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Acts 7:52

Acts 7:52

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

Which of: 1 Samuel 8:7-8; 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14; 2 Chronicles 24:19-22, 2 Chronicles 36:16; Nehemiah 9:26; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 20:2, Jeremiah 26:15, Jeremiah 26:23; Matthew 5:12, Matthew 21:35-41, Matthew 23:31-37; Luke 11:47-51; Luke 13:33-34; 1 Thessalonians 2:15

which showed: Acts 3:18, Acts 3:24; 1 Peter 1:11; Revelation 19:10

the Just One: Acts 3:14, Acts 22:14; Zechariah 9:9; 1 John 2:1; Revelation 3:7

of whom: Acts 2:23, Acts 3:15, Acts 4:10, Acts 5:28-30

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