06-29 - From Heb-6,7 Lk-3

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Hebrews 6:19-7:3  Luke 3:1-6

             ☀️ A.M. Hebrews 6:19-7:3

19 - And so, we have all this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, so we are able to enter into that which is within the veil, and enter the inner room of the temple. (God’s Presence/Spirit.) 20 Jesus has gone in ahead of us, as scout and guide on our behalf, having been made high priest ‘forever’ [eis hé aion - to the age] after the priestly order of Melchizedek. {Without beginning or end, aka, always during these ages and advents.}

     7:1 - For Melchizedek, king of Salem [shalem - peace, peaceful] priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter [kopé - cutting, strike, blow, carnage] {😳war] of (the battle of defense against four) kings, and blessed him. {A priest of peace blessed him coming back from a war - of defense.} 2 And to him Abraham tithed a tenth. Melchizedek is, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, a king of peace. [Jeru-salem.] 3 He leaves behind no record of father or mother, nor genealogy. And so showing neither beginning of days nor end of days, seems to continue like the Son of God, as a priest forever [diénekés - continually, unceasing, perpetually].

            🌙 P.M. Luke 3:1-6

[Luke began his gospel account as - “Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses of them. And having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too have decided to write an accurate account..]

     3:1 - In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod [Antipas, son of Herod the Great] being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

     3 John went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, for the forgiveness of sins [hamartia - missing the mark] {imperfection/entropy}. 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness - Prepare the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight! 5 For every valley will be filled! Every mountain and hill will be made low! The crooked shall become straight! The rough places shall become level, 6 and all [pas - all, every, the whole] will see the salvation of God!” [See - horaó - see, perceive, attend to; properly, to stare at, by implication to discern clearly; perceive with inward spiritual perception, understand.]

           

Tomorrows verses, 06/30

Hebrews 7:4-10  Mark 1:1-8

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Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

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05-27 - From 2Tim-1 Mt-27 Jn-19

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 • 2 Timothy 1:10-18  Mt.27:11-26 Jn.19:1-13

            ☀️ A.M. 2 Timothy 1:10-18

(Paul writing a second letter to Timothy, Verse 9 “..who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of who we are or what we do, but because of hiS own purpose, and grace, which he gave us, in Christ Jesus, before the ages even began”  1O - and which now has been seen {and witnessed) through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light, through the good news that is proclaimed, 11 and for which I was appointed a preacher, apostle and teacher, 12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I’m not ashamed, for I know who it is I’ve believed, and I’m convinced he’s able to guard until that day, what has been entrusted to me. {When Jesus “returns” and begins his long second advent? Called gathering the wheat into the barn, at the culmination of the nations (still tares) having gathered to Armageddon battle.} 

     13 Follow the pattern and sound teaching you have heard from me. Continue in the faith and the love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 And by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, guard the good deposit [parathéké - deposit, trust, commitment].

     15 You’re aware all who are in Asia went away and left me on my own, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. {..It’s interesting that Jesus dictated (to John) seven letters to seven churches of Asia, which begin the Book of Revelation.}

     16 But may the Lord grant special mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains (house arrest in Rome). 17 Instead when he arrived in Rome he searched earnestly for me, and found me. 18 May the Lord grant him to find special kindness from the Lord on that day! And you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.

          🌙 P.M. Mt.27:11-26; Jn.19:1-13

11 - Jesus stood before the Roman governor, Pilate. And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You have said so.” {Not me.} 12 But as he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, Jesus gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to him, “Do you hear how many things they accuse you of?” 14 But he gave no answer to any charge, and the governor was greatly amazed.

     15 Now at the Passover feast he was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner whomever they might want. 16 And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 17 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Who do you want me to release for you? Barabbas? Or this Jesus who is called Christ?” 18 For he knew it was out of envy the leaders had brought him to him.

     While he was sitting at the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because I have suffered much over him today in a dream.” 20 Meanwhile the leaders, the chief priests and elders, had persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and have Jesus executed.

     21 The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” And they said, “Barabbas!” 22 Pilate said, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They called out, “Let him be crucified!” 23 And he said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him!”

     24 When Pilate saw his words were going nowhere, and that a mob was forming {mob mentality, instigated and maneuvered} and a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, and said, “I’m innocent of this man's blood! See to it yourselves.” 25 And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” {Elsewhere it says judgment comes (mostly cause and effect) but no one is to try to aid it! But it’s a positive bet the spiritual adversary - seditious “angelos” will. And we see it on the rise in today’s world.}

    And from John’s account, JOHN 19:1 - Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. And they put a purple robe on him, 3 and were saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapped and struck him.

     4 Pilate went out again and said to the crowd, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” 5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, having been flogged and beaten. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” 6 When the leaders, the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said, “Take him yourselves! And crucify him! For I find no guilt in him.”

     7 They answered him, “We have a law, and according to it he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.” 8 Now when Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid. {For the Roman emperor was to be thought of as ‘god’ and no others. {All nations had a faint ancient memory of a promise of “a Son” (so part divine, and part human) as deliverer and savior - the promise given in Eden. Also memories of Eve “mother of all” and of the flood. Pre-flood having been a time of hands off.. To claim godhood in the Roman empire was punishable by death and execution.}

     9 Pilate entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate said to him, “Will you not speak? Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and authority to crucify you?”

     11 Jesus said, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”

     12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but they cried out all the more, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar!” 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic called Gabbatha..

           

Tomorrows verses, 05/28

2 Timothy 2:1-6  Matthew 27:27-38  and ACTS 2:1-21 separately

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ACTS 17 1-14

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     Book of the Acts of the First Believers

 (Where Did Paul Get His Message?)

(After being beaten, flogged and jailed in Philippi) 1 - They passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, and came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue, 2 so Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned from the Scriptures [how Jesus fulfilled the suffering messiah prophecies, and Isaiah 53:4 - “Surely He has borne our infirmities..”] 3 explaining and proving that it was predicted the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead [Ps.16:10] and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you is the Christ” [Christos - Christ, anointed one, messiah, from the Greek verb χρίω-chrio - to anoint]. 4 And some who were there were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, as did many of the devout Greeks and quite a few of the leading women. 5 But the leaders were jealous, so they sought out some men from the market square, and persuaded them to form a mob and a rabble, and to set the city in uproar. {Hired agitators.} They attacked the house of Jason, 6 and forced him and some of the brothers out into the crowd, and then dragged them before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here! 7 Jason has received them! And they’re all acting against the decrees of Caesar! Saying there’s another king, Jesus!”

     8 And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this. 9 They took money as security from Jason and the others, and then they let them go.

     10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the synagogue. 11 Now these people were more noble than those in Thessalonica, and received the word/message with all eagerness, and were examining the Scriptures daily to see if it were so. [Paul, previously Saul, had been a Pharisee, and was raised and educated in the scriptures.] 12 Many of them believed, with quite a few Greek women of high standing as well as men. 13 But when the synagogue leaders from Thessalonica learned that the message of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there and agitated and stirred up the crowds there as well. 14 Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off by way of the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea for a while.

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10-12 - MARK 12 12-27

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12 - And they (leaders, authorities) were seeking to arrest him. But they feared the people, and they knew he had told the parable against them, so they left. 13 But then they sent some Pharisees and Herodians to try to trap him in his words. 14 They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know you are true and don’t care about any man’s opinion (politics). For you’re not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar? Should we pay them? Or should we not pay them?” 15 But, knowing their hypocrisy (it was a death sentence to deny Caesar) Jesus said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring a coin and let’s look at it.” 16 So they brought coin, and he asked them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They answered, “Caesar's.” 17 So he said, “Render to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's.” And they marveled at his answer.

     18 Then some Sadducees came, who say there’s no resurrection. And they asked him a question, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man should take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. (If she wanted.) 20 There were seven brothers and the first took a wife, and when he died left no child. 21 And the second wed her, and died, also leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 And also with all seven, and left no child. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her.”

     24 Jesus said to them, “Is it not the reason you are very wrong? Because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither wed nor are - given - in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven. 26 And as for the dead/deceased being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I’m the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27 He’s not God of the dead, but of the living. You greatly err.” (Jesus said elsewhere, “All those” (asleep) “in the tombs/graves will hear God’s voice and will come forth. Some into the resurrection of life (into THE millennium, to serve called reigning.. for to do His works is surely to reign.. crown of Life, not metal). And some into the resurrection of (the GWT) judgment” ‘day’ (Jn.5:28-29) which elsewhere He calls agelasting correction [“kolasin aionion” oR “korrection eonian”] Mt.25:46, the completing of drawing all! JN.12:42. Outlined in the ancient Fall holy days of Lev.23: Trumpets (of Rev. & return) 10days/1000yrs later, the fiery final defeat of Satan, then — Day of Atonement, 5days/500yrs later — Tabernacles! “God will tabernacle with mankind, behold! I make all [pas - all, every, the whole] new!” Via the fiery regeneration, greek word “palin/again-genesis”. Which is how death dies.

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Tomorrow - Luke 20:1-13

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Apr-18 From Mt-22 Ph-4

    Enter The Story Daily

 a paraphrased scripture study

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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 22:11-22

11 - (Jesus continues the parable) - “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ (You can’t have been here at the wedding union wearing your old work clothes! This is the same wedding banquet as in the ten bridesmaid’s parable, where five came late and found the door to the banquet/to “the” millennium was closed.) And the man was speechless. (He didn’t have a clue. Hadn’t been paying attention? In the literal you cannot enter the millennium without “putting on immortality and incorruptibility”. Though there will be mortal survivors, Rev.20:7-9.) 13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind [deó - bind, tie, fasten; impel, compel; declare to be prohibited and unlawful] his hands and feet and expel him into the outer darkness. (Outside of the brightly lit celebration.) In that place (condition) there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth’ (the carnal, missing the mark condition). 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.” (Few called during this life, to serve, called reigning during his long second advent. For to do his works, surely(?) is to reign. Note: the three mentions of lake of fire - erroneously thought to be a mythical place - are at huge fiery events. And the last one is at the fiery total universal regenesis - “the regeneration” - greek word “palin/again-genesis” which is how death dies. Yes? As Jesus said he “will draw all” (Jn.12:32) and said - “All those in the tombs/graves will hear God’s voice and will come forth” (from the graves/tombs) “some into the resurrection of life (into THE millennium). And some into the resurrection of judgment” ‘day’ (Jn.5:28-29) which elsewhere He calls agelasting correction [“kolasin aionion” oR “correction eonian” Mt.25:46, the completing of drawing all! Surely the same process for all, the crucible being life as we presently know it, until vivification either at 1Cor.15:52,53 or at Rev.21:5, 1Cor.15:24-28.

     So the outside of the light darkness, is within, is inner conditions portrayed in the rich man and Lazarus parable - initiaL conditions for some during GWT judgment ‘day’. Surely to “die still in our sin/hamartia-missing the mark, would be to rise that way. Rev.21:5 - aFter judgment ‘day’ is when God says “behold I make all new” - which translators changed to “all things”.)

     15 After hearing the wedding party parable, the Pharisees got together and plotted how they might entangle him in his words. 16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you don’t care about anyone's opinion, for you’re not swayed by appearances. 17 Tell us then, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their intent, said, “Why are you actors putting me to the test? 19 Show me a coin for the tax.” So they showed him a denarius. 20 And Jesus said, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They answered, “Caesar's.” So he said, “Well then, render to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's.” 22 And when they heard it, they marveled. And then they went away and left him.

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                  ~ Philippians 4:8-13 ~

8 - Finally, brothers and sisters whatever things are true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, and whatever is commendable, think on these things. If there’s any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think upon those things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do also, and the God of peace will be with you.

     10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly to see your concern for me once again. You have been concerned for me, but you lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I’m in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am in, to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low. And I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of contentment in both plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through he who strengthens me. (God and his grace is sufficient for all things and times.)

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Matthew 22:23-33

Philippians 4:14-23

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Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

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WeekLy BooK oF Acts 27 1-24

  a paraphrased study

1 - When it was decided that we (Luke and others with Paul) would sail for Italy (from Israel) Paul and some other prisoners were put into the hands of a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Roman Imperial Regiment. 2 [Acts is written by Luke, a Greek doctor who met Paul during one of Paul’s journeys.] We boarded a ship from Adramyttium which was about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia. And so we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian brother from Thessalonica (‘next door’ to Philippi) went with us.

     3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius, in a kindness to Paul, allowed him to visit his friends and to recieve helps from them.

     4 From there we put out to sea again, but the winds were against us, so we went to the lee of Cyprus. 5 And later when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. 6 There the centurion put us on board an Alexandrian ship he had found that was sailing for Italy.

     7 We made slow headway for many days and we had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind didn’t allow us to hold our course, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone. 8 With difficulty we moved along the coast and came to a bay called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

     9 We had lost a lot of time, and sailing had already become dangerous because by then it was late in the season, being after Day of Atonement. So Paul warned, 10 “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to the ship and cargo, and to our own lives as well.” 11 But the centurion, paid no mind to what Paul said, and followed the advice of the pilot and the owner of the ship. 12 Since the harbor wasn’t suitable to winter in, the majority decided we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there in a harbor further along, which faced westward. 13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they took it as their opportunity, and weighing anchor, were sailing along the shores of Crete. 14 But soon a wind of hurricane force, called a Northeaster, swept down, 15 and the ship was caught by it and couldn’t prevail against the wind, so we gave way to it and were driven along. 16 As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were in danger of losing the lifeboat, 17 so the men hoisted it on board. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to help hold it together, for they were afraid we would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis. Then they lowered the anchor and let the ship be driven along.

     18 We took such a violent battering from the storm that on the next day they began to throw the cargo into the sea. 19 And on the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard. 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm raged on, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

     21 After we had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up and said: “Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete, then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss. 22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost. Only the ship will be lost. 23 Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom I serve, appeared 24 and said, ‘Fear not, Paul. You will stand trial before Caesar. And God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’”

     [The original Caesar, Julius, became emperor by bypassing the laws, instead he groomed the populace and then took things straight to them. The Roman system of senators, etc. wasn’t perfect, but laws keep political powers in check.]

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WeekLy BooK oF Acts 25 1-27

     a paraphrased study

1 - Three days after the new (Roman) governor, Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2 And the chief priests and the Jewish/Hebrew leaders laid out their case against Paul, and urged him, 3 asking as a favor against Paul, that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were (again) planning an ambush to kill him on the way. 4 But Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea and he himself intended to go there shortly. 5 “So,” he said, “let the men of authority among you go down with me, and bring charges against him there.” 6 Then about eight or ten days later, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought in. 7 The authorities who had come down from Jerusalem gathered and brought many serious charges against him, but which they could not prove. 8 And Paul argued in his defense saying, “Neither against the law of my nation, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I committed any offense!” 9 But Festus, wishing to do the leading Jews/Hebrews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges before me?” 10 But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To these leaders of my nation I have done no wrong. As you yourself know very well. 11 If then I’m a wrongdoer and have committed anything at all for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there’s nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them to carry it out. I appeal to Caesar!” (Paul was a Roman citizen, and one by birth, not purchased.) 12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, said, “To Caesar you have appealed. And to Caesar shall you go!”

     13 When some days had passed, Agrippa the king (of Judea, under Roman occupation) and Berenice arrived at Caesarea and welcomed Festus. 14 And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, “There is a man left prisoner by (governor) Felix, 15 and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of your nation came to me and laid out their case against him, asking for an immediate sentence of condemnation against him. 16 I answered them that it’s not the custom of the Romans to give someone up to their accusers without their meeting them face to face and have had opportunity to make their defense. 17 So when they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in. 18 And when his accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I was expecting. 19 Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain man, Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted is alive. 20 And being at a loss how to investigate this matter, I asked whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there. 21 But then Paul appealed to the emperor, and to be kept in custody for him. So I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.” 22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “You shall hear him tomorrow” he replied.

     23 So on the next day Agrippa and Berenice came with great pomp, and entered the hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. And at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. 24 Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see here, this man, about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me. Both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. (An exaggeration? Not unlike what still occurs.) 25 But I found that he had done nothing deserving of death. And as he himself appealed to Caesar, I decided to go ahead and send him to him. 26 But I have nothing definite to write to the emperor about him! Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write. 27 For it seems to me unreasonable, when sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him.”

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