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| | B752 7/23/78 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Hence, in these closing chapters of Acts, Luke is focused on Paul’s push toward Rome, “the capital of the world.” As subsequent church history shows, Rome was the springboard from which the gospel ultimately did, in fact, extend “to the end of earth” by virtue of the Protestant reformation and the modern missionary movement. |
 | | The church in Sidon did not lose sight of the fact that Paul, who was such a strong leader, was also human and needed to be cared for. |
 | | Julius, the centurion, wanting to save Paul, put a stop to that and once again nonbelievers survived because, in their midst, there was a man for whom God had a purpose and over whom God was watching. |
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