WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.860 Henry: Welcome to immerse, the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:02.988 --> 00:00:03.758 Day 16 00:00:04.069 --> 00:00:09.139 Next, Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Regia and Galatia because 00:00:09.139 --> 00:00:12.019 the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the 00:00:12.019 --> 00:00:13.879 province of Asia at that time. 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:19.609 Then coming to the borders of Misa, they headed north for the province of Bethia. 00:00:20.059 --> 00:00:23.059 But again, the spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go there. 00:00:23.539 --> 00:00:27.949 So instead, they went on through Messiah to the seaport of Trez. 00:00:28.834 --> 00:00:30.784 That night, Paul had a vision. 00:00:31.294 --> 00:00:35.374 A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there pleading with him, 00:00:35.794 --> 00:00:38.374 come over to Macedonia and help us. 00:00:39.034 --> 00:00:41.734 So we decided to leave for Macedonia at once. 00:00:42.034 --> 00:00:47.524 Having concluded that God was calling us to preach the good news there, we boarded 00:00:47.524 --> 00:00:51.604 a boat at Troas and sailed straight across to the island of Samath race. 00:00:51.934 --> 00:00:54.274 And the next day we landed at neis. 00:00:54.784 --> 00:00:59.254 From there, we reached Philippi, a major city of that district of Macedonia 00:00:59.254 --> 00:01:05.164 and a Roman colony, and we stayed there several days on the Sabbath. 00:01:05.314 --> 00:01:09.214 We went a little way outside the city to a riverbank where we thought 00:01:09.214 --> 00:01:12.664 people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with 00:01:12.664 --> 00:01:14.224 some women who had gathered there. 00:01:14.884 --> 00:01:16.684 One of them was Lydia from Thia. 00:01:16.684 --> 00:01:23.134 Tyra, a merchant of expensive purple cloth who worshiped God as she listened to us. 00:01:23.194 --> 00:01:26.794 The Lord opened her heart and she accepted what Paul was saying. 00:01:27.334 --> 00:01:31.744 She and her household were baptized and she asked us to be her guests. 00:01:32.434 --> 00:01:37.234 If you agree that I am a true believer in the Lord, she said, come and stay at my 00:01:37.234 --> 00:01:40.504 home, and she urged us until we agreed. 00:01:42.184 --> 00:01:45.544 One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a 00:01:45.544 --> 00:01:48.934 slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to tell the future. 00:01:49.504 --> 00:01:52.714 She earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes. 00:01:53.164 --> 00:01:55.894 She followed Paul and the rest of us shouting. 00:01:56.164 --> 00:01:59.734 These men are servants of the most high God, and they have 00:01:59.734 --> 00:02:01.564 come to tell you how to be saved. 00:02:02.389 --> 00:02:07.609 This went on day after day until Paul got so exasperated that he turned and 00:02:07.609 --> 00:02:12.139 said to the demon within her, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come 00:02:12.139 --> 00:02:15.019 out of her, and instantly it left her. 00:02:16.069 --> 00:02:20.209 Her master's hopes of wealth were now shattered, so they grabbed Paul 00:02:20.209 --> 00:02:23.749 and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace. 00:02:24.424 --> 00:02:27.604 The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews. 00:02:27.814 --> 00:02:29.434 They shouted to the city officials. 00:02:29.884 --> 00:02:33.574 They are teaching customs that are illegal for us, Romans to practice. 00:02:34.684 --> 00:02:39.004 A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered 00:02:39.004 --> 00:02:41.464 them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. 00:02:41.974 --> 00:02:45.214 They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. 00:02:45.754 --> 00:02:49.744 The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn't escape, so the jailer 00:02:49.744 --> 00:02:53.194 put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks. 00:02:53.989 --> 00:02:58.879 Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:00.439 the other prisoners were listening. 00:03:00.979 --> 00:03:04.129 Suddenly there was a massive earthquake and the prison was 00:03:04.134 --> 00:03:05.779 shaken to its foundations. 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:11.089 All the doors immediately flew open and the chains of every prisoner fell off. 00:03:11.779 --> 00:03:14.659 The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. 00:03:15.049 --> 00:03:19.159 He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself. 00:03:19.834 --> 00:03:21.784 Paul shouted to him, stop. 00:03:22.054 --> 00:03:23.104 Don't kill yourself. 00:03:23.104 --> 00:03:24.124 We are all here. 00:03:25.024 --> 00:03:28.984 The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down, 00:03:28.984 --> 00:03:30.934 trembling before Paul and Silas. 00:03:31.504 --> 00:03:36.124 Then he brought them out and asked Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 00:03:36.814 --> 00:03:41.284 They replied, believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved along 00:03:41.284 --> 00:03:42.874 with everyone in your household. 00:03:43.564 --> 00:03:46.354 And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all 00:03:46.354 --> 00:03:47.734 who lived in his household. 00:03:48.469 --> 00:03:52.909 Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. 00:03:53.389 --> 00:03:57.049 Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized. 00:03:57.739 --> 00:04:01.729 He brought them into his house and set a meal before them, and he 00:04:01.729 --> 00:04:05.719 and his entire household rejoiced because they all believed in God. 00:04:06.949 --> 00:04:10.099 The next morning, the city officials sent the police to tell 00:04:10.099 --> 00:04:12.199 the jailer, let those men go. 00:04:12.799 --> 00:04:16.279 So the jailer told Paul, the city officials have said You 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:17.929 and Silas are free to leave. 00:04:18.364 --> 00:04:19.354 Go in peace. 00:04:20.104 --> 00:04:24.784 But Paul replied, they have publicly beaten us without a trial and put us 00:04:24.784 --> 00:04:27.244 in prison, and we are Roman citizens. 00:04:27.784 --> 00:04:31.714 So now they want us to leave secretly, certainly not let them 00:04:31.714 --> 00:04:33.484 come themselves to release us. 00:04:33.954 --> 00:04:38.674 When the police reported this, the city officials were alarmed to learn that 00:04:38.674 --> 00:04:40.684 Paul and Silas were Roman citizens. 00:04:41.194 --> 00:04:43.864 So they came to the jail and apologized to them. 00:04:44.404 --> 00:04:46.984 Then they brought them out and begged them to leave the city. 00:04:47.659 --> 00:04:51.589 When Paul and Silas left the prison, they returned to the home of Lydia. 00:04:52.039 --> 00:04:52.369 There. 00:04:52.369 --> 00:04:55.489 They met with the believers and encouraged them once more. 00:04:55.939 --> 00:04:57.199 Then they left town. 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:03.679 Paul and Silas then traveled through the towns of Amphi and Apollonia and 00:05:03.679 --> 00:05:08.599 came to Thessalonica where there was a Jewish synagogue, as was Paul's custom. 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:13.309 He went to the synagogue service and for three Sabbaths in a row, he used the 00:05:13.309 --> 00:05:15.109 scriptures to reason with the people. 00:05:15.724 --> 00:05:19.474 He explained the prophecies and proved that the Messiah must 00:05:19.474 --> 00:05:21.064 suffer and rise from the dead. 00:05:21.604 --> 00:05:25.534 He said, this Jesus, I'm telling you about is the Messiah. 00:05:26.464 --> 00:05:30.634 Some of the Jews who listened were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, 00:05:30.874 --> 00:05:35.044 along with many God-fearing Greek men, and quite a few prominent women, 00:05:35.974 --> 00:05:37.804 but some of the Jews were jealous. 00:05:38.134 --> 00:05:41.014 So they gathered some troublemakers from the marketplace to 00:05:41.014 --> 00:05:42.994 form a mob and start a riot. 00:05:43.624 --> 00:05:48.514 They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them 00:05:48.514 --> 00:05:51.244 out to the crowd, not finding them there. 00:05:51.514 --> 00:05:55.324 They dragged out Jason and some of the other believers instead and 00:05:55.324 --> 00:05:57.214 took them before the city council. 00:05:58.114 --> 00:06:01.714 Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world. 00:06:01.924 --> 00:06:05.794 They shouted, and now they are here disturbing our city too. 00:06:06.289 --> 00:06:08.839 And Jason has welcomed them into his home. 00:06:09.289 --> 00:06:12.889 They are all guilty of treason against Caesar for they profess 00:06:12.889 --> 00:06:15.619 allegiance to another king named Jesus. 00:06:16.729 --> 00:06:20.389 The people of the city, as well as the city council were thrown 00:06:20.389 --> 00:06:22.339 into turmoil by these reports. 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:27.109 The, so the officials forced Jason and the other believers to post bond and 00:06:27.109 --> 00:06:30.679 then they released them that very night. 00:06:30.679 --> 00:06:33.319 The believer sent Paul and Silas to Berea. 00:06:33.934 --> 00:06:37.804 When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue and the people 00:06:37.804 --> 00:06:41.704 of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they 00:06:41.709 --> 00:06:43.804 listened eagerly to Paul's message. 00:06:44.314 --> 00:06:48.154 They searched the scriptures day after day to see if Paul and 00:06:48.159 --> 00:06:49.654 Silas were teaching the truth. 00:06:50.224 --> 00:06:55.864 As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men. 00:06:56.569 --> 00:07:00.079 But when some Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:03.769 the word of God in Berea, they went there and stirred up trouble. 00:07:04.369 --> 00:07:09.019 The believers acted at once sending Paul onto the coast while Silas and 00:07:09.019 --> 00:07:11.989 Timothy remained behind those escorting. 00:07:11.989 --> 00:07:14.509 Paul went with him all the way to Athens. 00:07:14.899 --> 00:07:18.319 Then they returned to Berea with instructions for Silas and 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:20.179 Timothy to hurry and join him. 00:07:21.979 --> 00:07:25.879 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:28.099 the idols he saw everywhere in the city. 00:07:28.729 --> 00:07:32.839 He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing gentiles, 00:07:33.349 --> 00:07:37.009 and he spoke daily in the public square to all who happened to be there. 00:07:37.849 --> 00:07:41.929 He also had a debate with some of the epicurean and stoic philosophers. 00:07:42.619 --> 00:07:46.069 When he told them about Jesus and his resurrection, they said, 00:07:46.339 --> 00:07:49.639 what's this babbler trying to say with these strange ideas? 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:50.299 He's picked up. 00:07:50.899 --> 00:07:55.159 Others said, he seems to be preaching about some foreign gods. 00:07:56.029 --> 00:07:59.329 Then they took him to the high council of the city, come 00:07:59.569 --> 00:08:01.159 tells about this new teaching. 00:08:01.249 --> 00:08:05.089 They said, you are saying some rather strange things and we 00:08:05.089 --> 00:08:06.439 want to know what it's all about. 00:08:07.429 --> 00:08:11.509 It should be explained that all the Athenians, as well as the foreigners 00:08:11.509 --> 00:08:15.829 in Athens seem to spend all their time discussing the latest ideas. 00:08:16.699 --> 00:08:21.769 So Paul standing before the council addressed them as follows, men 00:08:21.774 --> 00:08:25.669 of Athens, I noticed that you are very religious in every way. 00:08:26.029 --> 00:08:31.189 For as I was walking along, I saw your many shrines and one of your altars had 00:08:31.189 --> 00:08:34.249 this inscription on it to an unknown God. 00:08:34.909 --> 00:08:39.319 This God whom you worship without knowing is the one I'm telling you about. 00:08:40.129 --> 00:08:43.459 He is the God who made the world and everything in it. 00:08:43.969 --> 00:08:47.809 Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn't live in manmade 00:08:47.814 --> 00:08:52.519 temples and human hands can't serve his needs for he has no needs. 00:08:53.029 --> 00:08:58.399 He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need. 00:08:59.029 --> 00:08:59.989 From one man. 00:08:59.989 --> 00:09:02.899 He created all the nations throughout the whole earth. 00:09:03.529 --> 00:09:07.039 He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:08.359 determined their boundaries. 00:09:09.259 --> 00:09:13.879 His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:15.769 their way toward him and find him. 00:09:16.249 --> 00:09:22.549 Though he is not far from any one of us, for in Him, we live and move and exist. 00:09:23.119 --> 00:09:26.479 As some of your own poets have said, we are his offspring. 00:09:27.049 --> 00:09:31.339 And since this is true, we shouldn't think of God as an idol designed by 00:09:31.339 --> 00:09:33.979 craftsman from gold or silver or stone. 00:09:34.909 --> 00:09:39.409 God overlooked people's ignorance about these things in earlier times, but 00:09:39.409 --> 00:09:44.299 now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turned to him 00:09:45.049 --> 00:09:49.639 for he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:55.009 appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead. 00:09:55.954 --> 00:09:59.764 When they heard Paul speak about the resurrection of the dead, some laughed 00:09:59.769 --> 00:10:04.024 in contempt, but others said, we want to hear more about this later. 00:10:04.774 --> 00:10:09.814 That ended Paul's discussion with them, but some joined him and became believers. 00:10:11.044 --> 00:10:15.094 Among them were DiUS a member of the council, a woman named 00:10:15.094 --> 00:10:17.224 Damas and others with them. 00:10:18.664 --> 00:10:21.424 Then Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 00:10:21.979 --> 00:10:22.279 There. 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.179 He became acquainted with a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, 00:10:26.449 --> 00:10:29.779 who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla. 00:10:30.349 --> 00:10:34.759 They had left Italy when Claudia Caesar deported all Jews from Rome. 00:10:35.539 --> 00:10:39.139 Paul lived and worked with them for, they were tent makers, just as he was. 00:10:40.294 --> 00:10:44.074 Each Sabbath found Paul at the synagogue trying to convince 00:10:44.074 --> 00:10:45.664 the Jews and Greeks alike. 00:10:46.234 --> 00:10:50.194 And after Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul spent 00:10:50.194 --> 00:10:52.084 all his time preaching the word. 00:10:52.684 --> 00:10:56.854 He testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah, but when they 00:10:56.854 --> 00:11:01.204 opposed and insulted him, Paul shook the dust from his clothes and said, 00:11:01.504 --> 00:11:03.694 your blood is upon your own heads. 00:11:03.904 --> 00:11:04.984 I am innocent. 00:11:05.374 --> 00:11:08.314 From now on, I will go preach to the Gentiles. 00:11:09.469 --> 00:11:13.909 Then he left and went to the home of Titus Justice, a Gentile who worshiped 00:11:13.909 --> 00:11:16.489 God and lived next door to the synagogue. 00:11:17.059 --> 00:11:20.449 Crispus, the leader of the synagogue and everyone in his 00:11:20.449 --> 00:11:22.339 household believed in the Lord. 00:11:22.939 --> 00:11:27.979 Many others in Corinth also heard Paul became believers and were baptized. 00:11:28.864 --> 00:11:33.394 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision and told him, don't be afraid. 00:11:33.604 --> 00:11:34.444 Speak out. 00:11:34.654 --> 00:11:40.384 Don't be silent for I am with you and no one will attack and harm you for 00:11:40.384 --> 00:11:42.634 many people in this city belong to me. 00:11:43.594 --> 00:11:47.494 So Paul stayed there for the next year and a half teaching the word of God. 00:11:48.619 --> 00:11:53.269 But when Galio became governor of Acaia, some Jews rose up together 00:11:53.269 --> 00:11:56.419 against Paul and brought him before the governor for judgment. 00:11:57.019 --> 00:12:01.039 They accused Paul of persuading people to worship God in ways 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:02.689 that are contrary to our law. 00:12:03.949 --> 00:12:06.319 But Justice Paul started to make his defense. 00:12:06.619 --> 00:12:11.539 Galio turned to Paul's accusers and said, listen, you Jews, if this were 00:12:11.539 --> 00:12:15.559 a case involving some wrongdoing or a serious crime, I would have 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:17.239 a reason to accept your case. 00:12:17.734 --> 00:12:22.084 But since it is merely a question of words and names in your Jewish 00:12:22.084 --> 00:12:24.364 law, take care of it yourselves. 00:12:24.574 --> 00:12:28.894 I refuse to judge such matters and he threw them out of the courtroom. 00:12:29.794 --> 00:12:34.054 The crowd then grabbed Sese, the leader of the synagogue and beat 00:12:34.054 --> 00:12:38.254 him right there in the courtroom, but Galio paid no attention. 00:12:39.904 --> 00:12:44.374 Paul stayed in Corinth for some time after that, then said goodbye to the brothers 00:12:44.374 --> 00:12:46.864 and sisters, and went to nearby Sania. 00:12:47.479 --> 00:12:47.809 There. 00:12:47.809 --> 00:12:51.889 He shaved his head, according to Jewish custom marking the end of a vow. 00:12:52.579 --> 00:12:57.049 Then he set sail for Syria, taking Priscilla and Aquila with him. 00:12:58.009 --> 00:13:02.389 They stopped first at the Port of Ephesus, where Paul left the others behind. 00:13:02.959 --> 00:13:06.679 While he was there, he went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews. 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:11.269 They asked him to stay longer, but he declined as he left. 00:13:11.269 --> 00:13:13.819 However, he said, I will come back later. 00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:14.509 God willing. 00:13:15.289 --> 00:13:17.239 Then he set sail from Ephesus. 00:13:17.809 --> 00:13:20.269 The next stop was at the Port of Cesarea. 00:13:20.719 --> 00:13:23.779 From there, he went up and visited the church at Jerusalem, 00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:25.759 and then went back to Antioch. 00:13:26.599 --> 00:13:29.869 After spending some time at Antioch, Paul went back through 00:13:29.869 --> 00:13:35.959 Galatia and Regia visiting and strengthening all the believers meme. 00:13:35.959 --> 00:13:40.039 Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos, an eloquent speaker who knew the 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:44.329 scriptures well, had arrived in Ephesus from Alexandria in Egypt. 00:13:44.974 --> 00:13:48.934 He had been taught the way of the Lord and he taught others about Jesus with an 00:13:48.934 --> 00:13:51.694 enthusiastic spirit and with accuracy. 00:13:52.504 --> 00:13:55.564 However, he knew only about John's baptism. 00:13:56.284 --> 00:13:59.764 When Priscilla and Aquila heard him preaching boldly in the synagogue, 00:14:00.094 --> 00:14:03.634 they took him aside and explained the way of God even more accurately. 00:14:04.894 --> 00:14:08.974 Apollos had been thinking about going to Aya and the brothers and sisters 00:14:08.974 --> 00:14:10.624 in Ephesus encouraged him to go. 00:14:11.239 --> 00:14:14.749 They wrote to the believers in Aya asking them to welcome him. 00:14:15.529 --> 00:14:18.859 When he arrived there, he proved to be of great benefit to those 00:14:18.859 --> 00:14:21.079 who, by God's grace had believed. 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:24.709 He refuted the Jews with powerful arguments in public 00:14:24.709 --> 00:14:26.809 debate using the scriptures. 00:14:26.929 --> 00:14:33.439 He explained to them that Jesus was the Messiah while Apollos was in Corinth. 00:14:33.709 --> 00:14:37.639 Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus on the 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:39.769 coast where he found several believers. 00:14:40.699 --> 00:14:43.009 Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? 00:14:43.249 --> 00:14:43.999 He asked them? 00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:45.109 No. 00:14:45.289 --> 00:14:48.829 They replied, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit. 00:14:49.579 --> 00:14:51.859 Then what baptism did you experience? 00:14:51.949 --> 00:14:58.969 He asked and they replied, the baptism of John Paul said, John's baptism called 00:14:58.974 --> 00:15:03.589 for repentance from sin, but John himself told the people to believe in the one 00:15:03.589 --> 00:15:05.809 who would come later, meaning Jesus. 00:15:06.709 --> 00:15:10.849 As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 00:15:11.689 --> 00:15:16.549 Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they 00:15:16.549 --> 00:15:18.709 spoke in other tongues and prophesied. 00:15:19.249 --> 00:15:24.709 There were about 12 men in all the, then Paul went to the synagogue and preached 00:15:24.709 --> 00:15:29.239 boldly for the next three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:33.259 But some became stubborn rejecting his message and 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:35.389 publicly speaking against the way. 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:39.109 So Paul left the synagogue and took the believers with him. 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:43.339 Then he held daily discussions at the lecture hall of Tarana. 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:47.089 This went on for the next two years so that people throughout 00:15:47.094 --> 00:15:51.559 the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord. 00:15:52.579 --> 00:15:57.379 God gave Paul the power to perform unusual miracles when handkerchiefs 00:15:57.379 --> 00:16:01.219 or aprons that had merely touched his skin were placed on sick people. 00:16:01.609 --> 00:16:05.389 They were healed of their diseases and evil spirits were expelled. 00:16:06.604 --> 00:16:10.864 A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. 00:16:11.404 --> 00:16:14.974 They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, 00:16:14.979 --> 00:16:20.164 saying, I command you in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches to come out. 00:16:21.004 --> 00:16:24.724 Seven sons as Siva, a leading priest were doing this. 00:16:25.414 --> 00:16:30.124 But one time when they tried it, the evil spirit replied, I know Jesus 00:16:30.454 --> 00:16:32.944 and I know Paul, but who are you? 00:16:33.889 --> 00:16:38.299 Then the man with the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered them, and attacked 00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:42.829 them with such violence that they fled from the house naked and battered. 00:16:43.999 --> 00:16:45.229 The story of what happened. 00:16:45.234 --> 00:16:46.009 Spread quickly. 00:16:46.009 --> 00:16:51.139 All through Ephesus to Jews and Greeks alike, a solemn fear descended on 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:52.969 the city and the name of the Lord. 00:16:52.969 --> 00:16:54.589 Jesus was greatly honored. 00:16:55.234 --> 00:16:58.654 Many who became believers confessed their sinful practices. 00:16:59.134 --> 00:17:03.664 A number of them who had been practicing sorcery brought their incantation books 00:17:03.754 --> 00:17:05.734 and burned them at a public bonfire. 00:17:06.244 --> 00:17:09.064 The value of the books was several million dollars. 00:17:10.234 --> 00:17:14.764 So the message about the Lord spread widely and had a powerful effect. 00:17:16.594 --> 00:17:19.474 This concludes today's immer reading experience. 00:17:19.594 --> 00:17:20.824 Thank you for joining us.