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in the presence of God – 1280

and after five days the high priest ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one tertullus. they laid before the governor their case against paul. and when he had been summoned, tertullus began to accuse him, saying: “since through you we enjoy much peace,...

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in the presence of God – 1279

4 one thing have I asked of the Lord,     that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord     all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord     and to inquire in his temple. 5 for he will hide me in his shelter     in the day of...

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in the presence of God – 1278

so the soldiers, according to their instructions, took paul and brought him by night to antipatris. and on the next day they returned to the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him. when they had come to caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they...

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in the presence of God – 1277

then he called two of the centurions and said, “get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as caesarea at the third hour of the night. also provide mounts for paul to ride and bring him safely to felix the governor.”...

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in the presence of God – 1276

they went to the chief priests and elders and said, “we have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed paul. now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to...

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in the presence of God – 1275

the Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? [psalm 27:1]   psalm 27 starts with the powerful statement that the Lord is our light and our salvation, and that he is the stronghold of...

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in the presence of God – 1274

when it was day, the jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed paul. there were more than forty who made this conspiracy. [acts 23:12] "bummer of a birthmark - hal."   gary larson, in my humble and small...

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in the presence of God – 1272

and when he had said this, a dissension arose between the pharisees and the sadducees, and the assembly was divided. for the sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the pharisees acknowledge them all. then a great clamor arose, and some...

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in the presence of God – 1271

martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. but even now i know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “your brother will rise again.” martha said to him, “i know that he will rise again in the...

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in the presence of God – 1270

now when paul perceived that one part were sadducees and the other pharisees, he cried out in the council, “brothers, i am a pharisee, a son of pharisees. it is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” [acts 23:6]   the power of...

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