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00:19 >>John Bradshaw: This is the story of the only man 00:21 in history who stopped the sun from shining. 00:25 It's also the story of the greatest miscarriage of justice 00:29 known to humankind. 00:31 But first, let's bring it a little closer to home. 00:35 In June of 2024, Sandra Hemme was released from a prison 00:38 in Missouri after serving 43 years for murder, 00:43 a crime she did not commit, 00:46 becoming the longest-known wrongly incarcerated woman 00:50 in U.S. history. 00:51 Reports say certain individuals were "highly motivated 00:55 "to look away from where the evidence pointed 00:58 and look instead in other directions." 01:01 Ms. Hemme spent almost half a century 01:04 locked up for no reason at all. 01:08 Questions have persisted for decades about the deaths 01:10 of former president John F. Kennedy 01:13 and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 01:16 The moment Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV, 01:22 people everywhere suspected there was a whole lot more 01:24 to the story than the official story. 01:27 Dr. King's family don't believe James Earl Ray fired the bullet 01:32 that took the life of the civil rights leader. 01:34 Maybe we'll never know what really happened. 01:37 Justice isn't always as blind as we'd like to think. 01:42 But the man who stopped the sun from shining? 01:45 There is no question about who he was 01:48 and absolutely no doubt about his guilt. 01:51 ♪[somber music]♪ 01:59 Thanks for joining me on "It Is Written." 02:01 The greatest miscarriage of justice 02:04 in the history of the world took place 02:06 on what Christians now call Easter weekend 02:09 2,000 years ago. 02:11 The Son of God was born as a baby in Bethlehem in Israel, 02:14 raised in Nazareth, and in 27 AD began a very public ministry. 02:20 After getting offside with Jewish religious leaders, 02:23 He was crucified, nailed to a cross. 02:28 But during Jesus' awful journey to the cross, 02:32 there was one man who could have intervened 02:35 to stop history's greatest miscarriage of justice, 02:39 prevent an incomprehensible abuse of power, 02:41 and turn back a bloodthirsty mob. 02:45 He's the only man who ever lived who could have kept 02:49 the sun shining in the sky. 02:52 We don't know much about his background, 02:54 but in the Easter story Pontius Pilate looms large. 02:59 He was the governor of Judea, 03:01 which is roughly Israel and part of Jordan today. 03:06 By the time Jesus was born, 03:08 Judea was part of the Roman province of Syria, 03:11 and as the governor of Judea, 03:13 Pilate reported to the Roman emperor. 03:15 He had jurisdiction over military matters 03:18 and was authorized to impose the death penalty. 03:21 The Sanhedrin, made of 70 influential Jewish men, 03:24 had some influence in civil and political matters, 03:28 but with the Romans in control, 03:30 they had the greatest impact in the religious sphere. 03:34 And on the night Jesus was arrested, 03:37 everything came together to create the perfect storm. 03:42 The Jewish leaders overstepped their boundaries, 03:45 and the man appointed by the Roman Empire 03:47 to maintain peace and order failed in his duty. 03:51 And we remember that every year. 03:55 As we look at Pilate's role in the Easter story, 03:59 we see that God gave him opportunity after opportunity 04:02 to do something historic, to do the right thing. 04:06 Now, I'm not suggesting Jesus' death on the cross 04:08 might have been avoided. 04:10 It was prophesied that He would be crucified. 04:13 But Pilate's name could have gone down in history 04:15 for all the right reasons if he'd only acted with integrity. 04:21 And he could have. 04:22 Pilate could have been a Daniel who purposed in his heart 04:25 that he would honor God, no matter the personal cost. 04:29 He could have been like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 04:32 who knew God could save them from the fiery furnace, 04:35 but told the king that even if God did not, 04:38 they still weren't going to violate their conscience. 04:41 In fact, conscience is a major part of Pilate's story. 04:45 Conviction came to him again and again 04:48 as God spoke to his heart. 04:51 So, let's see this unfold. 04:52 As we do, we're going to learn something important enough 04:56 to be the difference between being saved and being lost. 05:00 Let's look into the Bible. 05:01 We'll start in Matthew, chapter 27 and verse 1. 05:05 And the Bible says, "When morning came, 05:08 "all the chief priests and elders of the people 05:11 "plotted against Jesus to put Him to death. 05:15 "And when they had bound Him, they led Him away 05:18 and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor." 05:22 After tolerating Jesus' ministry for three and a half years, 05:25 Jewish leaders had had enough of it. 05:29 This young teacher didn't respect their customs. 05:33 He was a threat to their authority, 05:34 and he attracted people by the thousands. 05:38 He was showing people what faith in God really looked like, 05:40 and He did so by portraying God as loving, 05:44 by showing empathy and kindness, 05:46 by investing in people, by offering hope 05:50 and touching even the hardest hearts. 05:54 But the Jewish authorities decided He had to go. 05:57 Was it because He healed people? 05:59 Was it because He raised people from the dead 06:01 and brought them back to life? 06:03 Was it because He offered people hope? 06:05 Was it because He restored people's sight 06:07 or gave them back the use of their limbs? 06:10 No, they were envious, threatened. 06:14 And because the purity of His life was a rebuke 06:18 to their obvious corruption, 06:20 they thought the best thing they could do to a man 06:23 who raised the dead and healed lepers and cancelled funerals 06:27 was put Him to death. 06:29 But because they didn't have the authority to execute someone, 06:32 they brought Him to Pilate, 06:35 urging Pilate to do what they could not. 06:39 "Now Jesus stood before the governor. 06:40 "And the governor asked Him, saying, 06:43 "'Are You the King of the Jews?' 06:46 Jesus said to him, 'It is as you say.'" 06:51 It's clear Pilate wasn't moved by the accusations 06:54 brought against Jesus. 06:55 Jesus had never given Pilate any trouble. 06:57 He'd never led an insurrection 06:59 or got in the way of the Roman armies. 07:01 He wasn't a violent man. 07:03 He didn't carry Himself like a criminal. 07:05 He was a religious teacher, 07:07 who couldn't even be accused of profiting from His ministry. 07:10 When Pilate asked Jesus about the accusations 07:13 made against Him, Jesus stayed silent, 07:17 and Pilate marveled greatly. 07:21 You'd expect someone in that situation 07:23 to protest their innocence, to give their side of the story. 07:27 But Jesus didn't, and Pilate was stunned. 07:31 He would have been asking himself 07:33 what kind of man this was. 07:35 Normal people didn't act like this. 07:37 It was clear that Jesus cared about 07:39 more than saving His own life. 07:42 He knew He was destined for the cross. 07:44 But His commitment to saving you 07:47 was stronger than His commitment to saving Himself. 07:51 Now, Pilate's behavior is interesting. 07:54 He was no stranger to killing innocent people. 07:58 In Luke 13 there's a reference to a time he had a number 08:01 of Galileans killed while they were offering sacrifices. 08:05 And according to the historian Josephus, 08:07 when Jews protested Pilate taking money 08:09 from the temple treasury to pay for the building of an aqueduct, 08:13 he put down the rebellion by massacring numbers of people. 08:18 Pilate ended up losing his job over a massacre 08:21 of Samaritan worshipers on Mount Gerizim 08:24 a few years after the death of Jesus. 08:26 He was no choirboy, but here Pilate was looking for a way out 08:32 of condemning an innocent man. 08:34 There was something different about Jesus, 08:36 and Pilate didn't want Jesus to be put to death. 08:39 So, Pilate came up with a foolproof plan. 08:45 "Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing 08:48 "to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. 08:52 "And at that time they had a notorious prisoner 08:55 called Barabbas." 08:57 Mark adds an important detail: 09:00 "And there was one named Barabbas, 09:01 "who was chained with his fellow rebels; 09:03 they had committed murder in the rebellion." 09:08 Put yourself in Pilate's position. 09:10 He doesn't want to condemn an innocent man to die, 09:13 so he presented the people with two choices. 09:15 The obvious choice was a man who may well have healed 09:19 some of the very people baying for His blood. 09:22 Pilate would contrast the humble, kind, 09:25 gracious Jesus with a murderer. 09:27 Surely there was only one possible outcome. 09:31 Except that Pilate wasn't familiar with the old adage 09:35 about lawyers during cross-examination: 09:38 Never ask a question you don't know the answer to. 09:41 He assumed that the people in that crowd possessed 09:43 some measure of humanity, some shred of decency, 09:46 some sensitivity to life and death 09:49 and reason and commonsense. 09:51 But he was wrong. 09:53 Envy can do strange things to people. 09:56 "Therefore, when they had gathered together, 09:58 "Pilate said to them, 'Whom do you want me to release to you? 10:01 Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?'" 10:05 Now, notice this: "For he knew that they had handed Him over 10:09 because of envy." 10:11 He knew. Pilate knew full well what was going on. 10:15 Therefore, as the governor of Judea, 10:17 his duty was to free Jesus. 10:20 He knew that, too. 10:22 And as if his conscience was not already burning within him, 10:26 he received at that very moment 10:28 a remarkable message from his wife. 10:31 Now, it's early in the morning. 10:33 John writes that Pilate presented Jesus to the people 10:37 at the sixth hour. 10:38 And it seems John was reckoning time from midnight, 10:42 different to what you find in the synoptic gospels. 10:44 His wife had been sleeping, but she woke up 10:48 and had a message delivered to her husband. 10:51 I'm not sure how often Mrs. Pilate sent messages 10:55 to her husband while he was doing his job, 10:57 how often she told her husband what he should do 10:59 in his professional life. 11:01 Given the era, my guess is that it didn't happen very often. 11:05 So what was happening here was absolutely extraordinary. 11:10 Her message was to the point: 11:12 "Have nothing to do with that just Man, 11:15 "for I have suffered many things today 11:18 in a dream because of Him." 11:20 So, what do you think is going on inside Pilate's mind? 11:22 His conscience was screaming at him by now. 11:25 He already believed Jesus was innocent, 11:27 and now his wife sends a message from out of nowhere 11:30 saying the same thing, adding that she had suffered much 11:33 in a dream she'd had. 11:34 A dream had caused her great anguish. 11:37 God was appealing to Pilate every way He could, 11:41 even through his wife, who had zero connection 11:43 to what was unfolding. 11:45 God was giving Pilate the same opportunity 11:47 he gave Nebuchadnezzar and Pharaoh. 11:50 Pilate could have been a saved man. 11:53 And if he'd yielded to the promptings begging him 11:56 to do the right thing, Pilate would not have been responsible 11:59 for sending the Son of God to His death. 12:03 How many times do you think that happens to people? 12:05 Someone planning a crime and a voice inside is saying, 12:08 "You shouldn't do this. This is not right. 12:10 This isn't how you were raised." 12:12 That person in a bar or a restaurant or an office, 12:15 everyone's having fun, but then they remember their spouse, 12:18 and conscience says, or the Holy Spirit says, 12:22 "Don't let this escalate. Get out of here while you can." 12:25 That's God speaking, trying to save that person. 12:28 A friend says, "We're going to rob a store." 12:30 That voice says, "Bad idea, don't do it." 12:32 But the young man goes along, doesn't mean any real harm. 12:35 No one's going to get hurt. He's just along for the thrill. 12:38 God is saying, "Don't do this. You know better. 12:42 I can get you out of this." 12:43 And then it all goes bad, and that young man is sitting 12:47 in a cell that will be his home for the rest of his life, 12:51 even though his conscience, his better judgment, 12:55 even though God told him plainly, 12:59 "You don't want to do this." 13:00 ♪[soft reflective music]♪ 13:01 You know what's a good idea? 13:02 It's a good idea for you to take some "you time." 13:05 Now, to take "you time," you could walk or rest or relax 13:08 or read or travel or learn. 13:10 But the best "you time" has to be taking time 13:14 to grow spiritually, feeding your soul, 13:17 becoming the person you were created to be. 13:21 Understand your Bible with the free online 13:25 It Is Written Bible Study Guides. 13:28 Dig deep into subjects that really matter. 13:31 You'll uncover precious life-changing truths-- 13:34 25 lessons, easy but in-depth, comprehensive but relevant. 13:40 You may learn more about the Bible in these lessons 13:42 than you've learned in your entire life. 13:44 Simply go to itiswritten.study 13:47 and expand your understanding of God's Word. 13:51 It's completely free, "you time" in the best possible way: 13:57 itiswritten.study. 14:01 In June of 2024, some men outside a nightclub 14:05 in Canberra, Australia, got into a bit of a dispute-- 14:09 nothing unusual for a nightclub. 14:11 While one man was walking away, he was punched. 14:15 One punch. 14:16 The man who was on the receiving end, a father of four, 14:20 is now living with an irreversible brain injury, 14:22 while the 21-year-old who threw the punch 14:25 was sentenced to up to six years in prison. 14:27 At some stage, both men thought about just walking away. 14:32 One did, but one did not, and then? 14:37 A British mother recently buried her 17-year-old son 14:40 after he made an error of judgment. 14:42 She had warned him not to use drugs. 14:45 He assured her he wouldn't. 14:47 But then he took narcotics while drinking. 14:50 Just once, and the result was fatal. 14:54 He knew, but instead of following the voice of reason, 14:58 he gave in to temptation, 15:00 and what happened in a moment can never be undone. 15:05 Everyone has had that experience to some degree. 15:08 It might be a website you should steer clear of 15:11 or an angry word that you think the other person 15:13 deserved to hear. 15:15 Something was saying, "Don't do it." 15:17 And yet you did, and it can't be taken back. 15:19 And someone's going to have to live with the consequences 15:21 of those actions for the rest of their life. 15:25 You know something? 15:28 It's always better to yield to God. 15:31 I want to encourage you to surrender 15:33 when God speaks to your heart. 15:35 Let God's will be done in your life. 15:39 The people knew nothing about what was going on 15:42 in the heart of Pilate. 15:43 "The chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes 15:46 "that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 15:49 "The governor answered and said to them, 15:51 "'Which of the two do you want me to release to you?' 15:53 They said, 'Barabbas!'" 15:56 Notice what's going on? 15:57 Pilate is trying to release Jesus. 16:00 He's hoping the people would have a change of heart, 16:02 but they chose a murderer and rejected a Messiah. 16:07 Luke writes, "Pilate gave sentence 16:10 that it should be as they requested." 16:12 Pilate could simply have chosen to be a leader and lead. 16:16 It was his job, as the person in authority, to do the right thing 16:20 and not be pushed around by the people he governed. 16:23 But Pilate was weak. 16:25 He even tried to get out of the whole situation 16:27 by having Jesus sent to Herod and make it Herod's problem, 16:32 only for Herod to send Jesus back. 16:35 When he needed backbone, Pilate wilted. 16:39 You might have had that experience, too. 16:41 When temptation comes, your reservoir of strength is small, 16:45 and you say that awful thing, or you lash out, 16:48 or you're critical or dishonest or immoral. 16:51 But a follower of Jesus can have strength in moments like that. 16:56 I'll tell you how. 16:57 Crumbling like Pilate did is not really the result 17:01 of what happens in the moment. 17:03 Instead, it's the result of what has happened over time. 17:07 If you're connecting with God on a daily basis, 17:10 you are far less likely to fold in the face of temptation. 17:15 Your daily devotional time strengthens you for those times 17:18 of strong temptation. 17:20 I was digging something out of the ground in my yard recently, 17:22 and it was stubborn, really hard to shift. 17:26 And that's because it had a root system that went deep. 17:30 If you put down deep roots and fasten them around Jesus, 17:35 temptation won't be able to easily push you over. 17:39 Prayer puts down roots. 17:41 Reading the Bible puts down roots. 17:44 Grow your relationship with God today and tomorrow 17:48 and the day after, and when temptation presses in, 17:51 you won't easily be uprooted 17:53 because the roots of your faith go down deep. 17:58 Now, "Pilate said to them, 'What then shall I do 18:01 with Jesus who is called Christ?'" 18:05 And "they all said to him, 18:07 'Let Him be crucified!'" 18:11 He tried again. In his mind he's thinking 18:14 these good religious people surely wouldn't want to harm 18:17 an obviously innocent man. 18:20 Pilate was dead wrong. 18:22 "From then on Pilate sought to release Him, 18:26 "but the Jews cried out, saying, 'If you let this Man go, 18:29 "'you are not Caesar's friend. 18:31 Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.'" 18:35 So you see what pushed Pilate over the line? 18:38 He was so concerned about his job, 18:40 so concerned about his reputation with his boss 18:43 that he was prepared to allow a gross miscarriage of justice. 18:48 So what influences you? 18:51 There are people who would follow Jesus, 18:53 but they're concerned about what others would think. 18:56 Or they're concerned about their livelihood. 18:58 But that's not how faith works. 19:00 Abraham followed God, not knowing where he was going. 19:04 James and John followed Jesus, leaving their jobs behind. 19:08 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were faithful, 19:10 believing it would cost them their lives. 19:13 And in each case, God blessed them for their faithfulness. 19:19 You can't do the right thing for God and be worse off. 19:23 So don't worry about what people think or how they react 19:27 or what they say. 19:29 Put God first, knowing that God said, 19:31 "Those who honor me I will honor." 19:36 Pilate is now exasperated. 19:40 He asks a desperate question: 19:43 "'Why, what evil has He done?' But they cried out all the more, 19:48 saying, 'Let Him be crucified!'" 19:51 The people ignore his appeal: "What evil has He done?" 19:56 They don't even want to go there. 19:57 They just want Him gone. 20:00 And Pilate knows they have no grounds for this 20:03 and that the life of Jesus is hanging in the balance. 20:05 Ahead of Him, crucifixion, 20:07 a revolting, brutal, painful death. 20:11 Pilate could stand in defense of his Creator. 20:15 All he needs to do is make the right decision. 20:20 "When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, 20:22 "but rather that a tumult was rising, 20:24 "he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, 20:27 "saying, 'I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. 20:33 You see to it.'" 20:35 And that doesn't make any sense. 20:37 "I'm telling you He is righteous, 20:41 but I'm handing Him over to be crucified anyway." 20:45 Pilate wasn't innocent of anything. 20:48 Now, if you were Pilate, what would you have done? 20:50 What a fearful responsibility to hold the life of the Son of God 20:55 in your hands! 20:57 This was an opportunity for Pilate to speak up for Jesus, 21:00 to acknowledge what everyone could see and prevent 21:04 a gross miscarriage of justice, and an opportunity for Pilate 21:08 to yield to that voice speaking to his heart. 21:11 What better opportunity could the Roman governor have 21:14 to accept Jesus than having a personal audience with Him 21:17 and seeing for himself that Jesus 21:20 was just who He claimed to be? 21:23 And then things got dark. John again: 21:25 "Then Pilate...took Jesus, and scourged Him." 21:30 He had Him whipped with a whip made of leather cords embedded 21:34 with nails and fragments of metal and bone shards. 21:40 "And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns and put it 21:43 "on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe 21:47 "and said, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' 21:51 and they smote Him with their hands." 21:53 The brutality against Jesus was in full swing. 21:57 Back to Matthew: 21:59 "And all the people answered and said, 22:01 'His blood be on us and on our children.'" 22:05 And those words turned out to be prophetic. 22:08 "Then he released Barabbas to them; 22:10 "and when he had scourged Jesus, 22:12 he delivered Him to be crucified." 22:15 And with his conscience still burning, 22:18 "Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. 22:22 "And the writing was: 'JESUS OF NAZARETH, 22:25 "THE KING OF THE JEWS.' ... 22:27 "Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, 22:30 "'Do not write "The King of the Jews," but, 22:32 "He said, 'I am the King of the Jews.'"' 22:35 Pilate answered, 'What I have written, I have written.'" 22:39 That was a vain attempt to soothe his burning conscience. 22:46 And crucified between two common criminals, 22:49 Jesus hung on a cross. 22:52 "Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour 22:55 there was darkness over all the land." 22:58 The sun refused to shine as its Maker 23:01 was suspended between heaven and earth, 23:03 bearing the sins of the whole world-- 23:06 bearing your sins. 23:08 Pontius Pilate was the only man in the world 23:12 who could have prevented that darkness, but instead, 23:15 his refusal to surrender to the pleading of God sent Jesus 23:20 to the cross and stopped the sun from shining in the sky. 23:26 And what became of Pilate? Well, we don't know for sure. 23:29 Some reports say he took his own life. 23:31 Some say someone else took his life. 23:34 Either way, it seems certain things didn't end well 23:38 for Pilate--when it all could have ended gloriously. 23:43 Pilate, the man who stopped the sun from shining-- 23:48 yet, he couldn't stop the light from shining. 23:53 The light of the cross still shines, 23:55 illuminating the whole world, 23:58 giving you the opportunity to do what Pilate did not. 24:05 So, how is it with you today? 24:07 God is speaking to your heart, but are you responding? 24:12 If you're stuck in sin or some destructive habit pattern, 24:15 Jesus is appealing to you to surrender that to Him. 24:18 If you're having problems trusting God, believing in God, 24:21 God is asking for your heart. 24:23 And if you've never chosen Jesus, 24:26 God is asking you to do so 24:27 and to trust that He will live His life in you. 24:30 He'll give you peace that passes understanding. 24:32 He'll give you purpose, and He'll give you forever. 24:37 All it takes is a decision, 24:39 the decision that Pilate wouldn't make. 24:44 Can you believe today? 24:46 Believe that Jesus died for you. 24:48 Believe that Jesus is everything He said He was. 24:52 Believe that Jesus is coming back soon. 24:55 If you do so, He'll come back for you 24:58 and usher you into a future that has no end. 25:02 Friend, if you'll believe in Jesus today, 25:05 if you'll accept Him as your Savior, 25:07 you can know with confidence 25:10 that you have everlasting life. 25:15 Now, there's something I want you to have. 25:18 The cross shouldn't be simply a story. 25:21 There's power in the cross, 25:24 and I want you to experience that power. 25:26 God wants you to experience that power. 25:29 Call now and get "The Power of the Cross," 25:32 a free faith-building resource I've written. 25:35 It's our gift to you. 25:37 The message of "The Power of the Cross" 25:40 has the power to transform your life, 25:42 to connect you with the power of God, 25:45 and free you up to experience the blessing and the hope 25:48 and the purpose God has for your life. 25:51 Now, to get "The Power of the Cross," call now. 25:54 The number is 800-253-3000. 25:57 That's 800-253-3000. 26:00 You can go to iiwoffer.com 26:03 or text "freecross" to 71392. 26:07 Experience "The Power of the Cross." 26:10 Call now: 800-253-3000. 26:14 >>John: Thank you for remembering that It Is Written 26:17 exists because of the kindness of people just like you. 26:20 To support this international life-changing ministry, 26:23 please call us now at 800-253-3000. 26:27 You can send your tax-deductible gift 26:29 to the address on your screen, 26:30 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 26:34 Thank you for your prayers and your financial support. 26:37 Our number again is 800-253-3000, 26:40 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 26:45 >>John: Let me pray with you now. 26:47 Our Father in heaven, we thank You 26:48 that there is power in the cross, 26:50 and You've included in the Bible stories like that of Pilate 26:54 so that we can learn what not to do 26:57 and how to respond when You speak to our hearts. 27:00 Now, friend, I believe that right now 27:01 God might be speaking to your heart. 27:02 I know He's speaking to some heart right now. 27:05 And if that's you, would you surrender your life to Jesus? 27:08 Remember the story of Pilate. 27:10 Saying no to Jesus leads nowhere fast. 27:14 Would you say to Jesus, "Yes, I accept Your will for my life. 27:18 Yes, I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior." 27:21 Lord, You heard every one of those yeses, 27:23 You've seen every heart, and so bless now, I pray. 27:26 Friend, if you've asked Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, 27:28 He is that right now, and you can know that, 27:31 from this moment on, you have the gift of everlasting life. 27:34 Cling to Jesus and you'll never let that go. 27:36 Lord, we thank You, 27:38 and we pray in Jesus' name. 27:41 Amen. 27:42 Thank you so much for joining me. 27:44 I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time. 27:46 Until then, remember: 27:47 "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:51 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 27:54 ♪[dramatic, triumphant theme music]♪ 28:26 ♪[music ends]♪♪ |
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