\id ACT
\h Acts 
\toc3 ACT 
\toc2 Acts 
\toc1 Acts 
\mt1 Acts  
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\v 1 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*, \w O|strong="G5599"\w* \w Theophilus|strong="G2321"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w*,   
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\v 2 until \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken up \w to|strong="G4151"\w* heaven, \w after|strong="G1223"\w* giving instructions \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* apostles \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w His|strong="G1438"\w* \w suffering|strong="G3958"\w*, \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w Himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w convincing|strong="G5039"\w* \w proofs|strong="G5039"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3700"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* span \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* gathered \w together|strong="G4871"\w*, \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*: “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w leave|strong="G5563"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w wait|strong="G4037"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gift \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w Me|strong="G1473"\w* discuss.   
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\v 5 \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptized \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w few|strong="G3756"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* baptized \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w restore|strong="G5550"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kingdom \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*?”   
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\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w seasons|strong="G2540"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w fixed|strong="G5087"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w His|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ends|strong="G2078"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* watched \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken \w up|strong="G1869"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \w hid|strong="G5274"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w sight|strong="G3788"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* intently \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w*, \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w dressed|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* \w beside|strong="G3936"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 11 “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w*,” \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w looking|strong="G2424"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*? \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* taken \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G2300"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w of|strong="G3598"\w* Olives, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* city, \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w journey|strong="G3598"\w* \w away|strong="G5290"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* arrived, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w upper|strong="G5253"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G2650"\w*: \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew, \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*, Bartholomew \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Matthew|strong="G3156"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Alphaeus, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Zealot, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w With|strong="G4862"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w continued|strong="G4342"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* petition, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w His|strong="G3956"\w* brothers.   
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\v 15 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* (\w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w gathering|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1540"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w twenty|strong="G1501"\w*) \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,   
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\v 16 “Brothers, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* foretold \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w guide|strong="G3595"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w arrested|strong="G4815"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w number|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w*.”   
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\v 18 (\w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* wickedness \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* bought \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w field|strong="G5564"\w*; \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w headlong|strong="G4248"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w burst|strong="G2997"\w* \w open|strong="G2997"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w intestines|strong="G4698"\w* \w spilled|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w field|strong="G5564"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w* Akeldama, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Field|strong="G5564"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Blood.)   
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\v 20 “\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Psalms|strong="G5568"\w*: ‘\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w deserted|strong="G2048"\w*; \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*,’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* position.’   
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\v 21 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* choose \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*,   
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\v 22 beginning \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*’s baptism \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* up \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w For|strong="G1520"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w His|strong="G3739"\w* resurrection.”   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w proposed|strong="G2476"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w*: \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* Barsabas (\w also|strong="G2532"\w* known \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w Justus|strong="G2459"\w*) \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G2589"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w heart|strong="G2589"\w*. Show \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w*   
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\v 25 \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* portion \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* apostleship \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* abandoned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* rightful \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cast|strong="G2532"\w* \w lots|strong="G2819"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lot|strong="G2819"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Matthias|strong="G3159"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w added|strong="G4785"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w* apostles.   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* accord \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w*.   
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\v 2 Suddenly \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w sound|strong="G2279"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w mighty|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushing|strong="G5342"\w* \w wind|strong="G4157"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* flames \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* separated \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3708"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w enabled|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w dwelling|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* God-fearing \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w sound|strong="G5456"\w* rang \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* bewilderment, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* heard \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Astounded|strong="G1839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w Galileans|strong="G1057"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* hears \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w native|strong="G1722"\w* \w language|strong="G1258"\w*?   
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\v 9 \w Parthians|strong="G3934"\w*, \w Medes|strong="G3370"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Elamites|strong="G1639"\w*; \w residents|strong="G2730"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mesopotamia|strong="G3318"\w*, \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cappadocia|strong="G2587"\w*, \w Pontus|strong="G4195"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*,   
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\v 10 \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*, Egypt \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w parts|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Libya|strong="G3033"\w* \w near|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2957"\w*; \w visitors|strong="G1927"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4514"\w*,   
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\v 11 \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* converts \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Judaism; \w Cretans|strong="G2912"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Arabs—\w we|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w them|strong="G3588"\w* declaring \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wonders \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* own \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w*!”   
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\v 12 \w Astounded|strong="G1839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w perplexed|strong="G1280"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w another|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w mocked|strong="G5512"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3325"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* new \w wine|strong="G1098"\w*!”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Eleven|strong="G1733"\w*, \w lifted|strong="G1869"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* addressed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd: “\w Men|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* listen carefully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3184"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w suppose|strong="G5274"\w*. \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*!   
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\v 16 \w No|strong="G3588"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Joel|strong="G2493"\w*:   
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\v 17 ‘\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w pour|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1632"\w* \w My|strong="G3708"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w prophesy|strong="G4395"\w*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w visions|strong="G3706"\w*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G4245"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w dream|strong="G1797"\w* \w dreams|strong="G1798"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w My|strong="G1722"\w* menservants \w and|strong="G2532"\w* maidservants \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w pour|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1632"\w* \w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophesy|strong="G4395"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1325"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w* \w above|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w below|strong="G2736"\w*, blood \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* billows \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w smoke|strong="G2586"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G3344"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w moon|strong="G4582"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* blood, \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorious|strong="G2016"\w* \w Day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w calls|strong="G1941"\w* \w on|strong="G1941"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.’   
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\v 22 \w Men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*: \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* certified \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*, \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w delivered|strong="G1560"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w plan|strong="G1012"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w foreknowledge|strong="G4268"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w*, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lawless, \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* death \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w nailing|strong="G4362"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4362"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G2316"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* dead, releasing \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w agony|strong="G5604"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w because|strong="G2530"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w impossible|strong="G3756"\w* \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* keep \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w its|strong="G5259"\w* grip.   
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\v 25 \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G4308"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*; \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Therefore|strong="G1223"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w glad|strong="G2165"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w tongue|strong="G1100"\w* rejoices; \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w dwell|strong="G1909"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*,   
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\v 27 \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w abandon|strong="G1459"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Hades, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w* let \w Your|strong="G3708"\w* \w Holy|strong="G3741"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w made|strong="G1107"\w* \w known|strong="G1107"\w* \w to|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w paths|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G3598"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*; \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w fill|strong="G4137"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w joy|strong="G2167"\w* \w in|strong="G3326"\w* \w Your|strong="G3588"\w* \w presence|strong="G4383"\w*.’   
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\v 29 Brothers, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w confidence|strong="G3954"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w patriarch|strong="G3966"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3418"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w oath|strong="G3727"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w descendants|strong="G2590"\w* \w according|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* flesh \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w raise|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christ \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w seat|strong="G2523"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w*.   
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\v 31 Foreseeing \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, David \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w His|strong="G1519"\w* soul \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w abandoned|strong="G1459"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Hades, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w did|strong="G3708"\w* \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* life, \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w Exalted|strong="G5312"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w poured|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1632"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* see \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hear.   
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\v 34 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ascend|strong="G1537"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*: ‘\w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, “\w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w*   
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\v 35 \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G2193"\w* \w make|strong="G5087"\w* \w Your|strong="G5087"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w a|strong="G5087"\w* \w footstool|strong="G5286"\w* \w for|strong="G4228"\w* \w Your|strong="G5087"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.”’   
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\v 36 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w let|strong="G1097"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainty|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*!”   
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\v 37 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4160"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* apostles, “Brothers, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?”   
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\v 38 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Repent|strong="G3340"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* baptized, \w every|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* forgiveness \w of|strong="G4151"\w* sins, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w belongs|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* off—\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w call|strong="G4341"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Himself|strong="G1519"\w*.”   
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\v 40 \w With|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w testified|strong="G1263"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* corrupt \w generation|strong="G1074"\w*.”   
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\v 41 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* gladly embraced \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* \w three|strong="G5153"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5153"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w added|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w devoted|strong="G4342"\w* \w themselves|strong="G4342"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles’ \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fellowship|strong="G2842"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w breaking|strong="G2800"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w sense|strong="G5401"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w awe|strong="G5401"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w performed|strong="G1096"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w*.   
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\v 44 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w common|strong="G2839"\w*.   
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\v 45 \w Selling|strong="G4097"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w possessions|strong="G2933"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w goods|strong="G5223"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w*.   
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\v 46 \w With|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3661"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w continued|strong="G4342"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G3588"\w* \w daily|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w break|strong="G2806"\w* bread \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w sharing|strong="G3335"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w meals|strong="G5160"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* gladness \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sincerity \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*,   
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\v 47 praising \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* enjoying \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w added|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* church \w daily|strong="G2250"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* afternoon \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ninth|strong="G1766"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w birth|strong="G2836"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G5225"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* \w gate|strong="G2374"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Beautiful|strong="G5611"\w*, \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* beg \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w entering|strong="G1531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts.   
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\v 3 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w money|strong="G1654"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* looked directly \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. “Look \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!” \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w gave|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w attention|strong="G1907"\w*, \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Silver \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w gold|strong="G5553"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*: \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*, \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*!”   
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\v 7 Taking \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4084"\w* \w helped|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w once|strong="G3916"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man’s feet \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ankles|strong="G4974"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* sprang \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* feet \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* courts, \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaping|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* praising \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* praising \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,   
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\v 10 \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* used \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* begging \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Beautiful|strong="G5611"\w* \w Gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w wonder|strong="G2285"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazement|strong="G1611"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G4819"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lame \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* healed clung \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* astonished \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G4936"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* walkway \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*’s Colonnade.   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* addressed \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*: “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* stare \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G4314"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w godliness|strong="G2150"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*?   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w glorified|strong="G1392"\w* \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rejected \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G2596"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* release \w Him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* rejected \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Holy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w murderer|strong="G5406"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* released \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* killed \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Author \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* fact.   
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\v 16 \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3956"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w complete|strong="G3956"\w* healing \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w presence|strong="G1223"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, brothers, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w acted|strong="G4238"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* ignorance, \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w foretold|strong="G4293"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w His|strong="G3956"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, saying \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Repent|strong="G3340"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w back|strong="G1994"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* sins \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w wiped|strong="G1813"\w* \w away|strong="G1813"\w*,   
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\v 20 \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* refreshing \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w presence|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* send \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4400"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w take|strong="G1209"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* until \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* comes \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* restoration \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* announced \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w ago|strong="G5550"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w His|strong="G3956"\w* holy \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* fathers, ‘\w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w raise|strong="G2316"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* brothers. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w He|strong="G3754"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* listen \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* completely cut \w off|strong="G1537"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.’   
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\v 24 \w Indeed|strong="G2532"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w*, \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w many|strong="G3745"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1303"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Abraham, ‘\w Through|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* offspring \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w families|strong="G3965"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w blessed|strong="G1757"\w*.’   
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\v 26 \w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G2316"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* Jesus, \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w turning|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w wicked|strong="G4189"\w* \w ways|strong="G4189"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w captain|strong="G4755"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* \w guard|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,   
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\v 2 \w greatly|strong="G1278"\w* \w disturbed|strong="G1278"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G1911"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w evening|strong="G2073"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* custody \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* number \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* grew \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5505"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rulers, \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w scribes|strong="G1122"\w* \w assembled|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* Annas \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest, \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, Alexander, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G3745"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest’s \w family|strong="G1085"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* question \w them|strong="G3588"\w*: “\w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*?”   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Rulers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* Israel!   
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\v 9 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w being|strong="G1722"\w* examined \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* kind service \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3778"\w* lame, \w to|strong="G1909"\w* determine \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3778"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w*,   
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\v 10 \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*: \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w stands|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w healed|strong="G5199"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* ‘\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w builders|strong="G3618"\w* \w rejected|strong="G1848"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w cornerstone|strong="G2776"\w*.’   
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\v 12 \w Salvation|strong="G4991"\w* exists \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boldness|strong="G3954"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* unschooled, \w ordinary|strong="G2399"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w marveled|strong="G2296"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w note|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w seeing|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2476"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G5037"\w* say \w in|strong="G2192"\w* response.   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* leave \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w conferred|strong="G4820"\w* \w together|strong="G4314"\w*.   
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\v 16 “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*?” \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*. “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* clear \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* remarkable \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w occurred|strong="G1096"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w deny|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* message \w from|strong="G3588"\w* spreading \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w further|strong="G4119"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w strictly|strong="G4183"\w* warn \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G5350"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w whether|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w sight|strong="G1799"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w rather|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G2980"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* heard.”   
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\v 21 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w further|strong="G1909"\w* threats \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* go. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w punish|strong="G2849"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w glorifying|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* miraculously healed \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* release, \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w everything|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w lifted|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w voices|strong="G5456"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w*. “Sovereign \w Lord|strong="G1203"\w*,” \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Your|strong="G1223"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*: ‘\w Why|strong="G1223"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w rage|strong="G5433"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w peoples|strong="G2992"\w* \w plot|strong="G3191"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w vain|strong="G2756"\w*?   
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\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rulers \w gather|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w His|strong="G1909"\w* Anointed \w One|strong="G3588"\w*.’   
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\v 27 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w fact|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pontius|strong="G4194"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* conspired \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* holy \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w anointed|strong="G5548"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w decided|strong="G1096"\w* beforehand \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w consider|strong="G3056"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* threats, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w Your|strong="G2962"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w Your|strong="G2962"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w complete|strong="G3956"\w* \w boldness|strong="G3954"\w*,   
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\v 30 \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w stretch|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w Your|strong="G1223"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heal|strong="G2392"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* perform \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Your|strong="G1223"\w* holy \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”   
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\v 31 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G1189"\w*, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w meeting|strong="G4863"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3954"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w multitude|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w*. \w No|strong="G3761"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w claimed|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w possessions|strong="G5225"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w With|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w testimony|strong="G3142"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w abundant|strong="G3173"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w There|strong="G1063"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3761"\w* \w needy|strong="G1729"\w* \w ones|strong="G5100"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w* \w lands|strong="G5564"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w would|strong="G5100"\w* \w sell|strong="G4453"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w property|strong="G3614"\w*, \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w proceeds|strong="G5092"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sales|strong="G4097"\w*,   
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\v 35 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lay|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles’ \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* distribution \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w*.   
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\v 36 Joses, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Levite|strong="G3019"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles \w called|strong="G1941"\w* Barnabas (meaning \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Encouragement|strong="G3874"\w*),   
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\v 37 \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* field \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w owned|strong="G5225"\w*, \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles’ \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Ananias, \w together|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Sapphira|strong="G4551"\w*, \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w piece|strong="G2933"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w property|strong="G2933"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w With|strong="G3844"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*’s full \w knowledge|strong="G4894"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G5087"\w* \w back|strong="G3557"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w proceeds|strong="G5092"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* himself, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w portion|strong="G3313"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles’ \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Ananias, \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w lie|strong="G5574"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* withhold \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w proceeds|strong="G5092"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w Did|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w disposal|strong="G1849"\w*? \w How|strong="G5101"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* conceive \w such|strong="G3778"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w deed|strong="G4229"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*? \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lied|strong="G5574"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!”   
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\v 5 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* hearing \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, Ananias \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G1634"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3501"\w* \w men|strong="G3501"\w* stepped forward, \w wrapped|strong="G4958"\w* \w up|strong="G4958"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* body, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1627"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w About|strong="G5613"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w hours|strong="G5610"\w* later \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w*, unaware \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.   
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\v 8 “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*,” \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w price|strong="G5118"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* husband got \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w land|strong="G5564"\w*?” “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*,” \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w price|strong="G5118"\w*.”   
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\v 9 “\w How|strong="G5101"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w agree|strong="G4856"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w test|strong="G3985"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?” \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* replied. “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* husband \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w carry|strong="G1627"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w At|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* instant \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G1634"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w men|strong="G3495"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \w finding|strong="G2147"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w carried|strong="G1627"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w beside|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* husband.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* events.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w performed|strong="G1096"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w accord|strong="G3661"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers gathered \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*’s Colonnade.   
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\v 13 \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* regarded \w them|strong="G3588"\w* highly, \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w else|strong="G3062"\w* \w dared|strong="G5111"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w join|strong="G2853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*—large numbers \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w streets|strong="G4113"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* cots \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mats|strong="G2895"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w least|strong="G2579"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*’s \w shadow|strong="G4639"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w fall|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Crowds|strong="G4128"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w around|strong="G4038"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w bringing|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G5342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* tormented \w by|strong="G5259"\w* unclean \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w associates|strong="G4862"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* party \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w*, \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w jealousy|strong="G2205"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*   
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\v 18 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* arrested \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w public|strong="G1219"\w* \w jail|strong="G5084"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w during|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w an|strong="G1161"\w* angel \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* opened \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* jail \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w brought|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,   
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\v 20 “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w*, \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w full|strong="G3956"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* new \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G3722"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w courts|strong="G4892"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* told \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w associates|strong="G4862"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* convened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*—\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G3956"\w* assembly \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* elders \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*—\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jail \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles.   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* arriving \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w officers|strong="G5257"\w* \w did|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* returned \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* report:   
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\v 23 “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jail securely \w locked|strong="G2808"\w*, \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w guards|strong="G5441"\w* posted \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w*; \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* opened \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w inside|strong="G2080"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w captain|strong="G4755"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* \w guard|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G4755"\w* priests heard \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w perplexed|strong="G1280"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w happening|strong="G1096"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* announced, “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* jail \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*!”   
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\v 26 \w At|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* point, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w captain|strong="G4755"\w* \w went|strong="G5119"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w officers|strong="G5257"\w* \w and|strong="G2992"\w* brought \w the|strong="G3588"\w* apostles—\w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G1438"\w* force, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w fear|strong="G5399"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w would|strong="G1438"\w* \w stone|strong="G3034"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*, \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest interrogated \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 28 “\w Did|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w give|strong="G3853"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w strict|strong="G3852"\w* \w orders|strong="G3853"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*?” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*. “\w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* determined \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4137"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* responsible \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’s blood.”   
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\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* apostles \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w obey|strong="G3980"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w rather|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* killed \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w tree|strong="G3586"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w exalted|strong="G5312"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* Prince \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Savior|strong="G4990"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w grant|strong="G1325"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* forgiveness \w of|strong="G2532"\w* sins \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w obey|strong="G3980"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 33 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Council members heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* enraged, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w resolved|strong="G1011"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w to|strong="G2532"\w* death.   
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\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Gamaliel|strong="G1059"\w*, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w teacher|strong="G3547"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3547"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* honored \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*.   
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\v 35 “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*,” \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “consider carefully \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w ago|strong="G4253"\w* \w Theudas|strong="G2333"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w claiming|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w somebody|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w four|strong="G5071"\w* \w hundred|strong="G5071"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* rallied \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* killed, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w dispersed|strong="G1262"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilean|strong="G1057"\w* appeared \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* census \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drew|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w many|strong="G3745"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* perished, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w scattered|strong="G1287"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w present|strong="G3568"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* advise \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: Leave \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w alone|strong="G1438"\w*. \w Let|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*! \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w purpose|strong="G1012"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* endeavor \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* human origin, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fail.   
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\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* stop \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w fighting|strong="G2314"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 40 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* yielded \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Gamaliel. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w flogged|strong="G1194"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G3853"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* released \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* apostles left \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*, \w rejoicing|strong="G5463"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been counted \w worthy|strong="G2661"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* suffering disgrace \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G4198"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w increasing|strong="G4129"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w number|strong="G4129"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Grecian Jews \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* grumble \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Hebraic Jews \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w overlooked|strong="G3865"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w daily|strong="G2250"\w* distribution \w of|strong="G2250"\w* food.   
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\v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* unacceptable \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w neglect|strong="G2641"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* order \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w wait|strong="G1247"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w tables|strong="G5132"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Therefore|strong="G1161"\w*, brothers, \w select|strong="G1980"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* confirmed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w*. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* assign \w this|strong="G3778"\w* responsibility \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*   
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\v 4 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w devote|strong="G4342"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w proposal|strong="G3056"\w* pleased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w group|strong="G4128"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w Prochorus|strong="G4402"\w*, \w Nicanor|strong="G3527"\w*, \w Timon|strong="G5096"\w*, \w Parmenas|strong="G3937"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nicolas|strong="G3532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w convert|strong="G4339"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Judaism.   
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\v 6 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* presented \w these|strong="G3739"\w* seven \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* spread. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w number|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* grew rapidly, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w number|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w became|strong="G5219"\w* \w obedient|strong="G5219"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* faith \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w performing|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* resistance arose \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Freedmen|strong="G3032"\w*, \w including|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyrenians|strong="G2956"\w*, Alexandrians, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* provinces \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w disputed|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w*,   
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\v 10 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2480"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* stand \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* prompted \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* heard Stephen \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* blasphemy \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stirred|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w scribes|strong="G1122"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w confronted|strong="G2186"\w* Stephen. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G4884"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*,   
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\v 13 \w where|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* presented \w false|strong="G5571"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* stops \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* blasphemies \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* holy \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* change \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w down|strong="G2647"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2516"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* intently \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Stephen, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel.   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* high priest \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* Stephen, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w* \w true|strong="G3779"\w*?”   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* Stephen declared: “Brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Mesopotamia|strong="G3318"\w*, \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Haran|strong="G5488"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w kindred|strong="G4772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.’   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* Abraham \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="G5466"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w settled|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Haran|strong="G5488"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2730"\w* \w brought|strong="G1093"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w inheritance|strong="G2817"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w foot|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* ground. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w possession|strong="G2697"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* land \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Abraham \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G5043"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w foreigners|strong="G3941"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* strange \w land|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w enslaved|strong="G1402"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mistreated|strong="G2559"\w* \w four|strong="G5071"\w* \w hundred|strong="G5071"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.   
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\v 7 ‘\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* enslaves \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,’ \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w afterward|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w forth|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.’   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* Abraham \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham \w became|strong="G1080"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G4061"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eighth|strong="G3590"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w became|strong="G1080"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w patriarchs|strong="G3966"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Because|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w patriarchs|strong="G3966"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w jealous|strong="G2206"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* slave \w into|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*   
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\v 10 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescued|strong="G1807"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w troubles|strong="G2347"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w granted|strong="G1325"\w* Joseph \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sight|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2525"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w suffering|strong="G2347"\w* swept \w across|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* land \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Canaan|strong="G5477"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w food|strong="G5527"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w our|strong="G1519"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* visit.   
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\v 13 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* visit, \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w revealed|strong="G5318"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* identity \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* brothers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w family|strong="G1085"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G5318"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4772"\w*, \w seventy-five|strong="G1440"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* bones \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Shechem|strong="G4966"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3418"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Abraham \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w bought|strong="G5608"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Hamor|strong="G1697"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Shechem|strong="G4966"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w price|strong="G5092"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* paid \w in|strong="G1722"\w* silver.   
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\v 17 \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w drew|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fulfill \w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham, \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt \w increased|strong="G4129"\w* greatly \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w number|strong="G4129"\w*.   
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\v 18 Then \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, arose.   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="G3778"\w* exploited \w our|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* oppressed \w our|strong="G1519"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w forcing|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* abandon \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w infants|strong="G1025"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* would die.   
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\v 20 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* beautiful \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sight|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w For|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* nurtured \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w outside|strong="G1620"\w*, \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*’s \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w educated|strong="G3811"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Egyptians \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1415"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w speech|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w action|strong="G2041"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Moses \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w forty|strong="G5063"\w* \w years|strong="G5063"\w* \w old|strong="G5550"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* decided \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w visit|strong="G1980"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* brothers, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* mistreated, \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* defense \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w avenged|strong="G1557"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w striking|strong="G3960"\w* \w down|strong="G3960"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Egyptian \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* oppressing \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* assumed \w his|strong="G1223"\w* brothers \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* using \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w deliver|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w upon|strong="G1519"\w* two Israelites \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w fighting|strong="G3164"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* urged \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* brothers. \w Why|strong="G2444"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* mistreating \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*?’   
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\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* abusing \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w neighbor|strong="G4139"\w* pushed Moses aside \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w made|strong="G2525"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G1348"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?   
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\v 28 \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* killed \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Egyptian \w yesterday|strong="G5504"\w*?’   
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\v 29 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w remark|strong="G3056"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w fled|strong="G5343"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Midian|strong="G3099"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* foreigner \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G4137"\w*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* flames \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w burning|strong="G4442"\w* bush \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w near|strong="G1722"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w marveled|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G2296"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sight|strong="G3705"\w*. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* \w closely|strong="G2657"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*:   
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\v 32 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*.’ \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w trembled|strong="G1790"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w fear|strong="G1790"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dare|strong="G5111"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G2657"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="G3089"\w* \w off|strong="G3089"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* holy \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w oppression|strong="G2561"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w My|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w groaning|strong="G4726"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w deliver|strong="G1807"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w come|strong="G1204"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt.’   
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\v 35 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* rejected \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G2525"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G1348"\w*?’ \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* redeemer \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bush.   
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\v 36 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w performed|strong="G4160"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Red|strong="G2063"\w* \w Sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Israelites, ‘\w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w raise|strong="G2316"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* brothers.’   
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\v 38 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pass|strong="G1096"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w obey|strong="G5255"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Instead, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* rejected \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt.   
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\v 40 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Aaron, ‘\w Make|strong="G4160"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w go|strong="G4313"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*! \w As|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.’   
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\v 41 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1565"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w calf|strong="G3447"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* offered \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w idol|strong="G1497"\w*, \w rejoicing|strong="G2165"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w away|strong="G4762"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w host|strong="G4756"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*: ‘\w Did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offerings|strong="G4374"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*, O \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*?   
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\v 43 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* taken \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Molech \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* star \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w* \w Remphan|strong="G4481"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* idols \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* send \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w into|strong="G4160"\w* exile \w beyond|strong="G1900"\w* Babylon.’   
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\v 44 \w Our|strong="G1722"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Testimony|strong="G3142"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*. \w It|strong="G4160"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* constructed exactly \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w directed|strong="G1299"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pattern|strong="G5179"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w*.   
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\v 45 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w received|strong="G1237"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* dispossessed \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w drove|strong="G1856"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* remained \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*,   
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\v 46 \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sight|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* provide \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w dwelling|strong="G4638"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*.   
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\v 47 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1161"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w* \w who|strong="G4672"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* Him.   
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\v 48 However, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Most|strong="G5310"\w* \w High|strong="G5310"\w* \w does|strong="G2730"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dwell|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* temples \w made|strong="G5499"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w human|strong="G5499"\w* \w hands|strong="G5499"\w*. \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*:   
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\v 49 ‘\w Heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w footstool|strong="G5286"\w*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w kind|strong="G4169"\w* \w of|strong="G3624"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w where|strong="G5117"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w of|strong="G3624"\w* \w repose|strong="G2663"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w*?   
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\v 50 \w Has|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*?’   
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\v 51 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w stiff-necked|strong="G4644"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* uncircumcised \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* always resist \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 52 \w Which|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w fail|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w persecute|strong="G1377"\w*? \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w foretold|strong="G4293"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w One|strong="G3739"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w His|strong="G4012"\w* \w betrayers|strong="G4273"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w murderers|strong="G5406"\w*—   
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\v 53 \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w ordained|strong="G1296"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* angels, \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w kept|strong="G5442"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 54 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* hearing \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* members \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Sanhedrin \w were|strong="G3588"\w* enraged, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gnashed|strong="G1031"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 55 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Stephen, \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* intently \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 56 “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* open \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Man|strong="G5207"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 57 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w covered|strong="G4912"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, \w cried|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 58 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* dragged \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3036"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Meanwhile \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w laid|strong="G3144"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w garments|strong="G2440"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G3494"\w* \w named|strong="G2564"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.   
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\v 59 \w While|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w stoning|strong="G3036"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w receive|strong="G1209"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”   
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\v 60 \w Falling|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w knees|strong="G1119"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w hold|strong="G2476"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* sin \w against|strong="G3361"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G2837"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2837"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, giving \w approval|strong="G4909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Stephen’s death. \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w persecution|strong="G1375"\w* broke \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w except|strong="G4133"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w scattered|strong="G1289"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*.   
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\v 2 God-fearing \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w buried|strong="G4792"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* mourned deeply \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* destroy \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*. \w Going|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been \w scattered|strong="G1289"\w* \w preached|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* wherever \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* paid close \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*’s message \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w With|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w shrieks|strong="G5456"\w*, unclean \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w possessed|strong="G2192"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Prior|strong="G4391"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* practiced \w sorcery|strong="G3096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w astounded|strong="G1839"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w claimed|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*,   
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\v 10 \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w least|strong="G3398"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w greatest|strong="G3173"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* heeded \w his|strong="G3956"\w* words \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* paid close \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w astounded|strong="G1839"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* sorcery.   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w himself|strong="G1839"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* baptized. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* closely \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w astounded|strong="G1839"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w observed|strong="G2334"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w On|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* arrival, \w they|strong="G3748"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G2983"\w* \w to|strong="G2597"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2983"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w fallen|strong="G1968"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*; \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w simply|strong="G3440"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* baptized \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w laying|strong="G1936"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles’ \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w*.   
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\v 19 “\w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* well,” \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w May|strong="G2316"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* silver perish \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* buy \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w money|strong="G5536"\w*!   
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\v 21 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w part|strong="G3310"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w share|strong="G3310"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* ministry, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G2117"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sight|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Repent|strong="G3340"\w*, \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w wickedness|strong="G2549"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. Perhaps \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* intent \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* poisoned \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w bitterness|strong="G4088"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* captive \w to|strong="G1519"\w* iniquity.”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w may|strong="G3004"\w* \w happen|strong="G1904"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2097"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w testified|strong="G1263"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaritan|strong="G4541"\w* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w angel|strong="G2597"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w south|strong="G3314"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Gaza|strong="G1048"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G4198"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* Ethiopian \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w court|strong="G1413"\w* \w official|strong="G1413"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w charge|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w treasury|strong="G1047"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Candace|strong="G2582"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* queen \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Ethiopians. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gone|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w*,   
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\v 28 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w return|strong="G5290"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* chariot reading \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4151"\w* over \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* chariot \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 30 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* reading \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*. “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* reading?” \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 31 “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*,” \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w guides|strong="G3594"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?” \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w invited|strong="G3870"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* come \w up|strong="G3361"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* eunuch \w was|strong="G1510"\w* reading \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w passage|strong="G4042"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w*: “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* led \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w slaughter|strong="G4967"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* lamb \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shearer|strong="G2751"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* silent, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* open \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w humiliation|strong="G5014"\w* \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* deprived \w of|strong="G1093"\w* \w justice|strong="G2920"\w*. \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* can recount \w His|strong="G1722"\w* descendants? \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* removed \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.”   
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\v 34 “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*,” \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w*, “\w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*, \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2228"\w*?”   
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\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w here|strong="G2400"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*! \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w prevent|strong="G2967"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* baptized?”   
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\v 37    
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\v 38 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w orders|strong="G2753"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stop|strong="G2476"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* chariot. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* baptized \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eunuch|strong="G2135"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="G5463"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* appeared \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Azotus \w and|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* region, \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w breathing|strong="G1709"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* murderous threats \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest   
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\v 2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* requested \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w belonging|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* Saul \w drew|strong="G1161"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w journey|strong="G4198"\w*, \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w flashed|strong="G4015"\w* \w around|strong="G4015"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w persecute|strong="G1377"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w*?”   
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\v 5 “\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?” Saul \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*. “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w persecuting|strong="G1377"\w*,” \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 6 “\w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* traveling \w with|strong="G3588"\w* Saul \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w speechless|strong="G1769"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* opened \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* see \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w thing|strong="G3762"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w led|strong="G5496"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w For|strong="G2532"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* sight, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Ananias. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*, “Ananias!” “\w Here|strong="G2400"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 11 “\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*!” \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w Street|strong="G4505"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Ananias \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G2007"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* restore \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w sight|strong="G3705"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Ananias answered, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4160"\w* \w have|strong="G3745"\w* told \w me|strong="G4160"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w harm|strong="G2556"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Your|strong="G2962"\w* saints \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w to|strong="G2532"\w* arrest \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w call|strong="G1941"\w* \w on|strong="G1941"\w* \w Your|strong="G2192"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.”   
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\v 15 “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w*!” \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1589"\w* \w instrument|strong="G4632"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* carry \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w show|strong="G5263"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G3745"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Ananias \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*. “Brother \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*, \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w At|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* instant, \w something|strong="G3788"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w scales|strong="G3013"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Saul’s \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w sight|strong="G3788"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* restored. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* got \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* baptized,   
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\v 19 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w taking|strong="G2983"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* regained \w his|strong="G1722"\w* strength. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* Saul \w spent|strong="G1096"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.   
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\v 20 Saul promptly began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2784"\w* Christ \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*, declaring, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w astounded|strong="G1839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “Isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* wreaked havoc \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* hasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests?”   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* empowered \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w confounded|strong="G4797"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w proving|strong="G4822"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w passed|strong="G4137"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* conspired \w to|strong="G1161"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,   
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\v 24 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w learned|strong="G1097"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w plot|strong="G1917"\w*. \w Day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w watched|strong="G3906"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w gates|strong="G4439"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w however|strong="G1161"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w lowered|strong="G2524"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w basket|strong="G4711"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* window \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wall|strong="G5038"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Saul \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w join|strong="G2853"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believing|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w described|strong="G1334"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* Saul \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* Saul \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* city \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Saul \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w moving|strong="G1531"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w freely|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w debated|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Grecian Jews, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G4314"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w learned|strong="G1921"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w off|strong="G1821"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w experienced|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* time \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* grew \w in|strong="G2596"\w* strength \w and|strong="G2532"\w* numbers, \w living|strong="G3618"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouragement|strong="G3874"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* traveled \w throughout|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* area, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* visit \w the|strong="G2532"\w* saints \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Aeneas \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w bedridden|strong="G2621"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w eight|strong="G3638"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.   
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\v 34 “Aeneas,” \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w heals|strong="G2390"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! \w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* away \w your|strong="G2532"\w* mat.” \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* Aeneas got \w up|strong="G2532"\w*,   
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\v 35 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sharon|strong="G4565"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3102"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w* (\w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w translated|strong="G1329"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w Dorcas|strong="G1393"\w*), \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* always occupied \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* kindness \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w charity|strong="G1654"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w however|strong="G1161"\w*, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* sick \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* body \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* \w upper|strong="G5253"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w Since|strong="G3754"\w* \w Lydda|strong="G3069"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, hearing \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, sent \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w delay|strong="G3635"\w*.”   
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\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* got \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* arrival, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w upper|strong="G5253"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* around \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w weeping|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w showing|strong="G1925"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tunics|strong="G5509"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2440"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Dorcas|strong="G1393"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* room. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1119"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turning|strong="G1994"\w* \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G3708"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tabitha|strong="G5000"\w*, \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*!” \w She|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w her|strong="G3708"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seeing|strong="G3708"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G4074"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w by|strong="G3936"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* saints \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G3306"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w tanner|strong="G1038"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Italian|strong="G2483"\w* Regiment.   
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\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w devout|strong="G2152"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God-fearing|strong="G5399"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* generously \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G1189"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w regularly|strong="G1223"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ninth|strong="G1766"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* clear \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*!”   
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\v 4 Cornelius stared \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* fear \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2962"\w* \w prayers|strong="G4335"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* poor \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w ascended|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w memorial|strong="G3422"\w* \w offering|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w call|strong="G1941"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w tanner|strong="G1038"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* gone, \w Cornelius|strong="G5455"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w servants|strong="G3610"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w devout|strong="G2152"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w among|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w attendants|strong="G4342"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w explained|strong="G1834"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sixth|strong="G1623"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*, \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w approaching|strong="G1448"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w journey|strong="G3596"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w roof|strong="G1430"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w hungry|strong="G4361"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* something \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G1089"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meal \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w prepared|strong="G3903"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w trance|strong="G1611"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* open \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* \w sheet|strong="G3607"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2524"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, bound \w at|strong="G1909"\w* its \w four|strong="G5064"\w* corners.   
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\v 12 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* contained \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w four-footed|strong="G5074"\w* \w animals|strong="G5074"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w wild|strong="G2532"\w* \w beasts|strong="G5074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reptiles|strong="G2062"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w air|strong="G3772"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*: “\w Get|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!”   
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\v 14 “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*!” \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*. “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w eaten|strong="G5315"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w impure|strong="G2839"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w unclean|strong="G2839"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* spoke \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*: “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w call|strong="G2532"\w* anything impure \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w clean|strong="G2511"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sheet \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* puzzling \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* meaning \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* sent \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w found|strong="G1510"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w approached|strong="G2186"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G4441"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w called|strong="G5455"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w staying|strong="G3579"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* continued \w to|strong="G3004"\w* reflect \w on|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="G2400"\w*, \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G4198"\w*! \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w downstairs|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompany|strong="G4198"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w without|strong="G3367"\w* \w hesitation|strong="G1252"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Here|strong="G2400"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w*. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w*?”   
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\v 22 “\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*,” \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God-fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w reputation|strong="G3140"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* holy angel instructed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* request \w your|strong="G3650"\w* presence \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w invited|strong="G1528"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* guests. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w following|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* arrived \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4779"\w* \w together|strong="G4779"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* close \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w*, \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w helped|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. “\w Stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G4926"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* inside \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* unlawful \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w associate|strong="G2853"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* foreigner \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w visit|strong="G4334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w shown|strong="G1166"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w* \w impure|strong="G2839"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w unclean|strong="G2839"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* invited, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* objection. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G4441"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”   
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\v 30 \w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w* \w answered|strong="G5346"\w*: “\w Four|strong="G5067"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* ago \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* fasting \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ninth|strong="G1766"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*. \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* radiant \w clothing|strong="G2066"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*   
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\v 31 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, ‘\w Cornelius|strong="G2883"\w*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1522"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* poor \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* guest \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tanner|strong="G1038"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* arrives.’   
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\v 33 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w immediately|strong="G1824"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w enough|strong="G2573"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G3854"\w*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w presence|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* instructed \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G3568"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w began|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w*: “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w truly|strong="G1909"\w* \w understand|strong="G2638"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w show|strong="G4381"\w* favoritism,   
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\v 35 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* welcomes \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w fear|strong="G5399"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G2424"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w proclaiming|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, beginning \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* baptism \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2784"\w*:   
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\v 38 \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w anointed|strong="G5548"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* around \w doing|strong="G1330"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healing|strong="G2390"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w oppressed|strong="G2616"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G5561"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* death \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tree|strong="G3586"\w*,   
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\v 40 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w seen|strong="G1717"\w*—   
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\v 41 \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G3144"\w* \w beforehand|strong="G4401"\w*, \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drank|strong="G4844"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w testify|strong="G1263"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G3724"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w receives|strong="G2983"\w* forgiveness \w of|strong="G1223"\w* sins \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w His|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.”   
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\v 44 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w fell|strong="G1968"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.   
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\v 45 \w All|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w believers|strong="G4103"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w astounded|strong="G1839"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w poured|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.   
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\v 46 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w exalting|strong="G3170"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*,   
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\v 47 “\w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w withhold|strong="G2967"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* baptize \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2983"\w*? \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*!”   
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\v 48 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G4367"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w stay|strong="G1961"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* soon \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G4074"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* believers \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w issue|strong="G1252"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*   
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\v 3 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* visited uncircumcised men \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w explained|strong="G1620"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* whole \w sequence|strong="G2517"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* events:   
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\v 5 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w trance|strong="G1611"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* \w sheet|strong="G3607"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w let|strong="G2524"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w its|strong="G1537"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* corners, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* right \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w closely|strong="G2657"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w four-footed|strong="G5074"\w* \w animals|strong="G5074"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w wild|strong="G2342"\w* \w beasts|strong="G2342"\w*, \w reptiles|strong="G2062"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w air|strong="G3772"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.’   
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\v 8 ‘\w No|strong="G3754"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,’ \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3763"\w* \w impure|strong="G2839"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w unclean|strong="G2839"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*.’   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* spoke \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w me|strong="G2511"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w call|strong="G2840"\w* anything impure \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w clean|strong="G2511"\w*.’   
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\v 10 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w was|strong="G1096"\w* drawn \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* stopped \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* staying.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w accompany|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w without|strong="G3367"\w* \w hesitation|strong="G1252"\w*. \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w six|strong="G1803"\w* brothers \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*’s \w home|strong="G3624"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Send|strong="G3343"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joppa|strong="G2445"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* convey \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.’   
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\v 15 \w As|strong="G5618"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w began|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w fell|strong="G1968"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w fallen|strong="G1968"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* beginning.   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptized \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.’   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2470"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hinder|strong="G2967"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* work \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*?”   
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\v 18 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* further objections, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorified|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w granted|strong="G1325"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w unto|strong="G3004"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.”   
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\v 19 Meanwhile \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w scattered|strong="G1289"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w persecution|strong="G2347"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* traveled \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w far|strong="G2193"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w*, \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch, \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2953"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w*, \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w*, \w proclaiming|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* number \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w news|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w reached|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch.   
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\v 23 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* abide \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*.   
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\v 24 Barnabas \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2425"\w* man, \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w number|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w brought|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* look \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*,   
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\v 26 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w full|strong="G1722"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w large|strong="G2425"\w* \w numbers|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w called|strong="G5537"\w* \w Christians|strong="G5546"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch.   
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\v 27 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch.   
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\v 28 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Agabus \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* predicted \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* sweep \w across|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*. (\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w under|strong="G1909"\w* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* Caesar.)   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w according|strong="G1538"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w ability|strong="G2141"\w*, \w decided|strong="G3724"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w relief|strong="G1248"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* brothers \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, sending \w their|strong="G2532"\w* gifts \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w About|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*, \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* reached \w out|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w harm|strong="G2559"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* brother \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, put \w to|strong="G1161"\w* death \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w seeing|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w* \w proceeded|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* during \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Feast \w of|strong="G2250"\w* Unleavened Bread.   
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\v 4 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* arrested \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w handing|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w guarded|strong="G5442"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w squads|strong="G5069"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w each|strong="G3326"\w*. \w Herod|strong="G1014"\w* \w intended|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G4335"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w bring|strong="G4254"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* trial, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2837"\w* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* \w with|strong="G1210"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w*, \w with|strong="G1210"\w* sentries standing \w guard|strong="G5083"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w entrance|strong="G2374"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w shone|strong="G2989"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cell|strong="G3612"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* tapped \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w side|strong="G4125"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w woke|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5034"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* chains \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G1601"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w wrists|strong="G5495"\w*.   
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\v 8 “\w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w dressed|strong="G4016"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w sandals|strong="G4547"\w*,” \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel. \w Peter|strong="G3779"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Wrap|strong="G4016"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloak|strong="G2440"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w followed|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w unaware|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* real. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w seeing|strong="G1492"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w guards|strong="G5438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w iron|strong="G4603"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w* \w leading|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* opened \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* itself. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gone|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w the|strong="G2532"\w* length \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* block, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel suddenly \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w sure|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w His|strong="G1438"\w* angel \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescued|strong="G1807"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w grasp|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* anticipating.”   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G4894"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4867"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*.   
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\v 13 Peter \w knocked|strong="G2925"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* outer \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* girl \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Rhoda|strong="G4498"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w answer|strong="G5219"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*’s \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* overjoyed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* forgot \w to|strong="G2532"\w* open \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w ran|strong="G1532"\w* inside \w and|strong="G2532"\w* announced, “\w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w*!”   
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\v 15 “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w mind|strong="G3105"\w*,” \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G2192"\w* \w insisting|strong="G1340"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* angel.”   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w knocking|strong="G2925"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* door \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w astounded|strong="G1839"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w silence|strong="G4601"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w described|strong="G1334"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1806"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. “Send \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G2250"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w small|strong="G3641"\w* commotion \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w searched|strong="G1934"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* unsuccessfully, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* examined \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w guards|strong="G5441"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* executed. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spent|strong="G1304"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1304"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* furious dispute \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4606"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* convened \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Having|strong="G2532"\w* secured \w the|strong="G2532"\w* support \w of|strong="G1223"\w* Blastus, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w chamberlain|strong="G1909"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w* depended \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w country|strong="G5561"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* food.   
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\v 21 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5002"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* donned \w his|strong="G1438"\w* royal \w robes|strong="G2066"\w*, \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* throne, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* addressed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w shout|strong="G2019"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w*!”   
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\v 23 \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* Herod \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w struck|strong="G3960"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G3960"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w eaten|strong="G4662"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w worms|strong="G4662"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G1634"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* spread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w multiply|strong="G4129"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w mission|strong="G1248"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w*, bringing \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w certain|strong="G2596"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teachers|strong="G1320"\w*: Barnabas, \w Simeon|strong="G4826"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Niger|strong="G3526"\w*, \w Lucius|strong="G3066"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w*, \w Manaen|strong="G3127"\w* (\w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tetrarch|strong="G5076"\w*), \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* worshiping \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fasting|strong="G3522"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Set|strong="G2532"\w* apart \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w fasted|strong="G3522"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* off.   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G5037"\w* Saul, \w sent|strong="G1599"\w* \w forth|strong="G1519"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w went|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Seleucia|strong="G4581"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* sailed \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Salamis|strong="G4529"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w helper|strong="G5257"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paphos|strong="G3974"\w*, \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w sorcerer|strong="G3097"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w false|strong="G5578"\w* \w prophet|strong="G5578"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Bar-Jesus,   
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\v 7 \w an|strong="G2532"\w* attendant \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* proconsul, \w Sergius|strong="G4588"\w* \w Paulus|strong="G3972"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* proconsul, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w intelligence|strong="G4908"\w*, \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Elymas|strong="G1681"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sorcerer|strong="G3097"\w* (\w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2212"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w means|strong="G3177"\w*) opposed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w turn|strong="G1294"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* proconsul \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4569"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3972"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* directly \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Elymas   
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\v 10 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w O|strong="G5599"\w* \w child|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w enemy|strong="G2190"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w deceit|strong="G1388"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trickery! \w Will|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3973"\w* \w perverting|strong="G1294"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w ways|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?   
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\v 11 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w unable|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G4098"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w*.” \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* mist \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* groped \w about|strong="G1909"\w*, \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* someone \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w lead|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* proconsul \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1605"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* setting sail \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Paphos|strong="G3974"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w return|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* traveled inland \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pisidian|strong="G4099"\w* Antioch, \w where|strong="G1330"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* reading \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* synagogue \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*: “Brothers, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w encouragement|strong="G3874"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, please \w speak|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w*: “\w Men|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* Gentiles \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w fear|strong="G5399"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*!   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w stay|strong="G3940"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w uplifted|strong="G5308"\w* \w arm|strong="G1023"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* endured \w their|strong="G1438"\w* conduct \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w forty|strong="G5063"\w* \w years|strong="G5063"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* vanquished \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Canaan|strong="G5477"\w*, \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w inheritance|strong="G2624"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 450 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w judges|strong="G2923"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* asked \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Kish|strong="G2797"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Benjamin, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* ruled \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* removing Saul, \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesse|strong="G2421"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w My|strong="G3956"\w* own \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*; \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w carry|strong="G4160"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w its|strong="G3956"\w* entirety.’   
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\v 23 \w From|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* brought \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* salvation, \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Before|strong="G4253"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* arrival \w of|strong="G3956"\w* Jesus, \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w preached|strong="G4296"\w* \w a|strong="G2474"\w* baptism \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w completing|strong="G4137"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w course|strong="G1408"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w suppose|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w One|strong="G3739"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worthy \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w untie|strong="G3089"\w*.’   
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\v 26 Brothers, \w children|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* Abraham, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* Gentiles \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w fear|strong="G5399"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* rulers \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* recognize \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w condemning|strong="G2919"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* read \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* ground \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* sentence, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w Him|strong="G2532"\w* executed.   
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\v 29 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w carried|strong="G5055"\w* \w out|strong="G5055"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G2507"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w tree|strong="G3586"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*,   
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\v 31 \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G1510"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G4314"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w*: \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*   
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\v 33 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G1603"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* raising \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w Psalm|strong="G5568"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*; \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G1080"\w*.’   
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\v 34 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w fact|strong="G3754"\w*, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w raised|strong="G3498"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w never|strong="G3371"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w holy|strong="G3741"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sure|strong="G4103"\w* blessings promised \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*.’   
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\v 35 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* Psalm: ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G3741"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*.’   
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\v 36 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G5256"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w purpose|strong="G1012"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w generation|strong="G1074"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G2837"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2837"\w*. \w His|strong="G2398"\w* body \w was|strong="G3588"\w* buried \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* dead \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w decay|strong="G1312"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, brothers, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* forgiveness \w of|strong="G1223"\w* sins \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w Through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w justified|strong="G1344"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w justified|strong="G1344"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*.   
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\v 40 Watch out, \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w happen|strong="G1904"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*:   
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\v 41 ‘\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w scoffers|strong="G2707"\w*, \w wonder|strong="G2296"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* perish! \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w doing|strong="G2038"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.’”   
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\v 42 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaving|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* synagogue, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Gentiles \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w to|strong="G1519"\w* continue \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G3342"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*.   
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\v 43 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dismissed, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w devout|strong="G4576"\w* converts \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Judaism \w followed|strong="G3982"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* spoke \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* urged \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 44 \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* following \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*, \w nearly|strong="G4975"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* hear \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 45 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w jealousy|strong="G2205"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* blasphemously opposed \w and|strong="G2532"\w* contradicted \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w*.   
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\v 46 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w*: “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* necessary \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w since|strong="G1894"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* reject \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w consider|strong="G2919"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G3056"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G4762"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.   
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\v 47 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w made|strong="G5087"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ends|strong="G2078"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.’”   
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\v 48 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w heard|strong="G1484"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorified|strong="G1392"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5021"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*.   
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\v 49 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w spread|strong="G1308"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w*.   
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\v 50 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w however|strong="G1161"\w*, \w incited|strong="G3951"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w religious|strong="G4576"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w prominence|strong="G2158"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w leading|strong="G4413"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stirred|strong="G2453"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w persecution|strong="G1375"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drove|strong="G1544"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w district|strong="G3725"\w*.   
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\v 51 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w shook|strong="G1621"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w off|strong="G1621"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* protest \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*.   
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\v 52 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* usual \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*, \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w number|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* unbelieving \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w stirred|strong="G2453"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w poisoned|strong="G2559"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w minds|strong="G5590"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers.   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w spent|strong="G1304"\w* \w considerable|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w speaking|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* affirmed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w His|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* enabling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w perform|strong="G1325"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w divided|strong="G4977"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w sided|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w together|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* rulers, \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w mistreat|strong="G5195"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3036"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4066"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fled|strong="G2703"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Lycaonian \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w surrounding|strong="G4066"\w* \w region|strong="G4066"\w*,   
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\v 7 where \w they|strong="G1510"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2097"\w* \w preach|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2097"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* crippled \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w birth|strong="G2836"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* intently \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, “Stand \w up|strong="G3717"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*!” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man jumped \w up|strong="G3717"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w lifted|strong="G1869"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w their|strong="G3708"\w* \w voices|strong="G5456"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w Lycaonian|strong="G3072"\w* \w language|strong="G5456"\w*: “\w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* human \w form|strong="G3666"\w*!”   
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\v 12 Barnabas \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Zeus|strong="G2203"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Hermes|strong="G2060"\w*, \w because|strong="G1894"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w chief|strong="G2233"\w* \w speaker|strong="G3056"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Zeus|strong="G2203"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* temple \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w outside|strong="G4253"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wreaths \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w gates|strong="G4440"\w*, hoping \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G2380"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2380"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tore|strong="G1284"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushed|strong="G1530"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*,   
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\v 15 “\w Men|strong="G3956"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*, human \w like|strong="G3663"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w bringing|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w worthless|strong="G3152"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w past|strong="G3944"\w* \w generations|strong="G1074"\w*, \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* own \w way|strong="G3598"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* left \w Himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* testimony \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w His|strong="G1438"\w* goodness: \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w rain|strong="G5205"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fruitful|strong="G2593"\w* \w seasons|strong="G2540"\w*, \w filling|strong="G1705"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gladness|strong="G2167"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w hardly|strong="G3433"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* sacrificing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* arrived \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w won|strong="G3982"\w* \w over|strong="G3982"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stoned|strong="G3034"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w presuming|strong="G3543"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G2944"\w* \w around|strong="G2944"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* Barnabas \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3100"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3100"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w*, \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch,   
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\v 22 \w strengthening|strong="G1991"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w souls|strong="G5590"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraging|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w continue|strong="G1696"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* endure \w many|strong="G4183"\w* hardships \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,” \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Barnabas \w appointed|strong="G5500"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w fasting|strong="G3521"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w entrusted|strong="G4100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w passing|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Pisidia|strong="G4099"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Perga|strong="G4011"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Attalia.   
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\v 26 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* Attalia \w they|strong="G3588"\w* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch, \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w commended|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w just|strong="G3739"\w* \w completed|strong="G4137"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w through|strong="G3745"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w spent|strong="G1304"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers, “\w Unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w according|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w custom|strong="G1485"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”   
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\v 2 \w Therefore|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* engaging \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* sharp \w debate|strong="G2214"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5021"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* believers, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w question|strong="G2213"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G4311"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G4311"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w*, recounting \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w conversion|strong="G1995"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bringing|strong="G4160"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers.   
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\v 4 \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* arrival \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* welcomed \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w through|strong="G3745"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* party \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w declared|strong="G3754"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* Gentiles \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* required \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w obey|strong="G5083"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w into|strong="G4863"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w matter|strong="G3056"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w debate|strong="G2214"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Brothers, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* early \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w choice|strong="G1586"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* hear \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w lips|strong="G4750"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w knows|strong="G2589"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2589"\w*, showed \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w approval|strong="G3140"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1252"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w distinction|strong="G1252"\w* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w cleansed|strong="G2511"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w test|strong="G3985"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w placing|strong="G2007"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w necks|strong="G5137"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w yoke|strong="G2218"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w neither|strong="G3777"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* bear?   
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\v 11 \w On|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w contrary|strong="G2596"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*, \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w assembly|strong="G4128"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w silent|strong="G4601"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* describing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* finished \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* declared, “Brothers, listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!   
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\v 14 \w Simon|strong="G4826"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w visited|strong="G1980"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w His|strong="G2983"\w* own.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w agree|strong="G4856"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*:   
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\v 16 ‘\w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* return \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rebuild \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fallen|strong="G4098"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*. Its \w ruins|strong="G2690"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* rebuild, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* restore \w it|strong="G2532"\w*,   
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\v 17 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* remnant \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w seek|strong="G1567"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*, \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.’   
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\v 18 \w Known|strong="G1110"\w* for ages \w to|strong="G1110"\w* God are all His works.   
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\v 19 \w It|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2919"\w*, \w therefore|strong="G1352"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1352"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w cause|strong="G1352"\w* \w trouble|strong="G3926"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w turning|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 20 Instead, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w write|strong="G1989"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2532"\w* food polluted \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w idols|strong="G1497"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w sexual|strong="G4202"\w* \w immorality|strong="G4202"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w meat|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w strangled|strong="G4156"\w* animals, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* blood.   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2784"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* ancient \w times|strong="G1074"\w* \w and|strong="G4172"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* read \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*, \w decided|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w select|strong="G1586"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* Barsabbas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, two \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* brothers,   
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\v 23 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w*: \w The|strong="G2532"\w* apostles, \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* brothers, \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Antioch, \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*: \w Greetings|strong="G5463"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w our|strong="G1537"\w* attention \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w without|strong="G3756"\w* \w our|strong="G1537"\w* authorization \w and|strong="G3056"\w* unsettled \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, troubling \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w minds|strong="G5590"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* circumcised \w and|strong="G3056"\w* keep \w the|strong="G1537"\w* law.   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* agreed \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* beloved Barnabas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*,   
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\v 26 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w risked|strong="G3860"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sending \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* writing.   
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\v 28 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w seemed|strong="G1380"\w* \w good|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* burden \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w beyond|strong="G4119"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* essential requirements:   
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\v 29 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* must abstain \w from|strong="G1537"\w* food \w sacrificed|strong="G1494"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w idols|strong="G1494"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* blood, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meat \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w strangled|strong="G4156"\w* animals, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w sexual|strong="G4202"\w* \w immorality|strong="G4202"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* avoid \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Farewell|strong="G4517"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* off \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w assembled|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w congregation|strong="G4128"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w delivered|strong="G1929"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* read \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* its encouraging message.   
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\v 32 \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w encourage|strong="G3870"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* strengthen \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers.   
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\v 33 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* spending \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sent off \w by|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* brothers \w in|strong="G4314"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* return \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostles.   
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\v 35 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Barnabas \w remained|strong="G1304"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Antioch, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w*, \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Barnabas, “\w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w back|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w visit|strong="G1980"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* brothers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* doing.”   
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\v 37 Barnabas \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G4838"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* thought \w it|strong="G2532"\w* best \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G4838"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* deserted \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w Their|strong="G1438"\w* \w disagreement|strong="G3948"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w sharp|strong="G3948"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* parted company. Barnabas \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Mark|strong="G3138"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sailed|strong="G1602"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w*,   
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\v 40 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w chose|strong="G1951"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w*, \w commended|strong="G3860"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* brothers \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2962"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w strengthening|strong="G1991"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w came|strong="G2658"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1191"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w believing|strong="G4103"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* brothers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lystra|strong="G3082"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Iconium|strong="G2430"\w* spoke \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* Timothy \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompany|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w account|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* area, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w delivered|strong="G3860"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* decisions \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w down|strong="G3860"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5442"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w strengthened|strong="G4732"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grew \w daily|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* numbers.   
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\v 6 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w prevented|strong="G2967"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* province \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1054"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* border \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Mysia|strong="G3465"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G3756"\w* Bithynia, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w would|strong="G1439"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w permit|strong="G1439"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w Mysia|strong="G3465"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w During|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleading|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1510"\w* \w over|strong="G1224"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* ready \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w concluding|strong="G4822"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w us|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w preach|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* sailed \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w* \w straight|strong="G2113"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samothrace|strong="G4543"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w following|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Neapolis|strong="G3501"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Roman \w colony|strong="G2862"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w leading|strong="G4413"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w district|strong="G3310"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w On|strong="G2523"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w river|strong="G4215"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* customary \w to|strong="G2532"\w* find \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G4335"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Among|strong="G5259"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* listening \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Lydia|strong="G3070"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dealer \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w purple|strong="G4211"\w* cloth \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w Thyatira|strong="G2363"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshiper|strong="G4576"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w opened|strong="G1272"\w* \w her|strong="G5259"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w respond|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* message.   
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\v 15 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* baptized, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w consider|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w believer|strong="G4103"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* persuaded \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w met|strong="G5221"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* slave girl \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w divination|strong="G4436"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* earned \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* income \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w masters|strong="G2962"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w fortune-telling|strong="G3132"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* girl \w followed|strong="G2628"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Most|strong="G5310"\w* \w High|strong="G5310"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*!”   
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\v 18 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. Eventually \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* grew \w so|strong="G2532"\w* aggravated \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, “\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w command|strong="G3853"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w her|strong="G4160"\w*!” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w her|strong="G4160"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w moment|strong="G5610"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* girl’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w owners|strong="G2962"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* money \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w gone|strong="G1831"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G1670"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* authorities \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* marketplace.   
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\v 20 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G4317"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w throwing|strong="G1613"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w into|strong="G2453"\w* turmoil   
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\v 21 \w by|strong="G2532"\w* promoting \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* unlawful \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* adopt \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w practice|strong="G4160"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* joined \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* attack \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* stripped \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beaten|strong="G4463"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w rods|strong="G4463"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w after|strong="G5037"\w* striking \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w blows|strong="G4127"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* threw \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w ordered|strong="G3853"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w jailer|strong="G1200"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w guard|strong="G5083"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* securely.   
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\v 24 \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w receiving|strong="G2983"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* order, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* placed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w inner|strong="G2082"\w* cell \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fastened \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stocks|strong="G3586"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w About|strong="G2596"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3317"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w singing|strong="G5214"\w* \w hymns|strong="G5214"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1198"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w listening|strong="G1874"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 26 Suddenly \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w strong|strong="G3173"\w* \w earthquake|strong="G4578"\w* \w shook|strong="G4531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w foundations|strong="G2310"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G1201"\w*. \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w once|strong="G3916"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* flew open \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*’s \w chains|strong="G1199"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* loose.   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w jailer|strong="G1200"\w* woke \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w doors|strong="G2374"\w* open, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w drew|strong="G4685"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, \w presuming|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1198"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w escaped|strong="G1628"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G5456"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4238"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w harm|strong="G2556"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*! \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*!”   
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\v 29 Calling \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w lights|strong="G5457"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* jailer \w rushed|strong="G1530"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4363"\w* \w trembling|strong="G1790"\w* \w before|strong="G4363"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G4254"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked, “\w Sirs|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*?”   
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\v 31 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jailer \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w wounds|strong="G4127"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* delay, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* household \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized.   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G3908"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meal \w before|strong="G3908"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w* rejoiced \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w daylight|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* sent \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w officers|strong="G4755"\w* \w with|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* order: “Release \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 36 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w jailer|strong="G1200"\w* informed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*: “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* sent \w orders|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* release \w you|strong="G3754"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.”   
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\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officers, “\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w publicly|strong="G1219"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* trial \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizens. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w away|strong="G1544"\w* \w secretly|strong="G2977"\w*? Absolutely \w not|strong="G3756"\w*! \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* escort \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w*!”   
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\v 38 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w officers|strong="G4755"\w* relayed \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w magistrates|strong="G4755"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* alarmed \w to|strong="G1161"\w* hear \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Silas \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizens.   
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\v 39 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* appease \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w*, \w requesting|strong="G2065"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Lydia|strong="G3070"\w*’s house \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encourage|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city.   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1353"\w* Amphipolis \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Apollonia, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w custom|strong="G1486"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* synagogue, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w Sabbaths|strong="G4521"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w reasoned|strong="G1256"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w explaining|strong="G1272"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* proving \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rise|strong="G1163"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*. “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w declared|strong="G3754"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w joined|strong="G4345"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w number|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God-fearing|strong="G4576"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w quite|strong="G4183"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w leading|strong="G4413"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w however|strong="G1161"\w*, \w brought|strong="G4254"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* troublemakers \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* marketplace, \w formed|strong="G3792"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w mob|strong="G3792"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w uproar|strong="G2350"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* raided \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w search|strong="G2212"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Silas, hoping \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G4254"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1218"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G4951"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* brothers \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4173"\w* officials, shouting, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* turned \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w upside|strong="G3625"\w* down \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w come|strong="G3918"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w*,   
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\v 7 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G5264"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* home. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* defying \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*’s \w decrees|strong="G1378"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w named|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*!”   
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\v 8 \w On|strong="G1161"\w* hearing \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4173"\w* officials \w were|strong="G3588"\w* greatly \w disturbed|strong="G5015"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w collected|strong="G2983"\w* \w bond|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3062"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* released \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* soon \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* fallen, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w sent|strong="G1599"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w away|strong="G1599"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Berea. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* arriving \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Bereans \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G2192"\w* \w noble-minded|strong="G2104"\w* \w than|strong="G2104"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Thessalonians, \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w eagerness|strong="G4288"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* examined \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* see \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* teachings \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3779"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w quite|strong="G4183"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w prominent|strong="G2158"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1674"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2332"\w* \w learned|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2605"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Berea, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* incite \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* coast, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w remained|strong="G5278"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Berea.   
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\v 15 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w escorted|strong="G2525"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Athens \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w instructions|strong="G1785"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* possible.   
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\v 16 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G1551"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Athens, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* deeply disturbed \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w full|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w idols|strong="G2712"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w reasoned|strong="G1256"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God-fearing|strong="G4576"\w* Gentiles, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* marketplace \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* met \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Epicurean|strong="G1946"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Stoic|strong="G4770"\w* \w philosophers|strong="G5386"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* debate \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w babbler|strong="G4691"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*?” \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w seems|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* advocating foreign \w gods|strong="G1140"\w*.” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* resurrection.   
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\v 19 \w So|strong="G5037"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* brought \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* Areopagus, \w where|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w May|strong="G1410"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* presenting?   
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\v 20 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w bringing|strong="G1533"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w strange|strong="G3579"\w* notions \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G1519"\w* ears, \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w mean|strong="G2309"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Athenians \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w foreigners|strong="G3581"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* spent \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2119"\w* doing \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* hearing \w and|strong="G2532"\w* articulating \w new|strong="G2537"\w* ideas.   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* meeting \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Areopagus \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* Athens, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* religious.   
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\v 23 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* walked around \w and|strong="G2532"\w* examined \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w objects|strong="G4574"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G2151"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w altar|strong="G1041"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w inscription|strong="G1924"\w*: \w TO|strong="G2532"\w* \w AN|strong="G2532"\w* UNKNOWN \w GOD|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w worship|strong="G2151"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* something unknown, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w temples|strong="G3485"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w human|strong="G5499"\w* \w hands|strong="G5499"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G2323"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w needed|strong="G4326"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*, \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* Himself \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breath|strong="G4157"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w From|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* blood \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* inhabit \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w determined|strong="G3724"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4160"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boundaries|strong="G3734"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lands.   
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\v 27 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* intended \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w seek|strong="G2212"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* perhaps reach \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w though|strong="G1487"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.   
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\v 28 ‘\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w move|strong="G2795"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w*.’ \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w poets|strong="G4163"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w offspring|strong="G1085"\w*.’   
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\v 29 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w offspring|strong="G1085"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w think|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Divine|strong="G2304"\w* \w Being|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w gold|strong="G5557"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* silver \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w image|strong="G5480"\w* \w formed|strong="G5480"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w*’s \w skill|strong="G5078"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w imagination|strong="G1761"\w*.   
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\v 30 Although \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w overlooked|strong="G5237"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* ignorance \w of|strong="G2316"\w* earlier \w times|strong="G5550"\w*, \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w commands|strong="G3853"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w repent|strong="G3340"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w For|strong="G1722"\w* \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w set|strong="G2476"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w justice|strong="G1343"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Man|strong="G3956"\w* \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w appointed|strong="G3724"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w given|strong="G3930"\w* \w proof|strong="G4102"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* raising \w Him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* mock \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w on|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* topic.”   
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\v 33 \w At|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Areopagus.   
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\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w joined|strong="G2853"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w including|strong="G4862"\w* \w Dionysius|strong="G1354"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Areopagite, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Damaris|strong="G1152"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G5563"\w* \w left|strong="G5563"\w* Athens \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Corinth|strong="G2882"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Aquila, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w native|strong="G1085"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Pontus|strong="G4193"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w recently|strong="G4373"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G1299"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G5563"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G5563"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worked|strong="G2038"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w tentmakers|strong="G4635"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w trade|strong="G3673"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w reasoned|strong="G1256"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*, trying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w persuade|strong="G3982"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w alike|strong="G5037"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Silas|strong="G4609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* compelled \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w*, \w testifying|strong="G1263"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* opposed \w and|strong="G2532"\w* insulted \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shook|strong="G1621"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w garments|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w innocent|strong="G2513"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w left|strong="G3327"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w next|strong="G4927"\w* door \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Justus|strong="G2459"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshiper|strong="G4576"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Crispus|strong="G2921"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* synagogue leader, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w household|strong="G3624"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Corinthians|strong="G2881"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* message \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized.   
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\v 9 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3705"\w*: “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*; \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*; \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w silent|strong="G4623"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w For|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hand \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* half, \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Corinthians.   
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\v 12 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* proconsul \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Achaia, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* coordinated \w an|strong="G2532"\w* attack \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judgment seat.   
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\v 13 “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* persuading \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w worship|strong="G4576"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* ways \w contrary|strong="G3844"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*,” \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w*, \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w matter|strong="G3056"\w* involved \w a|strong="G1510"\w* wrongdoing \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w vicious|strong="G4190"\w* \w crime|strong="G4467"\w*, \w O|strong="G5599"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w reasonable|strong="G3056"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hear \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w complaint|strong="G3056"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dispute \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w names|strong="G3686"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, settle \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*. \w For|strong="G4012"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w such|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* drove \w them|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judgment seat.   
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\v 17 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Greeks \w seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w Sosthenes|strong="G4988"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* synagogue leader \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G5180"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* judgment seat. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* concern \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gallio|strong="G1058"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w remained|strong="G4357"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Corinth \w for|strong="G1063"\w* quite \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* saying goodbye \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* brothers. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* shaved \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cenchrea|strong="G2747"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w keep|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w vow|strong="G2171"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sailed|strong="G1602"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w*, \w accompanied|strong="G4862"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aquila.   
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\v 19 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w reached|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G1256"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* Priscilla \w and|strong="G1161"\w* Aquila. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w reasoned|strong="G1256"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G2065"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G4183"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w while|strong="G5550"\w* \w longer|strong="G1909"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* declined.   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* keep \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2316"\w* feast \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Jerusalem, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* sail \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w landed|strong="G2718"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* greeted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antioch.   
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\v 23 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w spent|strong="G4160"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Antioch, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w from|strong="G2532"\w* place \w to|strong="G2532"\w* place \w throughout|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1054"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Phrygia|strong="G5435"\w*, \w strengthening|strong="G4741"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Apollos, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w native|strong="G1085"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* Alexandria, \w came|strong="G2658"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* \w eloquent|strong="G3052"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w well|strong="G1722"\w* versed \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w instructed|strong="G2727"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w fervent|strong="G2204"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* accurately \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* baptism \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Aquila \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4252"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w aside|strong="G4355"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w explained|strong="G1620"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* accurately.   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Apollos|strong="G1014"\w* resolved \w to|strong="G1519"\w* cross \w over|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Achaia, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* brothers \w encouraged|strong="G4389"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* welcome \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* arrival, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* help \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w powerfully|strong="G2159"\w* \w refuted|strong="G1246"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w public|strong="G1219"\w* debate, proving \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* Apollos \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Corinth|strong="G2882"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w passed|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* interior \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*   
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\v 2 \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Did|strong="G4100"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w*?” “\w No|strong="G3761"\w*,” \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”   
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\v 3 “\w Into|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* baptized?” \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*. “\w The|strong="G1519"\w* baptism \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*,” \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* explained: “\w John|strong="G2491"\w*’s baptism \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w indeed|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* baptism \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Christ \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w On|strong="G1519"\w* hearing \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophesied|strong="G4395"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1256"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3955"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3955"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w arguing|strong="G1256"\w* persuasively \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* stubbornly refused \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w and|strong="G2532"\w* publicly maligned \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G1256"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left \w the|strong="G1722"\w* synagogue \w to|strong="G2532"\w* conduct \w daily|strong="G2250"\w* discussions \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lecture hall \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* named \w Tyrannus|strong="G5181"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w continued|strong="G1096"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* province \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w alike|strong="G5037"\w*, heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w extraordinary|strong="G5177"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w handkerchiefs|strong="G4676"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w aprons|strong="G4612"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sick, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w itinerant|strong="G4022"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w exorcists|strong="G1845"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* invoke \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* proclaims.”   
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\v 14 \w Seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Sceva|strong="G4630"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* chief priest, \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w responded|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w about|strong="G2424"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?”   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w jumped|strong="G2177"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w overpowered|strong="G2480"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* attack \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* violent \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w naked|strong="G1131"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wounded|strong="G5135"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w held|strong="G3170"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* honor.   
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\v 18 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* forward, \w confessing|strong="G1843"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* disclosing \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w deeds|strong="G4234"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w number|strong="G2425"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w practiced|strong="G4238"\w* \w magic|strong="G4021"\w* \w arts|strong="G4021"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* books \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w burned|strong="G2618"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w value|strong="G5092"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* books \w was|strong="G3588"\w* calculated, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* total \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w fifty|strong="G3461"\w* \w thousand|strong="G3461"\w* drachmas.   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* powerfully continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* spread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* prevail.   
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\v 21 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w resolved|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w passing|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Achaia. “\w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* helpers, \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Erastus|strong="G2037"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*, \w while|strong="G5550"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1907"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* province \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w About|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w disturbance|strong="G5017"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w It|strong="G1063"\w* began \w with|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* silversmith \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* silver \w shrines|strong="G3485"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* Artemis, \w bringing|strong="G3930"\w* much \w business|strong="G2039"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w craftsmen|strong="G5079"\w*.   
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\v 25 Demetrius assembled \w the|strong="G2532"\w* craftsmen, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w workmen|strong="G2040"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* related trades. “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w*,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w business|strong="G2039"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* source \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w prosperity|strong="G2142"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w nearly|strong="G4975"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* province \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w number|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1510"\w* \w away|strong="G3179"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* man-made \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w danger|strong="G2793"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w business|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w fall|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* disrepute, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w goddess|strong="G2299"\w* Artemis \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* discredited \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w majesty|strong="G3168"\w* deposed—\w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* worshiped \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* province \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w enraged|strong="G4134"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Great|strong="G3173"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* Artemis \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w*!”   
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\v 29 Soon \w the|strong="G2532"\w* whole \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* disarray. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w theatre|strong="G2302"\w*, \w dragging|strong="G4884"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w Gaius|strong="G1050"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aristarchus, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s \w traveling|strong="G4898"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3110"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1218"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allow|strong="G1439"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w*’s \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* officials \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* province \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w begging|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w venture|strong="G1325"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w theatre|strong="G2302"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w Meanwhile|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* turmoil. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w thing|strong="G5100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* pushed Alexander \w forward|strong="G4261"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* silence \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w make|strong="G2309"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* defense \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w realized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* unison \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w hours|strong="G5610"\w*: “\w Great|strong="G3173"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* Artemis \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Ephesians|strong="G2180"\w*!”   
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\v 35 Finally \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w clerk|strong="G1122"\w* \w quieted|strong="G2687"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* declared, “\w Men|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2180"\w*, doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2180"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w guardian|strong="G3511"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G3511"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* goddess Artemis \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* image, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G1356"\w*?   
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\v 36 Since \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* undeniable, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w calm|strong="G2687"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w rash|strong="G4312"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* brought \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w*, \w though|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w neither|strong="G3777"\w* robbed \w our|strong="G2316"\w* temple \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* blasphemed \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w goddess|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Demetrius|strong="G1216"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* fellow \w craftsmen|strong="G5079"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w complaint|strong="G3056"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* courts \w are|strong="G1510"\w* open \w and|strong="G2532"\w* proconsuls \w are|strong="G1510"\w* available. \w Let|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w bring|strong="G1458"\w* \w charges|strong="G1458"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w seeking|strong="G1934"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w matters|strong="G2087"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w settled|strong="G1956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* legal \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w jeopardy|strong="G2793"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w being|strong="G5225"\w* charged \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w rioting|strong="G4714"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*’s events, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* justification \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* commotion.”   
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\v 41 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* dismissed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w assembly|strong="G1577"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w uproar|strong="G2351"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* ended, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* goodbye \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w traveling|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* area \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3056"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* encouragement, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Greece|strong="G1671"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*. \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w when|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w formed|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w plot|strong="G1917"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sail \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w decided|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Paul|strong="G4902"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4902"\w* into \w the|strong="G2532"\w* province \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Asia \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sopater|strong="G4986"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Berea, Aristarchus \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Secundus|strong="G4580"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2331"\w*, \w Gaius|strong="G1050"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Derbe|strong="G1190"\w*, \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Tychicus|strong="G5190"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Trophimus|strong="G5161"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* province \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Asia.   
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\v 5 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4281"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* waited \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Feast \w of|strong="G2250"\w* Unleavened Bread, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G1602"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5375"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* rejoined \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Troas|strong="G5174"\w*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1304"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w week|strong="G4521"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w break|strong="G2806"\w* bread. \w Since|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w ready|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w leave|strong="G1826"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* talked \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G3972"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3056"\w* \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3317"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w lamps|strong="G2985"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w upper|strong="G5253"\w* \w room|strong="G5253"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Eutychus|strong="G2161"\w*, seated \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w window|strong="G2376"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sinking|strong="G2702"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w deep|strong="G4183"\w* \w sleep|strong="G5258"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* talked \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* sound asleep, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5152"\w* story \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* picked \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w*, \w threw|strong="G1968"\w* himself \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* young \w man|strong="G3361"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w embraced|strong="G1968"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* alarmed!” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* still alive!”   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* back upstairs, \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* bread, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ate. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* speaking \w until|strong="G2532"\w* daybreak, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w departed|strong="G1831"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w greatly|strong="G3756"\w* relieved \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boy|strong="G3816"\w* home \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w went|strong="G4281"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sailed|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* Assos, where \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* aboard. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w arranged|strong="G1299"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* foot.   
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\v 14 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w met|strong="G4820"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Assos, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* aboard \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Mitylene|strong="G3412"\w*.   
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\v 15 Sailing \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2087"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* opposite \w Chios|strong="G5508"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Samos|strong="G4544"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* remaining \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Trogyllium, \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w following|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Miletus|strong="G3399"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sail|strong="G3896"\w* \w past|strong="G1096"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* avoid spending \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* province \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w hurry|strong="G4692"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* reach \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Pentecost|strong="G4005"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w Miletus|strong="G3399"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ephesus|strong="G2181"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w of|strong="G1577"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* lived \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* province \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w served|strong="G1398"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w humility|strong="G5012"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w*, especially \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w trials|strong="G3986"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w upon|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w plots|strong="G1917"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w shrink|strong="G5288"\w* \w back|strong="G5288"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* declaring \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* helpful \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w publicly|strong="G1219"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*,   
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\v 21 \w testifying|strong="G1263"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w alike|strong="G5037"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w compelled|strong="G1210"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w knowing|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w warns|strong="G1263"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w chains|strong="G1199"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w afflictions|strong="G2347"\w* \w await|strong="G3306"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w consider|strong="G5613"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* value \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w finish|strong="G5048"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w course|strong="G1408"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w joy|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w complete|strong="G5048"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*—\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w testifying|strong="G1263"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w none|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w again|strong="G3765"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Therefore|strong="G1360"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w testify|strong="G3143"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w innocent|strong="G2513"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* blood \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w shrink|strong="G5288"\w* \w back|strong="G5288"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* declaring \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Therefore|strong="G1223"\w* \w keep|strong="G4046"\w* \w watch|strong="G4337"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w entire|strong="G3956"\w* \w flock|strong="G4168"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G5087"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w overseers|strong="G1985"\w*. \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* shepherds \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w purchased|strong="G4046"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w His|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* blood.   
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\v 29 \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* departure, savage \w wolves|strong="G3074"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w spare|strong="G5339"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w flock|strong="G4168"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w number|strong="G4771"\w*, \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* rise \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* distort \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth \w to|strong="G2532"\w* draw \w away|strong="G1294"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w after|strong="G3694"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w alert|strong="G1127"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w three|strong="G5148"\w* \w years|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w* \w warning|strong="G3560"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w commit|strong="G3908"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, brothers, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w His|strong="G3956"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w up|strong="G3618"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w inheritance|strong="G2817"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sanctified|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w I|strong="G2228"\w* \w have|strong="G2228"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w coveted|strong="G1937"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w*’s silver \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w gold|strong="G5553"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2441"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* yourselves \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w ministered|strong="G5256"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* own \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w In|strong="G3956"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w showed|strong="G5263"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w hard|strong="G2872"\w* \w work|strong="G2872"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* help \w the|strong="G3956"\w* weak, \w remembering|strong="G3421"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* Himself: ‘\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w blessed|strong="G3107"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w*.’”   
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\v 36 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1119"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w wept|strong="G1096"\w* openly \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w embraced|strong="G1968"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kissed|strong="G2705"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* grieved \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w statement|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w never|strong="G3765"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w again|strong="G3765"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4311"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* torn \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w* away \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G2249"\w* directly \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Cos|strong="G2972"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G1836"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rhodes|strong="G4499"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Patara|strong="G3959"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Finding|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w crossing|strong="G1276"\w* \w over|strong="G1276"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Phoenicia|strong="G5403"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* boarded \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G1910"\w* sail.   
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\v 3 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* sighting \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w passing|strong="G2532"\w* south \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w sailed|strong="G4126"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w landed|strong="G2718"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* unload its \w cargo|strong="G1117"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* sought \w out|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Tyre \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w kept|strong="G3972"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4151"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w ended|strong="G1822"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w set|strong="G5087"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w journey|strong="G4311"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w*, \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w wives|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w accompanied|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1119"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* beach \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* farewells, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* aboard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w finished|strong="G1274"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w voyage|strong="G4144"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* landed \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Ptolemais|strong="G4424"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* greeted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Leaving|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evangelist|strong="G2099"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Seven|strong="G2033"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w unmarried|strong="G3933"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w* \w who|strong="G3778"\w* \w prophesied|strong="G4395"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G4183"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* Agabus \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G2718"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s \w belt|strong="G2223"\w*, \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*: ‘\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w bind|strong="G1210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* owner \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w belt|strong="G2223"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.’”   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3361"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleaded|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w weeping|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w breaking|strong="G4919"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w ready|strong="G2093"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w bound|strong="G1210"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* dissuaded, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w quieted|strong="G2270"\w* \w down|strong="G2270"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* packed \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3778"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G4905"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* home \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mnason|strong="G3416"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Cypriot, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* early \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* brothers welcomed \w us|strong="G2249"\w* joyfully.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w next|strong="G1966"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1524"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w present|strong="G3854"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* greeted \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* recounted \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorified|strong="G1392"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w*, brother, \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w thousands|strong="G3461"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w zealous|strong="G2207"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w under|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* impression \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w among|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* forsake \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w circumcise|strong="G4059"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w or|strong="G3366"\w* observe \w our|strong="G3956"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*? \w Certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w multitude|strong="G4128"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* gather, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* advise \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* taken \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w vow|strong="G2171"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Take|strong="G3880"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*, purify \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G1159"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w expenses|strong="G1159"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w* \w shaved|strong="G3587"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* truth \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* rumors \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* obedience \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentile|strong="G1484"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1989"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* decision \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w observe|strong="G5442"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w such|strong="G1161"\w* \w thing|strong="G1494"\w*, except \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w abstain|strong="G5442"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* food \w sacrificed|strong="G1494"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w idols|strong="G1494"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* blood, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w meat|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w strangled|strong="G4156"\w* animals, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w sexual|strong="G4202"\w* \w immorality|strong="G4202"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2192"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G3972"\w* purified \w himself|strong="G4862"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w entered|strong="G3972"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G2192"\w* \w notice|strong="G1229"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* date \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* purification \w would|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* complete \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* \w would|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w made|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w almost|strong="G3195"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* province \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stirred|strong="G2453"\w* \w up|strong="G4797"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G1911"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,   
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\v 28 \w crying|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*, help \w us|strong="G1519"\w*! \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaches|strong="G1321"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w defiled|strong="G2840"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* holy \w place|strong="G5117"\w*.”   
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\v 29 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w seen|strong="G4308"\w* \w Trophimus|strong="G5161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Ephesian|strong="G2180"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* assumed \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w stirred|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2808"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w rushed|strong="G4890"\w* \w together|strong="G4890"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dragged|strong="G1670"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* once \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gates|strong="G2374"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shut|strong="G2808"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w While|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Roman regiment received \w a|strong="G3754"\w* \w report|strong="G5334"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* turmoil.   
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\v 32 \w Immediately|strong="G1824"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurions|strong="G1543"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G1161"\w* \w down|strong="G2701"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3880"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w* \w beating|strong="G5180"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* arrested \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w*, \w ordering|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w crying|strong="G2019"\w* \w out|strong="G3793"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w thing|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* commander \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* get \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w uproar|strong="G2351"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w reached|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* steps, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w carried|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* violence \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w followed|strong="G2992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2992"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*, “Away \w with|strong="G2896"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”   
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\v 37 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*, “\w May|strong="G1832"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?” “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1676"\w*?” \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 38 “Aren’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Egyptian \w who|strong="G3588"\w* incited \w a|strong="G2532"\w* rebellion \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w ago|strong="G4253"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w four|strong="G5070"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5070"\w* members \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Assassins|strong="G4607"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*?”   
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\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w citizen|strong="G4177"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* ordinary \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w beg|strong="G1189"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w allow|strong="G2010"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.”   
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\v 40 Having received \w permission|strong="G2010"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* steps \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w motioned|strong="G2678"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* crowd. \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w hush|strong="G4602"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* crowd, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w addressed|strong="G4377"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w*:   
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\v 1 “Brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, listen \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* defense \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”   
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\v 2 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3930"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* silent. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w declared|strong="G3754"\w*,   
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\v 3 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w indeed|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5019"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w raised|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w educated|strong="G3811"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Gamaliel|strong="G1059"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* strict conformity \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3971"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w zealous|strong="G2207"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, detaining \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throwing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*,   
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\v 5 \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w Council|strong="G4244"\w* can \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w obtained|strong="G3140"\w* \w letters|strong="G1992"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* apprehend \w these|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w punished|strong="G5097"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w About|strong="G4012"\w* \w noon|strong="G3314"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w approaching|strong="G1448"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w bright|strong="G2425"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w flashed|strong="G4015"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w persecute|strong="G1377"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w*?’   
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\v 8 ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?’ \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*. ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w persecuting|strong="G1377"\w*,’ \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* terrified, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* understand \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G5456"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?’ ‘Get \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*,’ \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. ‘\w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G2962"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.’   
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\v 11 \w Because|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* brilliance \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* blinded \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w led|strong="G5496"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* named Ananias, \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w devout|strong="G2126"\w* observer \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* highly regarded \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*,   
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\v 13 \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w beside|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. ‘Brother \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*,’ \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘receive \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w sight|strong="G3588"\w*.’ \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w moment|strong="G5610"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4400"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w His|strong="G3956"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* heard.   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G2532"\w*? \w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w be|strong="G2532"\w* baptized, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins away, \w calling|strong="G1941"\w* \w on|strong="G1941"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w*.’   
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\v 17 Later, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w trance|strong="G1611"\w*   
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\v 18 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w Hurry|strong="G4692"\w*! \w Leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5034"\w*, \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w accept|strong="G3858"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w testimony|strong="G3141"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w*.’   
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\v 19 ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,’ \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w another|strong="G2596"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w imprisoned|strong="G5439"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w Stephen|strong="G4736"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w shed|strong="G1632"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* giving \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w approval|strong="G4909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* death \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w watching|strong="G5442"\w* over \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w garments|strong="G2440"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.’   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="G4198"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G1821"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.’”   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* crowd listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w statement|strong="G3056"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w lifted|strong="G1869"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w voices|strong="G5456"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G1869"\w*, “Rid \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w fit|strong="G2520"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*!”   
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\v 23 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w crying|strong="G2905"\w* \w out|strong="G2905"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w throwing|strong="G4496"\w* \w off|strong="G4495"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tossing \w dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* air,   
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\v 24 \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3148"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* directed \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3148"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* flogged \w and|strong="G3588"\w* interrogated \w to|strong="G1519"\w* determine \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* outcry \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stretched|strong="G4385"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* strap \w him|strong="G3588"\w* down, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w lawful|strong="G1832"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* flog \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizen \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* trial?”   
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\v 26 \w On|strong="G1161"\w* hearing \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*. “\w Consider|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*,” \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizen.”   
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\v 27 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizen?” “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*,” \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 28 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* paid \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* \w price|strong="G4183"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w citizenship|strong="G4174"\w*,” \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*. “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* citizen,” \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* once \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* interrogate \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* stepped back, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* himself \w was|strong="G1510"\w* alarmed \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizen \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* commander, \w wanting|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w learn|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* real reason \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w accused|strong="G2723"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w released|strong="G3089"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bonds \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w assemble|strong="G4905"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2609"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* looked directly \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Brothers, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* conducted \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.”   
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\v 2 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* high priest Ananias \w ordered|strong="G2004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* near \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w strike|strong="G5180"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w strike|strong="G5180"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w whitewashed|strong="G2867"\w* \w wall|strong="G5109"\w*! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* here \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* violate \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w commanding|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w struck|strong="G5180"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w nearby|strong="G3936"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w How|strong="G1161"\w* dare \w you|strong="G3004"\w* insult \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w high|strong="G2316"\w* priest \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!”   
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\v 5 “Brothers,” \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w aware|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* high priest, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*: ‘\w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w evil|strong="G2560"\w* \w about|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G2992"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.’”   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w knowing|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \w called|strong="G3972"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*, “Brothers, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w trial|strong="G2919"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* dispute broke \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w between|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w assembly|strong="G4128"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w divided|strong="G4977"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w neither|strong="G3383"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* resurrection \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* angels \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="G3670"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w clamor|strong="G2906"\w* \w arose|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w scribes|strong="G1122"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w party|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* contended sharply, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* fight \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* dispute grew \w so|strong="G1161"\w* violent \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* tear \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pieces|strong="G1288"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4753"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* remove \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* force \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w following|strong="G1966"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w near|strong="G2186"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G2293"\w* \w courage|strong="G2293"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*! \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w daylight|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w formed|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* bound \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w with|strong="G1438"\w* \w an|strong="G1096"\w* oath \w not|strong="G3383"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* killed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w More|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* involved \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w plot|strong="G4945"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* bound \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* solemn oath \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G1089"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* petition \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* tomorrow \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* pretext \w of|strong="G4012"\w* examining \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* carefully. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s sister heard \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* plot, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w centurions|strong="G1543"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w young|strong="G3494"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w*; \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* centurion \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w drew|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w aside|strong="G2596"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”   
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\v 20 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w agreed|strong="G4934"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w* tomorrow \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* pretext \w of|strong="G4012"\w* acquiring \w more|strong="G1161"\w* information \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w persuade|strong="G3982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* ambush \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* bound \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* oath \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*; \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, awaiting \w your|strong="G2532"\w* consent.”   
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\v 22 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* dismissed \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w instructed|strong="G3853"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G3367"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w tell|strong="G1583"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* reported \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurions|strong="G1543"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1250"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, \w seventy|strong="G1440"\w* \w horsemen|strong="G2460"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1250"\w* \w spearmen|strong="G1187"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Provide|strong="G3936"\w* \w mounts|strong="G2934"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w take|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w safely|strong="G1295"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w And|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w following|strong="G2192"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w*:   
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\v 26 \w Claudius|strong="G2804"\w* \w Lysias|strong="G3079"\w*, \w To|strong="G3588"\w* \w His|strong="G3588"\w* Excellency, \w Governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*: \w Greetings|strong="G5463"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w seized|strong="G4815"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w my|strong="G5259"\w* \w troops|strong="G4753"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescue|strong="G1807"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* citizen,   
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\v 28 \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w since|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w charges|strong="G1458"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w brought|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w accusation|strong="G1462"\w* involved \w questions|strong="G2213"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* own \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w charge|strong="G1462"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w imprisonment|strong="G1199"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w informed|strong="G3377"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w plot|strong="G1917"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w once|strong="G1824"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w instructed|strong="G3853"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* present \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. Farewell.   
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\v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* followed \w their|strong="G2596"\w* \w orders|strong="G1299"\w* \w and|strong="G3972"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Antipatris.   
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\v 32 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w barracks|strong="G3925"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G1439"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w horsemen|strong="G2460"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* horsemen arrived \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* delivered \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* governor read \w the|strong="G2532"\w* letter \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w province|strong="G1885"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w*. Learning \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*,   
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\v 35 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G1251"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w arrive|strong="G3854"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G5442"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w guard|strong="G5442"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*’s \w Praetorium|strong="G4232"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Five|strong="G4002"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest Ananias \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lawyer \w named|strong="G5061"\w* \w Tertullus|strong="G5061"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* presented \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G2723"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Tertullus|strong="G5061"\w* opened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* prosecution: “\w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* enjoyed \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lasting \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w foresight|strong="G4307"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w brought|strong="G1096"\w* worthy reforms \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w*, \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \w excellent|strong="G2903"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* acknowledge \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w gratitude|strong="G2169"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w delay|strong="G1465"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w further|strong="G4119"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w beg|strong="G3870"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* indulgence \w to|strong="G2443"\w* hear \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w briefly|strong="G4935"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* pestilence, stirring \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w dissension|strong="G4714"\w* \w among|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ringleader|strong="G4414"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sect \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazarenes|strong="G3480"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* desecrate \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w*; \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w seized|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 7    
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\v 8 \w By|strong="G3844"\w* examining \w him|strong="G3739"\w* yourself, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G1410"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* learn \w the|strong="G3956"\w* truth \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* \w charges|strong="G2723"\w* \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* concurred, \w asserting|strong="G5335"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* charges \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3779"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w When|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* motioned \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w*, \w he|strong="G3778"\w* began \w his|strong="G4012"\w* response: “\w Knowing|strong="G1987"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w I|strong="G3778"\w* gladly make \w my|strong="G4183"\w* defense.   
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\v 11 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w verify|strong="G1921"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* ago \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G3739"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* accusers \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* debating \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* riling \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w prove|strong="G3936"\w* \w any|strong="G1410"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* \w charges|strong="G2723"\w* \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w confess|strong="G3670"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w however|strong="G1161"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3971"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sect. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Prophets|strong="G4396"\w*,   
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\v 15 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* \w cherish|strong="G4327"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dead—\w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w hope|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* strive \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w maintain|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* clear \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* returned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G4160"\w* \w alms|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w present|strong="G3854"\w* \w offerings|strong="G4376"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* ceremonially clean \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* inciting \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* \w uproar|strong="G2351"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* province \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*   
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\v 19 \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* appear \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w charges|strong="G2723"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 20 Otherwise, \w let|strong="G2228"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* state \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w themselves|strong="G3778"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w crime|strong="G2147"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w when|strong="G2147"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Sanhedrin|strong="G4892"\w*,   
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\v 21 unless \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* presence: ‘\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* resurrection \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w being|strong="G1722"\w* \w tried|strong="G2919"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*.’”   
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\v 22 \w On|strong="G2596"\w* hearing \w these|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* well \w informed|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Way|strong="G3598"\w*, adjourned \w the|strong="G1161"\w* hearing \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w Lysias|strong="G3079"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commander|strong="G5506"\w* \w comes|strong="G2597"\w*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3004"\w* \w decide|strong="G1231"\w* \w your|strong="G3708"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G1299"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G5083"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w under|strong="G2192"\w* \w guard|strong="G5083"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* allow \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* freedom \w and|strong="G2532"\w* permit \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w friends|strong="G2398"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w minister|strong="G5256"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w needs|strong="G5256"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* returned \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Drusilla|strong="G1409"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewess|strong="G2453"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1256"\w* expounded \w on|strong="G4012"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w self-control|strong="G1466"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G1096"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w frightened|strong="G1719"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G3335"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w call|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w At|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* time, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w hoping|strong="G1679"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bribe \w to|strong="G2532"\w* release \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3343"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w frequently|strong="G4437"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G3656"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w two|strong="G1333"\w* \w years|strong="G1333"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w passed|strong="G4137"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w succeeded|strong="G1240"\w* \w by|strong="G5037"\w* \w Porcius|strong="G4201"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w wishing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w*, \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* prison.   
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\v 1 \w Three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* arrival \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w province|strong="G1885"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w went|strong="G3767"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*,   
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\v 2 \w where|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* presented \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w urged|strong="G3870"\w* Festus   
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\v 3 \w to|strong="G1519"\w* grant \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w concession|strong="G5485"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* summoning \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w because|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* preparing \w an|strong="G1519"\w* \w ambush|strong="G1747"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w along|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* replied, “\w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1722"\w* \w held|strong="G5083"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* myself \w am|strong="G3195"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w soon|strong="G5034"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* done \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* wrong, \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* leaders \w come|strong="G1510"\w* down \w with|strong="G1722"\w* me \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w spending|strong="G1304"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, Festus \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2250"\w* \w seat|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3854"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w around|strong="G4026"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, laying \w against|strong="G2702"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* serious charges \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2480"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* prove.   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2453"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w made|strong="G2453"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* defense: “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* committed \w no|strong="G3777"\w* offense \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, \w wishing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w favor|strong="G5485"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stand|strong="G2919"\w* \w trial|strong="G2919"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
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\v 10 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2919"\w* seat \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w tried|strong="G2919"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* wrong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w If|strong="G1487"\w*, \w however|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3868"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* truth \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* accusations \w against|strong="G3762"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w over|strong="G5483"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w appeal|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*!”   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w conferred|strong="G4824"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w council|strong="G4824"\w* \w and|strong="G4198"\w* replied, “\w You|strong="G1909"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*. \w To|strong="G1909"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w* \w you|strong="G1909"\w* \w will|strong="G5119"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*!”   
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\v 13 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w*, \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bernice \w came|strong="G2658"\w* down \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* pay \w their|strong="G2532"\w* respects \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Since|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w staying|strong="G1304"\w* \w several|strong="G5100"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w laid|strong="G1563"\w* \w out|strong="G2596"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*: “\w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w Felix|strong="G5344"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* prison.   
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\v 15 \w While|strong="G1096"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* presented \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* requested \w a|strong="G1096"\w* judgment \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \w custom|strong="G1485"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w hand|strong="G5483"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* die \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G5117"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* defend himself \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* \w charges|strong="G2723"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G4905"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w*, \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* delay. \w The|strong="G1909"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G1836"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* judgment \w seat|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* brought \w in|strong="G1909"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="G3762"\w* \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w accusers|strong="G2725"\w* rose \w to|strong="G3762"\w* \w speak|strong="G4012"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w charge|strong="G2476"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4012"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* expected.   
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\v 19 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* contentions \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w regarding|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w religion|strong="G1175"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w died|strong="G2348"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w affirmed|strong="G5335"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Since|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* loss \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w investigate|strong="G2214"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* matter, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w willing|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w tried|strong="G2919"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w held|strong="G5083"\w* \w over|strong="G5083"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w decision|strong="G1233"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Emperor|strong="G4575"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w held|strong="G5083"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* send \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hear \w this|strong="G3588"\w* man myself.” “Tomorrow \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,” \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* declared.   
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\v 23 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* Agrippa \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bernice \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w pomp|strong="G5325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* auditorium, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanders|strong="G5506"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w present|strong="G4840"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* community \w has|strong="G3739"\w* petitioned \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, crying \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w found|strong="G2638"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Emperor|strong="G4575"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* definite \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* sovereign \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w brought|strong="G4254"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* inquiry \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w seems|strong="G1380"\w* unreasonable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* specifying \w the|strong="G2532"\w* charges \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 1 Agrippa \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G5495"\w* \w permission|strong="G2010"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stretched|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G1614"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w began|strong="G5119"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* defense:   
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\v 2 “King Agrippa, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w consider|strong="G2233"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w fortunate|strong="G3107"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* stand \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* defend \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* accusations \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w especially|strong="G3122"\w* \w since|strong="G5037"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* acquainted \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* controversies. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w beg|strong="G1189"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w therefore|strong="G1352"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w patiently|strong="G3116"\w*.   
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\v 4 Surely \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G1492"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* lived \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* earliest childhood \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* own \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2309"\w* \w known|strong="G4267"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* long time \w and|strong="G5330"\w* can \w testify|strong="G3140"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w lived|strong="G2198"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*, adhering \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* strictest sect \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2251"\w* \w religion|strong="G2356"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w trial|strong="G2919"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*,   
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\v 7 \w the|strong="G1722"\w* promise \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1429"\w* \w tribes|strong="G1429"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w hoping|strong="G1679"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see fulfilled \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*, O \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w accused|strong="G1458"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w consider|strong="G2919"\w* \w it|strong="G1487"\w* incredible \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raises|strong="G1453"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*?   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* too \w was|strong="G3588"\w* convinced \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* oppose \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w With|strong="G1722"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* saints \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* condemned \w to|strong="G2532"\w* death, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w cast|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w vote|strong="G5586"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* frequently \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w punished|strong="G5097"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* blaspheme. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* raging fury \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w foreign|strong="G1854"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w persecute|strong="G1377"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* pursuit \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w commission|strong="G2011"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests.   
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\v 13 \w About|strong="G2596"\w* noon, O \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3771"\w*, \w brighter|strong="G2987"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w*, \w shining|strong="G4034"\w* \w around|strong="G4034"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w fell|strong="G2667"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="G1446"\w*, ‘\w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w Saul|strong="G4549"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w persecute|strong="G1377"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w It|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w hard|strong="G4642"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w kick|strong="G2979"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w goads|strong="G2759"\w*.’   
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\v 15 ‘\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w You|strong="G4771"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?’ \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*. ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w persecuting|strong="G1377"\w*,’ \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 16 ‘\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w appoint|strong="G4400"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* show \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescue|strong="G1807"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* sending \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*   
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\v 18 \w to|strong="G1519"\w* open \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* forgiveness \w of|strong="G2532"\w* sins \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w inheritance|strong="G2819"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* sanctified \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Me|strong="G1473"\w*.’   
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\v 19 \w So|strong="G3606"\w* then, \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa, \w I|strong="G1096"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* disobedient \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G3770"\w* \w vision|strong="G3701"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* declared \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w repent|strong="G3340"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w performing|strong="G4238"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="G1752"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w reason|strong="G1752"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w seized|strong="G4815"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* courts \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w tried|strong="G3987"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w kill|strong="G1315"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w help|strong="G1947"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w testify|strong="G3143"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w small|strong="G3398"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w alike|strong="G5037"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* beyond \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*:   
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\v 23 \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3805"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rise \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2605"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* stage \w of|strong="G5456"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s defense, \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G5346"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w insane|strong="G3105"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*! \w Your|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w learning|strong="G1121"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w driving|strong="G4062"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* madness!”   
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\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w insane|strong="G3105"\w*, \w most|strong="G2903"\w* \w excellent|strong="G2903"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*; \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* speaking \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* truth \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sobriety|strong="G4997"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w knows|strong="G1987"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* matters, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w freely|strong="G3955"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w confident|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w escaped|strong="G2990"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w notice|strong="G2990"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w corner|strong="G1137"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w King|strong="G3588"\w* Agrippa, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*? \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, “\w Can|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w persuade|strong="G3982"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w such|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w short|strong="G3641"\w* \w time|strong="G3641"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christian|strong="G5546"\w*?”   
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\v 29 “\w Short|strong="G3641"\w* \w time|strong="G3641"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3641"\w*,” \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w wish|strong="G2172"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G4594"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*, \w except|strong="G3924"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w chains|strong="G1199"\w*.”   
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\v 30 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* spoken \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* Bernice \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* seated \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w On|strong="G2228"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G5100"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w has|strong="G3762"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w imprisonment|strong="G1199"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* Agrippa \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w Festus|strong="G5347"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G1410"\w* \w been|strong="G3361"\w* released \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w appealed|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w decided|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* sail \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1202"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Imperial Regiment.   
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\v 2 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* boarded \w an|strong="G1519"\w* Adramyttian \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sail|strong="G4126"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* ports \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w coast|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w put|strong="G1519"\w* \w out|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sea. Aristarchus, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w Macedonian|strong="G3110"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w Thessalonica|strong="G2331"\w*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G2087"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G4314"\w* \w landed|strong="G2609"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*, \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w Julius|strong="G2457"\w* \w treated|strong="G5530"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w consideration|strong="G5364"\w*, allowing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* visit \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w receive|strong="G5177"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w care|strong="G1958"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w After|strong="G1223"\w* putting \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2547"\w*, \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* lee \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Cyprus|strong="G2954"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* winds \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w against|strong="G1727"\w* us.   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w sailed|strong="G1277"\w* across \w the|strong="G2532"\w* open \w sea|strong="G3989"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coast|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pamphylia|strong="G3828"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Myra|strong="G3460"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lycia|strong="G3073"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w There|strong="G2546"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* Alexandrian \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w sailing|strong="G4126"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G1688"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* board.   
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\v 7 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* sailing \w slowly|strong="G1020"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w Cnidus|strong="G2834"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wind impeded \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w sailed|strong="G5284"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lee \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w*, opposite \w Salmone|strong="G4534"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w After|strong="G2064"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* moved \w along|strong="G3881"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w coast|strong="G5117"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w difficulty|strong="G3433"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Fair|strong="G2570"\w* Havens, \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w Lasea|strong="G2996"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w much|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w voyage|strong="G4144"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w dangerous|strong="G2000"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Fast|strong="G3521"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w advised|strong="G3867"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,   
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\v 10 “\w Men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w voyage|strong="G4144"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* filled \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w disaster|strong="G5196"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w loss|strong="G2209"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cargo|strong="G5413"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* own \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* contrary \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s \w advice|strong="G3982"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pilot|strong="G2942"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owner \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G3490"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Since|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w harbor|strong="G3040"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* unsuitable \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w winter|strong="G3914"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w majority|strong="G4183"\w* \w decided|strong="G1012"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sail \w on|strong="G1519"\w*, hoping \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w somehow|strong="G1513"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w reach|strong="G2658"\w* \w Phoenix|strong="G5405"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w winter|strong="G3914"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Phoenix|strong="G5405"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w harbor|strong="G3040"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w* facing \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w southwest|strong="G3047"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w northwest|strong="G5566"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* gentle \w south|strong="G3558"\w* \w wind|strong="G3558"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* blow, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* opportunity. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* weighed anchor \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sailed|strong="G3881"\w* \w along|strong="G3881"\w*, hugging \w the|strong="G1161"\w* coast \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w before|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* cyclone \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Northeaster swept \w down|strong="G2596"\w* across \w the|strong="G1161"\w* island.   
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\v 15 \w Unable|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* head into \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w caught|strong="G4884"\w* \w up|strong="G3361"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1929"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* ourselves \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w driven|strong="G5342"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 16 Passing \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* lee \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w small|strong="G3519"\w* \w island|strong="G3519"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Clauda|strong="G2802"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w barely|strong="G3433"\w* managed \w to|strong="G5100"\w* secure \w the|strong="G1161"\w* lifeboat.   
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\v 17 \w After|strong="G3739"\w* hoisting \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* crew \w used|strong="G5530"\w* ropes \w to|strong="G1519"\w* undergird \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* would \w run|strong="G1601"\w* \w aground|strong="G1601"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* sandbars \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Syrtis|strong="G4950"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* lowered \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w sea|strong="G4632"\w* \w anchor|strong="G4632"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w driven|strong="G5342"\w* \w along|strong="G5037"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* tossed \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w violently|strong="G4971"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G1836"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w jettison|strong="G1546"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w cargo|strong="G1546"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w On|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*’s \w tackle|strong="G4631"\w* \w overboard|strong="G4496"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* own hands.   
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\v 20 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w neither|strong="G3756"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* stars \w appeared|strong="G2014"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w storm|strong="G5494"\w* continued \w to|strong="G1909"\w* batter \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w abandoned|strong="G4014"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w being|strong="G1161"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gone|strong="G5225"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* food, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G3980"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w advice|strong="G3980"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sail \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Crete|strong="G2914"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* averted \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w disaster|strong="G5196"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w loss|strong="G2209"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w urge|strong="G3867"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G2114"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w courage|strong="G2114"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* experience \w any|strong="G3762"\w* loss \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w last|strong="G3778"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* \w beside|strong="G3936"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*   
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\v 24 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*; \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G3936"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w granted|strong="G5483"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lives \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sail|strong="G4126"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.’   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w take|strong="G2316"\w* \w courage|strong="G2114"\w*, \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w run|strong="G1601"\w* \w aground|strong="G1601"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fourteenth|strong="G5065"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* still \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w driven|strong="G1308"\w* \w across|strong="G1308"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Adriatic Sea. \w About|strong="G5613"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3319"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sailors|strong="G3492"\w* sensed \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w approaching|strong="G4317"\w* \w land|strong="G5561"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w soundings|strong="G1001"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w twenty|strong="G1501"\w* \w fathoms|strong="G3712"\w* deep. \w Going|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* \w farther|strong="G1339"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w soundings|strong="G1001"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* read \w fifteen|strong="G1178"\w* \w fathoms|strong="G3712"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w Fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w we|strong="G2250"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w run|strong="G1601"\w* \w aground|strong="G1601"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w rocks|strong="G5138"\w*, \w they|strong="G5037"\w* dropped \w four|strong="G5064"\w* anchors \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w stern|strong="G4403"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* prayed \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sailors|strong="G3492"\w* attempted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \w Pretending|strong="G4392"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w lower|strong="G5465"\w* anchors \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bow|strong="G4408"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G5465"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lifeboat \w down|strong="G5465"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*, “\w Unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ropes|strong="G4979"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lifeboat \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* adrift.   
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\v 33 Right up \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w daybreak|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w urging|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* eat: “\w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w fourteenth|strong="G5065"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* constant suspense, \w without|strong="G3367"\w* \w taking|strong="G1096"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w So|strong="G1352"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w your|strong="G5212"\w* own \w preservation|strong="G4991"\w*, \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* eat something, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w a|strong="G4314"\w* single \w hair|strong="G2359"\w* \w of|strong="G2776"\w* \w your|strong="G5212"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G5225"\w* lost.”   
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\v 35 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G2983"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G2115"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* some \w food|strong="G5160"\w* themselves.   
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\v 37 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* 276 \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* board.   
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\v 38 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w eaten|strong="G2880"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w fill|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w lightened|strong="G2893"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w throwing|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w daylight|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1921"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* sighted \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w bay|strong="G2859"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* sandy beach, \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w decided|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* run \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w aground|strong="G1856"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w possible|strong="G1410"\w*.   
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\v 40 Cutting \w away|strong="G4014"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* anchors, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1439"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* loosened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ropes|strong="G2202"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w held|strong="G2722"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rudders|strong="G4079"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hoisted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* foresail \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wind|strong="G4154"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2722"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* beach.   
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\v 41 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4403"\w* struck \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sandbar \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2027"\w* \w aground|strong="G2027"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w bow|strong="G4408"\w* \w stuck|strong="G2043"\w* \w fast|strong="G2043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* move, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stern|strong="G4403"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w broken|strong="G3089"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* pounding \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* waves.   
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\v 42 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* planned \w to|strong="G2443"\w* kill \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G1202"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w none|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w swim|strong="G1579"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* freedom.   
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\v 43 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w*, \w wanting|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* spare \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*’s \w life|strong="G1295"\w*, thwarted \w their|strong="G1438"\w* plan. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w commanded|strong="G2753"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w swim|strong="G2860"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* jump overboard \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w get|strong="G1826"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*.   
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\v 44 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w planks|strong="G4548"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w various|strong="G5100"\w* parts \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ship|strong="G4143"\w*. \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w brought|strong="G1295"\w* \w safely|strong="G1295"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*.   
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\v 1 Once \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w safely|strong="G1295"\w* ashore, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w learned|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Malta|strong="G3194"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* islanders \w showed|strong="G3930"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w extraordinary|strong="G5177"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5363"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* kindled \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4443"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* welcomed \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* raining \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cold|strong="G5592"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4962"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bundle|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w sticks|strong="G5434"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4443"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w viper|strong="G2191"\w*, driven \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heat|strong="G2329"\w*, \w fastened|strong="G2510"\w* itself \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* islanders \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w creature|strong="G2342"\w* \w hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="G3843"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w murderer|strong="G5406"\w*. \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G1295"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \w Justice|strong="G1349"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allowed|strong="G1439"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="G3767"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w* shook \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w creature|strong="G2342"\w* off \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w and|strong="G3767"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w ill|strong="G2556"\w* effects.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* islanders \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w swell|strong="G4092"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* suddenly \w drop|strong="G2667"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4328"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seeing|strong="G2334"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* unusual \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w changed|strong="G3328"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w minds|strong="G3328"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w god|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Nearby|strong="G1722"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* \w estate|strong="G4012"\w* \w belonging|strong="G5225"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G4413"\w* official \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* welcomed \w us|strong="G3579"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w entertained|strong="G3579"\w* \w us|strong="G3579"\w* hospitably \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Publius|strong="G4196"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w sick|strong="G2621"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* bed, \w suffering|strong="G4912"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dysentery|strong="G1420"\w*. \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w placing|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sick \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w cured|strong="G2323"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* islanders \w honored|strong="G5091"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* ways \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w supplied|strong="G2007"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* ready \w to|strong="G4314"\w* sail.   
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\v 11 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* set sail \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* Alexandrian \w ship|strong="G4143"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w wintered|strong="G3914"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w island|strong="G3520"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Twin|strong="G1359"\w* \w Brothers|strong="G1359"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w figurehead|strong="G3902"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Putting|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Syracuse|strong="G4946"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w From|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w sailed|strong="G4022"\w* \w around|strong="G4022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rhegium|strong="G4484"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w south|strong="G3558"\w* \w wind|strong="G3558"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1206"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Puteoli|strong="G4223"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* brothers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w invited|strong="G3870"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* spend \w the|strong="G2532"\w* week \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Forum|strong="G5410"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* Appius \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Three|strong="G5140"\w* \w Taverns|strong="G4999"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* encouraged \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* arrived \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* centurion delivered \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* prisoners \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* captain \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w guard|strong="G5442"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w permitted|strong="G2010"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w soldier|strong="G4757"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w guard|strong="G5442"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w together|strong="G4905"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Brothers, \w although|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w customs|strong="G1485"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3971"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Romans|strong="G4514"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* examined \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* release \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w basis|strong="G3367"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w sentence|strong="G1473"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* objected, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* compelled \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w appeal|strong="G1941"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w charge|strong="G2723"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w bring|strong="G2723"\w* \w against|strong="G2723"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3870"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G4354"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* bound \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* chain.”   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w received|strong="G1209"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w letters|strong="G1121"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* brothers \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* mentioned \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* consider \w your|strong="G5426"\w* \w views|strong="G5426"\w* worth hearing, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1110"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* speaking \w against|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* sect.”   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G5021"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G2240"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* staying. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w expounded|strong="G1620"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w evening|strong="G2073"\w*, \w testifying|strong="G1263"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w persuading|strong="G3982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* refused \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G3982"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* disagreed \w among|strong="G4314"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* leave \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w had|strong="G3972"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* final \w statement|strong="G4487"\w*: “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*:   
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\v 26 ‘\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* hearing \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w understanding|strong="G4920"\w*; \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w seeing|strong="G3708"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* perceiving.”   
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\v 27 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*’s \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* grown callous; \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hardly hear \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w closed|strong="G2576"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*. \w Otherwise|strong="G3379"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, hear \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2390"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.’   
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\v 28 \w Be|strong="G1510"\w* \w advised|strong="G1110"\w*, \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w salvation|strong="G4992"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* listen!”   
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\v 29 And when he had said these things, the Jews went away, disputing sharply among themselves.   
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\v 30 \w Paul|strong="G1696"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1696"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1333"\w* \w full|strong="G3956"\w* \w years|strong="G1333"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w rented|strong="G3410"\w* \w house|strong="G3410"\w*, welcoming \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* visit \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Boldly|strong="G3954"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w freely|strong="G3954"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.