unto Caesar shalt: Acts 25:21, Acts 19:21, Acts 23:11, Acts 26:32, Acts 27:1, Acts 28:16; Psalms 76:10; Isaiah 46:10-11; Lamentations 3:37; Daniel 4:35; Romans 15:28-29; Philippians 1:12-14, Philippians 1:20
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Acts 25:12
Acts 25:12
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