Acts 1:21

1 Kings 3:7; 2 Samuel 5:2; Deuteronomy 31:2; John 10:1-9; John 15:27; Luke 10:1; Luke 10:2; Numbers 27:17

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²¹ Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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Acts 1:21