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    dearuncle,

    ireceivedyourletterandihaveobeyedyourinstrus.

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    theexeiesof

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    onejoseph,essiah

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    fairlydefiniteatofhadhappenedduringthe

    troublesodaysbeforeiwasbo.

    tiberius,reatandgloriouseeror,hethrone,

    andanoffieofpontiuspilatuswasgoveorof

    judaeaandsaria.josephkleaboutthispilatus.

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    detreputationasprocuratoroftheproviheyear

    755or756josephhadfottenuso

    jerusalenaanthe

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    revolutionagainstthero.strangelyenough

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    exitizenandthatthereoproceedagainst

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    andhonourablelife,easgoodasaje

    hisdaysstudyingthealaoses.pilatusdoesnot

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    tosavehislife.

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