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gather<00:12:40.940><c> from</c><00:12:41.240><c> time</c><00:12:41.379><c> to</c><00:12:41.519><c> time</c>

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Of<00:16:05.259><c> that</c><00:16:05.480><c> body</c><00:16:05.720><c> he</c><00:16:05.960><c> said,</c><00:16:06.500><c> what</c><00:16:06.659><c> do</c><00:16:06.820><c> you</c><00:16:06.860><c> think</c><00:16:07.019><c> this</c><00:16:07.279><c> is,</c><00:16:07.480><c> a</c><00:16:07.659><c> phantom?</c>

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have<00:16:13.419><c> and</c><00:16:13.679><c> they</c><00:16:14.019><c> handled</c><00:16:14.379><c> him.</c>

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Put<00:16:15.059><c> forth</c><00:16:15.259><c> your</c><00:16:15.480><c> hand</c><00:16:15.720><c> Thomas</c><00:16:16.039><c> and</c><00:16:16.340><c> feel,</c><00:16:16.740><c> don't</c><00:16:17.039><c> be</c><00:16:17.240><c> doubting</c><00:16:17.539><c> but</c><00:16:17.799><c> believe.</c>

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He<00:16:23.120><c> felt</c><00:16:23.360><c> a</c><00:16:23.519><c> body</c><00:16:23.799><c> made</c><00:16:24.080><c> immortal.</c>

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More<00:16:25.940><c> than</c><00:16:26.220><c> that</c><00:16:26.740><c> he</c><00:16:27.100><c> felt</c><00:16:27.340><c> a</c><00:16:27.519><c> body</c><00:16:27.799><c> made</c><00:16:28.139><c> immortal</c><00:16:28.559><c> through</c><00:16:29.000><c> crucifixion.</c>

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Put<00:16:31.299><c> forth</c><00:16:31.600><c> your</c><00:16:31.759><c> hands</c><00:16:32.139><c> and</c><00:16:32.519><c> feel</c><00:16:32.860><c> the</c><00:16:33.259><c> wounds,</c><00:16:34.419><c> my</c><00:16:34.659><c> hand</c><00:16:34.899><c> in</c>

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my<00:16:35.320><c> side</c><00:16:35.600><c> Thomas.</c>

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indelibly<00:16:44.220><c> imprinted</c><00:16:44.720><c> in</c><00:16:44.840><c> it,</c><00:16:45.220><c> the</c><00:16:45.419><c> marks</c><00:16:45.639><c> of</c><00:16:45.940><c> crucifixion</c>

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and<00:16:47.039><c> of</c><00:16:47.299><c> sacrifice.</c>

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A<00:17:03.840><c> great</c><00:17:04.099><c> confirmation</c><00:17:04.680><c> to</c><00:17:04.900><c> us</c><00:17:05.180><c> who</c><00:17:05.339><c> have</c><00:17:05.619><c> not</c><00:17:06.039><c> seen</c><00:17:06.500><c> our</c><00:17:06.759><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:17:07.740><c> flesh.</c>

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Then<00:17:11.359><c> he</c><00:17:11.559><c> said</c><00:17:11.720><c> to</c><00:17:11.920><c> Thomas,</c><00:17:12.599><c> reach</c><00:17:12.859><c> hither</c><00:17:13.079><c> thy</c><00:17:13.359><c> finger</c><00:17:13.799><c> and</c>

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behold<00:17:14.420><c> my</c><00:17:14.799><c> hands,</c>

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How<00:17:22.339><c> could</c><00:17:22.619><c> there</c><00:17:22.759><c> be</c><00:17:22.960><c> any</c><00:17:23.259><c> doubt</c><00:17:23.460><c> in</c><00:17:23.619><c> Thomas'</c><00:17:24.220><c> mind</c><00:17:24.380><c> now</c>

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when<00:17:25.039><c> he</c><00:17:25.160><c> could</c><00:17:25.420><c> see</c><00:17:25.720><c> the</c><00:17:25.900><c> Lord</c><00:17:26.240><c> that</c><00:17:26.680><c> he</c><00:17:26.819><c> saw</c><00:17:27.059><c> before.</c>

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A<00:17:29.200><c> Lord</c><00:17:29.400><c> now</c><00:17:29.640><c> made</c><00:17:29.900><c> immortal</c><00:17:30.759><c> with</c><00:17:31.380><c> the</c><00:17:31.559><c> marks</c><00:17:31.859><c> of</c><00:17:32.279><c> sacrifice</c>

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Of<00:17:34.319><c> course</c><00:17:34.539><c> there</c><00:17:34.640><c> was</c><00:17:34.859><c> no</c><00:17:35.119><c> doubt,</c><00:17:35.660><c> brethren</c><00:17:35.900><c> and</c><00:17:36.119><c> sisters.</c>

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Why<00:19:05.740><c> the</c><00:19:05.960><c> need</c><00:19:06.099><c> of</c><00:19:06.380><c> such</c><00:19:06.640><c> sacrifice</c><00:19:07.319><c> as</c><00:19:07.960><c> the</c><00:19:08.240><c> Lord</c><00:19:08.400><c> was</c><00:19:08.700><c> called</c>

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impossible

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they<00:32:34.859><c> can</c><00:32:35.759><c> become</c><00:32:36.119><c> a</c><00:32:36.359><c> dynamo</c><00:32:36.960><c> of</c><00:32:37.240><c> knowledge</c>

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that<00:32:37.960><c> can</c><00:32:38.299><c> transform</c><00:32:38.880><c> our</c><00:32:39.339><c> lives</c>

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like<00:32:40.319><c> the</c><00:32:40.700><c> apostle</c><00:32:41.059><c> John</c><00:32:41.539><c> was</c><00:32:42.079><c> transformed</c>

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his<00:32:47.799><c> very</c><00:32:48.140><c> life</c><00:32:48.539><c> is</c><00:32:48.759><c> a</c><00:32:48.960><c> powerful</c><00:32:49.259><c> exhortation</c><00:32:49.900><c> for</c><00:32:50.119><c> us</c>

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he<00:32:59.160><c> wanted</c><00:32:59.619><c> his</c><00:33:00.059><c> way</c><00:33:00.460><c> to</c><00:33:01.180><c> be</c><00:33:01.440><c> followed</c>

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as<00:33:11.140><c> he</c><00:33:11.519><c> heard</c><00:33:11.799><c> his</c><00:33:12.220><c> message</c>

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he<00:33:15.539><c> learned</c><00:33:16.119><c> to</c><00:33:16.740><c> temper</c><00:33:17.099><c> his</c><00:33:17.480><c> natural</c><00:33:18.180><c> characteristics</c>

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with<00:33:20.019><c> the</c><00:33:20.180><c> divine</c><00:33:20.539><c> attributes</c>

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mending<00:34:13.039><c> their</c><00:34:13.820><c> nets</c>

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he<00:34:31.340><c> owned</c><00:34:31.699><c> we</c><00:34:32.000><c> believe</c><00:34:32.420><c> several</c><00:34:32.980><c> vessels</c>

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but<00:35:01.219><c> notwithstanding</c><00:35:02.280><c> their</c><00:35:03.480><c> high</c><00:35:03.920><c> position</c><00:35:04.400><c> in</c><00:35:04.559><c> the</c><00:35:04.780><c> community</c>

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Zebedee<00:35:06.719><c> and</c><00:35:07.179><c> Salome</c><00:35:07.699><c> his</c><00:35:08.000><c> mother</c>

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were<00:35:09.059><c> prepared</c><00:35:09.460><c> to</c><00:35:09.820><c> work</c><00:35:10.119><c> to</c><00:35:10.380><c> allow</c><00:35:10.599><c> the</c><00:35:10.900><c> two</c><00:35:11.179><c> sons</c>

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that<00:37:29.159><c> poured</c><00:37:29.280><c> from</c><00:37:29.519><c> the</c><00:37:29.719><c> Lord's</c><00:37:30.079><c> voice</c>

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that's<00:38:47.500><c> John</c>

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previously<00:39:28.599><c> I</c><00:39:28.880><c> think</c><00:39:29.139><c> it's</c><00:39:29.519><c> Mark</c><00:39:29.739><c> 3</c>

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and<00:39:31.440><c> verse</c><00:39:31.699><c> 17</c>

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Dietrifice

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revealing

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unfortunately

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