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ultimi_fw-la sed_fw-la iste_fw-la darius_n cujus_fw-la meminit_fw-la cap._n 12.22_o fuit_fw-la darius_n nothus_fw-la quod_fw-la vel_fw-la inde_fw-la potest_fw-la intelligi_fw-la quod_fw-la eodem_fw-la capite_fw-la v._o 23._o subdit_fw-la descriptos_fw-la esse_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la tempora_fw-la johannis_n summi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la be_v autem_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la sub_fw-la dario_n ultimo_fw-la sed_fw-la jaddus_n ejus_fw-la filius_fw-la quem_fw-la pverum_fw-la videre_fw-la potuit_fw-la nehemias_n sed_fw-la non_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la neque_fw-la etiam_fw-la illud_fw-la asserit_fw-la that_o be_v nehemiah_n do_v not_o say_v that_o he_o live_v to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o last_o darius_n but_o that_o darius_n which_o he_o mention_v chap._n 12.22_o be_v darius_n nothus_fw-la which_o we_o be_v give_v to_o understand_v even_o from_o that_o which_o he_o present_o subjoin_v in_o
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