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Welcome to the Lion Within Us , a podcast serving

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Christian men who are hungry to be the leaders God intends

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you to be . I'm your host , chris Granger . Let's

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jump in . All right , guys . Wednesday

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. You know this is a special week this week . We're working

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our way up to Easter and

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is reminder . Scripture of the week this week

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is in the book of Luke , chapter six . Chapter

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24 , rather verse six says

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he is not here , but he is risen . We've spent

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a lot of time on money's

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episode , on picking , on packing

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, getting to this point right Of

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the trial , and we're going to be working

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through today continuing this , continuing

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the story of what Jesus

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went through . Okay , today we're going to be digging

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into the trials . Trial number one

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, the High Priest and Peter's portrayal We'll

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be looking at that in Matthew . Trial number

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two the Sanhedrin in Luke . Trial

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number three , the first time he is in front of Pilate

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he's in Luke as well and then the first

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time is in front of Herod's . And

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then trial number five , the final

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trial in front of Pilate . Okay , that's

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going to be in John . We'll be looking at that . We're

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also going to talk about the crucifixion . Not easy

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stuff , fellas . We're going to talk about the crucifixion and we're

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going to also talk about the burial . So today , heavy

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, heavy , heavy and Luke and John , the

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scriptures and you guys just need to remember this

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. This is not some fantasy happening

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a long , long time ago in the land , far , far away . No

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, this stuff happened . It's a big

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deal . It's such

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a big deal that it has changed

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my life and I pray it's changed yours , and

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every day we have to remember the finishing

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work that Christ , our Savior , did on that cross

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. So I'm hoping you're enjoying these

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. Okay , again , we recorded this over

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a year ago . Now it's been quite a while

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, but it's still relevant , it's

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still important , it's still impactful

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and as you read

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scripture over and over and over , it always

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reveals something new . So hopefully , you're enjoying

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this dive into scriptures this week , working

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your way up to Easter

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Sunday . That's what it's all about . Okay

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, our fellas will enjoy this

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dive into the scriptures together

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. For

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this episode , we're going to talk about the

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trials . Okay , so there are actually five

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trials . We're going to go through each one of them

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. We're going to talk about this crucifixion

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and we're going to end at the burial

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. Okay , so we're going to be getting into

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. For today . We're going to be digging into

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Matthew , luke and

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John . Okay , so

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Matthew , luke and John will be bouncing between those

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three gospels . Now we're going to start off in Matthew

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. So this is the first trial

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that he's going to have with

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the high priest and this is also going to touch

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on Peter's betrayal . Okay , because

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I know you guys know that story . You've probably heard that before

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. So we're going to be in Matthew 26 . And

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we're going to start at 57 , verse

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57 . And we're going to go through the end of 26

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. Okay , it

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says now so before the high priest , those

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who had seized Jesus led him away to Cepheus

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and the high priest were described

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and elders were gathered together , but

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Peter was following him at a

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distance as far as the court courtyard

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of the high priest and entered in

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and sat down with the offers officers

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to see the outcome . Now

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the chief priest and the whole council

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kept trying to obtain false testimony against

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Jesus so they might find him and

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put him to death . They

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did not find any , even though

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many false witnesses came forward . But

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later on two came

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forward . But later

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on two came forward and said

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this man stated I am able to destroy the temple

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of God and to rebuild it in three days

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. The high priest stood up and said do

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you not answer ? What

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is it that these men are testifying against

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you ? Jesus kept

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silent and

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the high priest said to him I jury you

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by the living God to tell us whether

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you are Christ , the son of God . Jesus

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said to him you have said it yourself

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Never , never . Nevertheless

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, I tell you , hereafter

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you will see the son of man sitting

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at the right hand of power and coming

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on the clouds of heaven . And

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the high priest tore his robes and said he

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has blaspheme . What further need

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do we have of witnesses ? I hope

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you have now heard a blasphemy . What

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do you think ? The boy answered he

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deserves death . Then

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they spat on his face and beat him with their

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fists and others slapped him and

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said prophesy to us , you

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, christ . Who is it ? The one who hits

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you Now ? Peter was sitting outside

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in the courtyard and his servant girl

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came to him and said you too

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will work . Jesus's the Galilean . But

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he denied it before the mall , saying I do not

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know what you're talking about . And when they

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had gone out of the gateway , another

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servant girl girl saw it and said to

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those who were there this man was with Jesus

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and Nazareth . And he again denied

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it with an oath , I do not know the

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man . A little later the bystanders

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came up and said to Peter surely you

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two are one of them , for even

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the way you talk gives you away

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. Then he began to curse and swear

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I do not know this man . And

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immediately a rooster crowed

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. Peter remembered the

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words which Jesus had said before

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a rooster crows you will deny

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me three times . And he

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went out and wept bitterly

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. Now we're going

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to turn over to Luke , okay . So if you're going

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to turn into your Bible

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with me , go over to Luke , and

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we're going to be looking at Luke 22

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. So we'll be in Luke 22 . And

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we're going to look at

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a couple of verses here at the end of Luke

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22 , at verse 66 . So

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we'll start at 66

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. We're just going to read to the end . It's just

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a few verses here . So this is Christ

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before the Sanhedrin . Okay

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so , luke 22

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, verse 66 . When

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it was day , the council of elders

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of the people assembled both

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chief priests and scribes and they led them

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away on their council chamber

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saying if you are the Christ , tell

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us . But he said to them if I tell you , you

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will not believe . If I ask a question

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, you will not answer . But

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from now on the Son of man will be seated at the right

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hand of the power of God . And they all said

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are you the Son of God then ? And

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he said to them yes , I

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am . Then they said

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what further need do we have a testimony for

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? We have heard it from , we have heard

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it ourselves from his own

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mouth . Now we'll

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get into his first

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trial in front of Pilate . Okay , so we'll

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read Luke 23, . Luke

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23 , 1 through 5

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, says then the whole body

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of them got up and brought before

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and brought him before Pilate , and

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they began to accuse him , saying we found

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this man misleading our nation and

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forbidding to pay taxes

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to Caesar , and saying that he

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himself is Christ the King

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. So Pilate asked him saying

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are you King of the Jews ? And

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he answered him and said it is as you say . Then Pilate said to the

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chief priests and crowds I find no guilt

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in this man . But they kept on insisting , saying he stirs up the people

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teaching all over Judea , starting

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from

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Galilee , even as far as this

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place . Now let's go

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to his next trial with Herod . Luke

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23 will reverse the six

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through 12 . So Luke 23

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, six through 12 . When Pilate

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heard it and asked whether the man was a Galilean

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and whether and when he learned that

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he had belonged to Harris jurisdiction , he

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sent him to Herod , who himself

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also was in Jerusalem at that time

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. Now

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, herod was very glad when he saw Jesus

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, for he had wanted to see him for

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a long time because

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he had been hearing him and

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was hoping to see some sign before him by

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him , and he questioned him at some length

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, but he answered him nothing

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, and the chief priests and scribes were

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standing there accusing him vehemently and

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Herod was a soldier After treating him with

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contempt and mocking him , dressed

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him in a gorgeous robe and sent him

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back to Pilate . Now Herod and Pilate

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became friends with one another that very

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day Before they

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had been enemies with each other

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. Right now , this

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is the final trial . So we're going to go to

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John . So let's go to John . We're

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actually going to go to John 18 . Okay

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, so go to John 18 . We're

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going to look at verse 28

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. Starting at verse 28 . I'm

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going to read through 19

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, through verse 16 . Okay

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, so starting at 28 . This is before

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Pilate . Okay , so we've gone through front

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of high priest and for a so hedron

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in front of pilot , the first time in

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front of Herod and now we are in front

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of , in front of pilot for this final trial

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in John 18 , 28

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. Then they led Jesus from

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Cappius into the petroleum and it was

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early and they themselves did not want to enter

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into the petroleum so they would not be the filed

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but might eat the Passover . Therefore

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, pilate went out to them and said what

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accusation do you bring against this man ? They

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answered and said to him if this man were not

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an evil door , we would not have delivered him to

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you . So Pilate said to them take

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him yourselves and judge him according to your

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law . The Jews said to him we are not permitted

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to put anyone to death to

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fulfill the world . Word of Jesus , which he spoke

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, signified to by what kind of

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death he was about to die . Therefore

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, pilate entered into the petroleum and

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summoned Jesus and said

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to him are you the king of the Jews ? And

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Jesus answered are you saying this on your own initiative

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or did others tell you about me ? Pilate

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answered I am not a Jew , am I your

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own nation ? And the chief priest delivered you to me

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. What have you done ? Jesus

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says my kingdom is not in this world and

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my kingdom , kingdom were of this world

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and my servants will be fighting so

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that I would not be handed over to the Jews . But

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, as it is , my kingdom is not of this realm

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. Therefore , pilate said to him

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so you are a king . And

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Jesus answered you say correctly that

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I am a king . For this I have been

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born and this have come to the world

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to testify the truth . Everyone

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who was of the truth . Here's my voice . Pilate

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said to him what is the truth ? And

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when he said this , he went out again

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to the Jews and said to them I

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find no guilt in him , but

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you have accustomed that I release someone

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before you at the Passover

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. Do you wish that I release for you

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, the king of the Jews ? So they cried

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out again , saying not this man the

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barbarous , now

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he was a robber . Not

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this man , but Barabbas , because

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he , now he was a robber . John

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, chapter 19, . Pilate

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then took Jesus and scores him and

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the soldiers twisted together crown of thorns

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and put it on his head and

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put a purple robe on him and they

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began to come up to him and say Hail , king

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of the Jews , and to give him slaps

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in the face . Pilate came out again

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and said to them behold , I am bringing him out to

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you so that you may know that I find no guilty

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in him . Jesus then came out wearing

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the crown of thorns and the purple

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robe . Pilate said to them behold

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the man . So when the chief priests and

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the officers saw him , they cried out saying

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crucify , crucify . Pilate

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said to them take him yourselves and crucify

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, for I find no guilt

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in him . The Jews answered we

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have a law . By that law , he ought to

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die because he made himself out to

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be the son of God . Therefore

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, when Pilate heard this statement , he was even more

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afraid . He entered into the petroleum

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again and said to Jesus where

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are you from ? Jesus gave him no

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answer . So Pilate said to him you

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do not speak to me . Do you not know that

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I have the authority to release you ? I have

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authority to crucify you . Jesus

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answered you would have no authority over me

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unless I had been given to you from above

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. For this reason , he would deliver

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me to you as the greater

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sin . As a result

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, pilate made efforts to release him , but

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the Jews cried out saying if you release

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this man , you are no friend of Caesar

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. One who makes himself out to be

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a king opposes Caesar . Therefore

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, when Pilate heard these words , he

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brought Jesus out and sent him on the judgment

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seat at a place called the pavement

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, but in Hebrew Gabbaphah

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. Now it was at the time of

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preparation for the Passover

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and it was about the six hour . He said to

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the Jews Behold your king . So

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they cried out away with him , away with

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him , crucify him . Pilate

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said to them Surely , I shall crucify

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. Shall I crucify your king ? And

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the chief priest answers we have

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no king but Caesar . So

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they then handed him over to

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be crucified . Now

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let's go back to Luke . We'll

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look at Luke 23 . And

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we're back in Luke 23 . We'll

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start at 26 . Okay , 26

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. We'll go through 49

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. Okay For the crucifixion here . So

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, luke 23 , starting at verse

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26 . When they led him

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away , they seized the man , simon

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of Saurin , coming in

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from the country , and placed him on the cross . To

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carry behind Jesus , and

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following him was a large crowd of people and

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a woman who were mourning and lamenting him

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. But Jesus turned to them and said

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Daughters of Jerusalem , stop weeping

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for me , but weep for yourselves

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and for your children . For , behold

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, these days are coming when they will say Blessed

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are the bearing and the wounds that

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never bore and the breast that

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never nursed . Well , they will begin

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to say the mountains fallen us

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into the hills , cover us . For

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if they do these things when the tree

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is green , what will happen when

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it is dry ? Two others also

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, who were criminals , were being led away to

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be put to death with him . When

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they came to the place called the skull . They

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were there . They crucified

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him and the criminals , one

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on the right and another on the left

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. But Jesus was saying Father

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, forgive them , for they do

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not know what they are doing . And

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they cast lots , dividing up his garments among themselves

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. And the people stood by looking , and

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even the rulers were sneering at him , saying he

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saved others , let him save himself

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If this is the Christ of God , his

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chosen one . The soldiers also

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mocked him , coming up to him , offering

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him sour wine and saying if you're the king

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of Jews , save yourself . Now

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there was also an inscription

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above him this is the king of

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the Jews , verse 39,

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. One of the criminals who were hanging

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there was hurling abuse at him

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, saying Are you not the Christ

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? Save yourself and us

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. But the other answered and

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, rebuking him , said Do you not

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even fear God , because you were under the

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same sentence of condemnation and

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we , indeed , are suffering justly , but

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we are receiving for what we deserve for our deeds

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. But this man has done nothing

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wrong . And he was saying Jesus , remember

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me when you come into

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your kingdom . And he said

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to him Truly I say to you Today

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you shall be with me

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in paradise . And

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it was about the sixth hour and darkness fell

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over the whole land until the ninth hour , because

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the sun was obscured and the veil of

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the temple was torn into and

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Jesus , crying out with a loud

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voice , said Father , into

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your hands I commit my

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spirit . Having said

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this , he breathed

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his last . Now

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, when the centurion saw what had happened , he

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began praising God , saying Certainly

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this man was innocent . And

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all the crowds who came together for the spectacle

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, when they observe what had happened , what

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had happened , began to return , beating

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their breasts , and all his acquaintances

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and the women who accompanied him , from Galilee

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, were standing at a distance seeing

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these things . These

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are hard words to read , hard

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words to read . So

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now let's look at the burial . We'll

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go to John

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19 . John

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19, . We'll look at

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verses 38 through 42

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. After

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these things , joseph of

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Arimathea , being a disciple

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of Jesus , but a secret

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one for fear of the Jews , asked

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Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus

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, and Pilate granted permission . So

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he came and took away his body . Nicodemus

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, who had first come to him by night , also came

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bringing a mixture of myrrh and allows

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about a hundred pounds of weight

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. So he took the body of Jesus and

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bound it with linen wrappings with spices

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, as the burial custom of the Jews

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. Now , in the place where he was crucified

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, there was a garden and in the garden

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a new tomb which no one had yet been laid

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. Therefore , because it is a Jewish day

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of the preparation , since the tomb was nearby , they

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laid Jesus there

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. All right , guys

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. So we have . These

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are the scriptures that we read today

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. So again , the trials from

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the High Priest , the Sanhedrin , the

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first Pilate trial , herod when

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he went back in front of Pilate the

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second time through the crucifixion

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and the burial . So

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some heavy scriptures there , guys . For

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sure , for sure , heavy scriptures

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need to come back for

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a Friday episode , because on Friday we're going to

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tell the rest of what happened , the rest

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of the accounts . Guys , and

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I get it , these things can be hard

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to hear sometimes , but you need to remember

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this is not just a story , these

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are actual events . These actually

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happen to our Savior . Okay

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, don't miss that for a second

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. And if you've never accepted Christ as

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your Savior and you're this far

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into the line within us and you're listening to the

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Easter story and you're

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finally getting some , maybe some dots

19:43

are starting to connect for you and you want

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to know . What do you need to do ? What

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do you need to do Like I'm ready , what

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do I need to do to move forward , to make

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Jesus a bigger part of my life

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and actually put everything , commit

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everything , to him ? It's very simple you need

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to submit to your center . You are a

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center and the sin is anything that separates us

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from God . And because

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we are sinners , there's nothing we

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can do . Nothing

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we can do to close that gap , because

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God is holy , he's perfect

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. We're not , so we

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needed a payment . We had to be able

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to cover that . We couldn't do that

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ourselves . God

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sent Jesus . He came here . He

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is the Son of God , he is the Son of man . He is here

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. He was with us right Now

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. You just just heard , just

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heard how he paid the penalty

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right there on

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that cross , the crucifixion

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. He paid the penalty . His perfect

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blood ran for

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our sins . He paid

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it in full . When you come back

20:50

on Friday , you're going to hear the rest of the story . He

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overcame death . The tomb is

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empty . Tomb is empty . That's

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what we're celebrating . We do not worship

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a dead man . We worship a living

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savior , and right

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now he's sitting at the right hand of the Father

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. Guys , you have to

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confess him as Lord . Don't

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miss today , let this be an opportunity

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you missed , because you are never promised

21:15

tomorrow . So

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, if the spirit is moving , you , you

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have to act . And

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I was going to say a prayer salvation , father

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. There's someone listening right now and I know they're

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ready to accept you as their savior . So

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, for right now , this

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man , this woman , this child , whoever's listening , that

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is confessing you as Lord . God , we

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just pray that you just poured out that

21:38

Holy Spirit upon them , that they

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commit their life to you , lord , and

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we know , by making this profession

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, Lord , that at this moment , salvation

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is theirs . We're so blessed

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, lord . We're so blessed that you give us this grace

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, and we're so thankful for Jesus

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. We're so thankful for the

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ability to read your word and to grow closer

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to you , god . So I just thank you , lord

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, for the way that you are moving here , with

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all the people who are listening to the line with

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this for how you are touching our ministry

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and we pray . We keep doing all we

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can to honor and glorify you and

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point others to Christ . So in your name

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, we pray amen . So

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, guys , if you just prayed that prayer salvation with

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me and you have now accepted Christ

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as your savior , send me an email

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because I want to send you some free things to get you started

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, because now you're in the battlefield , guys , it's

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going to get a lot harder . I'm just going to be real with you

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, but have no fear . God

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didn't give us a spirit fear , but

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a power of self control and sound mind . That's

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what it's about , guys . So send an email

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support at the lion within that US

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, and I will send you some stuff to help you get

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started . Ok , guys

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, I hope you enjoyed that . Thank you so much . I

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mean those trials , those crucifixion

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, the burial that's hard stuff , that's

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heavy stuff to have to

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listen to , to unpack , but

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at the same time we can't skip it . We can't skip

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it . We have to know

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what he did for us on the cross , that

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it counted , it mattered for you , the

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love he had for us he poured , that just , absolutely

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just poured out of him , and

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the penalty for our sin was he paid

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in full . There's

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nothing we have to do other

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than surrender to him . So

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I'm praying you're enjoying just going through the scriptures

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, just letting God's word Just do what it does , just

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just just have some fun there . So head over to the

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lion within that US . And lots

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of resources , still ways to get

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connected with us for our men's retreat , still ways to

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get connected with us for our mission trip . Lots

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of fun ways we try to help guys . But you get all

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those resources , all the materials , all the stuff

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, the Bible study , the apps , all the different

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ways we help people in your version the lion

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within that US . That's what it's

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all about . Ok , so that's a rating review

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. That would help big time and come back on Friday

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. We're going to get to the final

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part the most , I guess

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, the part that celebrated the most

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about our risen savior . All

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right , guys , get after it . Keep on leashing the lion

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within .