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291. The Earthquake and the Rolling Away of the Stone.
Early Sunday Morning
(Mt 28:2-4)
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Mt
28:2-4
2Behold,
there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the
sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3His
appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4For
fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men. |
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292. "He is Risen!"
Sunrise Sunday Morning.
(Mt 28:5-7, Mk 16:2-7, Lk 24:1-8, Jn 20:1)
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Mt 28:5-7
5The angel answered the women, “Don’t be
afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. 6He
is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where
the Lord was lying. 7Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has
risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you
will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.” |
Mk 16:2-7
2Very early on the first day of the
week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3They were
saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the
tomb for us?” 4for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the
stone was rolled back.
5Entering
into the tomb, they saw a young man a
sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.
6He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene,
who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place
where they laid him! 7But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He
goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’” |
Lk 24:1-8
1But on the first day of the week, at
early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which
they had prepared. 2They found the stone rolled away from the
tomb. 3They entered in, and didn’t find the Lord Jesus’ body.
4It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this,
behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. 5Becoming
terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth.
They
said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6He
isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in
Galilee, 7saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into
the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?”
8They
remembered his words, |
Jn 20:1
1Now
on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still
dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. |
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293. Jesus Appears to the Returning Women
Their Report to the Disciples is not
Believed.
(Mt 28:8-10, Mk 16:8, Lk 24:9-11)
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Mt
28:8-10
8They
departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his
disciples word. 9As they went to tell his disciples, behold,
Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!”
They
came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
10Then
Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my
brothers
that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”
28:10
The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and
sisters” or “siblings.” |
Mk 16:8
8They
went out,
and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them.
They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
b
16:8
TR adds “quickly” |
Lk 24:9-11
9returned
from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.
10Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of
James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles. 11These
words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them. |
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294. Peter and John Rush to the Grave of Christ
(Lk 24:12, Jn
20:2-10)
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Lk 24:12
12But
Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips
of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what
had happened. |
Jn
20:2-10
2Therefore she ran and came to Simon
Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They
have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have
laid him!”
3Therefore
Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb. 4They
both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb
first. 5Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying,
yet he didn’t enter in. 6Then Simon Peter came, following him,
and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying, 7and
the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but
rolled up in a place by itself. 8So then the other disciple who
came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed. 9For
as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
10So the disciples went away again to their own homes. |
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295. Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
(Mk 16:9, Jn
20:11-17)
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Mk 16:9
9Now
when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first
c to Mary Magdalene, from whom he
had cast out seven demons. |
Jn
20:11-17
11But
Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped
and looked into the tomb, 12and she saw two angels in white
sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had
lain. 13They told her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
She
said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where
they have laid him.” 14When she had said this, she turned around
and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.
15Jesus
said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are
you looking for?”
She,
supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him
away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
16Jesus
said to her, “Mary.”
She
turned and said to him, “Rhabbouni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”
17Jesus
said to her, “Don’t touch me, for I haven’t yet
ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending
to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” |
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296. Mary's Message is not Believed
(Mk 16:10-11, Jn
20:18)
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Mk
16:10-11
10She
went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11When
they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved. |
Jn
20:18
18Mary
Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that
he had said these things to her. |
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297. The Report of the Guard.
Jerusalem. Sunday Morning.
(Mt 28:11-15)
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Mt 28:11-15
11Now
while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and
told the chief priests all the things that had happened. 12When
they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a
large amount of silver to the soldiers, 13saying, “Say that his
disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. 14If
this comes to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him and make you free of
worry.” 15So they took the money and did as they were told. This
saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day. |
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298. Jesus Appears to the Two Disciples Going to Emmaus.
Sunday Afternoon.
(Mk 16:12, Lk 24:13-32)
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Mk
16:12
12After
these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked,
on their way into the country. |
Lk 24:13-32
13Behold,
two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was
sixty stadia
d from Jerusalem. 14They
talked with each other about all of these things which had happened. 15It
happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came
near, and went with them. 16But their eyes were kept from
recognizing him. 17He said to them, “What
are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?”
18One
of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in
Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things which have happened there in these
days?”
19He
said to them, “What things?”
They
said to him, “The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet
mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; 20and how
the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death,
and crucified him. 21But we were hoping that it was he who would
redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since
these things happened. 22Also, certain women of our company
amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb; 23and when they
didn’t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of
angels, who said that he was alive. 24Some of us went to the
tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn’t see him.”
25He
said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to
believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26Didn’t
the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
27Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to
them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. 28They
drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would
go further.
29They
urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is
almost over.”
He went in
to stay with them. 30It happened, that when he had sat down at
the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave
to them. 31Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and
he vanished out of their sight. 32They said one to another,
“Weren’t our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way,
and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
24:13
60 stadia = about 11 kilometers or about 7 miles. |
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299. The Two Disciples Report To The Eleven. The News Of The
Appearance To Simon Peter.
Jerusalem. Sunday Evening.
(Mk
16:13, Lk 24:33-35, I Cor 15:5)
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Mk
16:13
13They
went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either. |
Lk 24:33-35
33They
rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered
together, and those who were with them, 34saying, “The Lord is
risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35They related the
things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the
breaking of the bread. |
I Cor
15:5
5and
that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. |
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300. Jesus Appears to the Eleven and to Others with Them.
Thomas Is Absent.
Jerusalem. Sunday Evening.
(Mk 16:14, Lk 24:36-43, Jn 20:19-25)
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Mk 16:14
14Afterward
he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he
rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t
believe those who had seen him after he had risen. |
Lk 24:36-43
36As
they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them,
“Peace be to you.”
37But
they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a
spirit.
38He
said to them, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts
arise in your hearts? 39See my
hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit
doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.” 40When
he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41While
they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them,
“Do you have anything here to eat?”
42They
gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. 43He took
them, and ate in front of them. |
Jn
20:19-25
19When
therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when
the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the
Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them,
“Peace be to you.”
20When
he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples
therefore were glad when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus therefore
said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father
has sent me, even so I send you.” 22When he had said this,
he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the
Holy Spirit! 23Whoever’s sins you
forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever’s sins you retain, they have been
retained.”
24But
Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.
25The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the
Lord!”
But
he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put
my hand into his side, I will not believe.” |
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301. The Appearance Of Jesus After Eight Days. Thomas Is Present.
Jerusalem. Sunday Evening. A Week
Later. e
(Jn 20:26-29)
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Jn
20:26-29
26After
eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus
came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst, and said,
“Peace be to you.” 27Then he said
to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it
into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”
28Thomas
answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
29Jesus
said to him, “Because you have seen me,
you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”
20:29
TR adds “ Thomas,” |
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302. Unrecorded Miracles
(Jn 20:30-31)
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Jn
20:30-31
30Therefore
Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not
written in this book; 31but these are written, that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may
have life in his name. |
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303. The Appearance to Seven Disciples beside the Sea
of Galilee. Miraculous Draught of Fishes.
(Jn 21:1-14)
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Jn
21:1-14
1After these things, Jesus revealed
himself again to the disciples at the
sea
of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way. 2Simon Peter, Thomas
called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and
two others of his disciples were together. 3Simon Peter said to
them, “I’m going fishing.”
They
told him, “We are also coming with you.” They immediately went out, and
entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing. 4But when
day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples didn’t
know that it was Jesus. 5Jesus therefore said to them,
“Children, have you anything to eat?”
They
answered him, “No.”
6He
said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the
boat, and you will find some.”
They
cast it therefore, and now they weren’t able to draw it in for the multitude
of fish. 7That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter,
“It’s the Lord!”
So
when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him
(for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea. 8But the
other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the
land, but about two hundred cubits
away), dragging the net full of fish. 9So when they got out on
the land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.
10Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the
fish which you have just caught.”
11Simon
Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fish, one hundred
fifty-three; and even though there were so many, the net wasn’t torn.
12Jesus
said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.”
None
of the disciples dared inquire of him, “Who are you?” knowing that it was
the Lord.
13Then
Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise.
14This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples,
after he had risen from the dead.
21:8
200 cubits is about 100 yards or about 91 meters |
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304. Peter Is Reinstated In His Apostleship.
"Feed My Lambs. Feed My Sheep." Beside
The Sea of Galilee.
(Jn 21:15-23)
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Jn
21:15-23
15So
when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than
these?”
He
said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.”
He
said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16He
said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of
Jonah, do you love me?”
He
said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.”
He
said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 17He
said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do
you have affection for me?”
Peter
was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do
you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know
everything. You know that I have affection for you.”
Jesus
said to him, “Feed my sheep. 18Most
certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked
where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands,
and another will dress you, and carry you where you don’t want to go.”
19Now
he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he
had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”
20Then
Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom
Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus’ breast at the
supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray You?” 21Peter
seeing him, said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”
22Jesus
said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come,
what is that to you? You follow me.” 23This saying
therefore went out among the brothers,
that this disciple wouldn’t die. Yet Jesus didn’t say to him that he
wouldn’t die, but, “If I desire that he stay until I
come, what is that to you?”
21:23
The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and
sisters” or “siblings.” |
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305. The Close of John's Gospel
(Jn 21:24-25)
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Jn
21:24-25
24This
is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We
know that his witness is true. 25There are also many other things
which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the
world itself wouldn’t have room for the books that would be written. |
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306. The Appearance Of Christ On A Mountain In Galilee.
The Great Mission Command. The
Institution Of Baptism. The Close Of Matthew.
(Mt 28:16-20, Mk
16:15-18, I Cor 15:6)
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Mt
28:16-20
16But
the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent
them. 17When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some
doubted. 18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying,
“All authority has been given to me in heaven and on
earth. 19Therefore go, and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching
them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. |
Mk
16:15-18
15He
said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the
Good News to the whole creation. 16He
who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be
condemned. 17These signs will
accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will
speak with new languages; 18they
will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way
hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” |
I Cor
15:6
6Then
he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until
now, but some have also fallen asleep. |
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307. The Appearance of Jesus to James and Paul
f
(I Cor 15:7-8)
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I Cor
15:7-8
7Then
he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8and last of all,
as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also. |
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308. The Last Appearance Of Jesus In Jerusalem.
"Ye Shall Be Witnesses Unto The
Uttermost Part Of The Earth."
Thursday, May 18, 30 A.D., 783 A.U.C.
783 A.U.C. |
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(Lk 24:44-49,
Acts 1:3-8)
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Lk 24:44-49
44He
said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was
still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the
prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
45Then
he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. 46He
said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was
necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
47and that repentance and
remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations,
beginning at Jerusalem. 48You are
witnesses of these things. 49Behold,
I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of
Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.” |
Acts
1:3-8
3To these he also
showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them
over a period of forty days, g
and speaking about God’s Kingdom. 4Being assembled together with
them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from
Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
5For John indeed baptized in
water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6Therefore, when they had come together,
they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
7He said to them,
“It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within
his own authority. 8But you will
receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses
to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of
the earth.” |
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309. The Ascension Of Our Lord.
The Close Of Mark. The Close Of Luke.
Mount Olivet Between Jerusalem And Bethany.
May 18, 30 A.D., 783 A.U.C.
(Mk 16:19-20, Lk 24:50-53,
Acts 1:9-12)
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Mk 16:19-20
19So
then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into
heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20They went out,
and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word
by the signs that followed. Amen. |
Lk 24:50-53
50He
led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed
them. 51It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from
them, and was carried up into heaven. 52They worshiped him, and
returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53and were continually in
the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. |
Acts
1:9-12
9When he had said these things, as they were
looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold,
two men stood by them in white clothing, 11who also said, “You
men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was
received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw
him going into the sky.”
12Then
they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near
Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. |
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Footnotes
a) Matthew and Mark, One Angel. Luke and John
(20:12), Two Angels. One Acting As Spokesman. See No. 295.
b) They Were Silent Along the Way.
c) The first private
interview, See No. 293.
d) Sixty stadia, about six miles.
e) According To Our Chronology, April 16, 30
A.D.
f) Acts 9:5.6; 26:14. Or Was
There Another Appearance? I Cor. 11:23: "For I Have Received Of The Lord."
Etc:
g) Upon these forty days the date for
Ascension is based.
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