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20 Wherefore I have besought you to come, that I might see you, and declare to you these things; for on account of the hope of Israel am I bound with this chain.
21 They said to him, We have not received letters concerning thee from Jihud, and none of the brethren who have come from Urishlem have spoken any thing evil of thee.
22 But we are willing to hear from thee what it is that thou thinkest; for we know that this doctrine is by no man received.
23 AND they appointed him a day; and many assembled and came where he sojourned; and he explained to them concerning the kingdom of Aloha, testifying and persuading them concerning Jeshu, from the law of Musha and from the prophets, from the morning until the evening.
24 And some of them were persuaded by his words, and others were not persuaded.
25 And they removed from him, while not agreeing together. And Paulos said to them this word, Well spake the Spirit of Holiness, by the mouth of Eshaia the prophet, against your fathers,
26 saying, Go unto this people, and say unto them, hearing, you will hear and will not understand. And you will see, but not discern:
27 For stupified is the heart of this people, and their hearing they have made heavy, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and be turned unto me, and I should forgive them.
28 Be this therefore known to you, that to the Gentiles is sent this redemption, for they will also hear it.
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30 And Paulos hired his own house, and was in it two years, and received there all those who came to him.
31 And he preached concerning the kingdom of Aloha, and taught with confidence concerning our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, none forbidding.