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chap._n 21._o vers_fw-la 11._o yet_o paul_n bond_n neither_o in_o jerusalem_n nor_o in_o any_o other_o city_n and_o his_o be_v question_v for_o matter_n of_o conscience_n about_o the_o resurrection_n before_o foelix_n king_n agrippa_n and_o festus_n hinder_v not_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o all_o nation_n as_o this_o jangler_n will_v infer_v for_o paul_n himself_o testify_v the_o contrary_a in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o philippian_n chap._n 1._o vers_fw-la 12_o 13._o but_o i_o will_v you_o shall_v understand_v brethren_n say_v the_o apostle_n that_o the_o thing_n that_o happen_v unto_o i_o speak_v there_o of_o persecution_n have_v fall_v out_o rather_o to_o the_o furtherance_n of_o the_o gospel_n so_o that_o my_o bond_n for_o christ_n be_v manifest_a in_o caesar_n court_n and_o in_o all_o other_o place_n by_o this_o testimony_n also_o of_o paul_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o persecution_n for_o cause_n of_o conscience_n rather_o further_v the_o preach_n of_o 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