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eat_v of_o worm_n and_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n verse_n 21_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o fifty_o four_o year_n of_o his_o age_n and_o the_o seven_o of_o his_o reign_n and_o under_o claudius_n caesar._n then_o the_o wicked_a jew_n stir_v up_o the_o gentile_n against_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n at_o iconium_n persecute_v so_o that_o be_v in_o danger_n to_o be_v stone_v to_o death_n they_o flee_v into_o lycaonia_n act._n 14.2_o 5_o 6._o again_o at_o lyâ—tra_n they_o stir_v up_o the_o gentile_n against_o they_o whereupon_o paul_n be_v stone_v and_o draw_v out_o of_o the_o city_n stone_v and_o leave_v for_o dead_a but_o it_o please_v god_n that_o he_o revive_v and_o so_o escape_v to_o derbe_n ver_fw-la 19.20_o afterward_o paul_n and_o silas_n for_o cast_v a_o spirit_n of_o divination_n out_o of_o a_o damosel_n at_o philippi_n whip_v be_v drag_v before_o the_o ruler_n who_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v whip_v and_o cast_v into_o prison_n but_o the_o magistrate_n afterward_o hear_v that_o they_o 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