><c> trying</c><00:35:07.920><c> to</c><00:35:08.239><c> draw</c><00:35:08.400><c> Nicodemus</c><00:35:09.400><c> forward</c><00:35:09.719><c> I</c>

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mean<00:35:09.940><c> the</c><00:35:10.139><c> Lord</c><00:35:10.420><c> had</c><00:35:10.760><c> that</c><00:35:11.039><c> capacity</c>

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he<00:35:12.519><c> was</c><00:35:12.639><c> a</c><00:35:12.920><c> radiant</c><00:35:13.260><c> thinker</c><00:35:13.599><c> who</c><00:35:13.760><c> could</c><00:35:13.980><c> who</c><00:35:14.239><c> could</c><00:35:14.420><c> operate</c>

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fulfilled<00:35:20.579><c> drawing</c><00:35:21.260><c> out</c><00:35:21.559><c> Nicodemus</c>

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says<00:35:30.980><c> why</c><00:35:32.480><c> ask</c><00:35:32.880><c> thou</c><00:35:33.059><c> me</c><00:35:33.820><c> ask</c><00:35:34.480><c> them</c><00:35:34.739><c> which</c><00:35:34.940><c> have</c><00:35:35.179><c> heard</c><00:35:35.360><c> me</c><00:35:35.559><c> what</c><00:35:35.719><c> I</c>

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have<00:35:36.119><c> said</c><00:35:36.239><c> unto</c><00:35:36.460><c> them</c><00:35:36.719><c> behold</c><00:35:37.159><c> they</c><00:35:37.519><c> know</c>

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what<00:35:38.000><c> I</c><00:35:38.260><c> have</c><00:35:38.519><c> said</c><00:35:39.619><c> ask</c><00:35:40.840><c> those</c><00:35:41.199><c> who</c><00:35:41.380><c> have</c><00:35:41.579><c> heard</c><00:35:41.800><c> me</c><00:35:42.019><c> what</c><00:35:42.199><c> I</c><00:35:42.420><c> have</c><00:35:42.719><c> said</c><00:35:44.280><c> lo</c><00:35:45.139><c> these</c><00:35:45.480><c> know</c><00:35:45.820><c> what</c><00:35:46.059><c> I</c>

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have<00:35:46.519><c> said</c><00:35:46.760><c> who</c>

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he<00:35:47.480><c> guessed</c><00:35:47.619><c> you</c><00:35:47.880><c> to</c><00:35:47.980><c> was</c><00:35:48.159><c> it</c><00:35:48.360><c> Joseph</c><00:35:48.920><c> of</c><00:35:49.340><c> Arimathea</c><00:35:50.000><c> and</c><00:35:50.340><c> Nicodemus</c><00:35:51.960><c> Rotherham</c><00:35:52.719><c> says</c>

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see<00:35:54.199><c> these</c><00:35:54.860><c> know</c><00:35:55.239><c> what</c><00:35:55.480><c> I</c><00:35:55.860><c> said</c>

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and<00:35:58.500><c> of</c><00:35:58.699><c> course</c><00:35:59.039><c> the</c><00:35:59.699><c> immediate</c><00:36:00.000><c> response</c><00:36:00.480><c> of</c><00:36:00.719><c> by</c><00:36:00.900><c> one</c><00:36:01.019><c> of</c><00:36:01.119><c> the</c><00:36:01.280><c> officers</c>

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in<00:36:02.639><c> verse</c><00:36:02.860><c> 22</c><00:36:03.320><c> is</c><00:36:03.619><c> that</c><00:36:03.960><c> the</c><00:36:04.760><c> officer</c><00:36:05.199><c> smote</c><00:36:05.920><c> the</c><00:36:06.099><c> Lord</c><00:36:06.239><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:36:07.059><c> for</c><00:36:07.559><c> his</c><00:36:07.920><c> disrespectful</c><00:36:08.579><c> comments</c><00:36:09.159><c> to</c>

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the<00:36:09.599><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:36:10.500><c> do</c><00:36:10.860><c> you</c><00:36:10.960><c> notice</c><00:36:11.159><c> that</c><00:36:11.360><c> what</c><00:36:11.619><c> why</c><00:36:11.840><c> would</c><00:36:11.960><c> he</c>

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smite<00:36:12.440><c> the</c><00:36:12.639><c> Lord</c><00:36:12.780><c> Jesus</c><00:36:13.199><c> Christ</c>

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because<00:36:15.400><c> the</c><00:36:15.559><c> Lord</c><00:36:15.719><c> Jesus</c><00:36:16.019><c> Christ</c><00:36:16.280><c> had</c><00:36:16.500><c> guessed</c><00:36:16.639><c> you</c><00:36:16.780><c> to</c><00:36:16.920><c> the</c>

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Sanhedrin<00:36:17.519><c> said</c><00:36:17.739><c> lo</c><00:36:18.059><c> these</c><00:36:18.480><c> know</c><00:36:18.820><c> what</c><00:36:18.980><c> I</c><00:36:19.179><c> have</c><00:36:19.400><c> said</c>

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and<00:36:20.199><c> then</c><00:36:20.420><c> he</c><00:36:20.780><c> he</c><00:36:20.900><c> was</c><00:36:21.139><c> smitten</c>

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it<00:36:25.239><c> marked</c><00:36:25.480><c> the</c><00:36:26.099><c> beginning</c><00:36:26.539><c> for</c><00:36:27.079><c> the</c><00:36:27.219><c> Lord</c><00:36:27.400><c> Jesus</c><00:36:27.760><c> Christ</c><00:36:28.119><c> of</c>

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physical<00:36:28.719><c> pain</c><00:36:29.239><c> because</c><00:36:30.059><c> from</c><00:36:30.380><c> here</c><00:36:30.639><c> on</c><00:36:30.960><c> in</c><00:36:31.619><c> there</c>

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were<00:36:32.239><c> going</c><00:36:32.360><c> to</c><00:36:32.519><c> be</c><00:36:32.639><c> some</c><00:36:33.139><c> intense</c><00:36:34.320><c> torments</c><00:36:35.300><c> of</c><00:36:35.639><c> soul</c><00:36:36.059><c> and</c><00:36:36.679><c> a</c>

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.900
body<00:36:37.159><c> that</c><00:36:37.360><c> the</c><00:36:37.519><c> Lord</c><00:36:37.679><c> Jesus</c><00:36:38.039><c> Christ</c><00:36:38.400><c> was</c><00:36:38.659><c> going</c>

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have<00:36:39.260><c> to</c><00:36:39.519><c> endure</c><00:36:39.940><c> it</c><00:36:40.760><c> was</c><00:36:40.960><c> the</c><00:36:41.139><c> beginning</c><00:36:41.440><c> and</c><00:36:41.980><c> it</c><00:36:42.039><c> was</c><00:36:42.219><c> the</c><00:36:42.460><c> mark</c><00:36:42.860><c> of</c>

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of<00:36:44.280><c> the</c><00:36:44.440><c> beginning</c><00:36:44.639><c> of</c><00:36:44.920><c> physical</c><00:36:45.239><c> pain</c>

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for<00:36:45.780><c> the</c><00:36:45.920><c> Lord</c><00:36:46.079><c> Jesus</c><00:36:46.420><c> Christ</c><00:36:46.679><c> but</c><00:36:46.820><c> it</c><00:36:46.940><c> was</c><00:36:47.079><c> also</c><00:36:47.340><c> I</c><00:36:47.519><c> think</c><00:36:47.699><c> the</c>

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mark<00:36:48.159><c> and</c><00:36:48.320><c> the</c><00:36:48.500><c> beginning</c><00:36:48.880><c> of</c><00:36:50.380><c> a</c><00:36:51.260><c> twin</c><00:36:51.519><c> birth</c><00:36:51.960><c> that</c>

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was<00:36:52.800><c> occurring</c><00:36:53.300><c> in</c><00:36:54.480><c> the</c><00:36:54.659><c> birth</c><00:36:55.119><c> of</c><00:36:55.639><c> Joseph</c><00:36:56.119><c> of</c><00:36:56.579><c> Arimathea</c><00:36:57.199><c> and</c>

00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:01.139
Nicodemus<00:36:59.019><c> as</c><00:36:59.500><c> they</c><00:36:59.699><c> now</c><00:36:59.940><c> were</c><00:37:00.099><c> beginning</c><00:37:00.539><c> to</c><00:37:00.940><c> draw</c>

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:07.219
themselves<00:37:01.639><c> away</c><00:37:02.199><c> from</c><00:37:02.719><c> the</c><00:37:03.039><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:37:04.739><c> out</c><00:37:05.300><c> of</c><00:37:05.440><c> the</c><00:37:05.639><c> darkness</c><00:37:06.119><c> of</c><00:37:06.960><c> the</c>

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night<00:37:07.539><c> out</c><00:37:07.980><c> of</c><00:37:08.059><c> the</c><00:37:08.260><c> darkness</c><00:37:08.659><c> of</c>

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light<00:37:12.320><c> of</c><00:37:13.159><c> revelation</c><00:37:13.699><c> and</c><00:37:15.119><c> Christ</c><00:37:15.539><c> was</c>

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pressing<00:37:16.119><c> them</c><00:37:16.500><c> that</c><00:37:16.699><c> they</c><00:37:16.900><c> could</c><00:37:17.099><c> no</c><00:37:17.360><c> longer</c><00:37:17.900><c> procrastinate</c>

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so<00:37:19.820><c> we</c><00:37:20.000><c> come</c><00:37:20.179><c> back</c><00:37:20.480><c> to</c><00:37:20.860><c> to</c><00:37:21.019><c> John</c><00:37:21.179><c> chapter</c><00:37:21.500><c> 19</c><00:37:22.039><c> and</c><00:37:22.260><c> here</c><00:37:22.440><c> we</c>

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are<00:37:23.000><c> at</c><00:37:23.320><c> the</c><00:37:23.500><c> foot</c><00:37:23.659><c> of</c><00:37:23.900><c> the</c><00:37:24.099><c> cross</c><00:37:24.539><c> and</c><00:37:27.760><c> here</c><00:37:27.960><c> is</c><00:37:28.099><c> a</c><00:37:28.199><c> very</c><00:37:28.420><c> generous</c><00:37:29.280><c> display</c><00:37:30.199><c> in</c><00:37:31.920><c> verse</c><00:37:32.219><c> 39</c>

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by<00:37:33.260><c> Nicodemus</c><00:37:33.900><c> it</c><00:37:34.079><c> says</c>

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he<00:37:34.619><c> brought</c><00:37:34.920><c> a</c><00:37:35.599><c> hundred</c><00:37:36.039><c> pounds</c><00:37:36.820><c> of</c><00:37:37.739><c> myrrh</c><00:37:38.219><c> and</c><00:37:38.519><c> aloes</c><00:37:40.039><c> and</c><00:37:40.320><c> some</c><00:37:40.599><c> have</c><00:37:40.820><c> defined</c><00:37:41.179><c> that</c><00:37:41.400><c> as</c>

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the<00:37:41.820><c> amount</c><00:37:42.059><c> required</c><00:37:42.579><c> for</c>

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a<00:37:43.219><c> royal</c><00:37:43.519><c> burial</c><00:37:44.039><c> now</c><00:37:44.860><c> a</c><00:37:45.000><c> hundred</c><00:37:45.159><c> pounds</c><00:37:45.420><c> is</c><00:37:45.719><c> a</c><00:37:45.820><c> fair</c><00:37:45.980><c> amount</c>

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:48.300
of<00:37:46.460><c> weight</c><00:37:46.599><c> I</c><00:37:46.739><c> don't</c><00:37:47.000><c> think</c><00:37:47.199><c> one</c><00:37:47.460><c> person</c><00:37:47.820><c> could</c>

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:52.000
well<00:37:48.579><c> I</c><00:37:48.679><c> guess</c><00:37:48.840><c> they</c><00:37:49.019><c> could</c><00:37:49.179><c> carry</c><00:37:49.440><c> a</c><00:37:49.559><c> hundred</c><00:37:49.780><c> pounds</c><00:37:50.159><c> but</c><00:37:50.960><c> there's</c><00:37:51.840><c> a</c>

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:53.880
fair<00:37:52.119><c> amount</c><00:37:52.360><c> of</c><00:37:52.599><c> weight</c><00:37:52.760><c> in</c><00:37:53.000><c> that</c>

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:59.539
and<00:37:54.300><c> it's</c><00:37:54.579><c> indicating</c><00:37:54.920><c> to</c><00:37:55.199><c> us</c><00:37:55.480><c> the</c><00:37:56.099><c> overflowing</c><00:37:56.519><c> emotions</c><00:37:57.159><c> now</c><00:37:58.000><c> of</c>

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Nicodemus<00:38:00.139><c> who</c><00:38:00.380><c> we</c><00:38:00.639><c> would</c><00:38:00.860><c> imagine</c>

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:05.300
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00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:07.460
proud<00:38:05.519><c> and</c><00:38:05.820><c> arrogant</c><00:38:06.119><c> sort</c><00:38:06.360><c> of</c><00:38:06.480><c> a</c><00:38:06.639><c> man</c>

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:11.980
a<00:38:08.679><c> legalistic</c><00:38:09.239><c> ritualistic</c><00:38:10.179><c> type</c><00:38:10.480><c> of</c><00:38:10.739><c> man</c><00:38:10.920><c> but</c><00:38:11.139><c> here</c><00:38:11.380><c> in</c><00:38:11.519><c> this</c>

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:14.579
generous<00:38:12.699><c> gesture</c><00:38:13.019><c> we</c><00:38:13.239><c> almost</c><00:38:13.619><c> see</c><00:38:14.159><c> a</c><00:38:14.400><c> man</c>

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:18.840
of<00:38:14.860><c> emotion</c><00:38:15.360><c> now</c><00:38:15.780><c> as</c><00:38:16.019><c> he</c><00:38:16.179><c> brings</c><00:38:16.500><c> a</c><00:38:16.780><c> hundred</c><00:38:17.219><c> pounds</c><00:38:17.820><c> of</c><00:38:18.480><c> myrrh</c>

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:20.860
and<00:38:19.079><c> aloes</c><00:38:19.519><c> in</c><00:38:19.820><c> fact</c><00:38:19.980><c> the</c><00:38:20.139><c> only</c><00:38:20.260><c> other</c><00:38:20.480><c> reference</c>

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:23.420
in<00:38:21.199><c> the</c><00:38:21.340><c> scripture</c><00:38:21.559><c> combined</c><00:38:22.019><c> to</c><00:38:22.219><c> myrrh</c><00:38:22.440><c> and</c><00:38:22.619><c> aloes</c><00:38:22.860><c> is</c><00:38:23.059><c> psalm</c>

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:27.579
45<00:38:24.380><c> which</c><00:38:25.280><c> says</c><00:38:25.780><c> a</c><00:38:26.000><c> psalm</c><00:38:26.320><c> of</c><00:38:26.360><c> instruction</c><00:38:26.960><c> that</c><00:38:27.320><c> is</c>

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:33.019
a<00:38:28.039><c> song</c><00:38:28.239><c> of</c><00:38:28.820><c> loves</c><00:38:29.320><c> and</c><00:38:30.039><c> the</c><00:38:31.199><c> Septuagint</c><00:38:31.719><c> gives</c><00:38:31.920><c> the</c><00:38:32.199><c> title</c><00:38:32.519><c> a</c>

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:35.059
song<00:38:33.360><c> concerning</c><00:38:33.880><c> the</c><00:38:34.219><c> beloved</c>

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:41.239
and<00:38:36.300><c> it</c><00:38:36.480><c> goes</c><00:38:36.679><c> on</c><00:38:37.000><c> to</c><00:38:37.320><c> to</c><00:38:37.559><c> talk</c><00:38:37.699><c> about</c><00:38:38.179><c> the</c><00:38:38.619><c> mixture</c><00:38:38.980><c> of</c><00:38:40.159><c> myrrh</c>

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:44.280
and<00:38:41.579><c> aloes</c><00:38:42.760><c> some</c><00:38:43.099><c> interesting</c><00:38:43.519><c> concepts</c><00:38:43.920><c> in</c><00:38:44.079><c> that</c>

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:46.860
chapter<00:38:44.539><c> as</c><00:38:44.780><c> well</c><00:38:44.940><c> verse</c><00:38:45.199><c> 10</c><00:38:45.420><c> of</c><00:38:45.559><c> that</c><00:38:45.780><c> chapter</c><00:38:46.000><c> which</c><00:38:46.159><c> we</c><00:38:46.340><c> won't</c><00:38:46.440><c> look</c><00:38:46.659><c> at</c>

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:49.059
psalm<00:38:47.460><c> 45</c><00:38:47.920><c> says</c><00:38:48.159><c> forget</c><00:38:48.599><c> thine</c><00:38:48.840><c> own</c>

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:51.820
people<00:38:49.340><c> in</c><00:38:49.460><c> thy</c><00:38:49.599><c> father's</c><00:38:50.119><c> house</c><00:38:50.480><c> which</c><00:38:50.900><c> has</c><00:38:51.179><c> connotations</c>

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:55.199
and<00:38:52.059><c> exhortations</c><00:38:52.679><c> back</c><00:38:53.039><c> to</c><00:38:53.480><c> the</c><00:38:53.679><c> men</c><00:38:53.800><c> of</c><00:38:54.000><c> the</c><00:38:54.179><c> Sanhedrin</c>

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:59.679
one<00:38:55.780><c> writer</c><00:38:56.440><c> states</c><00:38:57.159><c> and</c><00:38:57.780><c> there's</c><00:38:57.980><c> a</c><00:38:58.119><c> mixture</c><00:38:58.340><c> here</c><00:38:58.820><c> the</c><00:38:59.159><c> myrrh</c><00:38:59.460><c> the</c>

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:02.639
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garden<00:42:58.179><c> the</c><00:42:58.340><c> Lord</c><00:42:58.820><c> Jesus</c><00:42:59.260><c> received</c><00:42:59.820><c> a</c><00:43:00.280><c> kiss</c><00:43:00.579><c> of</c><00:43:00.920><c> hypocritical</c>

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affection<00:43:02.039><c> from</c><00:43:02.320><c> one</c><00:43:03.019><c> disciple</c><00:43:03.679><c> Judas</c>

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disciples<00:43:10.500><c> who</c><00:43:11.059><c> embraced</c><00:43:11.739><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:43:12.619><c> without</c><00:43:12.960><c> that</c><00:43:13.260><c> hypocrisy</c><00:43:14.019><c> in</c><00:43:14.460><c> the</c><00:43:14.659><c> other</c><00:43:14.840><c> garden</c><00:43:15.239><c> a</c>

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desperate<00:43:15.880><c> Judas</c><00:43:16.940><c> roughly</c><00:43:17.619><c> seizing</c><00:43:18.079><c> Jesus</c><00:43:18.619><c> Christ</c>

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body<00:43:23.940><c> the</c><00:43:24.139><c> dead</c><00:43:24.360><c> body</c><00:43:24.579><c> of</c><00:43:24.820><c> Christ</c>

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death<00:44:21.199><c> here</c><00:44:22.239><c> in</c><00:44:22.559><c> this</c>

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in<00:44:33.139><c> another</c><00:44:33.480><c> garden</c><00:44:33.780><c> there</c><00:44:33.900><c> were</c><00:44:34.119><c> two</c><00:44:34.380><c> who</c><00:44:34.639><c> listened</c><00:44:35.079><c> to</c><00:44:35.320><c> the</c>

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garden<00:45:27.440><c> of</c><00:45:27.659><c> Eden</c><00:45:28.579><c> verse</c><00:45:29.159><c> 41</c><00:45:29.599><c> says</c>

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there<00:45:33.340><c> was</c><00:45:33.599><c> never</c><00:45:33.900><c> yet</c>

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importance<00:45:40.099><c> of</c><00:45:40.340><c> that</c><00:45:40.480><c> and</c><00:45:40.639><c> we've</c>

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and<00:46:04.679><c> verse</c><00:46:04.900><c> 9</c><00:46:05.260><c> specifically</c><00:46:05.880><c> states</c><00:46:06.340><c> it</c><00:46:06.820><c> was</c><00:46:07.039><c> a</c><00:46:07.460><c> clean</c><00:46:07.900><c> man</c><00:46:08.579><c> it</c>

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just<00:46:09.260><c> says</c><00:46:09.440><c> a</c><00:46:10.019><c> clean</c><00:46:10.300><c> man</c><00:46:10.900><c> who</c><00:46:11.340><c> would</c><00:46:11.599><c> lay</c><00:46:11.840><c> the</c>

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the<00:46:17.639><c> work</c><00:46:17.900><c> here</c><00:46:18.599><c> of</c>

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Nicodemus<00:46:21.739><c> Joseph</c><00:46:22.300><c> of</c><00:46:22.539><c> Arimathea</c><00:46:23.219><c> that</c><00:46:24.340><c> they</c><00:46:25.860><c> weren't</c><00:46:26.139><c> priests</c><00:46:26.659><c> but</c>

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they<00:46:27.340><c> were</c><00:46:27.500><c> certainly</c><00:46:27.780><c> clean</c><00:46:28.159><c> men</c>

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and<00:46:29.139><c> the</c><00:46:29.300><c> remains</c><00:46:29.519><c> of</c><00:46:29.719><c> Jesus</c><00:46:30.079><c> Christ</c><00:46:30.480><c> were</c><00:46:30.739><c> to</c><00:46:30.980><c> be</c><00:46:31.360><c> laid</c><00:46:31.559><c> in</c><00:46:31.739><c> a</c>

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clean<00:46:32.159><c> place</c><00:46:32.519><c> and</c><00:46:32.719><c> again</c><00:46:32.820><c> you</c><00:46:33.000><c> might</c><00:46:33.119><c> like</c><00:46:33.320><c> to</c><00:46:33.519><c> make</c>

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days<00:46:38.280><c> people</c><00:46:39.179><c> who</c><00:46:39.360><c> were</c><00:46:39.559><c> defiled</c><00:46:40.179><c> would</c><00:46:40.500><c> be</c>

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cleansed<00:46:41.179><c> by</c><00:46:41.780><c> having</c><00:46:42.199><c> that</c><00:46:43.280><c> substance</c><00:46:43.739><c> solution</c><00:46:44.199><c> sprinkled</c>

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point<00:46:53.340><c> of</c><00:46:53.559><c> association</c><00:46:54.400><c> Paul</c><00:46:55.280><c> makes</c><00:46:55.599><c> this</c><00:46:56.079><c> alignment</c><00:46:56.519><c> with</c>

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Christ<00:46:59.800><c> he</c><00:47:00.280><c> says</c><00:47:00.480><c> if</c><00:47:00.659><c> the</c><00:47:00.760><c> blood</c><00:47:00.960><c> of</c><00:47:01.119><c> bulls</c><00:47:01.380><c> and</c><00:47:01.539><c> goats</c><00:47:01.699><c> and</c><00:47:01.940><c> the</c><00:47:02.179><c> ashes</c><00:47:02.380><c> of</c>

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an<00:47:02.719><c> heifer</c><00:47:03.380><c> etc</c><00:47:04.039><c> etc</c><00:47:04.400><c> he</c><00:47:04.559><c> talks</c><00:47:04.780><c> about</c>

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how<00:47:05.500><c> more</c><00:47:05.820><c> appropriate</c><00:47:06.400><c> the</c><00:47:06.880><c> blood</c><00:47:07.059><c> of</c><00:47:07.219><c> Christ</c><00:47:07.739><c> is</c><00:47:08.880><c> concerned</c>

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so<00:47:11.179><c> there</c><00:47:11.500><c> are</c><00:47:11.880><c> some</c><00:47:12.199><c> definite</c>

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connections<00:47:13.559><c> with</c><00:47:14.099><c> that</c><00:47:14.579><c> just</c><00:47:15.119><c> want</c><00:47:15.260><c> to</c><00:47:15.380><c> have</c><00:47:15.480><c> a</c><00:47:15.579><c> look</c><00:47:15.920><c> in</c><00:47:16.480><c> in</c>

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closing<00:47:16.960><c> just</c><00:47:17.920><c> step</c><00:47:18.039><c> back</c><00:47:18.300><c> and</c><00:47:18.500><c> think</c><00:47:18.639><c> a</c><00:47:18.800><c> little</c><00:47:18.980><c> bit</c>

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about<00:47:20.119><c> Joseph</c><00:47:20.659><c> of</c><00:47:20.920><c> Arimathea</c><00:47:21.559><c> and</c><00:47:21.980><c> Nicodemus</c><00:47:22.539><c> these</c><00:47:22.760><c> were</c>

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very<00:47:23.179><c> prominent</c><00:47:23.579><c> men</c>

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one<00:47:26.159><c> would</c><00:47:26.360><c> think</c><00:47:26.460><c> it</c><00:47:26.599><c> would</c><00:47:26.719><c> be</c><00:47:26.920><c> hard</c><00:47:27.119><c> for</c><00:47:27.260><c> them</c><00:47:27.340><c> just</c><00:47:27.519><c> to</c><00:47:27.760><c> disappear</c><00:47:28.099><c> into</c><00:47:28.360><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:47:29.599><c> with</c><00:47:30.019><c> with</c><00:47:30.199><c> the</c>

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think<00:47:37.420><c> there</c><00:47:37.559><c> are</c><00:47:37.639><c> a</c><00:47:37.679><c> couple</c><00:47:37.840><c> of</c>

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and<00:47:43.079><c> verse</c><00:47:43.340><c> 23</c><00:47:44.119><c> just</c><00:47:45.340><c> a</c><00:47:46.000><c> comment</c><00:47:46.320><c> here</c><00:47:47.019><c> in</c><00:47:47.880><c> the</c><00:47:48.139><c> selection</c><00:47:48.659><c> of</c>

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an<00:47:49.400><c> apostle</c><00:47:49.820><c> to</c><00:47:50.179><c> fulfill</c><00:47:50.599><c> the</c><00:47:50.900><c> place</c>

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of<00:47:51.940><c> Judas</c><00:47:52.400><c> and</c><00:47:53.679><c> there</c><00:47:53.800><c> is</c><00:47:53.940><c> a</c><00:47:54.199><c> Joseph</c><00:47:54.539><c> that</c><00:47:54.739><c> is</c><00:47:54.980><c> mentioned</c><00:47:55.380><c> there</c><00:47:55.659><c> talking</c><00:47:55.960><c> about</c><00:47:56.219><c> Joseph</c><00:47:56.739><c> of</c><00:47:57.380><c> Arimathea</c>

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Acts<00:47:58.980><c> 1</c><00:47:59.400><c> verse</c><00:47:59.619><c> 23</c><00:48:00.159><c> says</c><00:48:00.400><c> they</c><00:48:00.559><c> appointed</c><00:48:01.000><c> to</c><00:48:01.500><c> one</c><00:48:01.780><c> of</c><00:48:01.920><c> which</c>

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was<00:48:03.340><c> Joseph</c><00:48:04.119><c> who</c><00:48:05.000><c> was</c><00:48:05.320><c> called</c><00:48:05.639><c> Barcibus</c>

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who<00:48:07.219><c> was</c><00:48:07.679><c> surnamed</c><00:48:08.519><c> justice</c><00:48:09.320><c> obviously</c><00:48:11.320><c> a</c><00:48:12.079><c> person</c><00:48:12.320><c> of</c><00:48:12.559><c> great</c>

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prominence<00:48:13.179><c> look</c><00:48:13.320><c> at</c><00:48:13.440><c> all</c><00:48:13.559><c> the</c><00:48:13.840><c> titles</c><00:48:14.139><c> that</c><00:48:14.300><c> he</c>

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has<00:48:14.980><c> Joseph</c><00:48:15.679><c> called</c><00:48:16.320><c> Barcibus</c><00:48:17.139><c> and</c><00:48:17.440><c> was</c><00:48:17.639><c> surnamed</c><00:48:18.380><c> justice</c>

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Joseph<00:48:21.400><c> Barcibus</c><00:48:22.340><c> surnamed</c><00:48:23.280><c> the</c><00:48:23.739><c> just</c>

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there<00:48:24.800><c> almost</c><00:48:25.079><c> seems</c><00:48:25.260><c> to</c><00:48:25.420><c> be</c><00:48:25.599><c> an</c><00:48:25.820><c> immediate</c><00:48:26.119><c> connection</c><00:48:26.440><c> to</c>

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Luke<00:48:26.739><c> 23</c><00:48:27.199><c> 50</c><00:48:27.800><c> because</c><00:48:28.199><c> Nicodemus</c><00:48:28.940><c> it</c><00:48:29.280><c> says</c><00:48:29.480><c> he</c><00:48:29.780><c> was</c>

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he<00:48:34.300><c> was</c><00:48:34.460><c> a</c><00:48:34.679><c> just</c><00:48:34.880><c> man</c><00:48:35.260><c> and</c><00:48:35.940><c> here</c><00:48:36.119><c> was</c>

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that<00:48:36.960><c> that</c><00:48:37.320><c> surname</c><00:48:37.639><c> and</c><00:48:38.800><c> as</c><00:48:38.920><c> we've</c><00:48:39.159><c> said</c><00:48:39.320><c> obviously</c><00:48:39.820><c> an</c><00:48:40.139><c> influential</c><00:48:40.420><c> person</c><00:48:40.980><c> who</c>

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held<00:48:41.579><c> perhaps</c><00:48:41.980><c> a</c><00:48:42.179><c> high</c>

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position<00:48:42.679><c> was</c><00:48:42.960><c> this</c><00:48:43.199><c> Joseph</c><00:48:43.539><c> of</c><00:48:43.760><c> Arimathea</c><00:48:44.380><c> we</c><00:48:45.079><c> can't</c><00:48:45.400><c> be</c><00:48:45.699><c> certain</c><00:48:46.320><c> there's</c><00:48:47.960><c> also</c><00:48:48.239><c> a</c>

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mention<00:48:48.559><c> of</c><00:48:49.019><c> Joseph</c>

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Barnabas<00:48:50.320><c> in</c><00:48:50.579><c> Acts</c><00:48:50.860><c> 4</c><00:48:51.300><c> verse</c><00:48:51.559><c> 36</c><00:48:52.340><c> son</c><00:48:52.679><c> of</c><00:48:52.880><c> consolation</c><00:48:53.599><c> he</c><00:48:54.019><c> was</c>

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he<00:48:57.300><c> sold</c><00:48:57.559><c> his</c><00:48:57.820><c> lands</c><00:48:58.139><c> and</c><00:48:58.340><c> gave</c><00:48:58.539><c> the</c><00:48:58.739><c> money</c><00:48:58.960><c> to</c><00:48:59.119><c> the</c><00:48:59.280><c> early</c><00:48:59.519><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:00.760><c> was</c>

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it<00:49:01.440><c> that</c><00:49:01.739><c> this</c><00:49:02.420><c> was</c><00:49:02.699><c> Joseph</c><00:49:03.039><c> of</c><00:49:03.280><c> Arimathea</c>

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know<00:49:07.159><c> is</c><00:49:07.300><c> in</c><00:49:07.460><c> Acts</c><00:49:07.619><c> 15</c><00:49:08.460><c> and</c><00:49:08.960><c> verse</c><00:49:09.239><c> 22</c>

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they<00:49:12.119><c> are</c><00:49:12.280><c> mentioned</c><00:49:12.519><c> to</c><00:49:12.719><c> get</c><00:49:12.880><c> again</c><00:49:13.300><c> together</c><00:49:13.760><c> so</c><00:49:14.239><c> there</c><00:49:14.460><c> could</c><00:49:14.619><c> be</c>

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connections<00:49:15.260><c> there</c><00:49:15.460><c> which</c><00:49:15.599><c> we</c><00:49:15.800><c> can't</c><00:49:16.119><c> follow</c>

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this<00:49:16.679><c> moment</c><00:49:16.940><c> but</c><00:49:17.500><c> the</c><00:49:17.659><c> one</c><00:49:17.880><c> point</c><00:49:18.039><c> that</c><00:49:18.179><c> we</c><00:49:18.280><c> do</c><00:49:18.500><c> want</c><00:49:18.659><c> to</c><00:49:18.820><c> make</c>

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of<00:49:22.460><c> Arimathea</c><00:49:23.059><c> and</c><00:49:23.960><c> he</c><00:49:24.099><c> didn't</c><00:49:24.320><c> achieve</c><00:49:24.780><c> the</c><00:49:24.980><c> position</c><00:49:25.380><c> of</c><00:49:25.619><c> an</c>

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