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cruel<00:12:07.000><c> torture</c><00:12:07.379><c> of</c><00:12:07.679><c> the</c><00:12:07.960><c> mind</c><00:12:08.480><c> as</c><00:12:09.639><c> you</c><00:12:09.820><c> just</c><00:12:10.100><c> waited</c><00:12:10.299><c> for</c><00:12:10.600><c> death</c><00:12:10.860><c> to</c><00:12:11.139><c> come.</c>

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How<00:12:44.580><c> would</c><00:12:44.759><c> you</c><00:12:44.860><c> like</c><00:12:45.299><c> young</c><00:12:45.480><c> people</c><00:12:45.779><c> to</c><00:12:46.039><c> be</c><00:12:46.460><c> one</c><00:12:46.700><c> of</c><00:12:46.759><c> those</c><00:12:46.980><c> Roman</c><00:12:47.240><c> soldiers</c><00:12:47.639><c> who</c><00:12:48.679><c> did</c><00:12:49.039><c> that</c><00:12:49.259><c> for</c><00:12:49.539><c> a</c>

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job<00:12:50.279><c> almost</c><00:12:51.519><c> every</c><00:12:51.879><c> day?</c>

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had<00:13:03.580><c> crucified</c><00:13:04.259><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:05.820><c> took</c><00:13:06.000><c> his</c><00:13:06.200><c> garments</c><00:13:06.700><c> and</c><00:13:07.779><c> made</c><00:13:08.139><c> four</c>

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parts<00:13:08.980><c> to</c><00:13:09.200><c> every</c><00:13:09.519><c> soldier</c><00:13:09.860><c> a</c><00:13:10.100><c> part.</c>

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So<00:13:10.440><c> it</c><00:13:10.559><c> seems</c><00:13:10.720><c> there</c><00:13:10.860><c> were</c><00:13:11.000><c> four</c><00:13:11.259><c> soldiers,</c><00:13:12.759><c> and</c><00:13:14.200><c> also</c><00:13:14.500><c> his</c><00:13:14.720><c> coat.</c>

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Now<00:13:15.899><c> the</c><00:13:16.059><c> coat</c><00:13:16.360><c> was</c><00:13:16.879><c> without</c><00:13:17.539><c> seam</c><00:13:17.980><c> woven</c><00:13:18.980><c> from</c><00:13:19.340><c> the</c><00:13:19.620><c> top</c><00:13:20.019><c> throughout.</c>

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it,<00:13:24.179><c> but</c><00:13:24.360><c> cast</c><00:13:24.639><c> lots</c><00:13:24.919><c> for</c><00:13:25.299><c> it,</c><00:13:26.200><c> whose</c><00:13:26.340><c> it</c><00:13:26.539><c> shall</c><00:13:26.740><c> be,</c><00:13:27.759><c> that</c><00:13:28.000><c> the</c>

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They<00:13:31.600><c> parted</c><00:13:32.120><c> my</c><00:13:32.399><c> raiment</c><00:13:32.720><c> among</c><00:13:33.039><c> them,</c><00:13:34.179><c> and</c><00:13:34.399><c> for</c><00:13:34.600><c> my</c><00:13:34.919><c> vesture</c>

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emotional<00:13:52.340><c> strength,</c>

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done<00:13:59.299><c> when</c><00:13:59.799><c> they</c><00:14:00.080><c> cast</c><00:14:00.340><c> them</c><00:14:00.480><c> into</c><00:14:00.700><c> the</c><00:14:00.879><c> pit</c><00:14:01.100><c> in</c><00:14:01.700><c> Genesis</c><00:14:02.059><c> 37</c>

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And<00:14:04.940><c> now</c><00:14:05.159><c> they're</c><00:14:05.419><c> going</c><00:14:05.539><c> to</c><00:14:06.139><c> callously</c><00:14:06.539><c> divide</c><00:14:07.000><c> the</c><00:14:07.320><c> spoils,</c>

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Their<00:14:11.779><c> grisly</c><00:14:12.159><c> job</c><00:14:12.379><c> was</c><00:14:12.620><c> done,</c><00:14:13.019><c> and</c><00:14:13.240><c> now</c><00:14:13.879><c> it</c><00:14:14.159><c> was</c><00:14:14.419><c> time</c><00:14:14.700><c> to</c><00:14:15.059><c> collect</c><00:14:15.299><c> the</c>

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perks<00:14:15.840><c> of</c><00:14:16.120><c> the</c><00:14:16.320><c> job.</c>

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You<00:14:24.759><c> can</c><00:14:24.860><c> just</c><00:14:25.039><c> imagine</c><00:14:25.360><c> the</c><00:14:25.779><c> horror</c><00:14:26.039><c> and</c><00:14:26.259><c> the</c><00:14:26.500><c> shame</c><00:14:26.659><c> if</c><00:14:26.820><c> you</c>

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were<00:14:27.019><c> one</c><00:14:27.200><c> of</c><00:14:27.820><c> the</c><00:14:28.080><c> victims,</c><00:14:28.940><c> hanging</c><00:14:29.279><c> there</c><00:14:29.659><c> helplessly</c><00:14:30.259><c> in</c><00:14:30.440><c> agony,</c>

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To<00:14:34.759><c> add</c><00:14:35.179><c> insult</c><00:14:35.580><c> to</c><00:14:35.820><c> injury,</c><00:14:36.759><c> you</c><00:14:36.779><c> now</c><00:14:37.100><c> looked</c><00:14:37.320><c> down</c><00:14:37.720><c> and</c><00:14:38.480><c> you</c>

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saw<00:14:38.899><c> your</c><00:14:39.259><c> last</c><00:14:39.820><c> earthly</c><00:14:40.220><c> possessions</c><00:14:40.799><c> being</c><00:14:42.019><c> squabbled</c><00:14:42.539><c> over</c><00:14:42.860><c> by</c>

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a<00:14:44.059><c> few</c><00:14:44.340><c> greedy</c><00:14:44.679><c> soldiers.</c>

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You<00:14:46.899><c> know</c><00:14:46.960><c> it's</c><00:14:47.080><c> amazing</c><00:14:47.379><c> as</c><00:14:47.559><c> we've</c><00:14:47.759><c> already</c><00:14:48.139><c> noticed</c><00:14:48.559><c> how</c><00:14:49.340><c> the</c><00:14:49.600><c> gospel</c><00:14:50.000><c> writers</c><00:14:50.940><c> quickly</c><00:14:52.659><c> skip</c><00:14:53.039><c> over</c><00:14:53.419><c> the</c><00:14:53.659><c> agony</c><00:14:53.879><c> of</c>

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In<00:14:58.679><c> fact,</c><00:14:59.700><c> Mark</c><00:14:59.740><c> does</c><00:14:59.960><c> this</c><00:15:00.299><c> especially</c><00:15:00.799><c> well</c><00:15:01.039><c> as</c><00:15:01.220><c> we</c><00:15:01.440><c> saw</c><00:15:01.799><c> when</c><00:15:02.080><c> he</c><00:15:02.240><c> said,</c>

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and<00:15:02.840><c> when</c><00:15:03.019><c> they</c><00:15:03.200><c> had</c><00:15:03.559><c> crucified</c><00:15:04.000><c> him</c><00:15:04.179><c> they</c><00:15:04.440><c> parted</c><00:15:04.940><c> his</c><00:15:05.139><c> garments.</c>

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soldiers<00:15:10.159><c> at</c><00:15:10.820><c> the</c><00:15:10.960><c> foot</c><00:15:11.080><c> of</c><00:15:11.279><c> the</c><00:15:11.460><c> cross.</c>

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Why<00:15:11.899><c> is</c><00:15:12.200><c> this?</c><00:15:13.159><c> Why</c><00:15:13.659><c> is</c><00:15:13.940><c> it</c><00:15:14.100><c> that</c><00:15:14.840><c> the</c><00:15:15.100><c> gospel</c><00:15:15.440><c> writers</c><00:15:15.820><c> immediately</c><00:15:16.659><c> jump</c>

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Well<00:15:20.639><c> I</c><00:15:20.740><c> think</c><00:15:20.940><c> that</c><00:15:21.120><c> the</c><00:15:21.279><c> first</c><00:15:21.539><c> reason</c><00:15:21.840><c> is</c><00:15:22.379><c> that</c><00:15:22.740><c> the</c><00:15:22.899><c> gospel</c>

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well<00:15:29.159><c> to</c><00:15:29.279><c> them</c><00:15:29.580><c> Christ</c><00:15:29.899><c> was</c><00:15:30.100><c> just</c><00:15:30.460><c> another</c><00:15:30.879><c> victim,</c><00:15:31.940><c> and</c><00:15:32.080><c> they</c>

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they<00:15:39.779><c> nailed</c><00:15:40.000><c> him</c><00:15:40.220><c> to</c><00:15:40.340><c> the</c><00:15:40.539><c> cross,</c><00:15:40.820><c> you</c><00:15:40.860><c> can</c><00:15:41.019><c> just</c><00:15:41.200><c> imagine</c>

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These<00:15:59.500><c> were</c><00:16:00.059><c> rough</c><00:16:00.460><c> places</c><00:16:00.960><c> indeed,</c><00:16:02.059><c> weren't</c><00:16:02.139><c> they</c><00:16:02.320><c> young</c><00:16:02.519><c> people?</c>

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You<00:16:03.279><c> don't</c><00:16:03.519><c> get</c><00:16:04.879><c> rougher</c><00:16:05.240><c> men</c><00:16:05.500><c> than</c><00:16:05.779><c> these,</c><00:16:07.519><c> pretty</c><00:16:07.940><c> much</c><00:16:08.299><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:08.659><c> history</c><00:16:08.899><c> of</c><00:16:09.059><c> the</c><00:16:09.220><c> world.</c>

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We<00:16:10.460><c> don't</c><00:16:10.639><c> really</c><00:16:10.820><c> have</c><00:16:10.960><c> anyone</c><00:16:11.240><c> these</c><00:16:11.500><c> days</c><00:16:11.779><c> who</c><00:16:12.580><c> is</c><00:16:13.080><c> in</c><00:16:13.360><c> charge</c><00:16:13.620><c> of</c>

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crucifying<00:16:14.539><c> people.</c>

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You<00:16:15.340><c> have</c><00:16:15.500><c> to</c><00:16:15.600><c> be</c><00:16:15.740><c> a</c><00:16:15.840><c> pretty</c><00:16:16.179><c> tough</c><00:16:16.419><c> individual</c><00:16:16.840><c> to</c><00:16:17.059><c> do</c><00:16:17.159><c> that</c>

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day<00:16:18.100><c> in,</c><00:16:18.399><c> day</c><00:16:18.620><c> out,</c><00:16:18.940><c> and</c><00:16:19.039><c> these</c><00:16:19.259><c> are</c><00:16:19.480><c> rough</c><00:16:19.679><c> places</c><00:16:20.080><c> indeed</c><00:16:20.480><c> to</c>

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be<00:16:20.940><c> smoothed.</c>

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But<00:16:22.299><c> I</c><00:16:22.340><c> think</c><00:16:22.500><c> the</c><00:16:22.740><c> second</c><00:16:22.940><c> reason</c><00:16:23.240><c> why</c><00:16:23.759><c> all</c><00:16:24.220><c> four</c><00:16:24.500><c> gospel</c><00:16:24.860><c> writers</c><00:16:25.259><c> jump</c><00:16:25.740><c> immediately</c><00:16:26.399><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:26.919><c> story</c><00:16:27.120><c> of</c><00:16:27.340><c> the</c><00:16:28.000><c> dividing</c><00:16:28.220><c> of</c><00:16:28.460><c> the</c><00:16:28.700><c> clothes</c>

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and<00:16:29.820><c> pass</c><00:16:30.240><c> quickly</c><00:16:30.659><c> over</c><00:16:31.059><c> the</c><00:16:31.340><c> agony</c><00:16:31.539><c> is</c><00:16:31.679><c> that</c><00:16:31.799><c> they</c><00:16:31.960><c> really</c>

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want<00:16:32.399><c> to</c><00:16:32.659><c> reach</c><00:16:32.879><c> the</c><00:16:33.179><c> point</c><00:16:33.399><c> of</c><00:16:33.580><c> the</c><00:16:33.820><c> story.</c>

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And<00:16:34.220><c> what's</c><00:16:34.440><c> the</c><00:16:34.700><c> point?</c>

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Well,<00:16:36.480><c> the</c><00:16:36.559><c> point</c><00:16:36.879><c> is</c><00:16:38.039><c> that</c><00:16:38.960><c> it</c><00:16:39.179><c> might</c><00:16:39.480><c> be</c><00:16:39.840><c> fulfilled</c><00:16:40.399><c> which</c>

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was<00:16:40.919><c> spoken</c><00:16:41.240><c> by</c><00:16:41.500><c> the</c><00:16:41.720><c> prophet.</c>

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And<00:16:43.480><c> what</c><00:16:43.700><c> all</c><00:16:43.980><c> of</c><00:16:44.120><c> the</c><00:16:44.259><c> gospel</c><00:16:44.559><c> writers</c><00:16:44.860><c> want</c><00:16:45.100><c> us</c><00:16:45.440><c> to</c><00:16:45.639><c> know</c><00:16:45.879><c> is</c>

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that<00:16:46.440><c> the</c><00:16:46.860><c> crucifixion</c><00:16:47.559><c> day</c><00:16:47.919><c> is</c><00:16:48.419><c> loaded</c><00:16:49.059><c> with</c><00:16:50.059><c> the</c><00:16:50.360><c> fulfillment</c><00:16:50.980><c> of</c><00:16:52.019><c> Bible</c><00:16:52.419><c> prophecy,</c>

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the<00:16:53.919><c> fulfillment</c><00:16:54.299><c> of</c><00:16:54.580><c> everything</c><00:16:54.980><c> that</c><00:16:55.200><c> the</c><00:16:55.399><c> Old</c><00:16:55.659><c> Testament</c>

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has<00:16:56.759><c> predicted</c><00:16:57.299><c> would</c><00:16:57.559><c> happen.</c>

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This<00:16:59.259><c> is</c><00:16:59.700><c> the</c><00:16:59.879><c> day</c><00:17:00.220><c> of</c><00:17:00.879><c> the</c><00:17:01.340><c> victory,</c><00:17:02.000><c> the</c><00:17:02.139><c> triumph,</c><00:17:04.400><c> the</c><00:17:04.559><c> vindication</c><00:17:05.180><c> of</c>

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God's<00:17:05.880><c> Word</c><00:17:06.359><c> and</c><00:17:08.039><c> the</c><00:17:08.319><c> overcoming</c><00:17:08.680><c> of</c><00:17:09.059><c> flesh.</c>

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It<00:17:11.240><c> wasn't</c><00:17:11.480><c> the</c><00:17:11.779><c> agony</c><00:17:12.039><c> and</c><00:17:12.220><c> the</c><00:17:12.460><c> pain</c><00:17:12.640><c> that</c><00:17:13.440><c> was</c><00:17:13.779><c> dwelt</c><00:17:15.279><c> upon</c>

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by<00:17:15.900><c> the</c><00:17:16.259><c> gospel</c><00:17:16.559><c> writers.</c>

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It<00:17:16.980><c> was</c><00:17:17.180><c> the</c><00:17:17.319><c> fact</c><00:17:17.480><c> that</c><00:17:17.799><c> the</c><00:17:18.200><c> scriptures</c><00:17:18.599><c> were</c><00:17:18.880><c> being</c><00:17:19.180><c> fulfilled</c><00:17:19.720><c> and</c><00:17:20.559><c> the</c><00:17:20.880><c> dividing</c><00:17:21.099><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:21.480><c> garments</c><00:17:21.740><c> is</c><00:17:22.140><c> a</c><00:17:22.359><c> preeminent</c><00:17:22.900><c> example</c><00:17:23.420><c> of</c><00:17:23.660><c> this.</c>

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You<00:17:24.359><c> see</c><00:17:24.579><c> how</c><00:17:24.799><c> John</c><00:17:25.000><c> records</c><00:17:25.839><c> for</c><00:17:26.200><c> us</c><00:17:26.619><c> that</c><00:17:27.000><c> the</c><00:17:27.220><c> soldiers</c><00:17:27.700><c> inevitably</c><00:17:28.839><c> bowed</c><00:17:29.640><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:31.319><c> majestic</c><00:17:31.880><c> requirements</c><00:17:32.559><c> of</c><00:17:32.759><c> God's</c><00:17:33.180><c> Word,</c>

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quite<00:17:33.839><c> oblivious</c><00:17:34.440><c> to</c><00:17:34.599><c> it</c><00:17:34.759><c> of</c><00:17:34.940><c> course.</c>

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It<00:17:36.440><c> says</c><00:17:36.700><c> that</c><00:17:36.940><c> the</c><00:17:37.119><c> scripture</c><00:17:37.599><c> might</c><00:17:38.059><c> be</c><00:17:38.319><c> fulfilled.</c>

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These<00:17:39.519><c> things</c><00:17:39.880><c> therefore</c><00:17:40.420><c> the</c><00:17:40.640><c> soldiers</c><00:17:40.960><c> did</c><00:17:41.200><c> as</c><00:17:41.339><c> if</c><00:17:42.140><c> there</c>

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was<00:17:42.700><c> like</c><00:17:42.859><c> this</c><00:17:43.240><c> invisible</c><00:17:43.839><c> commandment</c><00:17:44.480><c> that</c><00:17:44.579><c> they</c><00:17:44.720><c> had</c><00:17:44.920><c> to</c>

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do<00:17:45.200><c> it.</c>

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They<00:17:46.640><c> were</c><00:17:47.579><c> all</c><00:17:48.640><c> in</c><00:17:50.440><c> the</c><00:17:50.519><c> abeyance</c><00:17:51.099><c> of</c><00:17:51.740><c> the</c><00:17:51.859><c> Old</c><00:17:52.059><c> Testament.</c>

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Everything<00:17:54.079><c> was</c><00:17:54.480><c> foreordained,</c><00:17:55.220><c> even</c><00:17:55.519><c> down</c><00:17:55.779><c> to</c><00:17:55.980><c> the</c><00:17:56.099><c> last</c><00:17:56.400><c> detail,</c><00:17:57.380><c> down</c><00:17:57.660><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:58.819><c> greed</c><00:17:59.339><c> and</c><00:17:59.700><c> the</c><00:17:59.960><c> gambling</c><00:18:00.279><c> habits</c><00:18:00.680><c> of</c><00:18:00.920><c> the</c><00:18:01.059><c> Roman</c><00:18:01.380><c> soldiers.</c>

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Well,<00:18:03.900><c> from</c><00:18:04.079><c> each</c><00:18:04.339><c> victim</c><00:18:04.640><c> there</c><00:18:04.799><c> would</c><00:18:04.960><c> be</c><00:18:05.559><c> usually</c><00:18:05.980><c> about</c>

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five<00:18:06.759><c> items</c><00:18:07.140><c> of</c><00:18:07.420><c> clothing.</c>

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There<00:18:08.900><c> was</c><00:18:09.420><c> the</c><00:18:09.859><c> headdress,</c><00:18:11.420><c> there</c><00:18:11.460><c> was</c><00:18:11.779><c> the</c><00:18:12.039><c> sandals,</c><00:18:13.460><c> there</c>

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was<00:18:13.819><c> the</c><00:18:14.119><c> robe,</c><00:18:15.440><c> there</c><00:18:15.539><c> was</c><00:18:15.839><c> the</c><00:18:16.119><c> girdle,</c>

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and<00:18:17.599><c> lastly</c><00:18:18.140><c> there</c><00:18:18.420><c> was</c><00:18:19.180><c> the</c><00:18:20.000><c> shirt,</c><00:18:21.539><c> or</c><00:18:21.539><c> as</c><00:18:22.019><c> I</c><00:18:23.059><c> think</c><00:18:23.279><c> it's</c>

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the<00:18:23.599><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:23.880><c> word,</c><00:18:24.359><c> the</c><00:18:24.660><c> chiton.</c>

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This<00:18:27.259><c> chiton</c><00:18:27.779><c> of</c><00:18:27.920><c> Christ</c><00:18:28.259><c> was</c><00:18:29.039><c> evidently</c><00:18:29.480><c> of</c><00:18:29.660><c> very</c><00:18:30.039><c> high</c><00:18:30.380><c> and</c>

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good<00:18:30.839><c> quality.</c>

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It<00:18:32.339><c> was</c><00:18:32.559><c> set</c><00:18:32.819><c> aside</c><00:18:33.160><c> until</c><00:18:33.420><c> the</c><00:18:33.920><c> four</c><00:18:34.079><c> soldiers</c><00:18:34.480><c> had</c><00:18:34.880><c> gambled</c>

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for<00:18:35.339><c> the</c><00:18:35.500><c> other</c><00:18:35.680><c> pieces</c><00:18:36.099><c> and</c><00:18:37.059><c> they</c><00:18:37.299><c> said,</c>

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Let<00:18:37.680><c> us</c><00:18:37.940><c> cast</c><00:18:38.279><c> lots</c><00:18:38.559><c> for</c><00:18:38.779><c> it,</c><00:18:39.099><c> whose</c><00:18:39.140><c> it</c><00:18:39.319><c> shall</c><00:18:39.539><c> be.</c>

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John<00:18:40.440><c> describes</c><00:18:41.000><c> that</c><00:18:41.240><c> particular</c><00:18:42.240><c> shirt</c><00:18:42.480><c> or</c><00:18:42.680><c> coat</c><00:18:43.000><c> as</c><00:18:43.319><c> without</c><00:18:43.740><c> seam,</c>

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woven<00:18:45.279><c> from</c><00:18:45.660><c> the</c><00:18:45.900><c> top</c><00:18:46.400><c> throughout.</c>

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Josephus<00:18:48.960><c> uses</c><00:18:49.640><c> an</c><00:18:50.119><c> almost</c><00:18:50.539><c> exact,</c><00:18:51.920><c> exactly</c><00:18:52.579><c> the</c><00:18:52.819><c> same</c><00:18:53.039><c> expression</c><00:18:53.599><c> to</c><00:18:53.880><c> describe</c><00:18:54.759><c> the</c><00:18:56.339><c> linen</c><00:18:56.799><c> garments</c><00:18:57.259><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:57.819><c> high</c><00:18:58.140><c> priest.</c>

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This<00:19:00.039><c> is</c><00:19:00.480><c> a</c><00:19:00.819><c> linen</c><00:19:01.259><c> high</c><00:19:01.759><c> priestly</c><00:19:02.119><c> garment</c><00:19:02.640><c> that</c><00:19:03.519><c> the</c><00:19:03.839><c> soldiers</c><00:19:04.160><c> were</c>

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talking<00:19:04.660><c> about</c><00:19:04.900><c> of</c><00:19:05.119><c> such</c><00:19:05.299><c> high</c><00:19:05.640><c> quality.</c>

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And<00:19:06.779><c> it's</c><00:19:06.980><c> not</c><00:19:07.160><c> without</c><00:19:07.519><c> significance,</c><00:19:08.240><c> is</c><00:19:08.240><c> it,</c><00:19:08.859><c> that</c><00:19:09.180><c> just</c>

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the<00:19:09.980><c> night</c><00:19:10.160><c> before</c><00:19:11.200><c> the</c><00:19:11.599><c> high</c><00:19:11.920><c> priest</c><00:19:12.200><c> had</c><00:19:12.619><c> rent</c><00:19:12.839><c> his</c><00:19:13.140><c> garments</c><00:19:13.660><c> in</c><00:19:15.279><c> disobedience</c><00:19:16.180><c> of</c>

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Leviticus<00:19:17.299><c> 10</c><00:19:17.640><c> in</c><00:19:17.819><c> verse</c><00:19:18.240><c> 6.</c>

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He'd<00:19:20.819><c> shown</c><00:19:21.019><c> himself</c><00:19:21.359><c> to</c><00:19:21.519><c> be</c><00:19:21.759><c> unworthy</c><00:19:22.180><c> as</c><00:19:22.400><c> high</c><00:19:22.680><c> priest</c><00:19:22.960><c> by</c>

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renting<00:19:23.599><c> his</c><00:19:23.900><c> garments</c><00:19:24.180><c> and</c><00:19:24.319><c> now</c><00:19:24.799><c> Jesus</c><00:19:25.279><c> Christ,</c><00:19:26.259><c> who</c><00:19:26.359><c> we</c><00:19:26.519><c> know</c><00:19:26.680><c> is</c>

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the<00:19:27.039><c> true</c><00:19:27.400><c> high</c><00:19:27.720><c> priest,</c>

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he's<00:19:28.619><c> helplessly</c><00:19:29.339><c> hanging</c><00:19:29.519><c> from</c><00:19:30.559><c> the</c><00:19:30.759><c> cross.</c><00:19:31.079><c> He</c><00:19:31.079><c> can't</c><00:19:31.400><c> do</c>

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anything<00:19:32.140><c> if</c><00:19:32.359><c> the</c><00:19:32.559><c> soldiers</c><00:19:32.799><c> want</c><00:19:33.039><c> to</c><00:19:33.400><c> tear</c><00:19:33.539><c> his</c><00:19:33.779><c> garment.</c>

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But<00:19:34.200><c> as</c><00:19:34.400><c> he</c><00:19:34.480><c> looks</c><00:19:34.720><c> down,</c><00:19:35.579><c> you</c><00:19:35.579><c> can</c><00:19:35.799><c> imagine</c><00:19:36.079><c> what</c><00:19:36.539><c> encouragement</c><00:19:37.039><c> he</c><00:19:37.240><c> would</c>

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have<00:19:37.940><c> taken</c><00:19:38.319><c> from</c><00:19:38.619><c> the</c><00:19:38.779><c> fact</c><00:19:38.940><c> that</c><00:19:39.720><c> the</c><00:19:39.980><c> soldiers</c><00:19:40.299><c> did</c><00:19:40.680><c> not</c>

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rent<00:19:41.220><c> this</c><00:19:41.660><c> particular</c><00:19:42.480><c> priestly</c><00:19:42.859><c> robe.</c>

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It<00:19:44.000><c> was</c><00:19:44.259><c> not</c><00:19:44.539><c> divided.</c>

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Of<00:19:46.819><c> course,</c><00:19:47.039><c> the</c><00:19:47.240><c> soldiers</c><00:19:47.519><c> were</c><00:19:48.180><c> fulfilling,</c><00:19:48.700><c> as</c><00:19:48.859><c> it</c><00:19:49.059><c> says</c>

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here<00:19:49.559><c> in</c><00:19:49.779><c> verse</c><00:19:50.380><c> 24,</c><00:19:51.039><c> the</c><00:19:51.220><c> words</c><00:19:51.460><c> of</c><00:19:51.700><c> Psalm</c><00:19:51.940><c> 22</c><00:19:52.420><c> in</c><00:19:52.640><c> verse</c><00:19:52.960><c> 18.</c>

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They<00:19:54.440><c> parted</c><00:19:54.900><c> my</c><00:19:55.099><c> raiment</c><00:19:55.339><c> among</c><00:19:55.640><c> them,</c><00:19:55.819><c> and</c><00:19:56.019><c> for</c><00:19:56.480><c> my</c><00:19:56.940><c> vesture</c>

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they<00:19:57.960><c> did</c><00:19:58.200><c> cast</c><00:19:58.640><c> lots.</c>

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And<00:19:59.779><c> if</c><00:19:59.940><c> you</c><00:20:00.019><c> go</c><00:20:00.220><c> back</c><00:20:00.480><c> and</c><00:20:00.599><c> read</c><00:20:00.880><c> Psalm</c><00:20:01.160><c> 22,</c><00:20:02.740><c> almost</c><00:20:02.740><c> all</c><00:20:03.160><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:03.519><c> details</c><00:20:04.000><c> of</c><00:20:04.480><c> Psalm</c><00:20:04.819><c> 22</c><00:20:05.359><c> are</c><00:20:05.980><c> found</c><00:20:06.500><c> in</c><00:20:06.799><c> the</c><00:20:06.960><c> Gospel</c><00:20:07.259><c> records.</c>

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It<00:20:07.779><c> is</c><00:20:07.960><c> all</c><00:20:08.220><c> being</c><00:20:08.599><c> meticulously</c><00:20:09.319><c> fulfilled</c><00:20:09.880><c> this</c><00:20:10.160><c> day.</c>

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But<00:20:12.400><c> there</c><00:20:12.519><c> was</c><00:20:12.660><c> an</c><00:20:12.839><c> enormous</c><00:20:13.119><c> spiritual</c><00:20:13.720><c> lesson,</c><00:20:14.019><c> wasn't</c><00:20:14.319><c> there,</c><00:20:15.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:15.619><c> fact</c><00:20:15.799><c> that</c><00:20:16.119><c> that</c><00:20:16.480><c> particular</c><00:20:17.480><c> linen</c><00:20:17.960><c> priestly</c><00:20:18.420><c> garment</c>

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was<00:20:19.220><c> not</c><00:20:19.500><c> rent.</c>

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Because<00:20:20.599><c> you</c><00:20:21.740><c> see,</c><00:20:22.539><c> we</c><00:20:22.619><c> know</c><00:20:23.000><c> from</c><00:20:23.519><c> Exodus</c><00:20:24.000><c> 39</c><00:20:24.700><c> in</c><00:20:24.960><c> verse</c><00:20:25.259><c> 23</c><00:20:26.099><c> that</c><00:20:27.059><c> that</c><00:20:27.319><c> was</c><00:20:27.680><c> a</c>

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seamless<00:20:28.259><c> robe</c><00:20:28.700><c> that</c><00:20:28.920><c> was</c><00:20:29.240><c> designed</c><00:20:30.180><c> not</c><00:20:31.160><c> to</c><00:20:31.359><c> be</c><00:20:31.599><c> rent.</c>

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The<00:20:33.700><c> collar</c><00:20:33.880><c> was</c><00:20:34.180><c> designed</c><00:20:34.519><c> so</c><00:20:34.759><c> that</c><00:20:34.980><c> you</c><00:20:35.099><c> couldn't</c><00:20:35.440><c> tear</c><00:20:35.700><c> it,</c>

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because<00:20:37.319><c> it</c><00:20:37.720><c> symbolized</c><00:20:38.579><c> something.</c>

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And<00:20:40.279><c> it</c><00:20:40.559><c> symbolized</c><00:20:41.220><c> the</c><00:20:41.519><c> connection</c><00:20:42.119><c> of</c><00:20:42.940><c> the</c><00:20:43.619><c> head</c><00:20:44.240><c> to</c><00:20:45.579><c> the</c><00:20:45.779><c> body.</c>

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You<00:20:47.539><c> couldn't</c><00:20:47.819><c> rent</c><00:20:48.200><c> those</c><00:20:48.539><c> two</c><00:20:48.799><c> things.</c>

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And<00:20:50.759><c> our</c><00:20:50.920><c> Lord</c><00:20:51.140><c> Jesus</c><00:20:51.539><c> Christ</c><00:20:52.019><c> is</c><00:20:53.019><c> the</c><00:20:53.460><c> head</c><00:20:54.420><c> of</c><00:20:56.140><c> the</c><00:20:56.299><c> body.</c>

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And<00:20:57.880><c> you</c><00:20:58.000><c> might</c><00:20:58.200><c> remember</c><00:20:58.640><c> the</c><00:20:58.839><c> words</c><00:20:59.119><c> of</c><00:20:59.700><c> Psalm</c><00:20:59.940><c> 133,</c><00:21:01.900><c> when</c>

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it<00:21:02.039><c> talks</c><00:21:02.279><c> about</c><00:21:02.559><c> the</c><00:21:02.839><c> oil</c><00:21:03.200><c> that</c><00:21:03.380><c> was</c><00:21:03.980><c> poured</c><00:21:04.400><c> on</c><00:21:04.740><c> the</c><00:21:04.960><c> head</c><00:21:05.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:05.619><c> high</c><00:21:05.900><c> priest.</c>

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And<00:21:07.119><c> you</c><00:21:07.240><c> remember</c><00:21:07.599><c> it</c><00:21:07.759><c> runs</c><00:21:08.259><c> down</c><00:21:08.819><c> the</c><00:21:09.279><c> collar</c><00:21:09.720><c> to</c><00:21:10.519><c> the</c><00:21:10.980><c> borders</c><00:21:11.319><c> of</c><00:21:11.579><c> the</c><00:21:11.720><c> garments,</c><00:21:12.339><c> and</c><00:21:12.420><c> the</c><00:21:12.680><c> same</c><00:21:13.059><c> oil</c><00:21:13.460><c> that</c><00:21:13.700><c> anoints</c><00:21:14.180><c> the</c><00:21:14.420><c> head</c><00:21:15.079><c> connects</c><00:21:16.039><c> the</c><00:21:16.480><c> whole</c><00:21:16.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:17.400><c> body.</c>

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This<00:21:18.160><c> is</c><00:21:18.380><c> a</c><00:21:18.619><c> symbolic</c><00:21:19.339><c> thing</c><00:21:20.019><c> of</c><00:21:20.720><c> Christ</c><00:21:21.319><c> and</c><00:21:22.079><c> the</c><00:21:22.339><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:21:24.119><c> that</c><00:21:24.380><c> particular</c><00:21:24.940><c> linkage</c><00:21:25.339><c> of</c><00:21:25.579><c> the</c><00:21:25.839><c> head</c><00:21:26.079><c> to</c><00:21:26.319><c> the</c><00:21:26.519><c> body</c>

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was<00:21:27.400><c> not</c><00:21:27.779><c> broken.</c>

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It<00:21:29.279><c> was</c><00:21:29.480><c> not</c><00:21:29.740><c> rent</c><00:21:30.099><c> asunder.</c>

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And<00:21:30.960><c> you</c><00:21:31.180><c> can</c><00:21:31.359><c> just</c><00:21:31.539><c> imagine</c><00:21:31.859><c> how</c><00:21:32.240><c> encouraged</c><00:21:32.839><c> Christ</c><00:21:33.420><c> would</c>

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have<00:21:33.759><c> been</c><00:21:33.859><c> to</c><00:21:34.000><c> look</c><00:21:34.220><c> down</c><00:21:34.480><c> and</c><00:21:34.619><c> see</c><00:21:34.880><c> that</c><00:21:35.599><c> that</c><00:21:35.799><c> particular</c><00:21:36.420><c> garment,</c>

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that<00:21:38.640><c> seamless</c><00:21:39.140><c> robe</c><00:21:39.720><c> that</c><00:21:40.319><c> symbolized</c><00:21:40.900><c> his</c><00:21:41.279><c> connection</c><00:21:41.740><c> with</c><00:21:42.000><c> his</c>

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bride<00:21:42.720><c> and</c><00:21:43.200><c> with</c><00:21:43.680><c> his</c><00:21:44.000><c> brethren</c><00:21:44.279><c> was</c><00:21:44.640><c> still</c><00:21:45.000><c> intact,</c><00:21:46.000><c> still</c><00:21:46.200><c> connected.</c>

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Well,<00:21:49.440><c> the</c><00:21:49.640><c> clothes</c><00:21:49.859><c> were</c><00:21:50.079><c> now</c><00:21:51.000><c> divided</c><00:21:51.400><c> amongst</c><00:21:51.759><c> the</c><00:21:52.859><c> greedy</c><00:21:53.160><c> soldiers.</c>

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And<00:21:53.779><c> now</c><00:21:53.960><c> we</c><00:21:54.140><c> come</c><00:21:54.299><c> to</c><00:21:54.480><c> Luke's</c><00:21:54.900><c> Gospel.</c>

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Luke<00:21:56.660><c> chapter</c><00:21:57.039><c> 23.</c>

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And<00:22:15.880><c> we</c><00:22:16.039><c> read</c><00:22:16.220><c> in</c><00:22:16.400><c> Luke</c><00:22:16.619><c> chapter</c><00:22:16.920><c> 23</c><00:22:17.440><c> in</c><00:22:17.660><c> verse</c><00:22:18.180><c> 36.</c>

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And<00:22:21.440><c> the</c><00:22:21.720><c> soldiers</c><00:22:22.200><c> also</c><00:22:23.759><c> mocked</c><00:22:24.240><c> him,</c><00:22:25.839><c> coming</c><00:22:26.160><c> to</c><00:22:26.400><c> him</c><00:22:26.599><c> and</c>

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offering<00:22:27.099><c> him</c><00:22:27.500><c> vinegar</c><00:22:27.759><c> and</c><00:22:28.019><c> saying,</c>

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If<00:22:28.720><c> thou</c><00:22:28.940><c> be</c><00:22:29.140><c> the</c><00:22:29.279><c> king</c><00:22:29.460><c> of</c><00:22:29.660><c> the</c><00:22:29.880><c> Jews,</c><00:22:30.299><c> save</c><00:22:30.740><c> thyself.</c>

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And<00:22:31.980><c> no</c><00:22:32.099><c> doubt</c><00:22:32.220><c> they</c><00:22:32.359><c> were</c><00:22:32.559><c> poking</c><00:22:33.380><c> fun</c><00:22:34.160><c> mainly</c><00:22:34.619><c> at</c><00:22:35.279><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:22:35.720><c> nation.</c>

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If<00:22:36.660><c> you're</c><00:22:37.380><c> a</c><00:22:37.500><c> Jewish</c><00:22:37.859><c> king,</c><00:22:38.220><c> save</c><00:22:38.500><c> yourself.</c>

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They<00:22:39.059><c> didn't</c><00:22:39.200><c> really</c><00:22:39.440><c> care</c><00:22:39.539><c> about</c><00:22:39.799><c> Christ,</c><00:22:40.319><c> they</c><00:22:40.500><c> cared</c><00:22:40.720><c> about</c><00:22:41.359><c> poking</c><00:22:41.779><c> fun</c>

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at<00:22:42.539><c> the</c><00:22:42.759><c> Jews.</c>

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But<00:22:43.160><c> now</c><00:22:43.960><c> with</c><00:22:44.440><c> the</c><00:22:45.000><c> rulers</c><00:22:45.380><c> and</c><00:22:45.579><c> the</c><00:22:45.779><c> chief</c><00:22:46.119><c> priests</c><00:22:46.559><c> jeering</c>

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and<00:22:47.200><c> the</c><00:22:47.400><c> people</c><00:22:47.819><c> poking</c><00:22:48.359><c> fun</c><00:22:48.619><c> at</c><00:22:48.720><c> Jesus</c><00:22:49.160><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:22:50.259><c> soldiers</c><00:22:50.599><c> now</c><00:22:50.880><c> took</c><00:22:51.119><c> their</c><00:22:51.420><c> opportunity</c><00:22:52.000><c> to</c><00:22:52.240><c> have</c><00:22:52.779><c> a</c><00:22:52.839><c> bit</c>

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of<00:22:53.359><c> crude</c><00:22:53.519><c> fun</c><00:22:53.940><c> at</c><00:22:54.099><c> his</c><00:22:54.880><c> expense.</c>

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And<00:22:56.779><c> so</c><00:22:56.880><c> they</c><00:22:57.039><c> took</c><00:22:57.339><c> their</c><00:22:57.859><c> words</c><00:22:58.220><c> from</c><00:22:58.519><c> the</c><00:22:58.799><c> inscription</c><00:22:59.160><c> above</c><00:22:59.480><c> the</c><00:22:59.759><c> cross.</c>

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Well,<00:23:00.420><c> if</c><00:23:00.480><c> he</c><00:23:00.640><c> really</c><00:23:00.900><c> is</c><00:23:01.099><c> the</c><00:23:01.359><c> king</c><00:23:01.519><c> of</c><00:23:01.740><c> the</c><00:23:02.000><c> Jews,</c><00:23:03.960><c> let</c><00:23:04.099><c> him</c>

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save<00:23:04.660><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:23:06.799><c> they</c><00:23:07.079><c> mocked</c><00:23:07.400><c> him</c><00:23:08.240><c> mercilessly,</c><00:23:09.539><c> teasing</c><00:23:09.839><c> him</c><00:23:10.099><c> with</c><00:23:10.500><c> tantalizing</c><00:23:11.259><c> offers</c><00:23:11.519><c> of</c>

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cheap<00:23:12.059><c> wine</c><00:23:12.420><c> to</c><00:23:12.720><c> slake</c><00:23:13.039><c> his</c><00:23:13.339><c> thirst.</c>

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These<00:23:15.380><c> were</c><00:23:15.559><c> pretty</c><00:23:15.799><c> tough</c><00:23:16.140><c> men.</c>

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If<00:23:18.599><c> it</c><00:23:18.700><c> wasn't</c><00:23:19.000><c> bad</c><00:23:19.299><c> enough</c><00:23:19.720><c> to</c><00:23:21.240><c> knock</c><00:23:21.539><c> a</c><00:23:21.640><c> few</c><00:23:21.900><c> nails</c><00:23:22.339><c> through</c>

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the<00:23:22.960><c> hands</c><00:23:23.140><c> and</c><00:23:23.319><c> feet</c><00:23:23.579><c> of</c><00:23:23.700><c> somebody,</c>

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then<00:23:24.339><c> you</c><00:23:25.339><c> walked</c><00:23:25.640><c> up</c><00:23:25.900><c> to</c><00:23:26.019><c> them</c><00:23:26.240><c> and</c><00:23:26.980><c> teased</c><00:23:27.420><c> them</c><00:23:27.660><c> with</c><00:23:28.519><c> offers</c><00:23:28.819><c> of</c>

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cheap<00:23:29.359><c> wine.</c>

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These<00:23:31.420><c> were</c><00:23:31.599><c> rough</c><00:23:31.799><c> places</c><00:23:32.180><c> indeed.</c>

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And<00:23:34.380><c> let's</c><00:23:34.660><c> not</c><00:23:34.839><c> be</c><00:23:35.079><c> thinking,</c><00:23:35.559><c> young</c><00:23:35.759><c> people,</c><00:23:36.119><c> let's</c><00:23:36.420><c> not</c><00:23:36.700><c> be</c>

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thinking<00:23:37.460><c> that</c><00:23:38.680><c> Jesus</c><00:23:39.119><c> Christ</c><00:23:39.420><c> was</c><00:23:39.720><c> way</c><00:23:40.240><c> up</c><00:23:40.660><c> there</c><00:23:40.920><c> on</c><00:23:41.119><c> the</c><00:23:41.319><c> cross</c>

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and<00:23:41.680><c> he</c><00:23:41.740><c> could</c><00:23:42.019><c> block</c><00:23:42.279><c> out</c><00:23:42.799><c> everything</c><00:23:43.099><c> that</c><00:23:43.240><c> was</c><00:23:43.420><c> happening</c>

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below<00:23:44.000><c> him,</c><00:23:44.220><c> all</c><00:23:44.420><c> the</c><00:23:44.660><c> jeers</c><00:23:45.019><c> and</c><00:23:45.180><c> the</c><00:23:45.500><c> scorn.</c>

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He<00:23:46.420><c> could</c><00:23:47.180><c> just</c><00:23:47.400><c> concentrate</c><00:23:48.079><c> on</c><00:23:49.079><c> serving</c><00:23:49.359><c> his</c><00:23:49.680><c> God.</c>

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Because<00:23:51.859><c> it's</c><00:23:52.420><c> almost</c><00:23:52.980><c> certain</c><00:23:53.619><c> that</c><00:23:54.000><c> the</c><00:23:54.680><c> cross</c><00:23:54.920><c> was</c><00:23:55.140><c> only</c><00:23:55.579><c> a</c>

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couple<00:23:55.960><c> of</c><00:23:56.240><c> feet</c><00:23:56.380><c> off</c><00:23:56.660><c> the</c><00:23:56.880><c> ground.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:59.059><c> Christ</c><00:23:59.380><c> was</c><00:23:59.519><c> not</c><00:23:59.779><c> up</c><00:24:00.019><c> there,</c><00:24:01.619><c> meters</c><00:24:01.779><c> and</c><00:24:01.900><c> meters</c><00:24:02.339><c> and</c>

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meters<00:24:02.940><c> above</c><00:24:03.259><c> everybody</c><00:24:03.700><c> else</c>

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:08.099
in<00:24:04.200><c> his</c><00:24:04.380><c> own</c><00:24:05.599><c> quiet</c><00:24:06.160><c> land</c><00:24:06.619><c> of</c><00:24:06.920><c> meditation.</c>

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He's<00:24:09.200><c> right</c><00:24:09.500><c> here,</c><00:24:10.779><c> face</c><00:24:10.960><c> to</c><00:24:11.180><c> face</c><00:24:12.059><c> with</c><00:24:12.380><c> everyone</c><00:24:12.720><c> who's</c><00:24:13.000><c> poking</c><00:24:13.299><c> fun</c>

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at<00:24:13.680><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:16.880><c> there's</c><00:24:17.019><c> a</c><00:24:17.079><c> number</c><00:24:17.259><c> of</c><00:24:17.460><c> reasons</c><00:24:17.700><c> why</c><00:24:17.880><c> we</c><00:24:18.079><c> believe</c><00:24:18.299><c> that</c>

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to<00:24:18.579><c> be</c><00:24:18.779><c> so.</c>

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There's<00:24:19.779><c> only</c><00:24:20.000><c> four</c><00:24:20.259><c> soldiers,</c><00:24:20.599><c> as</c><00:24:20.759><c> we</c><00:24:20.980><c> said,</c><00:24:21.660><c> and</c><00:24:21.839><c> it</c><00:24:21.980><c> would</c>

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be<00:24:22.279><c> difficult</c><00:24:22.579><c> to</c><00:24:22.880><c> manhandle</c>

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:28.920
two<00:24:24.559><c> or</c><00:24:24.680><c> three</c><00:24:25.000><c> limp</c><00:24:25.240><c> bodies</c><00:24:25.960><c> right</c><00:24:26.440><c> up</c><00:24:26.779><c> to</c><00:24:27.000><c> the</c><00:24:27.019><c> top</c><00:24:27.400><c> of</c><00:24:28.460><c> crosses</c><00:24:28.660><c> which</c>

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:31.400
are<00:24:29.160><c> meters</c><00:24:29.380><c> and</c><00:24:29.599><c> meters</c><00:24:29.799><c> in</c><00:24:30.019><c> the</c><00:24:30.200><c> air.</c>

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Historically<00:24:32.400><c> they</c><00:24:32.559><c> used</c><00:24:32.819><c> to</c><00:24:33.039><c> always</c><00:24:33.380><c> crucify</c><00:24:33.880><c> them</c><00:24:34.019><c> at</c><00:24:34.200><c> eye</c>

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level<00:24:34.680><c> to</c><00:24:34.880><c> make</c><00:24:35.460><c> it</c><00:24:35.900><c> very</c><00:24:36.119><c> easy</c><00:24:36.400><c> for</c><00:24:36.619><c> the</c><00:24:36.799><c> gathering</c><00:24:37.200><c> crowd</c>

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to<00:24:38.019><c> ridicule</c><00:24:38.420><c> them</c><00:24:38.640><c> and</c><00:24:39.019><c> to</c><00:24:39.400><c> poke</c><00:24:39.640><c> fun</c><00:24:39.940><c> at</c><00:24:40.240><c> them.</c>

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Christ<00:24:42.279><c> was</c><00:24:42.779><c> low</c><00:24:42.960><c> enough</c><00:24:43.160><c> for</c><00:24:43.319><c> someone</c><00:24:43.519><c> to</c><00:24:43.680><c> be</c><00:24:43.740><c> able</c><00:24:43.920><c> to</c><00:24:44.039><c> put</c><00:24:44.519><c> a</c>

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:46.400
little<00:24:44.900><c> bit</c><00:24:45.099><c> of</c><00:24:45.220><c> vinegar</c><00:24:45.440><c> on</c><00:24:45.680><c> a</c><00:24:46.019><c> sponge</c>

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and<00:24:46.720><c> reach</c><00:24:46.960><c> it</c><00:24:47.180><c> to</c><00:24:47.299><c> him</c><00:24:47.480><c> with</c><00:24:47.740><c> just</c><00:24:48.019><c> a</c><00:24:48.279><c> reed.</c>

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He<00:24:49.599><c> was</c><00:24:49.799><c> low</c><00:24:49.980><c> enough</c><00:24:50.240><c> for</c><00:24:50.640><c> a</c><00:24:50.880><c> soldier</c><00:24:51.180><c> on</c><00:24:51.400><c> the</c><00:24:51.619><c> ground</c><00:24:51.900><c> to</c><00:24:52.299><c> pierce</c><00:24:52.680><c> his</c>

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side<00:24:53.160><c> with</c><00:24:53.400><c> a</c><00:24:54.039><c> standard</c><00:24:54.460><c> infantry</c><00:24:55.180><c> spear</c>

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:59.740
which<00:24:55.859><c> was</c><00:24:56.059><c> only</c><00:24:56.660><c> maybe</c><00:24:57.099><c> one</c><00:24:57.279><c> and</c><00:24:57.500><c> a</c><00:24:57.579><c> half</c><00:24:57.920><c> to</c><00:24:58.140><c> two</c><00:24:58.400><c> meters</c><00:24:58.599><c> long.</c>

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And<00:25:00.680><c> as</c><00:25:01.099><c> we're</c><00:25:01.480><c> going</c><00:25:01.579><c> to</c><00:25:01.759><c> find</c><00:25:01.940><c> out</c><00:25:02.440><c> a</c><00:25:02.559><c> little</c><00:25:02.700><c> later</c><00:25:02.940><c> this</c><00:25:03.220><c> morning,</c>

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he<00:25:04.539><c> had</c><00:25:05.700><c> to</c><00:25:05.880><c> be</c><00:25:06.019><c> low</c><00:25:06.180><c> enough</c><00:25:06.380><c> for</c><00:25:06.559><c> the</c><00:25:06.740><c> soldiers</c><00:25:07.000><c> to</c><00:25:07.200><c> be</c><00:25:07.259><c> able</c>

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to<00:25:07.460><c> come</c><00:25:07.660><c> and</c><00:25:07.920><c> break</c><00:25:08.119><c> his</c><00:25:08.880><c> legs</c>

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with<00:25:09.960><c> a</c><00:25:10.359><c> simple</c><00:25:10.640><c> club</c><00:25:10.940><c> while</c><00:25:11.259><c> still</c><00:25:11.640><c> standing</c><00:25:11.960><c> on</c><00:25:12.160><c> the</c><00:25:12.359><c> ground.</c>

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So<00:25:13.740><c> our</c><00:25:13.819><c> Lord</c><00:25:13.960><c> Jesus</c><00:25:14.279><c> Christ</c><00:25:14.599><c> was</c><00:25:14.799><c> right</c><00:25:15.099><c> here.</c>

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He<00:25:16.579><c> wasn't</c><00:25:17.359><c> up</c><00:25:18.240><c> there</c><00:25:18.940><c> in</c><00:25:19.240><c> his</c><00:25:19.420><c> own</c><00:25:20.440><c> wonderland.</c>

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He<00:25:22.599><c> suffered</c><00:25:22.859><c> amongst</c><00:25:23.220><c> the</c><00:25:23.380><c> people</c><00:25:23.619><c> that</c><00:25:23.779><c> he</c><00:25:23.900><c> came</c><00:25:24.180><c> to</c><00:25:24.460><c> save.</c>

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He<00:25:25.980><c> was</c><00:25:26.160><c> just</c><00:25:26.640><c> a</c><00:25:26.859><c> few</c><00:25:27.079><c> feet</c><00:25:27.400><c> off</c><00:25:27.700><c> the</c><00:25:27.920><c> ground,</c><00:25:28.579><c> a</c><00:25:28.759><c> criminal's</c><00:25:29.299><c> death,</c>

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crucified<00:25:31.400><c> amongst</c><00:25:31.960><c> two</c><00:25:32.500><c> other</c><00:25:32.740><c> criminals</c><00:25:33.119><c> for</c><00:25:33.380><c> a</c><00:25:33.680><c> crime</c><00:25:33.940><c> that</c><00:25:34.680><c> he</c>

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never<00:25:35.299><c> committed.</c>

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And<00:25:38.420><c> yet</c><00:25:38.839><c> young</c><00:25:39.240><c> people,</c><00:25:39.680><c> despite</c><00:25:40.240><c> all</c><00:25:41.059><c> of</c><00:25:41.460><c> the</c><00:25:41.839><c> scorn,</c>

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despite<00:25:43.740><c> all</c><00:25:44.119><c> of</c><00:25:44.240><c> the</c><00:25:44.519><c> ridicule,</c><00:25:46.339><c> despite</c><00:25:46.480><c> all</c><00:25:46.720><c> of</c><00:25:46.859><c> the</c><00:25:47.140><c> taunts</c><00:25:47.519><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:47.980><c> mocking,</c>

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all<00:25:48.920><c> the</c><00:25:49.180><c> abuse,</c><00:25:49.940><c> all</c><00:25:50.160><c> the</c><00:25:50.420><c> hate,</c>

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only<00:25:53.960><c> love</c><00:25:54.440><c> flowed</c><00:25:54.839><c> back</c><00:25:55.140><c> from</c><00:25:56.140><c> that</c><00:25:56.579><c> particular</c><00:25:57.019><c> cross</c><00:25:57.539><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:58.220><c> middle</c><00:25:58.380><c> of</c><00:25:58.539><c> the</c><00:25:58.779><c> three.</c>

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And<00:26:00.180><c> now</c><00:26:00.339><c> we</c><00:26:00.500><c> come</c><00:26:00.660><c> to</c><00:26:00.759><c> one</c><00:26:00.920><c> of</c><00:26:01.039><c> the</c><00:26:01.160><c> most</c><00:26:01.440><c> amazing</c><00:26:01.900><c> and</c><00:26:02.500><c> moving</c>

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:04.920
parts<00:26:03.160><c> of</c><00:26:03.420><c> all</c><00:26:03.599><c> of</c><00:26:03.859><c> this</c><00:26:03.940><c> story.</c>

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It's<00:26:05.900><c> this</c><00:26:06.200><c> verse</c><00:26:06.400><c> here</c><00:26:06.700><c> in</c><00:26:06.839><c> Luke</c><00:26:07.079><c> 23</c><00:26:07.640><c> and</c><00:26:07.859><c> verse</c><00:26:08.700><c> 34.</c>

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It's<00:26:25.720><c> such</c><00:26:25.940><c> an</c><00:26:26.299><c> intensely</c><00:26:26.759><c> painful</c><00:26:27.519><c> moment</c><00:26:27.880><c> as</c><00:26:28.480><c> the</c><00:26:28.759><c> nails</c>

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:33.180
were<00:26:30.519><c> being</c><00:26:30.799><c> slammed</c><00:26:31.460><c> into</c><00:26:31.880><c> his</c><00:26:32.119><c> body.</c>

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Christ<00:26:34.980><c> uttered</c><00:26:35.700><c> this</c><00:26:36.000><c> prayer</c><00:26:36.579><c> for</c><00:26:37.299><c> other</c><00:26:37.640><c> people.</c>

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I<00:26:40.319><c> think</c><00:26:40.500><c> it's</c><00:26:40.700><c> just</c><00:26:41.019><c> absolutely</c><00:26:41.420><c> amazing</c><00:26:42.039><c> that</c><00:26:42.880><c> even</c><00:26:43.299><c> at</c><00:26:43.599><c> the</c>

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worst<00:26:44.980><c> time</c><00:26:45.920><c> of</c><00:26:46.099><c> his</c><00:26:46.400><c> agony</c>

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:50.519
and<00:26:46.940><c> excruciating</c><00:26:47.720><c> pain,</c><00:26:48.140><c> he</c><00:26:48.220><c> was</c><00:26:48.519><c> thinking</c><00:26:48.819><c> of</c><00:26:49.099><c> other</c><00:26:49.440><c> people.</c>

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One<00:26:51.460><c> writer</c><00:26:51.799><c> comments</c><00:26:52.180><c> on</c><00:26:52.380><c> the</c><00:26:52.599><c> crucifixion</c><00:26:53.539><c> and</c><00:26:53.920><c> says</c><00:26:54.180><c> this,</c>

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The<00:26:56.880><c> pains</c><00:26:57.299><c> of</c><00:26:57.680><c> crucifixion</c><00:26:58.259><c> did</c><00:26:58.500><c> not</c><00:26:58.759><c> confuse</c><00:26:59.359><c> the</c><00:26:59.759><c> intellect</c><00:27:00.160><c> or</c><00:27:00.880><c> paralyze</c><00:27:01.519><c> the</c>

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powers<00:27:01.940><c> of</c><00:27:02.240><c> speech.</c>

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We<00:27:03.619><c> read</c><00:27:03.960><c> of</c><00:27:04.460><c> crucified</c><00:27:05.059><c> men</c><00:27:05.480><c> who</c><00:27:05.660><c> for</c><00:27:05.880><c> hours</c><00:27:06.400><c> together</c><00:27:07.160><c> upon</c>

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the<00:27:07.660><c> cross</c>

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vented<00:27:08.700><c> their</c><00:27:09.079><c> sorrow,</c><00:27:10.119><c> their</c><00:27:10.319><c> rage,</c><00:27:10.900><c> or</c><00:27:11.039><c> their</c><00:27:11.200><c> despair</c><00:27:11.759><c> in</c>

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.220
the<00:27:12.119><c> manner</c>

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that<00:27:12.480><c> best</c><00:27:12.799><c> accorded</c><00:27:13.359><c> with</c><00:27:13.559><c> their</c><00:27:13.819><c> character.</c>

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Of<00:27:15.380><c> some</c><00:27:15.640><c> who</c><00:27:15.920><c> raved</c><00:27:16.279><c> and</c><00:27:16.599><c> cursed</c><00:27:16.900><c> and</c><00:27:17.319><c> spat</c><00:27:17.559><c> at</c><00:27:17.720><c> their</c><00:27:17.880><c> enemies.</c>

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Of<00:27:19.319><c> others</c><00:27:19.640><c> who</c><00:27:20.000><c> protested</c><00:27:20.539><c> to</c><00:27:20.720><c> the</c><00:27:20.900><c> last</c><00:27:21.160><c> against</c><00:27:21.500><c> the</c><00:27:21.759><c> iniquity</c><00:27:22.119><c> of</c>

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their<00:27:22.420><c> sentence.</c>

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Of<00:27:24.099><c> others</c><00:27:24.519><c> who</c><00:27:25.200><c> implored</c><00:27:25.880><c> compassion</c><00:27:26.660><c> with</c><00:27:27.440><c> abject</c><00:27:28.039><c> entreaties.</c>

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But<00:27:31.019><c> except</c><00:27:31.640><c> to</c><00:27:31.980><c> bless</c><00:27:32.559><c> and</c><00:27:34.099><c> to</c><00:27:34.359><c> encourage</c><00:27:35.160><c> and</c><00:27:36.200><c> to</c><00:27:36.380><c> add</c><00:27:36.640><c> to</c><00:27:36.799><c> the</c><00:27:37.099><c> happiness</c><00:27:37.640><c> and</c><00:27:38.019><c> hope</c><00:27:38.720><c> of</c><00:27:39.119><c> others,</c>

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Jesus<00:27:42.339><c> spoke</c><00:27:43.119><c> not.</c>

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I<00:27:45.359><c> think</c><00:27:45.559><c> what</c><00:27:45.759><c> that</c><00:27:46.000><c> writer</c><00:27:46.220><c> is</c><00:27:46.440><c> trying</c><00:27:46.640><c> to</c><00:27:46.859><c> tell</c><00:27:46.960><c> us</c><00:27:47.720><c> is</c><00:27:48.440><c> that</c>

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:51.240
the<00:27:49.400><c> excruciating</c><00:27:50.059><c> pain</c><00:27:50.380><c> of</c><00:27:50.660><c> crucifixion</c>

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would<00:27:51.480><c> extract</c><00:27:52.099><c> from</c><00:27:52.420><c> a</c><00:27:52.619><c> man's</c><00:27:53.079><c> lips</c><00:27:53.700><c> what</c><00:27:54.779><c> was</c><00:27:55.099><c> truly</c><00:27:55.359><c> in</c><00:27:55.480><c> his</c><00:27:55.720><c> heart.</c>

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Because<00:27:57.460><c> under</c><00:27:57.759><c> the</c><00:27:58.279><c> intense</c><00:27:58.819><c> agony</c><00:27:59.420><c> of</c><00:28:00.539><c> the</c><00:28:01.099><c> crucifixion,</c>

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all<00:28:02.299><c> veneers</c><00:28:02.920><c> of</c><00:28:03.299><c> dignity</c><00:28:03.859><c> and</c><00:28:04.160><c> politeness</c><00:28:04.740><c> were</c><00:28:05.099><c> swept</c><00:28:05.339><c> away</c>

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and<00:28:05.940><c> it</c><00:28:06.059><c> was</c><00:28:06.339><c> revealed</c><00:28:06.960><c> what</c><00:28:08.359><c> type</c><00:28:08.599><c> of</c><00:28:08.720><c> person</c><00:28:09.279><c> are</c><00:28:09.700><c> you</c><00:28:10.400><c> underneath.</c>

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And<00:28:12.759><c> stripped</c><00:28:12.920><c> of</c><00:28:13.119><c> all</c><00:28:13.339><c> veneer,</c><00:28:14.319><c> our</c><00:28:14.519><c> Lord</c><00:28:14.700><c> Jesus</c><00:28:15.119><c> Christ</c><00:28:15.519><c> was</c>

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found<00:28:16.380><c> to</c><00:28:16.819><c> be</c><00:28:16.819><c> simply</c><00:28:17.200><c> praying</c><00:28:17.539><c> for</c><00:28:17.799><c> other</c><00:28:18.039><c> people.</c>

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What<00:28:19.000><c> an</c><00:28:19.420><c> absolutely</c><00:28:20.099><c> amazing</c><00:28:21.380><c> example</c><00:28:22.680><c> of</c><00:28:23.359><c> suffering.</c>

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:27.779
And<00:28:25.299><c> you</c><00:28:25.680><c> know</c><00:28:25.859><c> despite</c><00:28:26.140><c> the</c><00:28:26.420><c> agony</c><00:28:26.640><c> and</c><00:28:26.799><c> the</c><00:28:26.960><c> pain</c><00:28:27.079><c> which</c><00:28:27.299><c> has</c>

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begun<00:28:28.059><c> the</c><00:28:28.259><c> night</c><00:28:28.400><c> before</c>

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with<00:28:29.900><c> his</c><00:28:30.259><c> arrest</c><00:28:30.619><c> and</c><00:28:31.039><c> trial</c><00:28:31.299><c> and</c><00:28:31.640><c> scourging,</c>

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:36.700
our<00:28:33.240><c> Lord</c><00:28:33.420><c> Jesus</c><00:28:33.740><c> Christ</c><00:28:34.019><c> was</c><00:28:34.319><c> only</c><00:28:34.880><c> concerned</c><00:28:35.619><c> for</c><00:28:35.940><c> other</c><00:28:36.240><c> people.</c>

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Listen<00:28:37.079><c> to</c><00:28:37.240><c> this</c><00:28:37.519><c> list.</c><00:28:38.180><c> It's</c><00:28:38.319><c> an</c><00:28:38.539><c> impressive</c><00:28:38.920><c> list.</c>

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He<00:28:40.059><c> reached</c><00:28:40.380><c> out</c><00:28:40.680><c> to</c><00:28:40.920><c> try</c><00:28:41.079><c> and</c><00:28:41.460><c> dissuade</c><00:28:42.420><c> Judas</c><00:28:43.039><c> time</c><00:28:44.920><c> and</c>

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time<00:28:45.380><c> again.</c>

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He<00:28:47.220><c> desperately</c><00:28:47.619><c> tried</c><00:28:47.900><c> to</c><00:28:48.220><c> stir</c><00:28:48.339><c> the</c><00:28:48.579><c> conscience</c><00:28:48.880><c> of</c><00:28:49.220><c> Pilate.</c>

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He<00:28:50.940><c> can</c><00:28:51.160><c> hardly</c><00:28:51.539><c> walk</c><00:28:52.019><c> from</c><00:28:52.299><c> exhaustion</c><00:28:52.940><c> but</c><00:28:53.160><c> he</c><00:28:53.339><c> still</c><00:28:53.599><c> finds</c>

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energy<00:28:54.380><c> to</c><00:28:54.660><c> give</c><00:28:55.019><c> words</c><00:28:55.380><c> of</c><00:28:55.640><c> encouragement</c>

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:58.400
and<00:28:56.420><c> warning</c><00:28:56.680><c> to</c><00:28:56.839><c> the</c><00:28:56.980><c> daughters</c><00:28:57.220><c> of</c><00:28:57.460><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:04.240
He<00:29:00.140><c> can't</c><00:29:00.500><c> even</c><00:29:01.140><c> carry</c><00:29:01.539><c> his</c><00:29:01.740><c> own</c><00:29:01.980><c> body</c><00:29:02.259><c> to</c><00:29:02.660><c> Golgotha's</c><00:29:03.279><c> hill</c><00:29:03.400><c> and</c><00:29:03.579><c> yet</c><00:29:03.700><c> he</c><00:29:03.799><c> has</c><00:29:03.980><c> a</c>

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kind<00:29:04.480><c> word</c><00:29:04.740><c> for</c><00:29:05.000><c> Simon.</c>

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He<00:29:06.700><c> has</c><00:29:06.880><c> time</c><00:29:07.079><c> on</c><00:29:07.279><c> the</c><00:29:07.500><c> cross</c><00:29:08.019><c> to</c><00:29:09.500><c> thoughtfully</c><00:29:09.980><c> provide</c><00:29:10.460><c> for</c>

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his<00:29:10.920><c> mother</c><00:29:11.339><c> and</c><00:29:11.759><c> for</c><00:29:12.059><c> John.</c>

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He<00:29:13.440><c> converts</c><00:29:13.900><c> a</c><00:29:14.799><c> thief</c><00:29:15.000><c> in</c><00:29:15.240><c> his</c><00:29:15.519><c> dying</c><00:29:15.779><c> moments.</c>

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This<00:29:16.400><c> man</c><00:29:16.740><c> is</c><00:29:17.200><c> desperate</c><00:29:17.779><c> not</c><00:29:18.420><c> to</c><00:29:18.640><c> lose</c><00:29:19.079><c> anybody</c><00:29:19.759><c> as</c><00:29:21.420><c> we</c><00:29:21.599><c> just</c><00:29:22.059><c> sung.</c>

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None<00:29:23.720><c> can</c><00:29:24.119><c> pluck</c><00:29:24.319><c> them</c><00:29:24.799><c> from</c><00:29:25.099><c> thy</c><00:29:25.380><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:29:26.460><c> now</c><00:29:27.720><c> in</c><00:29:27.980><c> Luke</c><00:29:28.220><c> chapter</c><00:29:28.599><c> 23</c><00:29:29.099><c> in</c><00:29:29.319><c> verse</c><00:29:30.700><c> 34,</c>

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our<00:29:33.039><c> Lord</c><00:29:33.279><c> Jesus</c><00:29:33.660><c> Christ</c><00:29:33.980><c> is</c><00:29:34.200><c> going</c><00:29:34.440><c> to</c><00:29:34.700><c> turn</c><00:29:34.940><c> his</c><00:29:35.160><c> attention</c>

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to<00:29:36.960><c> the</c><00:29:37.140><c> Roman</c><00:29:37.500><c> soldiers.</c>

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To<00:29:39.240><c> those</c><00:29:39.759><c> callous,</c><00:29:41.859><c> indifferent,</c><00:29:43.660><c> uncouth,</c><00:29:45.920><c> ignorant,</c>

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coarse,<00:29:48.880><c> rough</c><00:29:49.099><c> places</c>

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where<00:29:49.779><c> you'd</c><00:29:50.140><c> think</c><00:29:50.339><c> that</c><00:29:50.559><c> the</c><00:29:50.779><c> seed</c><00:29:51.200><c> of</c><00:29:51.440><c> God</c><00:29:51.740><c> could</c><00:29:52.099><c> never</c><00:29:52.380><c> flourish.</c>

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You<00:29:54.599><c> know</c><00:29:54.619><c> the</c><00:29:54.700><c> Greek</c><00:29:54.980><c> word</c><00:29:55.279><c> when</c><00:29:55.619><c> it</c><00:29:55.839><c> says</c><00:29:56.119><c> in</c><00:29:56.339><c> verse</c><00:29:56.799><c> 34,</c>

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then<00:29:58.240><c> said</c><00:29:58.799><c> Jesus</c><00:29:59.460><c> is</c><00:30:00.160><c> in</c><00:30:00.420><c> the</c><00:30:00.740><c> imperfect</c><00:30:01.700><c> continuous</c><00:30:02.700><c> tense.</c>

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And<00:30:03.960><c> what</c><00:30:04.180><c> that</c><00:30:04.380><c> means</c><00:30:04.720><c> is</c><00:30:04.980><c> that</c><00:30:05.140><c> Jesus</c><00:30:05.500><c> Christ</c><00:30:06.079><c> was</c><00:30:07.019><c> saying</c>

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this<00:30:07.759><c> prayer</c><00:30:08.140><c> over</c><00:30:08.740><c> and</c><00:30:09.200><c> over</c><00:30:09.700><c> and</c><00:30:09.940><c> over</c><00:30:10.440><c> again.</c>

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In<00:30:11.480><c> fact,</c><00:30:11.900><c> Rotherham's</c><00:30:12.720><c> in</c><00:30:12.799><c> the</c><00:30:13.039><c> margin</c><00:30:13.359><c> says</c><00:30:13.839><c> that</c><00:30:14.500><c> Jesus</c>

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kept<00:30:15.599><c> saying</c><00:30:16.259><c> this</c><00:30:16.900><c> prayer.</c>

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He<00:30:17.759><c> kept</c><00:30:18.099><c> saying,</c><00:30:18.660><c> Father</c><00:30:19.079><c> forgive</c><00:30:19.500><c> them</c><00:30:19.880><c> for</c><00:30:20.339><c> they</c><00:30:20.559><c> know</c><00:30:20.759><c> not</c>

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what<00:30:21.140><c> they</c><00:30:21.380><c> do.</c>

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And<00:30:22.319><c> with</c><00:30:22.460><c> each</c><00:30:22.720><c> blow</c><00:30:22.940><c> of</c><00:30:23.140><c> the</c><00:30:23.380><c> cruel</c><00:30:23.579><c> hammer,</c><00:30:24.200><c> Christ</c><00:30:24.539><c> was</c>

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:28.859
repeating<00:30:25.200><c> this</c><00:30:25.559><c> prayer</c><00:30:25.779><c> over</c><00:30:26.400><c> and</c><00:30:26.839><c> over</c><00:30:27.240><c> and</c><00:30:27.420><c> over</c><00:30:27.819><c> again.</c>

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He<00:30:29.900><c> was</c><00:30:30.119><c> surrounded</c><00:30:30.619><c> by</c><00:30:31.200><c> callous,</c><00:30:31.839><c> hate</c><00:30:31.940><c>-filled,</c><00:30:33.059><c> gawking</c><00:30:33.460><c> people,</c>

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rough<00:30:35.839><c>-handled</c><00:30:36.220><c> by</c><00:30:36.779><c> covetous,</c><00:30:37.480><c> indifferent</c><00:30:37.799><c> Roman</c><00:30:38.259><c> soldiers,</c>

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delivered<00:30:39.400><c> by</c><00:30:39.859><c> gloating</c><00:30:40.519><c> chief</c><00:30:40.940><c> priests</c><00:30:41.319><c> for</c><00:30:41.599><c> envy</c><00:30:41.920><c> and</c><00:30:42.079><c> hate.</c>

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This<00:30:43.880><c> is</c><00:30:45.039><c> an</c><00:30:45.240><c> amazing</c><00:30:45.759><c> prayer</c><00:30:46.240><c> to</c><00:30:47.019><c> offer</c><00:30:47.299><c> amongst</c><00:30:47.920><c> these</c><00:30:48.480><c> type</c>

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of<00:30:48.900><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:30:50.779><c> so</c><00:30:51.039><c> difficult,</c><00:30:51.400><c> isn't</c><00:30:51.619><c> it,</c><00:30:52.460><c> to</c><00:30:52.839><c> try</c><00:30:53.059><c> and</c><00:30:53.500><c> comprehend</c>

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the<00:30:54.720><c> length</c><00:30:55.079><c> and</c><00:30:55.339><c> the</c><00:30:55.599><c> breadth</c>

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:59.359
and<00:30:56.359><c> the</c><00:30:56.819><c> depth</c><00:30:57.079><c> and</c><00:30:57.299><c> the</c><00:30:57.500><c> height</c><00:30:57.720><c> of</c><00:30:58.000><c> our</c><00:30:58.240><c> Lord</c><00:30:58.380><c> Jesus</c><00:30:58.819><c> Christ's</c><00:30:59.099><c> love</c>

00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:02.000
which<00:30:59.859><c> passes</c><00:31:00.440><c> all</c><00:31:00.779><c> knowledge.</c>

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:08.240
You<00:31:02.900><c> know,</c><00:31:03.519><c> we</c><00:31:03.579><c> often</c><00:31:03.819><c> talk</c><00:31:04.119><c> about</c><00:31:06.099><c> living</c><00:31:06.579><c> what</c><00:31:06.839><c> you</c><00:31:07.119><c> preach.</c>

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:14.059
Listen<00:31:10.000><c> to</c><00:31:10.160><c> these</c><00:31:10.359><c> words</c><00:31:10.599><c> from</c><00:31:10.880><c> the</c><00:31:11.579><c> Sermon</c><00:31:11.880><c> on</c><00:31:12.079><c> the</c><00:31:12.259><c> Mount,</c><00:31:13.220><c> Matthew</c><00:31:13.539><c> 5</c>

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in<00:31:14.220><c> verse</c><00:31:14.839><c> 44.</c>

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Love<00:31:17.079><c> your</c><00:31:17.460><c> enemies,</c><00:31:19.400><c> bless</c><00:31:19.920><c> them</c><00:31:20.299><c> that</c><00:31:20.579><c> curse</c><00:31:20.960><c> you,</c><00:31:22.200><c> do</c><00:31:22.380><c> good</c>

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to<00:31:22.819><c> them</c><00:31:23.079><c> that</c><00:31:23.339><c> hate</c><00:31:23.539><c> you,</c>

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:31.779
pray<00:31:26.180><c> for</c><00:31:26.799><c> them</c><00:31:27.640><c> that</c><00:31:28.339><c> despitefully</c><00:31:29.220><c> use</c><00:31:29.759><c> you</c><00:31:30.380><c> and</c><00:31:30.839><c> persecute</c><00:31:31.460><c> you.</c>

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:38.220
And<00:31:32.099><c> now</c><00:31:32.400><c> our</c><00:31:32.640><c> Lord</c><00:31:32.839><c> Jesus</c><00:31:33.200><c> Christ</c><00:31:33.559><c> has</c><00:31:34.539><c> a</c><00:31:35.000><c> wonderful</c><00:31:35.579><c> opportunity</c><00:31:36.180><c> to</c><00:31:36.900><c> practice</c><00:31:37.500><c> what</c>

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.559
he<00:31:38.539><c> preached.</c>

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Amongst<00:31:40.619><c> terrible</c><00:31:40.980><c> agony,</c><00:31:41.619><c> he</c><00:31:41.779><c> prayed</c><00:31:42.119><c> for</c><00:31:42.299><c> those</c><00:31:42.640><c> who</c><00:31:43.019><c> despitefully</c><00:31:44.019><c> used</c><00:31:44.559><c> him.</c>

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And<00:31:45.759><c> it</c><00:31:45.940><c> seems,</c><00:31:46.680><c> I</c><00:31:47.059><c> think</c><00:31:47.319><c> at</c><00:31:47.460><c> least,</c><00:31:47.839><c> almost</c><00:31:48.160><c> certain</c><00:31:48.539><c> that</c>

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.420
this<00:31:49.079><c> prayer,</c>

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to<00:31:49.759><c> forgive</c><00:31:49.980><c> them</c><00:31:50.240><c> for</c><00:31:50.359><c> they</c><00:31:50.599><c> know</c><00:31:50.859><c> not</c><00:31:51.180><c> what</c><00:31:51.359><c> they</c><00:31:51.559><c> do,</c>

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:56.960
was<00:31:53.180><c> a</c><00:31:53.440><c> prayer</c><00:31:53.619><c> for</c><00:31:53.779><c> the</c><00:31:53.960><c> Roman</c><00:31:54.240><c> soldiers</c><00:31:55.000><c> who</c><00:31:55.779><c> were</c><00:31:56.079><c> crucifying</c><00:31:56.640><c> him</c>

00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:01.480
and<00:31:57.160><c> not</c><00:31:57.460><c> for</c><00:31:57.660><c> the</c><00:31:57.940><c> Jews</c><00:31:58.400><c> who</c><00:31:59.660><c> had</c><00:32:00.180><c> delivered</c><00:32:00.519><c> him.</c>

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:05.440
And<00:32:02.000><c> see</c><00:32:02.119><c> how</c><00:32:02.440><c> Luke</c><00:32:03.180><c> very</c><00:32:03.579><c> carefully</c><00:32:04.079><c> writes</c><00:32:04.579><c> his</c><00:32:05.079><c> record</c>

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:08.819
and<00:32:05.859><c> I</c><00:32:06.059><c> think</c><00:32:06.180><c> he</c><00:32:06.480><c> clearly</c><00:32:06.700><c> implies</c><00:32:07.220><c> this</c><00:32:07.519><c> to</c><00:32:07.660><c> be</c><00:32:07.779><c> the</c><00:32:07.940><c> case.</c>

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Because<00:32:09.240><c> see</c><00:32:09.500><c> what</c><00:32:09.619><c> it</c><00:32:09.799><c> says</c><00:32:09.940><c> in</c><00:32:10.079><c> verse</c><00:32:10.759><c> 34</c><00:32:11.500><c> and</c><00:32:12.119><c> listen</c><00:32:12.420><c> to</c>

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these<00:32:13.680><c> words.</c>

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Then<00:32:15.339><c> said</c><00:32:15.660><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:18.599><c> Father</c><00:32:18.740><c> forgive</c><00:32:19.759><c> them</c><00:32:20.700><c> for</c><00:32:23.000><c> they</c><00:32:24.200><c> know</c><00:32:24.740><c> not</c><00:32:25.039><c> what</c><00:32:25.240><c> they</c><00:32:25.480><c> do</c>

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:30.420
and<00:32:28.359><c> they</c><00:32:28.960><c> parted</c><00:32:29.559><c> his</c><00:32:29.880><c> garments.</c>

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:33.980
So<00:32:30.859><c> who's</c><00:32:31.200><c> the</c><00:32:31.359><c> they</c><00:32:31.819><c> and</c><00:32:32.079><c> the</c><00:32:32.259><c> them</c><00:32:32.619><c> in</c><00:32:33.440><c> this</c><00:32:33.740><c> verse?</c>

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:37.819
And<00:32:34.180><c> the</c><00:32:34.279><c> answer</c><00:32:34.579><c> has</c><00:32:34.880><c> to</c><00:32:35.099><c> be,</c><00:32:35.799><c> well,</c><00:32:35.980><c> it's</c><00:32:36.200><c> the</c><00:32:36.400><c> Roman</c><00:32:36.680><c> soldiers.</c>

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:40.460
The<00:32:38.440><c> Jews</c><00:32:38.619><c> weren't</c><00:32:38.980><c> really</c><00:32:39.559><c> ignorant</c><00:32:39.880><c> of</c><00:32:40.039><c> what</c><00:32:40.160><c> they</c><00:32:40.339><c> were</c>

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:42.200
doing,<00:32:40.960><c> were</c><00:32:40.960><c> they,</c><00:32:41.640><c> young</c><00:32:41.799><c> people?</c>

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:45.880
They<00:32:43.140><c> knew</c><00:32:43.359><c> exactly</c><00:32:44.220><c> what</c><00:32:44.599><c> they</c><00:32:44.720><c> were</c><00:32:44.880><c> doing.</c>

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:51.180
And<00:32:46.640><c> really</c><00:32:47.160><c> if</c><00:32:47.480><c> Jesus</c><00:32:47.880><c> Christ</c><00:32:48.500><c> was</c><00:32:49.319><c> praying</c><00:32:49.819><c> for</c><00:32:50.180><c> the</c><00:32:50.359><c> Jews,</c>

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:53.400
well<00:32:51.500><c> really</c><00:32:51.740><c> they</c><00:32:51.859><c> would</c><00:32:52.039><c> have</c><00:32:52.220><c> to</c><00:32:52.359><c> be</c><00:32:52.599><c> ignorant</c><00:32:52.859><c> for</c><00:32:53.119><c> this</c>

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:55.819
prayer<00:32:53.680><c> to</c><00:32:54.220><c> even</c><00:32:54.559><c> have</c><00:32:54.859><c> any</c><00:32:55.180><c> kind</c><00:32:55.359><c> of</c><00:32:55.599><c> force.</c>

00:32:55.960 --> 00:33:00.380
But<00:32:56.140><c> the</c><00:32:56.319><c> Jewish</c><00:32:56.539><c> rulers</c><00:32:57.059><c> knew</c><00:32:57.680><c> full</c><00:32:58.099><c> well</c><00:32:58.519><c> what</c><00:32:59.160><c> they</c><00:32:59.319><c> were</c><00:32:59.519><c> doing.</c>

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:04.240
Days<00:33:01.299><c> earlier</c><00:33:01.759><c> Christ,</c><00:33:02.299><c> you</c><00:33:02.359><c> remember,</c><00:33:02.680><c> had</c><00:33:02.819><c> directed</c><00:33:03.099><c> a</c><00:33:03.400><c> parable</c><00:33:03.759><c> at</c><00:33:04.000><c> them</c>

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:07.819
about<00:33:04.640><c> the</c><00:33:05.099><c> husbandmen</c><00:33:05.700><c> killing</c><00:33:06.000><c> the</c><00:33:06.420><c> heir</c><00:33:06.640><c> of</c><00:33:06.839><c> the</c><00:33:07.019><c> vineyard</c>

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:11.140
so<00:33:08.859><c> that</c><00:33:09.000><c> they</c><00:33:09.099><c> might</c><00:33:09.519><c> seize</c><00:33:10.099><c> on</c><00:33:10.380><c> the</c><00:33:10.599><c> inheritance</c>

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:13.599
and<00:33:11.779><c> the</c><00:33:12.019><c> chief</c><00:33:12.240><c> priests</c><00:33:12.480><c> and</c><00:33:12.660><c> the</c><00:33:12.859><c> Pharisees,</c><00:33:13.220><c> it</c><00:33:13.359><c> says</c><00:33:13.460><c> in</c>

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.640
Matthew<00:33:13.880><c> 21,</c>

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:17.799
perceived<00:33:15.640><c> that</c><00:33:15.880><c> he</c><00:33:16.200><c> spake</c><00:33:16.440><c> of</c><00:33:16.640><c> them.</c>

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:20.640
In<00:33:17.940><c> fact,</c><00:33:18.279><c> Luke</c><00:33:18.519><c> in</c><00:33:18.799><c> his</c><00:33:19.059><c> record</c><00:33:19.500><c> in</c><00:33:19.799><c> Luke</c><00:33:20.059><c> 20</c><00:33:20.359><c> says</c>

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:23.480
that<00:33:21.160><c> they</c><00:33:21.420><c> perceived</c><00:33:21.940><c> that</c><00:33:22.180><c> he</c><00:33:22.279><c> had</c><00:33:22.519><c> spoken</c><00:33:22.779><c> this</c><00:33:23.079><c> parable</c>

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:25.619
against<00:33:24.359><c> them.</c>

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:30.799
They<00:33:26.759><c> knew</c><00:33:27.119><c> full</c><00:33:27.480><c> well</c><00:33:28.000><c> what</c><00:33:28.559><c> they</c><00:33:28.720><c> were</c><00:33:28.900><c> doing</c><00:33:29.079><c> when</c><00:33:29.220><c> they</c><00:33:30.140><c> got</c><00:33:30.400><c> rid</c><00:33:30.599><c> of</c>

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.859
Jesus<00:33:31.099><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:35.799
that<00:33:33.079><c> troublesome</c><00:33:33.599><c> Galilean</c><00:33:34.859><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:40.000
And<00:33:37.339><c> just</c><00:33:37.519><c> the</c><00:33:37.700><c> night</c><00:33:37.819><c> before</c><00:33:38.440><c> Christ</c><00:33:39.019><c> had</c><00:33:39.380><c> said</c><00:33:39.539><c> on</c><00:33:39.700><c> the</c><00:33:39.839><c> way</c>

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.740
to<00:33:40.160><c> Gethsemane</c>

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:45.079
that<00:33:41.619><c> his</c><00:33:42.200><c> plain</c><00:33:42.720><c> teaching</c><00:33:43.220><c> to</c><00:33:43.599><c> the</c><00:33:43.839><c> Jews</c><00:33:44.140><c> had</c><00:33:44.420><c> made</c><00:33:44.680><c> them</c>

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:46.819
inexcusably<00:33:46.119><c> responsible.</c>

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:51.259
There<00:33:47.359><c> was</c><00:33:47.619><c> no</c><00:33:47.880><c> longer</c><00:33:48.160><c> a</c><00:33:48.680><c> cloak</c><00:33:48.980><c> and</c><00:33:49.720><c> the</c><00:33:49.880><c> margin</c><00:33:50.119><c> has</c><00:33:50.539><c> an</c><00:33:50.799><c> excuse.</c>

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:53.799
There<00:33:51.400><c> was</c><00:33:51.660><c> no</c><00:33:51.920><c> longer</c><00:33:52.200><c> an</c><00:33:52.539><c> excuse</c><00:33:52.980><c> for</c><00:33:53.200><c> their</c><00:33:53.500><c> sin.</c>

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:57.400
John<00:33:54.400><c> 15</c><00:33:54.920><c> verses</c><00:33:55.380><c> 22</c><00:33:55.920><c> to</c><00:33:56.200><c> 24.</c>

00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:01.000
The<00:33:58.319><c> Jewish</c><00:33:58.559><c> rulers,</c><00:33:59.240><c> young</c><00:33:59.400><c> people,</c><00:33:59.839><c> knew</c><00:33:59.880><c> exactly</c><00:34:00.700><c> what</c>

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.500
they<00:34:01.140><c> were</c><00:34:01.319><c> doing</c>

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:04.440
when<00:34:01.680><c> they</c><00:34:01.980><c> delivered</c><00:34:02.519><c> Jesus</c><00:34:03.099><c> Christ</c><00:34:03.420><c> to</c><00:34:03.640><c> death.</c>

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:08.760
Even<00:34:04.839><c> Pilate,</c><00:34:06.559><c> who's</c><00:34:06.799><c> just</c><00:34:07.059><c> a</c><00:34:07.299><c> Roman</c><00:34:07.759><c> governor,</c>

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:12.599
he<00:34:09.460><c> knew,</c><00:34:10.139><c> didn't</c><00:34:10.139><c> he,</c><00:34:10.340><c> that</c><00:34:10.440><c> it</c><00:34:10.500><c> was</c><00:34:10.800><c> for</c><00:34:11.139><c> envy</c><00:34:11.599><c> that</c><00:34:12.420><c> they</c>

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:14.239
had<00:34:12.880><c> delivered</c><00:34:13.139><c> him.</c>

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:19.340
Oh<00:34:15.960><c> yes,</c><00:34:17.119><c> the</c><00:34:17.280><c> Jewish</c><00:34:17.599><c> rulers</c><00:34:17.880><c> knew</c><00:34:18.119><c> exactly</c><00:34:18.639><c> what</c><00:34:18.820><c> they</c><00:34:18.940><c> were</c><00:34:19.119><c> doing.</c>

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:22.400
It<00:34:19.579><c> wasn't</c><00:34:19.880><c> them</c><00:34:20.260><c> who</c><00:34:20.739><c> knew</c><00:34:21.179><c> not</c><00:34:21.480><c> what</c><00:34:21.619><c> they</c><00:34:21.860><c> did,</c><00:34:22.000><c> it</c><00:34:22.099><c> was</c><00:34:22.239><c> the</c>

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.780
Roman<00:34:22.639><c> soldiers.</c>

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:29.059
And<00:34:24.980><c> if</c><00:34:25.139><c> that</c><00:34:25.360><c> was</c><00:34:25.639><c> the</c><00:34:25.840><c> case,</c><00:34:27.039><c> well</c><00:34:27.119><c> we</c><00:34:27.300><c> can</c><00:34:27.599><c> reasonably</c><00:34:28.039><c> expect,</c><00:34:28.639><c> can't</c><00:34:28.900><c> we,</c>

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:33.280
that<00:34:29.760><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:30.039><c> you</c><00:34:30.300><c> think</c><00:34:30.519><c> that</c><00:34:30.719><c> God</c><00:34:31.000><c> would</c><00:34:31.820><c> just</c><00:34:32.119><c> love</c><00:34:32.539><c> to</c><00:34:32.980><c> hearken</c>

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:37.599
and<00:34:33.440><c> to</c><00:34:33.619><c> listen</c><00:34:33.880><c> to</c><00:34:34.099><c> this</c><00:34:34.820><c> final</c><00:34:35.380><c> desperate</c><00:34:36.099><c> prayer</c><00:34:37.119><c> from</c><00:34:37.380><c> his</c>

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:39.079
only<00:34:37.960><c> son</c>

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:44.000
to<00:34:41.280><c> forgive</c><00:34:41.719><c> them</c><00:34:42.019><c> for</c><00:34:42.179><c> they</c><00:34:42.420><c> know</c><00:34:42.599><c> not</c><00:34:42.800><c> what</c><00:34:42.960><c> they</c><00:34:43.179><c> do.</c>

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:48.699
But<00:34:45.880><c> you</c><00:34:46.000><c> see,</c><00:34:46.679><c> we</c><00:34:46.760><c> can't</c><00:34:47.159><c> really</c><00:34:47.539><c> expect,</c><00:34:48.039><c> can</c><00:34:48.199><c> we,</c>

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:53.840
that<00:34:49.260><c> God</c><00:34:49.539><c> would</c><00:34:49.840><c> just</c><00:34:50.300><c> outright</c><00:34:50.880><c> forgive</c><00:34:51.659><c> ignorant,</c><00:34:53.460><c> brutal</c>

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.699
Roman<00:34:54.239><c> soldiers</c>

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:57.900
just<00:34:54.920><c> because</c><00:34:55.239><c> Christ</c><00:34:55.519><c> asked</c><00:34:56.099><c> for</c><00:34:56.380><c> them</c><00:34:56.519><c> to</c><00:34:56.679><c> do</c><00:34:56.860><c> so.</c>

00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:01.320
Because<00:34:58.980><c> there's</c><00:34:59.500><c> a</c><00:34:59.719><c> cardinal</c><00:35:00.079><c> rule,</c><00:35:00.739><c> isn't</c><00:35:00.840><c> there,</c><00:35:01.000><c> when</c><00:35:01.139><c> it</c>

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.500
comes<00:35:01.659><c> to</c><00:35:01.980><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:08.719
And<00:35:03.500><c> that</c><00:35:03.659><c> is</c><00:35:03.840><c> that</c><00:35:03.980><c> we</c><00:35:04.099><c> must</c><00:35:04.480><c> confess</c><00:35:05.059><c> our</c><00:35:05.440><c> sins</c><00:35:06.059><c> and</c><00:35:07.000><c> forsake</c><00:35:07.519><c> them.</c>

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:13.320
And<00:35:10.119><c> so</c><00:35:10.659><c> we'd</c><00:35:11.539><c> really</c><00:35:11.820><c> look</c><00:35:12.059><c> for</c><00:35:12.340><c> evidence,</c><00:35:12.840><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:13.059><c> we,</c>

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:18.099
that<00:35:13.780><c> God</c><00:35:14.119><c> answered</c><00:35:14.659><c> Christ's</c><00:35:15.340><c> prayer</c><00:35:15.679><c> by</c><00:35:16.179><c> ultimately</c><00:35:16.900><c> giving</c><00:35:17.260><c> an</c><00:35:17.579><c> opportunity</c>

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:20.480
for<00:35:18.360><c> these</c><00:35:18.619><c> Roman</c><00:35:18.960><c> soldiers</c><00:35:19.280><c> to</c><00:35:19.500><c> come</c><00:35:19.699><c> to</c><00:35:19.860><c> the</c><00:35:20.099><c> truth,</c>

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:26.340
to<00:35:21.199><c> come</c><00:35:21.460><c> to</c><00:35:21.659><c> a</c><00:35:21.880><c> fuller</c><00:35:22.260><c> and</c><00:35:22.900><c> much</c><00:35:23.219><c> wider</c><00:35:23.699><c> appreciation</c><00:35:24.360><c> of</c><00:35:24.599><c> the</c><00:35:24.820><c> sacrifice</c><00:35:25.420><c> of</c><00:35:25.780><c> Christ</c>

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:29.500
and<00:35:26.880><c> to</c><00:35:27.219><c> accept</c><00:35:27.440><c> his</c><00:35:27.699><c> service</c><00:35:28.119><c> in</c><00:35:28.300><c> return</c><00:35:28.619><c> for</c><00:35:28.920><c> Caesar's.</c>

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:33.360
We'd<00:35:29.739><c> expect</c><00:35:30.079><c> that,</c><00:35:30.320><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:30.420><c> we,</c><00:35:31.139><c> if</c><00:35:32.260><c> God</c><00:35:32.559><c> was</c><00:35:32.820><c> to</c><00:35:33.079><c> answer</c>

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:34.760
this<00:35:33.760><c> wonderful</c><00:35:34.380><c> prayer</c>

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:36.840
of<00:35:34.960><c> our</c><00:35:35.179><c> Lord</c><00:35:35.340><c> Jesus</c><00:35:35.679><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:42.000
And<00:35:38.320><c> so</c><00:35:38.760><c> we're</c><00:35:39.820><c> not</c><00:35:40.019><c> surprised,</c><00:35:40.760><c> are</c><00:35:41.059><c> we,</c><00:35:41.119><c> when</c><00:35:41.300><c> we</c><00:35:41.440><c> come</c><00:35:41.679><c> to</c>

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.719
Matthew's<00:35:42.460><c> Gospel</c>

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:46.340
and<00:35:42.920><c> we</c><00:35:43.059><c> read</c><00:35:43.219><c> these</c><00:35:43.480><c> words</c><00:35:43.820><c> in</c><00:35:44.300><c> Matthew</c><00:35:44.780><c> chapter</c><00:35:45.139><c> 27.</c>

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:52.179
Of<00:35:47.860><c> course</c><00:35:48.559><c> our</c><00:35:49.179><c> Father</c><00:35:49.440><c> would</c><00:35:49.719><c> answer</c><00:35:50.079><c> his</c><00:35:50.300><c> only</c><00:35:50.760><c> son's</c><00:35:51.739><c> last</c>

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:53.800
desperate<00:35:52.780><c> prayer.</c>

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:57.539
Forgive<00:35:54.780><c> them</c><00:35:55.099><c> for</c><00:35:55.239><c> they</c><00:35:55.480><c> know</c><00:35:55.780><c> not</c><00:35:56.079><c> what</c><00:35:56.260><c> they</c><00:35:56.519><c> do.</c>

00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:03.119
And<00:35:58.619><c> in</c><00:35:58.760><c> Matthew</c><00:35:59.119><c> chapter</c><00:35:59.480><c> 27,</c><00:36:00.260><c> in</c><00:36:00.340><c> verse</c><00:36:01.539><c> 54,</c>

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:12.440
we<00:36:09.820><c> come</c><00:36:10.099><c> now</c><00:36:10.480><c> just</c><00:36:10.719><c> to</c><00:36:10.980><c> moments</c><00:36:11.280><c> after</c><00:36:11.739><c> the</c><00:36:11.920><c> death</c><00:36:12.119><c> of</c><00:36:12.300><c> our</c>

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.219
Lord<00:36:12.619><c> Jesus</c><00:36:12.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:17.840
And<00:36:15.840><c> we</c><00:36:15.940><c> read</c><00:36:16.119><c> in</c><00:36:16.239><c> verse</c><00:36:16.539><c> 54</c><00:36:17.039><c> now,</c>

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:23.559
when<00:36:18.380><c> the</c><00:36:18.760><c> centurion</c><00:36:19.719><c> and</c><00:36:21.599><c> they</c><00:36:22.920><c> that</c><00:36:23.099><c> were</c><00:36:23.260><c> with</c><00:36:23.460><c> him,</c>

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:27.659
and<00:36:23.900><c> that's</c><00:36:24.639><c> the</c><00:36:24.760><c> rest</c><00:36:24.980><c> of</c><00:36:25.119><c> the</c><00:36:25.219><c> Roman</c><00:36:25.480><c> soldiers</c><00:36:25.960><c> watching</c><00:36:26.679><c> Jesus,</c>

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:31.260
saw<00:36:28.260><c> the</c><00:36:28.500><c> earthquake</c><00:36:28.960><c> and</c><00:36:29.980><c> those</c><00:36:30.260><c> things</c><00:36:30.559><c> that</c><00:36:30.719><c> were</c><00:36:30.880><c> done,</c>

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:36.780
they<00:36:32.159><c> feared</c><00:36:32.559><c> greatly</c><00:36:33.079><c> saying,</c><00:36:33.940><c> truly,</c><00:36:35.420><c> this</c><00:36:35.739><c> was</c><00:36:36.219><c> the</c><00:36:36.400><c> Son</c>

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:38.000
of<00:36:37.000><c> God.</c>

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:42.579
You<00:36:38.820><c> know,</c><00:36:39.159><c> Mark</c><00:36:39.320><c> adds</c><00:36:39.659><c> in</c><00:36:39.860><c> his</c><00:36:40.099><c> Gospel</c><00:36:40.420><c> in</c><00:36:40.639><c> Mark</c><00:36:40.920><c> 15</c><00:36:41.380><c> in</c><00:36:41.579><c> verse</c><00:36:41.900><c> 39</c>

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:47.420
that<00:36:43.159><c> the</c><00:36:43.559><c> centurion</c><00:36:44.360><c> stood</c><00:36:44.940><c> over</c><00:36:45.619><c> against</c><00:36:46.260><c> him.</c>

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:51.059
He<00:36:48.280><c> stood</c><00:36:48.480><c> opposite</c><00:36:48.920><c> Jesus</c><00:36:49.380><c> Christ</c><00:36:49.860><c> so</c><00:36:50.219><c> that</c><00:36:50.340><c> he</c><00:36:50.420><c> could</c>

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.239
better<00:36:51.380><c> observe</c>

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:54.699
the<00:36:53.000><c> last</c><00:36:53.400><c> dying</c><00:36:53.739><c> moments</c><00:36:54.079><c> of</c><00:36:54.280><c> that</c><00:36:54.460><c> man.</c>

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:57.079
There<00:36:54.820><c> was</c><00:36:55.000><c> something</c><00:36:55.239><c> about</c><00:36:55.519><c> Christ</c><00:36:55.920><c> that</c><00:36:56.260><c> irresistibly</c>

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:58.699
drew<00:36:57.320><c> his</c><00:36:57.579><c> attention.</c>

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:02.980
And<00:36:59.980><c> it</c><00:37:00.059><c> was</c><00:37:00.219><c> with</c><00:37:00.400><c> a</c><00:37:00.559><c> fascination</c><00:37:01.000><c> that</c><00:37:01.099><c> was</c><00:37:01.360><c> unusual</c><00:37:01.940><c> in</c><00:37:02.780><c> a</c>

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.820
Roman<00:37:03.280><c> centurion</c>

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:05.119
that<00:37:04.099><c> brought</c><00:37:04.400><c> him</c><00:37:04.579><c> to</c><00:37:04.739><c> this</c><00:37:05.000><c> point.</c>

00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:09.659
He'd<00:37:05.380><c> seen</c><00:37:05.579><c> many,</c><00:37:06.719><c> many</c><00:37:07.019><c> people</c><00:37:07.780><c> dying</c><00:37:08.300><c> of</c><00:37:08.599><c> crucifixion</c><00:37:09.179><c> before,</c>

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:14.239
but<00:37:10.039><c> this</c><00:37:10.539><c> particular</c><00:37:11.119><c> man,</c><00:37:12.059><c> this</c><00:37:12.800><c> particular</c><00:37:13.300><c> man</c><00:37:13.760><c> seemed</c>

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:16.519
so,<00:37:15.260><c> so</c><00:37:15.579><c> different.</c>

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:20.639
And<00:37:17.579><c> Matthew</c><00:37:17.800><c> says</c><00:37:18.179><c> the</c><00:37:18.460><c> centurion</c><00:37:19.099><c> and</c><00:37:19.420><c> all</c><00:37:19.900><c> they</c><00:37:20.239><c> that</c><00:37:20.460><c> were</c>

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:20.980
with<00:37:20.840><c> him,</c>

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:23.760
obviously<00:37:21.679><c> it</c><00:37:21.840><c> was</c><00:37:22.079><c> not</c><00:37:22.239><c> just</c><00:37:22.519><c> on</c><00:37:22.679><c> the</c><00:37:22.880><c> centurion's</c><00:37:23.579><c> mind,</c>

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:28.320
but<00:37:24.280><c> on</c><00:37:24.699><c> the</c><00:37:25.139><c> mind</c><00:37:25.480><c> of</c><00:37:25.760><c> all</c><00:37:26.059><c> his</c><00:37:26.320><c> soldiers</c><00:37:26.639><c> on</c><00:37:26.980><c> duty</c><00:37:27.239><c> with</c><00:37:27.460><c> him.</c>

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:33.199
The<00:37:29.699><c> loving</c><00:37:30.059><c> demeanor,</c><00:37:31.619><c> the</c><00:37:31.920><c> caring</c><00:37:32.239><c> words</c><00:37:32.619><c> of</c><00:37:32.840><c> our</c><00:37:33.019><c> Lord</c>

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:34.480
Jesus<00:37:33.539><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:39.039
the<00:37:34.780><c> thick</c><00:37:35.019><c> darkness,</c><00:37:35.980><c> the</c><00:37:36.280><c> final</c><00:37:36.780><c> cry</c><00:37:37.079><c> of</c><00:37:37.400><c> triumph,</c><00:37:38.360><c> the</c><00:37:38.519><c> earthquake,</c>

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:42.400
all<00:37:39.760><c> of</c><00:37:39.940><c> these</c><00:37:40.179><c> things</c><00:37:40.539><c> had</c><00:37:40.840><c> made</c><00:37:41.059><c> a</c><00:37:41.340><c> mighty</c><00:37:41.659><c> impression</c><00:37:42.179><c> on</c>

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.960
these<00:37:42.699><c> men.</c>

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:47.420
These<00:37:43.460><c> men</c><00:37:43.639><c> who</c><00:37:43.900><c> earlier</c><00:37:44.480><c> had</c><00:37:45.880><c> joined</c><00:37:46.400><c> in</c><00:37:46.659><c> with</c><00:37:46.860><c> the</c><00:37:47.099><c> crowd</c>

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:51.280
and<00:37:48.059><c> poked</c><00:37:48.579><c> fun</c><00:37:48.820><c> at</c><00:37:48.960><c> Jesus</c><00:37:49.340><c> Christ</c><00:37:49.679><c> and</c><00:37:49.840><c> made</c><00:37:50.059><c> a</c><00:37:50.320><c> cruel</c><00:37:50.579><c> mockery</c><00:37:51.000><c> of</c><00:37:51.139><c> him</c>

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:52.420
on<00:37:51.480><c> the</c><00:37:51.599><c> cross.</c>

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:57.400
Now,<00:37:52.960><c> well,</c><00:37:53.219><c> it</c><00:37:53.219><c> says</c><00:37:53.519><c> verse</c><00:37:53.800><c> 54</c><00:37:54.340><c> that</c><00:37:54.519><c> they</c><00:37:55.000><c> feared</c><00:37:55.920><c> greatly</c>

00:37:57.380 --> 00:38:01.960
and<00:37:57.659><c> they</c><00:37:57.800><c> were</c><00:37:58.019><c> forced</c><00:37:58.320><c> to</c><00:37:58.559><c> confess</c><00:37:59.199><c> the</c><00:37:59.940><c> words</c><00:38:00.159><c> of</c><00:38:00.400><c> Luke</c><00:38:00.960><c> chapter</c><00:38:01.480><c> 23</c>

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:03.280
in<00:38:02.159><c> verse</c><00:38:02.639><c> 47.</c>

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:07.659
Certainly<00:38:04.300><c> this</c><00:38:05.280><c> man</c><00:38:05.880><c> was</c><00:38:07.000><c> righteous.</c>

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:10.860
This<00:38:08.139><c> man</c><00:38:08.320><c> was</c><00:38:08.599><c> innocent,</c><00:38:09.139><c> the</c><00:38:09.420><c> RSV</c><00:38:09.900><c> has,</c><00:38:10.159><c> and</c><00:38:10.400><c> they</c><00:38:10.519><c> had</c><00:38:10.699><c> to</c>

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.519
admit,<00:38:11.179><c> didn't</c><00:38:11.320><c> they,</c>

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:14.639
that<00:38:11.619><c> there</c><00:38:11.739><c> was</c><00:38:11.980><c> something</c><00:38:12.500><c> extraordinary</c><00:38:13.619><c> about</c><00:38:13.920><c> this</c><00:38:14.199><c> man</c>

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:18.880
on<00:38:15.360><c> the</c><00:38:15.539><c> middle</c><00:38:15.860><c> cross</c><00:38:16.199><c> between</c><00:38:16.579><c> the</c><00:38:16.800><c> three,</c><00:38:17.139><c> between</c><00:38:17.480><c> the</c><00:38:17.699><c> two.</c>

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:23.960
But<00:38:20.519><c> more</c><00:38:20.719><c> than</c><00:38:20.920><c> that,</c><00:38:21.199><c> they</c><00:38:21.219><c> had</c><00:38:21.460><c> to</c><00:38:21.659><c> confess</c><00:38:22.179><c> and</c><00:38:22.820><c> give</c><00:38:23.059><c> glory</c><00:38:23.500><c> to</c><00:38:23.699><c> God</c>

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:26.760
in<00:38:24.539><c> Matthew</c><00:38:24.900><c> 27</c><00:38:25.460><c> and</c><00:38:25.639><c> verse</c><00:38:26.039><c> 54.</c>

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:31.360
Truly<00:38:27.280><c> this</c><00:38:28.559><c> was</c><00:38:29.739><c> the</c><00:38:30.300><c> son</c><00:38:30.800><c> of</c><00:38:31.159><c> God.</c>

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:34.519
What<00:38:31.599><c> a</c><00:38:31.840><c> remarkable</c><00:38:32.500><c> confession</c><00:38:33.139><c> wrung</c><00:38:33.559><c> from</c><00:38:33.800><c> the</c><00:38:33.980><c> lips</c><00:38:34.199><c> of</c>

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:37.019
these<00:38:35.500><c> brutal</c><00:38:35.940><c> men.</c>

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:41.099
And<00:38:37.880><c> the</c><00:38:38.019><c> power</c><00:38:38.199><c> of</c><00:38:38.380><c> the</c><00:38:38.619><c> cross</c><00:38:39.059><c> was</c><00:38:39.920><c> able</c><00:38:40.099><c> to</c><00:38:40.440><c> affect</c><00:38:40.679><c> even</c>

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:42.980
these<00:38:41.559><c> rough</c><00:38:41.860><c> places,</c>

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:45.519
which<00:38:43.639><c> begs</c><00:38:43.960><c> the</c><00:38:44.099><c> question,</c><00:38:44.539><c> doesn't</c><00:38:44.579><c> it,</c><00:38:45.000><c> where</c><00:38:45.179><c> does</c><00:38:45.340><c> that</c>

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.579
leave<00:38:45.800><c> the</c><00:38:46.019><c> Jewish</c><00:38:46.260><c> rulers</c>

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:50.840
if<00:38:47.099><c> a</c><00:38:47.699><c> coarse</c><00:38:48.039><c> hardened</c><00:38:48.800><c> group</c><00:38:49.260><c> of</c><00:38:49.500><c> Roman</c><00:38:49.760><c> soldiers</c><00:38:50.179><c> can</c><00:38:50.480><c> figure</c><00:38:50.639><c> out</c>

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:52.719
that<00:38:50.960><c> this</c><00:38:51.139><c> is</c><00:38:51.320><c> the</c><00:38:51.460><c> son</c><00:38:51.579><c> of</c><00:38:51.780><c> God?</c>

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:56.380
Where<00:38:53.619><c> does</c><00:38:53.760><c> that</c><00:38:53.920><c> leave</c><00:38:54.179><c> the</c><00:38:54.940><c> Jewish</c><00:38:55.320><c> rulers?</c>

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:59.840
Well,<00:38:57.539><c> obviously</c><00:38:58.099><c> without</c><00:38:58.539><c> excuse.</c>

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:04.719
You<00:39:00.579><c> see,</c><00:39:00.719><c> the</c><00:39:00.820><c> Roman</c><00:39:01.119><c> centurion,</c><00:39:01.739><c> when</c><00:39:01.860><c> he</c><00:39:02.159><c> said,</c><00:39:02.579><c> truly</c><00:39:03.280><c> this</c><00:39:04.159><c> was</c>

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.880
the<00:39:04.980><c> son</c><00:39:05.159><c> of</c><00:39:05.480><c> God,</c>

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:09.559
well,<00:39:06.320><c> he'd</c><00:39:06.900><c> heard</c><00:39:07.079><c> enough</c><00:39:07.400><c> that</c><00:39:07.659><c> day</c><00:39:07.860><c> to</c><00:39:08.039><c> be</c><00:39:08.280><c> convinced</c><00:39:08.820><c> of</c>

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.820
that<00:39:09.880><c> particular</c><00:39:10.380><c> fact.</c>

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:12.960
He'd<00:39:11.820><c> probably</c><00:39:12.019><c> been</c><00:39:12.280><c> on</c><00:39:12.579><c> duty.</c>

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:17.420
He'd<00:39:13.360><c> probably</c><00:39:13.559><c> been</c><00:39:13.800><c> on</c><00:39:14.099><c> duty</c><00:39:14.340><c> when</c><00:39:14.539><c> the</c><00:39:15.139><c> high</c><00:39:15.420><c> priests</c><00:39:16.059><c> shouted</c><00:39:16.800><c> at</c><00:39:17.159><c> Pilate.</c>

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:21.340
He<00:39:17.739><c> ought</c><00:39:17.920><c> to</c><00:39:18.159><c> die</c><00:39:18.480><c> because</c><00:39:18.699><c> he</c><00:39:18.880><c> made</c><00:39:19.039><c> himself</c><00:39:19.659><c> the</c><00:39:20.119><c> son</c><00:39:20.320><c> of</c><00:39:20.579><c> God</c><00:39:20.920><c> in</c>

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:24.219
John<00:39:21.659><c> 19</c><00:39:22.199><c> and</c><00:39:22.400><c> verse</c><00:39:22.840><c> 7.</c>

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:28.719
He'd<00:39:24.719><c> heard</c><00:39:24.880><c> Christ</c><00:39:25.239><c> himself</c><00:39:25.679><c> saying,</c><00:39:26.659><c> Father,</c><00:39:27.920><c> forgive</c><00:39:28.440><c> them.</c>

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:32.039
He<00:39:29.320><c> knew</c><00:39:29.559><c> that</c><00:39:29.800><c> this</c><00:39:30.059><c> man</c><00:39:30.280><c> was</c><00:39:30.760><c> the</c><00:39:31.340><c> son</c><00:39:31.500><c> of</c><00:39:31.739><c> God.</c>

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:36.320
He'd<00:39:32.739><c> heard</c><00:39:32.860><c> the</c><00:39:33.420><c> sarcasm</c><00:39:33.880><c> of</c><00:39:34.059><c> the</c><00:39:34.219><c> high</c><00:39:34.460><c> priests</c><00:39:34.699><c> as</c><00:39:34.860><c> they</c><00:39:35.360><c> taunted</c><00:39:35.639><c> Christ</c><00:39:36.119><c> on</c>

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:37.019
the<00:39:36.539><c> cross,</c>

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:40.059
for<00:39:37.659><c> he</c><00:39:37.800><c> said,</c><00:39:38.260><c> I</c><00:39:38.260><c> am</c><00:39:38.400><c> the</c><00:39:38.599><c> son</c><00:39:38.760><c> of</c><00:39:38.920><c> God.</c>

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:45.619
And<00:39:40.980><c> there's</c><00:39:41.179><c> a</c><00:39:41.300><c> fair</c><00:39:41.440><c> likelihood</c><00:39:41.960><c> that</c><00:39:42.239><c> if</c><00:39:42.940><c> Jesus</c><00:39:43.300><c> Christ</c><00:39:43.739><c> was</c><00:39:44.280><c> reciting</c><00:39:44.900><c> Psalm</c><00:39:45.199><c> 22</c>

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:46.860
on<00:39:45.800><c> the</c><00:39:45.980><c> cross,</c>

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:48.619
that<00:39:47.079><c> he</c><00:39:47.119><c> would</c><00:39:47.280><c> have</c><00:39:47.400><c> heard</c><00:39:47.559><c> these</c><00:39:47.880><c> words.</c>

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:51.820
Thou<00:39:49.039><c> art</c><00:39:49.360><c> he</c><00:39:49.579><c> that</c><00:39:49.800><c> took</c><00:39:49.980><c> me</c><00:39:50.239><c> out</c><00:39:50.539><c> of</c><00:39:50.699><c> the</c><00:39:50.940><c> womb.</c>

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:55.019
Thou<00:39:52.039><c> didst</c><00:39:52.239><c> make</c><00:39:52.420><c> me</c><00:39:52.559><c> to</c><00:39:52.739><c> hope</c><00:39:52.880><c> when</c><00:39:53.039><c> I</c><00:39:53.159><c> was</c><00:39:53.320><c> upon</c><00:39:53.539><c> my</c><00:39:53.780><c> mother's</c><00:39:54.199><c> breast.</c>

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:57.159
I<00:39:55.300><c> was</c><00:39:55.719><c> cast</c><00:39:56.059><c> upon</c><00:39:56.400><c> thee</c><00:39:56.579><c> from</c><00:39:56.760><c> the</c><00:39:56.980><c> womb.</c>

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:59.579
Thou<00:39:57.619><c> art</c><00:39:57.860><c> my</c><00:39:58.219><c> God</c><00:39:58.460><c> from</c><00:39:58.659><c> my</c><00:39:58.860><c> mother's</c><00:39:59.320><c> belly.</c>

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:02.539
Psalm<00:40:00.199><c> 22</c><00:40:00.760><c> in</c><00:40:00.940><c> verses</c><00:40:01.500><c> 9</c><00:40:01.940><c> to</c><00:40:02.119><c> 10.</c>

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:05.760
There<00:40:02.980><c> was</c><00:40:03.219><c> every</c><00:40:03.500><c> reason</c><00:40:03.880><c> wasn't</c><00:40:04.179><c> there</c><00:40:04.420><c> for</c><00:40:05.000><c> just</c><00:40:05.360><c> in</c><00:40:05.619><c> the</c>

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few<00:40:05.960><c> short</c><00:40:06.320><c> hours</c>

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that<00:40:06.980><c> the</c><00:40:07.460><c> Roman</c><00:40:07.840><c> centurion</c><00:40:08.500><c> had</c><00:40:08.780><c> with</c><00:40:08.980><c> Jesus</c><00:40:09.320><c> Christ</c><00:40:09.679><c> for</c><00:40:09.820><c> him</c><00:40:10.000><c> to</c><00:40:10.219><c> know</c>

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:14.000
that<00:40:11.199><c> this</c><00:40:11.559><c> was</c><00:40:12.460><c> the</c><00:40:12.820><c> son</c><00:40:13.260><c> of</c><00:40:13.559><c> God.</c>

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There<00:40:14.239><c> was</c><00:40:14.400><c> nothing</c><00:40:14.659><c> impossible</c><00:40:15.460><c> or</c><00:40:15.800><c> improbable</c><00:40:16.380><c> in</c><00:40:16.619><c> the</c><00:40:17.219><c> fullness</c><00:40:17.559><c> of</c>

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:19.719
this<00:40:18.519><c> centurion's</c><00:40:19.360><c> conviction</c>

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:23.139
with<00:40:20.039><c> which</c><00:40:20.800><c> his</c><00:40:21.219><c> confession</c><00:40:21.820><c> expresses.</c>

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:28.900
And<00:40:24.619><c> you</c><00:40:24.739><c> know,</c><00:40:24.880><c> I</c><00:40:24.960><c> think</c><00:40:25.099><c> it</c><00:40:25.239><c> was</c><00:40:25.480><c> likely</c><00:40:26.000><c> that</c><00:40:26.920><c> the</c><00:40:27.420><c> centurion</c><00:40:27.980><c> and</c><00:40:28.239><c> soldiers</c><00:40:28.539><c> on</c>

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duty<00:40:29.139><c> at</c><00:40:29.340><c> Golgotha</c><00:40:29.800><c> that</c><00:40:30.059><c> day</c>

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:35.880
would<00:40:31.300><c> also</c><00:40:31.800><c> have</c><00:40:32.039><c> been</c><00:40:32.300><c> the</c><00:40:32.579><c> same</c><00:40:33.380><c> group</c><00:40:33.619><c> of</c><00:40:33.900><c> soldiers</c><00:40:34.260><c> on</c><00:40:34.739><c> watch</c>

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later<00:40:36.599><c> on</c><00:40:37.139><c> as</c><00:40:37.920><c> our</c><00:40:38.139><c> Lord</c><00:40:38.340><c> Jesus</c><00:40:38.699><c> Christ</c><00:40:39.039><c> was</c><00:40:39.440><c> buried</c><00:40:39.840><c> at</c><00:40:40.219><c> the</c><00:40:40.480><c> tomb.</c>

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:44.079
If<00:40:41.460><c> you're</c><00:40:41.639><c> in</c><00:40:41.760><c> Matthew,</c><00:40:41.980><c> see</c><00:40:42.179><c> what</c><00:40:42.300><c> it</c><00:40:42.480><c> says</c><00:40:42.639><c> in</c><00:40:42.800><c> Matthew</c><00:40:43.239><c> 27</c>

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in<00:40:44.280><c> verse</c><00:40:45.079><c> 65.</c>

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Pilate<00:40:46.440><c> says,</c><00:40:47.219><c> ye</c><00:40:47.260><c> have</c><00:40:47.539><c> a</c><00:40:47.760><c> watch.</c>

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:51.519
You<00:40:48.500><c> already</c><00:40:48.780><c> have</c><00:40:49.099><c> soldiers</c><00:40:49.719><c> to</c><00:40:50.320><c> guard</c><00:40:50.480><c> the</c><00:40:50.760><c> tomb.</c>

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:54.780
And<00:40:52.039><c> in</c><00:40:52.179><c> all</c><00:40:52.440><c> probability,</c><00:40:53.199><c> these</c><00:40:53.559><c> same</c><00:40:54.000><c> men</c><00:40:54.280><c> that</c><00:40:54.480><c> were</c><00:40:54.639><c> at</c>

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the<00:40:55.019><c> foot</c><00:40:55.139><c> of</c><00:40:55.360><c> the</c><00:40:55.539><c> cross</c>

00:40:55.860 --> 00:41:01.840
and<00:40:56.300><c> were</c><00:40:56.599><c> so</c><00:40:57.000><c> deeply</c><00:40:57.519><c> affected</c><00:40:58.440><c> by</c><00:40:59.000><c> the</c><00:40:59.300><c> power</c><00:40:59.659><c> of</c><00:41:00.320><c> the</c><00:41:00.519><c> crucifixion</c><00:41:01.059><c> of</c><00:41:01.219><c> Christ</c>

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:06.039
were<00:41:02.480><c> also</c><00:41:03.559><c> outside</c><00:41:04.860><c> the</c><00:41:05.219><c> tomb.</c>

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:08.360
And<00:41:06.219><c> if</c><00:41:06.360><c> they</c><00:41:06.599><c> were</c><00:41:06.900><c> outside</c><00:41:07.360><c> the</c><00:41:07.599><c> tomb,</c><00:41:07.760><c> look</c><00:41:07.900><c> what</c><00:41:08.079><c> happened</c>

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:10.199
in<00:41:08.460><c> Matthew</c><00:41:08.820><c> 28</c><00:41:09.400><c> in</c><00:41:09.599><c> verse</c><00:41:09.920><c> 2.</c>

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:14.559
Behold,<00:41:11.400><c> there</c><00:41:11.559><c> was</c><00:41:11.760><c> a</c><00:41:12.039><c> great</c><00:41:12.360><c> earthquake</c><00:41:12.840><c> as</c><00:41:13.000><c> if</c><00:41:13.199><c> the</c><00:41:13.340><c> earthquake</c><00:41:13.659><c> of</c><00:41:13.860><c> chapter</c><00:41:14.079><c> 27</c>

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.480
was<00:41:14.820><c> not</c><00:41:15.059><c> enough.</c>

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:18.579
Now<00:41:16.000><c> there's</c><00:41:16.260><c> a</c><00:41:16.500><c> great</c><00:41:16.739><c> earthquake</c><00:41:17.260><c> for</c><00:41:17.800><c> the</c><00:41:17.980><c> angel</c><00:41:18.239><c> of</c><00:41:18.440><c> the</c>

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:20.199
Lord<00:41:18.820><c> descended</c><00:41:19.440><c> from</c><00:41:19.719><c> heaven,</c>

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:24.139
came<00:41:21.039><c> and</c><00:41:21.699><c> rolled</c><00:41:22.000><c> back</c><00:41:22.300><c> the</c><00:41:22.599><c> stone</c><00:41:22.820><c> from</c><00:41:23.019><c> the</c><00:41:23.179><c> door</c><00:41:23.340><c> and</c><00:41:23.639><c> stood</c><00:41:23.820><c> upon</c>

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:25.260
and<00:41:24.380><c> sat</c><00:41:24.639><c> upon</c><00:41:24.920><c> it.</c>

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:29.219
His<00:41:25.719><c> countenance</c><00:41:26.219><c> was</c><00:41:26.420><c> like</c><00:41:26.679><c> lightning</c><00:41:27.199><c> and</c><00:41:27.699><c> his</c><00:41:27.900><c> raiment</c><00:41:28.239><c> white</c><00:41:28.539><c> as</c><00:41:28.820><c> snow.</c>

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:33.880
And<00:41:29.739><c> for</c><00:41:30.119><c> fear</c><00:41:30.500><c> of</c><00:41:30.719><c> him,</c><00:41:31.179><c> the</c><00:41:31.380><c> keepers</c><00:41:31.800><c> did</c><00:41:32.159><c> shake</c><00:41:32.739><c> and</c><00:41:33.260><c> became</c>

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:36.019
as<00:41:34.440><c> dead</c><00:41:34.900><c> men.</c>

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:39.699
And<00:41:37.239><c> the</c><00:41:37.400><c> same</c><00:41:37.699><c> soldiers</c><00:41:38.059><c> maybe</c><00:41:38.420><c> who</c><00:41:38.599><c> were</c><00:41:38.739><c> at</c><00:41:38.840><c> the</c><00:41:39.059><c> foot</c><00:41:39.280><c> of</c>

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.139
the<00:41:39.900><c> cross</c>

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:45.119
now<00:41:40.599><c> experienced</c><00:41:41.440><c> the</c><00:41:42.360><c> angelic</c><00:41:43.099><c> presence</c><00:41:43.460><c> of</c><00:41:43.760><c> maybe</c><00:41:44.059><c> Gabriel</c><00:41:44.539><c> himself</c>

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:49.980
as<00:41:45.940><c> the</c><00:41:46.239><c> angel</c><00:41:46.539><c> of</c><00:41:46.719><c> God</c><00:41:47.000><c> came</c><00:41:47.360><c> down</c><00:41:47.659><c> with</c><00:41:48.000><c> power</c><00:41:48.679><c> and</c><00:41:49.559><c> with</c><00:41:49.760><c> a</c>

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:52.619
huge<00:41:50.219><c> display</c><00:41:50.800><c> of</c><00:41:51.679><c> God's</c><00:41:52.320><c> glory</c>

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:56.039
and<00:41:52.940><c> rolled</c><00:41:53.460><c> back</c><00:41:53.840><c> the</c><00:41:54.179><c> stone</c><00:41:54.480><c> effortlessly</c><00:41:55.179><c> to</c><00:41:55.380><c> bring</c><00:41:55.619><c> Jesus</c>

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:57.820
Christ<00:41:56.619><c> forth.</c>

00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:02.079
And<00:41:58.920><c> look</c><00:41:59.059><c> what</c><00:41:59.260><c> it</c><00:41:59.280><c> says</c><00:41:59.679><c> when</c><00:42:00.039><c> these</c><00:42:00.460><c> men,</c><00:42:01.179><c> these</c><00:42:01.500><c> keepers</c>

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:02.980
of<00:42:02.380><c> the</c><00:42:02.699><c> tomb,</c>

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:07.860
went<00:42:03.320><c> back</c><00:42:03.760><c> to</c><00:42:04.760><c> their</c><00:42:05.139><c> rulers</c><00:42:05.639><c> in</c><00:42:06.579><c> Matthew</c><00:42:06.940><c> chapter</c><00:42:07.199><c> 28</c><00:42:07.579><c> over</c>

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:09.739
the<00:42:08.039><c> page</c><00:42:08.260><c> in</c><00:42:08.460><c> verse</c><00:42:08.719><c> 11.</c>

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:15.719
The<00:42:10.599><c> soldiers,</c><00:42:11.039><c> it</c><00:42:11.219><c> says,</c><00:42:11.880><c> now</c><00:42:12.059><c> when</c><00:42:12.260><c> they</c><00:42:12.440><c> were</c><00:42:12.639><c> going,</c><00:42:14.900><c> behold,</c>

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:22.300
some<00:42:18.579><c> of</c><00:42:19.099><c> the</c><00:42:19.440><c> watch</c><00:42:19.940><c> came</c><00:42:20.900><c> into</c><00:42:21.280><c> the</c><00:42:21.480><c> city</c><00:42:21.639><c> and</c><00:42:21.920><c> showed</c><00:42:22.099><c> unto</c>

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:22.960
the<00:42:22.480><c> chief</c><00:42:22.699><c> priests</c>

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:27.260
all<00:42:23.400><c> the</c><00:42:23.599><c> things</c><00:42:23.760><c> that</c><00:42:23.900><c> were</c><00:42:24.039><c> done</c><00:42:24.739><c> when</c><00:42:25.480><c> they</c><00:42:25.760><c> were</c><00:42:26.280><c> assembled</c><00:42:26.679><c> with</c><00:42:26.920><c> the</c><00:42:27.079><c> elders</c>

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:30.360
and<00:42:27.440><c> had</c><00:42:27.619><c> taken</c><00:42:27.880><c> counsel.</c><00:42:28.539><c> They</c><00:42:28.800><c> gave</c><00:42:29.119><c> large</c><00:42:29.539><c> money</c><00:42:29.900><c> unto</c><00:42:30.099><c> the</c>

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:31.579
soldiers<00:42:30.639><c> saying,</c>

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:36.460
Say<00:42:31.599><c> ye,</c><00:42:31.860><c> his</c><00:42:32.099><c> disciples</c><00:42:32.559><c> came</c><00:42:32.860><c> by</c><00:42:33.119><c> night</c><00:42:33.320><c> and</c><00:42:33.619><c> stole</c><00:42:33.880><c> him</c><00:42:34.119><c> away</c><00:42:34.599><c> while</c><00:42:35.159><c> we</c><00:42:35.619><c> sleep.</c>

00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:39.719
And<00:42:37.360><c> if</c><00:42:37.440><c> this</c><00:42:37.559><c> come</c><00:42:37.739><c> to</c><00:42:37.900><c> the</c><00:42:38.059><c> governor's</c><00:42:38.420><c> ears,</c><00:42:38.599><c> we</c><00:42:38.760><c> will</c><00:42:39.039><c> secure</c><00:42:39.400><c> you.</c>

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:43.760
And<00:42:40.099><c> some</c><00:42:40.480><c> of</c><00:42:40.659><c> the</c><00:42:40.820><c> soldiers</c><00:42:41.119><c> that</c><00:42:41.340><c> day</c><00:42:42.179><c> accepted</c><00:42:42.900><c> a</c><00:42:43.239><c> bribe</c><00:42:43.539><c> to</c>

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:45.099
tell<00:42:43.960><c> a</c><00:42:44.159><c> lie.</c>

00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:49.519
But<00:42:45.840><c> you</c><00:42:45.920><c> notice</c><00:42:46.179><c> that</c><00:42:46.420><c> word</c><00:42:46.760><c> in</c><00:42:47.139><c> verse</c><00:42:47.360><c> 11,</c><00:42:47.960><c> some</c><00:42:48.579><c> of</c><00:42:49.159><c> the</c><00:42:49.380><c> watch.</c>

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:53.159
What<00:42:49.739><c> happened</c><00:42:49.980><c> to</c><00:42:50.159><c> the</c><00:42:50.280><c> rest</c><00:42:50.579><c> of</c><00:42:51.539><c> the</c><00:42:51.800><c> watch</c><00:42:52.000><c> of</c><00:42:52.219><c> the</c><00:42:52.400><c> soldiers,</c><00:42:52.840><c> young</c><00:42:52.940><c> people?</c>

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:55.900
What<00:42:53.320><c> do</c><00:42:53.480><c> you</c><00:42:53.619><c> think?</c><00:42:54.440><c> Where</c><00:42:54.539><c> do</c><00:42:54.679><c> you</c><00:42:54.679><c> think</c><00:42:54.820><c> they</c><00:42:55.019><c> went?</c>

00:42:56.940 --> 00:43:00.420
But<00:42:57.079><c> I</c><00:42:57.199><c> think</c><00:42:57.300><c> to</c><00:42:57.519><c> the</c><00:42:57.760><c> thoughtful</c><00:42:58.239><c> reader</c><00:42:58.860><c> of</c><00:42:59.059><c> this</c><00:42:59.420><c> story,</c>

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:04.380
we'd<00:43:01.500><c> have</c><00:43:01.619><c> to</c><00:43:01.760><c> admit</c><00:43:02.000><c> that</c><00:43:02.199><c> maybe</c><00:43:02.420><c> they</c><00:43:02.639><c> were</c><00:43:03.179><c> convinced</c><00:43:03.739><c> by</c>

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:06.780
the<00:43:04.679><c> resurrection</c><00:43:05.139><c> of</c><00:43:05.760><c> Jesus</c><00:43:06.099><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:12.219
And<00:43:07.539><c> they</c><00:43:07.900><c> accepted</c><00:43:08.440><c> him</c><00:43:08.719><c> as</c><00:43:08.960><c> their</c><00:43:09.579><c> Lord</c><00:43:09.960><c> and</c><00:43:10.500><c> became</c><00:43:10.900><c> disciples.</c>

00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:19.320
And<00:43:14.000><c> maybe</c><00:43:14.219><c> just</c><00:43:14.579><c> like</c><00:43:15.400><c> Simon</c><00:43:16.219><c> and</c><00:43:17.860><c> Joseph</c><00:43:18.480><c> have</c><00:43:19.079><c> their</c>

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:20.219
little<00:43:19.739><c> footprint</c>

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:24.059
in<00:43:20.519><c> the</c><00:43:20.639><c> acts</c><00:43:20.840><c> of</c><00:43:21.059><c> the</c><00:43:21.199><c> apostles,</c><00:43:22.780><c> maybe</c><00:43:23.059><c> this</c><00:43:23.239><c> is</c><00:43:23.440><c> another</c><00:43:23.760><c> story</c>

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:32.119
that<00:43:24.260><c> has</c><00:43:24.840><c> its</c><00:43:25.300><c> footprint</c><00:43:25.739><c> in</c><00:43:27.159><c> why</c><00:43:27.619><c> Luke's</c><00:43:28.940><c> second</c><00:43:30.340><c> story,</c><00:43:31.199><c> the</c><00:43:31.440><c> acts</c><00:43:31.800><c> of</c>

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.800
the<00:43:32.320><c> apostles.</c>

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:36.300
And<00:43:33.639><c> I</c><00:43:33.719><c> want</c><00:43:33.860><c> you</c><00:43:33.960><c> to</c><00:43:34.019><c> come</c><00:43:34.219><c> to</c><00:43:34.360><c> Acts</c><00:43:34.780><c> chapter</c><00:43:35.199><c> 10.</c>

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:44.059
Because<00:43:41.119><c> is</c><00:43:41.360><c> it</c><00:43:41.559><c> coincidence,</c><00:43:42.260><c> young</c><00:43:42.400><c> people,</c><00:43:42.619><c> is</c><00:43:42.780><c> it</c><00:43:43.000><c> coincidence</c><00:43:43.539><c> that</c>

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:47.760
when<00:43:44.360><c> we</c><00:43:44.579><c> come</c><00:43:44.760><c> to</c><00:43:44.920><c> Acts</c><00:43:45.320><c> chapter</c><00:43:45.619><c> 10,</c><00:43:46.760><c> we</c><00:43:46.840><c> find</c><00:43:47.159><c> that</c><00:43:47.440><c> the</c>

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:50.019
first<00:43:48.300><c> initial</c><00:43:48.980><c> Gentile</c><00:43:49.599><c> convert</c>

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:54.260
whom<00:43:50.300><c> Peter</c><00:43:50.579><c> brings</c><00:43:50.920><c> to</c><00:43:51.119><c> the</c><00:43:51.360><c> truth</c><00:43:51.539><c> was</c><00:43:51.760><c> going</c><00:43:52.000><c> to</c><00:43:52.199><c> be</c><00:43:52.760><c> a</c><00:43:53.219><c> centurion.</c>

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:56.460
Acts<00:43:54.760><c> chapter</c><00:43:54.980><c> 10,</c><00:43:55.400><c> verse</c><00:43:55.679><c> 1.</c>

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:59.579
There<00:43:56.760><c> was</c><00:43:57.039><c> a</c><00:43:57.179><c> certain</c><00:43:57.400><c> man</c><00:43:57.659><c> in</c><00:43:57.920><c> Caesarea</c><00:43:58.280><c> called</c><00:43:58.820><c> Cornelius,</c>

00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:04.119
a<00:44:00.179><c> centurion</c><00:44:00.679><c> of</c><00:44:01.699><c> the</c><00:44:01.980><c> band</c><00:44:02.239><c> called</c><00:44:02.539><c> the</c><00:44:02.760><c> Italian</c><00:44:03.280><c> band,</c><00:44:04.000><c> a</c>

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:05.780
Roman<00:44:04.940><c> centurion,</c>

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a<00:44:06.039><c> devout</c><00:44:06.380><c> man</c><00:44:07.000><c> and</c><00:44:07.539><c> one</c><00:44:07.739><c> that</c><00:44:08.219><c> feared</c><00:44:08.760><c> God.</c>

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:12.900
And<00:44:10.320><c> you</c><00:44:10.420><c> remember</c><00:44:10.599><c> what</c><00:44:11.199><c> Matthew</c><00:44:11.599><c> had</c><00:44:11.900><c> said</c><00:44:12.019><c> about</c><00:44:12.360><c> the</c>

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.820
Roman<00:44:13.219><c> centurion</c>

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:16.519
and<00:44:13.960><c> the</c><00:44:14.159><c> soldiers,</c><00:44:14.579><c> that</c><00:44:14.699><c> they</c><00:44:15.119><c> feared</c><00:44:15.440><c> greatly.</c>

00:44:16.659 --> 00:44:21.000
This<00:44:16.920><c> man</c><00:44:17.280><c> feared</c><00:44:17.760><c> God</c><00:44:18.219><c> with</c><00:44:18.599><c> all</c><00:44:18.880><c> his</c><00:44:19.099><c> house,</c><00:44:20.179><c> all</c><00:44:20.340><c> his</c><00:44:20.599><c> family</c><00:44:20.880><c> and</c>

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.559
his<00:44:21.239><c> household</c>

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:24.820
believed<00:44:21.940><c> the</c><00:44:22.219><c> truth</c><00:44:22.420><c> now</c><00:44:22.940><c> and</c><00:44:24.159><c> believed</c><00:44:24.440><c> God.</c>

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:28.039
And<00:44:25.019><c> he</c><00:44:25.179><c> gave</c><00:44:25.420><c> arms</c><00:44:25.780><c> to</c><00:44:26.000><c> the</c><00:44:26.179><c> people</c><00:44:26.380><c> and</c><00:44:26.739><c> prayed</c><00:44:27.039><c> to</c><00:44:27.280><c> God</c><00:44:27.539><c> always.</c>

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:35.219
How<00:44:28.559><c> do</c><00:44:28.780><c> we</c><00:44:28.880><c> have</c><00:44:29.679><c> a</c><00:44:30.079><c> Roman</c><00:44:30.519><c> centurion</c><00:44:31.260><c> who</c><00:44:31.440><c> is</c><00:44:31.760><c> so</c><00:44:32.599><c> godly,</c>

00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:38.820
so<00:44:35.940><c> knowledgeable</c><00:44:36.380><c> about</c><00:44:36.920><c> the</c><00:44:37.139><c> ways</c><00:44:37.380><c> of</c><00:44:37.639><c> God,</c>

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:43.719
except<00:44:39.480><c> it</c><00:44:39.760><c> be</c><00:44:40.239><c> that</c><00:44:41.039><c> maybe,</c><00:44:41.460><c> just</c><00:44:41.739><c> maybe,</c><00:44:42.280><c> this</c><00:44:42.400><c> was</c><00:44:43.079><c> the</c>

00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:44.900
Roman<00:44:44.199><c> centurion</c>

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:48.059
who<00:44:45.679><c> was</c><00:44:46.179><c> convinced</c><00:44:46.659><c> at</c><00:44:46.900><c> the</c><00:44:47.099><c> foot</c><00:44:47.239><c> of</c><00:44:47.440><c> the</c><00:44:47.579><c> cross.</c>

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:52.679
You<00:44:48.780><c> see</c><00:44:48.940><c> in</c><00:44:49.019><c> verse</c><00:44:49.199><c> 7</c><00:44:49.420><c> that</c><00:44:49.579><c> he</c><00:44:49.699><c> has</c><00:44:50.460><c> a</c><00:44:51.320><c> devout</c><00:44:51.840><c> soldier</c><00:44:52.320><c> that</c>

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:54.539
waited<00:44:52.960><c> on</c><00:44:53.340><c> him</c><00:44:53.880><c> continually.</c>

00:44:54.539 --> 00:45:01.039
Maybe<00:44:55.679><c> this</c><00:44:55.900><c> was</c><00:44:56.659><c> one</c><00:44:57.380><c> of</c><00:44:57.619><c> the</c><00:44:58.400><c> soldiers</c><00:44:58.719><c> that</c><00:44:58.960><c> worked</c><00:44:59.300><c> for</c><00:44:59.539><c> him</c><00:45:00.199><c> when</c><00:45:00.739><c> he</c>

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:02.000
crucified<00:45:01.519><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:06.340
now<00:45:02.800><c> converted</c><00:45:03.360><c> in</c><00:45:03.579><c> a</c><00:45:03.760><c> devout</c><00:45:04.119><c> follower</c><00:45:04.460><c> of</c><00:45:04.699><c> Christ</c><00:45:05.039><c> himself.</c>

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:11.099
And<00:45:07.599><c> while</c><00:45:07.739><c> none</c><00:45:07.920><c> of</c><00:45:08.000><c> us</c><00:45:08.099><c> can</c><00:45:08.340><c> be</c><00:45:08.519><c> dogmatic</c><00:45:09.019><c> that</c><00:45:09.860><c> the</c><00:45:10.300><c> centurion</c><00:45:10.840><c> at</c><00:45:11.000><c> the</c>

00:45:11.099 --> 00:45:11.800
foot<00:45:11.199><c> of</c><00:45:11.380><c> the</c><00:45:11.519><c> cross</c>

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:18.619
was<00:45:12.360><c> in</c><00:45:12.539><c> fact</c><00:45:13.280><c> Cornelius,</c><00:45:15.219><c> all</c><00:45:15.539><c> the</c><00:45:15.900><c> details</c><00:45:16.260><c> and</c><00:45:16.519><c> the</c><00:45:16.920><c> experiences</c><00:45:17.400><c> of</c><00:45:17.880><c> these</c><00:45:18.159><c> two</c><00:45:18.400><c> men</c>

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:21.480
are<00:45:19.380><c> extraordinarily</c><00:45:20.480><c> harmonious.</c>

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:28.440
You'll<00:45:22.780><c> notice</c><00:45:22.940><c> that</c><00:45:23.579><c> it</c><00:45:23.699><c> was</c><00:45:24.599><c> at</c><00:45:25.159><c> the</c><00:45:26.099><c> ninth</c><00:45:26.519><c> hour</c><00:45:27.300><c> that</c><00:45:28.139><c> the</c>

00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:31.019
vision<00:45:28.719><c> came</c><00:45:29.480><c> to</c><00:45:30.099><c> Cornelius.</c>

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:36.820
At<00:45:32.280><c> the</c><00:45:32.539><c> ninth</c><00:45:32.960><c> hour,</c><00:45:34.300><c> the</c><00:45:34.460><c> very</c><00:45:34.780><c> time</c><00:45:35.199><c> when</c><00:45:35.900><c> our</c><00:45:36.179><c> Lord</c><00:45:36.380><c> Jesus</c>

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:38.820
Christ<00:45:37.500><c> died,</c>

00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:43.199
why<00:45:39.699><c> this</c><00:45:40.119><c> Roman</c><00:45:40.420><c> centurion</c><00:45:41.219><c> received</c><00:45:41.719><c> another</c><00:45:42.059><c> vision</c><00:45:42.579><c> to</c>

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:44.119
seek<00:45:43.500><c> out</c><00:45:43.679><c> the</c><00:45:43.920><c> truth</c>

00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:46.739
and<00:45:44.340><c> to</c><00:45:44.579><c> ultimately</c><00:45:45.440><c> become</c><00:45:46.000><c> baptized.</c>

00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:51.619
And<00:45:47.340><c> look</c><00:45:47.539><c> what</c><00:45:47.719><c> Peter</c><00:45:48.000><c> says</c><00:45:48.340><c> to</c><00:45:48.579><c> this</c><00:45:50.460><c> Roman</c><00:45:50.880><c> centurion</c><00:45:51.420><c> over</c>

00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:54.360
the<00:45:51.800><c> page</c><00:45:52.079><c> in</c><00:45:52.840><c> Acts</c><00:45:53.119><c> chapter</c><00:45:53.519><c> 10</c>

00:45:55.139 --> 00:45:59.780
and<00:45:55.820><c> verse</c><00:45:56.500><c> 36,</c><00:45:58.199><c> reading</c><00:45:58.260><c> from</c><00:45:58.519><c> verse</c><00:45:58.920><c> 34.</c>

00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:01.840
And<00:46:00.260><c> Peter</c><00:46:00.539><c> opened</c><00:46:00.880><c> his</c><00:46:01.139><c> mouth</c><00:46:01.500><c> and</c><00:46:01.719><c> said,</c>

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:05.800
Of<00:46:02.000><c> a</c><00:46:02.260><c> truth</c><00:46:02.519><c> I</c><00:46:02.699><c> perceive</c><00:46:03.079><c> that</c><00:46:03.280><c> God</c><00:46:03.579><c> is</c><00:46:03.840><c> no</c><00:46:04.159><c> respecter</c><00:46:04.699><c> of</c><00:46:04.900><c> persons,</c>

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:11.400
but<00:46:05.920><c> in</c><00:46:06.280><c> every</c><00:46:06.760><c> nation,</c><00:46:07.960><c> even</c><00:46:08.219><c> the</c><00:46:08.380><c> Roman</c><00:46:08.679><c> nation,</c><00:46:10.840><c> he</c><00:46:10.960><c> that</c>

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:12.420
feareth<00:46:11.840><c> him.</c>

00:46:12.420 --> 00:46:17.199
That's<00:46:13.340><c> the</c><00:46:14.639><c> hallmark</c><00:46:15.079><c> of</c><00:46:15.239><c> that</c><00:46:15.579><c> centurion</c><00:46:16.099><c> from</c><00:46:16.320><c> Matthew</c><00:46:16.619><c> 27,</c>

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:20.159
and<00:46:17.500><c> worketh</c><00:46:17.940><c> righteousness</c><00:46:18.539><c> is</c><00:46:19.099><c> accepted</c><00:46:19.599><c> with</c><00:46:19.860><c> him.</c>

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:22.780
The<00:46:20.619><c> word</c><00:46:20.960><c> which</c><00:46:21.159><c> God</c><00:46:21.420><c> sent</c><00:46:21.699><c> unto</c><00:46:21.900><c> the</c><00:46:22.079><c> children</c><00:46:22.320><c> of</c><00:46:22.420><c> Israel,</c>

00:46:22.820 --> 00:46:26.440
preaching<00:46:23.159><c> peace</c><00:46:23.699><c> by</c><00:46:23.980><c> Jesus</c><00:46:24.360><c> Christ,</c><00:46:25.300><c> he</c><00:46:25.480><c> is</c><00:46:25.699><c> Lord</c><00:46:25.940><c> of</c><00:46:26.139><c> all.</c>

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:34.400
That<00:46:27.340><c> word</c><00:46:27.940><c> I</c><00:46:28.440><c> say</c><00:46:29.840><c> ye</c><00:46:30.940><c> know,</c><00:46:32.000><c> which</c><00:46:32.179><c> was</c><00:46:32.440><c> published</c><00:46:33.019><c> throughout</c><00:46:33.699><c> all</c><00:46:34.000><c> Judea</c>

00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:38.340
and<00:46:34.599><c> began</c><00:46:34.980><c> from</c><00:46:35.320><c> Galilee</c><00:46:35.800><c> after</c><00:46:36.260><c> the</c><00:46:36.460><c> baptism</c><00:46:36.760><c> which</c><00:46:37.440><c> John</c><00:46:37.780><c> preached</c>

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:40.239
from<00:46:38.840><c> the</c><00:46:39.039><c> crucifixion</c><00:46:39.559><c> of</c><00:46:39.780><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:45.539
How<00:46:40.659><c> did</c><00:46:41.519><c> this</c><00:46:42.239><c> Roman</c><00:46:42.800><c> centurion</c><00:46:43.420><c> Cornelius</c><00:46:44.039><c> know</c><00:46:44.639><c> of</c><00:46:45.280><c> this</c>

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:46.380
particular<00:46:46.139><c> word,</c>

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:49.519
the<00:46:46.679><c> salvation</c><00:46:47.280><c> that</c><00:46:47.539><c> came</c><00:46:47.820><c> from</c><00:46:48.039><c> the</c><00:46:48.260><c> cross</c><00:46:48.420><c> of</c><00:46:48.619><c> Christ,</c>

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:54.400
except<00:46:50.079><c> it</c><00:46:50.320><c> be</c><00:46:50.659><c> that</c><00:46:51.340><c> maybe</c><00:46:51.619><c> he</c><00:46:51.699><c> was</c><00:46:51.880><c> just</c><00:46:52.159><c> there</c><00:46:52.860><c> at</c><00:46:53.900><c> the</c><00:46:54.139><c> foot</c>

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:56.019
of<00:46:54.800><c> the</c><00:46:54.940><c> cross.</c>

00:46:56.719 --> 00:46:59.420
And<00:46:56.920><c> although</c><00:46:57.340><c> the</c><00:46:57.980><c> connection</c><00:46:58.280><c> cannot</c><00:46:58.599><c> be</c><00:46:59.159><c> proven,</c>

00:46:59.460 --> 00:47:03.699
how<00:46:59.820><c> marvelous</c><00:47:00.260><c> it</c><00:47:00.400><c> would</c><00:47:00.659><c> be</c><00:47:01.440><c> if</c><00:47:02.420><c> at</c><00:47:02.639><c> the</c><00:47:02.739><c> end</c><00:47:02.980><c> of</c><00:47:03.300><c> all</c><00:47:03.539><c> of</c>

00:47:03.699 --> 00:47:05.019
these<00:47:03.940><c> stories</c>

00:47:05.429 --> 00:47:08.940
the<00:47:05.860><c> last</c><00:47:06.400><c> few</c><00:47:06.719><c> hours</c><00:47:07.059><c> of</c><00:47:07.260><c> our</c><00:47:07.420><c> Lord</c><00:47:07.619><c> Jesus</c><00:47:08.039><c> Christ</c><00:47:08.320><c> life</c>

00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:14.280
would<00:47:09.639><c> see</c><00:47:10.219><c> not</c><00:47:10.920><c> just</c><00:47:11.219><c> the</c><00:47:11.400><c> conversion</c><00:47:11.719><c> of</c><00:47:12.159><c> Simon</c><00:47:12.599><c> and</c><00:47:13.239><c> Joseph,</c>

00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:18.719
not<00:47:14.480><c> just</c><00:47:14.800><c> the</c><00:47:14.920><c> conversion</c><00:47:15.300><c> of</c><00:47:15.579><c> Nicodemus</c><00:47:16.360><c> and</c><00:47:17.300><c> the</c><00:47:17.500><c> other</c><00:47:17.760><c> thief,</c>

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:24.340
but<00:47:19.460><c> now</c><00:47:20.039><c> the</c><00:47:20.760><c> very</c><00:47:21.099><c> first</c><00:47:22.320><c> official</c><00:47:23.079><c> Gentile</c><00:47:23.780><c> convert</c><00:47:24.139><c> to</c>

00:47:24.340 --> 00:47:25.579
the<00:47:24.539><c> truth,</c>

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:29.280
and<00:47:26.199><c> the</c><00:47:26.400><c> great</c><00:47:26.679><c> landmark</c><00:47:27.239><c> conversion</c><00:47:27.780><c> of</c><00:47:28.059><c> Cornelius.</c>

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Well,<00:47:29.860><c> maybe</c><00:47:30.139><c> it</c><00:47:30.460><c> started</c><00:47:30.739><c> right</c><00:47:31.139><c> here</c><00:47:31.639><c> at</c><00:47:32.400><c> the</c><00:47:32.619><c> foot</c><00:47:32.699><c> of</c><00:47:32.880><c> the</c><00:47:33.079><c> cross,</c>

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one<00:47:34.679><c> of</c><00:47:34.800><c> the</c><00:47:35.039><c> rough</c><00:47:35.219><c> places</c><00:47:35.780><c> that</c><00:47:36.760><c> needed</c><00:47:37.019><c> to</c><00:47:37.280><c> be</c><00:47:37.760><c> smoothed</c><00:47:38.219><c> out</c><00:47:38.340><c> by</c>

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our<00:47:38.780><c> Lord</c><00:47:38.940><c> Jesus</c><00:47:39.280><c> Christ.</c>

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Well,<00:47:41.579><c> maybe</c><00:47:41.780><c> in</c><00:47:41.940><c> the</c><00:47:42.039><c> kingdom</c><00:47:42.460><c> we'll</c><00:47:43.559><c> find</c><00:47:43.780><c> out</c><00:47:44.000><c> whether</c><00:47:44.139><c> this</c><00:47:44.420><c> indeed</c><00:47:44.679><c> was</c><00:47:44.940><c> so.</c>