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he_o because_o say_v the_o text_n verse_n 20._o their_o country_n be_v nourish_v by_o the_o king_n signify_v that_o during_o the_o famine_n then_o rage_v they_o have_v provision_n from_o thence_o which_o dearth_n or_o famine_n be_v that_o which_o agabus_n the_o prophet_n have_v some_o time_n before_o prophesy_v of_o at_o antioch_n of_o which_o it_o be_v general_o say_v act_v 11._o 28._o that_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o day_n of_o claudius_n but_o as_o other_o author_n particular_o vspergensis_n have_v note_v it_o be_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o claudius_n thus_o i_o conceive_v it_o very_o plain_a and_o certain_a that_o peter_n be_v constant_o in_o and_o about_o judea_n till_o the_o four_o year_n of_o claudius_n that_o be_v the_o 12_o of_o the_o passion_n and_o 45th_o of_o our_o lord_n nativity_n which_o not_o only_o leave_v no_o room_n for_o his_o seven_o year_n episcopacy_n at_o antioch_n which_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v before_o this_o time_n but_o also_o utter_o 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