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For this cause therefore I asked you to see and to speak with me. For because of the hope of Yisra'el I am bound with this chain."
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They said to him, "We neither received letters from Yehudah concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.
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But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."
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When they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number. He explained to them, testifying about the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Yeshua, both from the law of Moshe and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
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Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
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When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after Sha'ul had spoken one word, "The Ruach HaKodesh spoke well through Yesha`yahu, the prophet, to our fathers,
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saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, And will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, And will in no way perceive.
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For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And would turn again, And I would heal them.'
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"Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the Goyim. They will also hear."
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When he had said these words, the Yehudim departed, having a great dispute among themselves.
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Sha'ul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who went in to him,