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Acts 2:16 Context: But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

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God says,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#145;T<font size="1">HAT</font> I <font size="1">WILL POUR FORTH OF</font> M<font size="1">Y</font> S<font size="1">PIRIT ON ALL</font> <font size="1">MANKIND</font>;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<font size="1">ND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<font size="1">ND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<font size="1">ND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS</font>; <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>E<font size="1">VEN ON</font> M<font size="1">Y BONDSLAVES</font>, <font size="1">BOTH MEN AND WOMEN</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I <font size="1">WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF</font> M<font size="1">Y</font> S<font size="1">PIRIT</font><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And they shall prophesy. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>&#145;A<font size="1">ND</font> I <font size="1">WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE</font><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<font size="1">ND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B<font size="1">LOOD</font>, <font size="1">AND FIRE</font>, <font size="1">AND VAPOR OF SMOKE</font>. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>&#145;T<font size="1">HE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS</font><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<font size="1">ND THE MOON INTO BLOOD</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B<font size="1">EFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE</font> L<font size="1">ORD SHALL COME</font>. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>&#145;A<font size="1">ND IT SHALL BE THAT</font> <font size="1">EVERYONE WHO</font> <font size="1">CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE</font> L<font size="1">ORD WILL BE SAVED</font>.&#146; <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>&#147;Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know&#151; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>this <i>Man,</i> delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put <i>Him</i> to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>&#147;But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>&#147;For David says of Him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#145;I <font size="1">SAW THE</font> L<font size="1">ORD ALWAYS IN MY PRESENCE</font>;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F<font size="1">OR</font> H<font size="1">E IS AT MY RIGHT HAND</font>, <font size="1">SO THAT</font> I <font size="1">WILL NOT BE SHAKEN</font>. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>&#145;T<font size="1">HEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED</font>;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;M<font size="1">OREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE</font>; <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>B<font size="1">ECAUSE</font> Y<font size="1">OU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO</font> H<font size="1">ADES</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;N<font size="1">OR</font> <font size="1">ALLOW</font> Y<font size="1">OUR</font> H<font size="1">OLY</font> O<font size="1">NE TO</font> <font size="1">UNDERGO DECAY</font>. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>&#145;Y<font size="1">OU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE</font>;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Y<font size="1">OU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH</font> Y<font size="1">OUR PRESENCE</font>.&#146; <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>&#147;Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>&#147;And so, because he was a prophet and knew that G<font size="1">OD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT</font> <i>one</i> <font size="1">OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE</font>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that H<font size="1">E WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO</font> H<font size="1">ADES, NOR DID</font> His flesh <font size="1">SUFFER DECAY</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>&#147;This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>&#147;Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>&#147;For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#145;T<font size="1">HE</font> L<font size="1">ORD SAID TO MY</font> L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;S<font size="1">IT AT</font> M<font size="1">Y RIGHT HAND</font>, <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>U<font size="1">NTIL</font> I <font size="1">MAKE</font> Y<font size="1">OUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR</font> Y<font size="1">OUR FEET</font>.&#148;&#146;<br> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>&#147;Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ&#151;this Jesus whom you crucified.&#148; <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Ingathering</i></b></font><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>Now when they heard <i>this,</i> they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, &#147;Brethren, what shall we do?&#148; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>Peter <i>said</i> to them, &#147;Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>&#147;For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.&#148; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, &#147;Be saved from this perverse generation!&#148; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles&#146; teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>and they <i>began</i> selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/2-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB &copy;1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/acts/2.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />but this is that which hath been spoken by the prophet Joel;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But that which was predicted through the Prophet Joel has happened:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/november_25_evening.htm">November 25 Evening</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall he saved.--ACTS 2:21. Manasseh did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, and he reared up altars for Baal. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.--And <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/november_25_evening.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/july_3_evening.htm">July 3 Evening</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Things which are despised, hath God chosen.--I COR. 1:28. Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? Jesus, . . . saw two brethren, . . . casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me.--Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/july_3_evening.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/march_4_they_were_all.htm">March 4. "They were all Filled with the Holy Ghost" (Acts ii. 4). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"They were all filled with the Holy Ghost" (Acts ii. 4). Blessed secret of spiritual purity, victory and joy, of physical life and healing, and all power for service. Filled with the Spirit there is no room for self or sin, for fret or care. Filled with the Spirit we repel the elements of disease that are in the air as the red-hot iron repels the water that touches it. Filled with the Spirit we are always ready for service, and Satan turns away when he finds the Holy Ghost enrobing us in His garments <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/march_4_they_were_all.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/pentecost.htm">Pentecost</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Text: Acts 2, 1-13. 1 And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/pentecost.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Martin Luther&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Epistle Sermons, Vol. II</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/pentecost_monday.htm">Pentecost Monday</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Text: Acts 2, 14-28. Only the text, without a sermon, is printed in the edition of 1559 of Luther's works. This and the following epistle text are too long to consider here, as they contain so many beautiful quotations from the Old Testament, which should not be passed over too briefly. Hence their discussion is reserved for their proper place. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/pentecost_monday.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Martin Luther&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Epistle Sermons, Vol. II</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/pentecost_tuesday.htm">Pentecost Tuesday</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Text: Acts 2, 29-36. Only the text, without a sermon, is printed in the edition of 1559 of Luther's works. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/pentecost_tuesday.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Martin Luther&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Epistle Sermons, Vol. II</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/the_name_above_every_name.htm">The Name Above Every Name</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.'--ACTS ii. 36. It is no part of my purpose at this time to consider the special circumstances under which these words were spoken, nor even to enter upon an exposition of their whole scope. I select them for one reason, the occurrence in them of the three names by which we designate our Saviour--Jesus, Lord, Christ. To us they are very little more than three proper <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/the_name_above_every_name.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/a_fourfold_cord.htm">A Fourfold Cord</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.' --ACTS ii. 42. The Early Church was not a pattern for us, and the idea of its greatly superior purity is very largely a delusion. But still, though that be true, the occasional glimpses that we get at intervals in the early chapters of this Book of the Acts of the Apostles do present a very instructive and beautiful picture of what a Christian society may be, and therefore of what Christian <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/a_fourfold_cord.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/a_pure_church_an_increasing.htm">A Pure Church an Increasing Church</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.'--ACTS ii. 47. 'And the Lord added to them day by day those that were being saved.'--(R. V.) You observe that the principal alterations of these words in the Revised Version are two: the one the omission of 'the church,' the other the substitution of 'were being saved' for 'such as should be saved.' The former of these changes has an interest as suggesting that at the early period referred to the name of 'the church' had not yet been <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/a_pure_church_an_increasing.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/the_abiding_gift_and_its.htm">The Abiding Gift and Its Transitory Accompaniments</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/the_abiding_gift_and_its.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/the_fourfold_symbols_of_the.htm">The Fourfold Symbols of the Spirit</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'A rushing mighty wind.' ... 'Cloven tongues like as of fire.' ... 'I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh.' --ACTS ii. 2, 3, 17. 'Ye have an unction from the Holy One.'--1 JOHN ii. 20. Wind, fire, water, oil,--these four are constant Scriptural symbols for the Spirit of God. We have them all in these fragments of verses which I have taken for my text now, and which I have isolated from their context for the purpose of bringing out simply these symbolical references. I think that perhaps we <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/the_fourfold_symbols_of_the.htm" title="continued">&#8230;</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren&#8212;</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/2-16.htm">Acts 2:16 NIV</a> &#8226; <a href="/nlt/acts/2-16.htm">Acts 2:16 NLT</a> &#8226; <a href="/esv/acts/2-16.htm">Acts 2:16 ESV</a> &#8226; <a href="/nasb/acts/2-16.htm">Acts 2:16 NASB</a> &#8226; <a href="/kjv/acts/2-16.htm">Acts 2:16 KJV</a> &#8226; <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/2-16.htm">Acts 2:16 Bible Apps</a> &#8226; <a href="/acts/2-16.htm">Acts 2:16 Parallel</a> &#8226; <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/2-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 2:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 2:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/2-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 2:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 2:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/acts/2-16.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3753401421161123"; /* 120 x 600 new */ google_ad_slot = "2486977537"; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 600; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3753401421161123"; /* 200 x 200 Parallel Bible */ google_ad_slot = "7676643937"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>

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