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Luke 20:20

Luke 20:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

they watched: Psalms 37:32-33, Psalms 38:12; Isaiah 29:20-21; Jeremiah 11:19, Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah 20:10; Matthew 22:15, Matthew 22:18; Mark 12:13, Mark 12:15

feign: 2 Samuel 14:2; 1 Kings 14:2-6; Psalms 66:3, Psalms 81:15 *marg. 2 Peter 2:3

they might deliver: Matthew 27:2; John 18:28-32

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