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Acts 28:8

Acts 28:8

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

the father: Mark 1:30-31

prayed: Acts 9:40; 1 Kings 17:20-22; James 5:14-16

laid: Acts 9:17-18, Acts 19:11-12; Matthew 9:18; Mark 6:5, Mark 7:32, Mark 16:18; Luke 4:40, Luke 13:13

and healed: Matthew 10:1, Matthew 10:8; Luke 9:1-3, Luke 10:8-9; 1 Corinthians 12:9, 1 Corinthians 12:28

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