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Volume 16
Volume 16 | Cultures In Conflict
PREVIEWHow do you live in a culture where the worldview conflicts with Christianity? Learn from Paul as he presents his beliefs to the most powerful court in Athens and settles among the Greco-Romans of Corinth, who valued wealth and class, worship of mu... MORELocations:
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16.1 | Engaging the Mind: Paul in the Stoa of Athens
PREVIEWThe people of the Bible lived in temple-building cultures. Temples provided pagan gods with a place to live, keeping them close to the people who worshiped them. Even Israel did the same – first Solomon, then Nehemiah and Zerubbabel, and eve... MORELocations:
Athens 105 58, Greece,Tags:
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16.2 | Engaging the Heart: Paul Before the Areopagus
PREVIEWWhen the disciples arrived with Jesus in Jerusalem, they marveled at the unbelievable beauty of the Lord’s temple. According to the Bible, the original temple built by Solomon was also absolutely stunning. And yet, in both cases it wasn't en... MORELocations:
Athens 105 58, Greece,Tags:
Ray Vander Laan, That That World May Know, Jesus, Acts, Paul, Bible, Greece, Athens, Corinth, Rome, Priscilla, Aquila, Areopagus, Archaeology, History, -
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16.3 | Turning Weakness Into Strength
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16.4 | The Lord's Supper: Discerning the Body
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16.5 | Transforming the Chaos
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Volume 15
Volume 15 | A Clash of Kingdoms
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VIEW TRAILERA Clash of Kingdoms
02:42:45 minutes
Like the Roman Empire, today’s governments or organizations can become centered on power and believe their messages are the “good news.” As Christians, we’re called to proclaim God’s name in all the earth (1 Chronicle... MORELocations:
Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy, Forum of Augustus, Rome, Italy, Gerasa (Jerash), Jordan, Jerusalem, Israel, Philippi, Greece, Qatzrin, Israel, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel, The Parthenon, Thessaloniki,Tags:
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15.1 | The Gospel of Caesar
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00:32:01 minutes
Followers of Jesus believe that the Bible contains the inspired revelation of the Creator of the universe. “Gospel” is the word that’s often used – the good news that God is redeeming a broken world through His So... MORELocations:
Gerasa (Jerash), Jordan, Philippi, Greece,Tags:
ray vander laan, philippi, paul, greece, acts, philippians, bible, macedonia, caesar, augustus, marc antony, octavian, jesus, -
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15.2 | The Believers
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00:30:45 minutes
The Jews of Jesus’ day lived in homes meant to house an entire extended family, with several rooms situated around a common courtyard. A family’s home in that patriarchal society was known as a “beth ab,” which means, &ldqu... MORELocations:
Philippi, Greece, Qatzrin, Israel,Tags:
paul, jesus, acts, philippians, philippi, caesar, colony, bible, -
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15.3 | The Powers of Darkness
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00:32:15 minutes
Jesus came with a unique message, preaching to the Jewish people that “the kingdom of heaven has come near” (Matthew 4:17). But from the beginning, there was another king who hates the shalom that God creates and loves life’... MORELocations:
Capernaum, Israel, Delphi, Greece, Philippi, Greece,Tags:
acts, philippians, greece, philippi, delphi, apollo, pythia, bible, paul, jesus, -
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15.4 | The Philippian Jailer
PREVIEWAt one point during his ministry, the Apostle Paul was at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. He was accused by some Jews of bringing a Gentile into the courts where only Jews were allowed. He hadn’t, but they thought he did and a riot started. W... MORELocations:
Caesarea-By-The-Sea, Israel, Philippi, Greece,Tags:
caesarea by the sea, caesar, israel, greece, philippi, paul, jail, acts, philippians, bible, jesus, -
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15.5 | Confronting the Empire
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00:33:22 minutes
Paul’s missionary journeys were generally marked by conflict. Sometimes, his message clashed with the Jews, who were often skeptical about Jesus or jealous of Paul’s success. Even more often, Paul’s teaching angered the governing... MORELocations:
Philippi, Greece, Thessaloniki,Tags:
Paul, Silas, Philippi, Thessaloniki, Acts, 1 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Alexander the Great, Caesar Augustus, Octavian, Roman Empire, gospel, Jesus, Greece, missionary, caesar, -
Volume 14
Volume 14 | The Mission of Jesus
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2:36:35 minutes
It’s easy to think of the Bible as a collection of short stories, but each one makes up a greater story – one story of a God who created the universe and entrusted it to His human partners to care for it. They were unfai... MORELocations:
Capernaum, Israel, Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy, Colosseum, Rome, Italy, Forum of Augustus, Rome, Italy, Horvat Susita (Hippos), Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, Mount of Olives, Israel, Rome, Italy, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel,Tags:
Israel, Italy, Jerusalem, Rome, Capernaum, Hippos, Susita, Galilee, Mount of Olives, Temple Mount, Crucifixion, Ascension, Pentecost, demoniac, legion, strong man, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Acts, Great Commission, Jesus, disciples, Father's house, gospel, -
Volume 14
Lesson 14.1 | Capernaum: Jesus Binds the Evil One
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32:33 minutes
Jesus left heaven to be born in a filthy shepherd’s stable, as if to say, “I’ll leave heaven to enter the brokenness of your world.” Much of His teaching ministry, though, took place in a very different sort ... MORELocations:
Capernaum, Israel, Sea of Galilee,Tags:
Israel, Capernaum, synagogue, Jesus, Mark, Matthew, Sea of Galilee, Galilee, demoniac, strong man, -
Volume 14
Lesson 14.2 | Decapolis: The Other Side - Jesus and the Man from the Tombs
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Volume 14
Lesson 14.3 | Crucifixion: The Coronation of a King
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28:48 minutes
The Colosseum in Rome is famous for many reasons, not least of which because it was built by the spoils of war from the destruction of Jerusalem, the military defeat of the Jews. In the Roman world, it was assumed that if Caesar was... MORE -
Volume 14
Lesson 14.4 | Ascension: The King Takes His Throne
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31:51 minutes
It was customary in the Roman world to consider the emperor a divine being. New emperors would claim this status because they believed that when the previous ruler died, he would ascend to heaven to be seated among the gods, making ... MORELocations:
Jerusalem, Israel, Mount of Olives, Israel,Tags:
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Volume 14
Lesson 14.5 | Pentecost: God Changed His Address
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31:43 minutes
After His resurrection, Jesus spent about 40 days with His followers in Jerusalem and back in the Galilee region, where they had received much of their training. He explained that after His ascension to heaven, He would send them a ... MORELocations:
Jerusalem, Israel, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel,Tags:
Jerusalem, Israel, Temple Mount, Mount Moriah, Jesus, Pentecost, Southern Stairs, temple, tabernacle, God, Luke, Acts, Peter, tongues, Holy Spirit, -
Volume 13
Lesson 13.1 | Abraham and Sarah and Three Strangers
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32:43 minutes
When the Israelites left Egypt and began their journey with God to the Promised Land, how much did they know of their past history? Some, like Moses' parents, seemed to have retained a knowledge and faith in the God of their fathers, but the Bible... MORELocations:
Negev Desert, Tel Arad, Arad, Israel, Timna valley, Israel, -
Volume 13
Lesson 13.2 | Israel at Sinai: The First Great Commission
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33:29 minutes
In the beginning, God created magnificent beauty and order out of absolute chaos, "tohu vebohu," in Hebrew. When humanity rebelled, the world began a long progression of slipping back into that chaos. Yet God wasn't finished; He decided... MORELocations:
Jordan River, Negev Desert, Timna valley, Israel, Wilderness of Paran, Israel,Tags:
corner, holy, kaddosh, kanaf, laquakh, marry, tallit, tassels, tohu, tzit, vebohu, -
Volume 13
Lesson 13.3 | Jesus Renews His Mission: Seeking the Lost
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30:33 minutes
Sheep and shepherds were so much a part of the Biblical world, it's no wonder Jesus uses the imagery as a metaphor in several of His teachings. The shepherds of His day knew every one of the animals in their flock by sight and spent their lives pr... MORE -
Volume 13
Lesson 13.4 | The Lost Son: In a Far Country
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30:55 minutes
Of all the parables Jesus told, the one we call "The Prodigal Son" is possibly the most famous. In the story, a younger son demands his inheritance from his father and leaves the family behind, taking his riches to a far country. The imp... MORELocations:
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Volume 13
Lesson 13.5 | The Seeking Father: The Lost Son Returns
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32:00 minutes
Throughout His ministry, Jesus' compassion for sinners and those considered unclean raised the eyebrows of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. God's word warned His people not to touch any unclean thing, and they could not understand why Je... MORELocations:
Gerasa (Jerash), Jordan, Qatzrin, Israel, -
Volume 12
Lesson 12.1 | Join the Journey
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00:12:18 minutes
In the Bible, the desert is an image of great hardship and suffering, signifying the impossibility of survival without access to basic resources. God often led His people through desert places, using the barrenness of the land as opportunities to ... MORE -
Volume 12
Lesson 12.2 | It's Hot Here and There's No Way Out
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VIEW TRAILERIt's Hot Here and There's No Way Out
00:29:52 minutes
The heat and intensity of the sun in the desert can be scorching, often without any guarantee of relief. Yet whenever God led His people there, He promised to provide exactly what they needed to make it through each day. In this lesson, wander the... MORE -
Volume 12
Lesson 12.3 | Help Is Here
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00:31:21 minutes
The Bible compares those who trust in the word of the Lord to great trees planted by streams of water. What would this image mean to someone living in the desert, where water is scarce and trees are few and far between? Is it possible to live out ... MORE -
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Lesson 12.4 | When Your Heart Cries Out
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00:22:36 minutes
Some of the dangers in the desert are slow to develop: the build-up of scorching heat from the sun, the slow evaporation of streams, the depletion of food supplies. Others are more sudden; the flash floods of desert wadis can come out of nowhere, ... MORELocations:
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Lesson 12.5 | They Were Not Wandering
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00:26:10 minutes
After their escape from the might of Egypt, the Israelites spent forty years wandering in the desert of Sinai. But were they really wandering? The Bible says that God led them like a flock, like sheep through the desert with a pillar of cloud by d... MORELocations:
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Volume 11
Lesson 11.1 | The Way of the Essenes
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29:58 minutes
At times, God chose to use the harsh reality of life in the desert near the Promised Land as a practical teaching tool to mold and shape His people. The Essenes went willingly into this wasteland to allow Him to do just that: to teach them His wor... MORELocations:
Dead Sea, Judean Wilderness, Qumran, Israel,Tags:
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Volume 11
Lesson 11.2 | The Way of John the Baptist
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Lesson 11.3 | Into the Desert to Be Tested
PREVIEWDuring their forty years of testing in the desert, God continued to teach and shape the Israelite nation. By the time they entered the Promised Land, a new generation had formed, a people who obeyed and trusted God with all their heart, soul, and ... MORELocations:
Judean Wilderness, Rephidim, Wilderness of Sin, -
Volume 11
Lesson 11.4 | The Last Passover
PREVIEWIn the story of God making Himself known to His people, Passover is a foundational element. As the continuation of this redemptive process, the Lord's Supper finds its most profound meaning when taken in the context of Passover imagery. In this le... MORELocations:
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Lesson 11.5 | The Fifth Cup: Our Way of Hope
PREVIEWThe Passover Sedar employs four symbolic cups to help the Jews remember the miraculous ways that God delivered His people from the hand of Pharaoh. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus asked the Father to take away the cup placed before Him, a "... MORELocations:
Jerusalem, Israel, Kidron Valley, Jerusalem, Israel, Maresha, Israel,Tags:
seder, gath, shemenim, oil press, leyel shimerim, the night of watching, -
Volume 10
Lesson 10.1 | Build Me a Sanctuary
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00:20:55 minutes
When the tabernacle was established among the Israelites, God came and lived among His people. Its design, construction, and function revealed much of His character, which proved to be completely unlike that of any gods the people had ever known. ... MORELocations:
Abu Simbel Temples, Egypt, Timna valley, Israel, -
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Lesson 10.2 | Making Space for God
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00:32:06 minutes
God desired a people who would partner with Him in "making space" to reveal Himself to a broken world. The detailed patterns and plans for the tabernacle not only illustrated the kind of care and devotion He wanted to display to His peop... MORELocations:
Timna valley, Israel,Tags:
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Volume 10
Lesson 10.3 | He Led Them Like a Shepherd
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VIEW TRAILERHe Led Them Like a Shepherd
00:29:18 minutes
Psalm 78 says that God led his people Israel "like sheep through the desert." Their wanderings through the Sinai provide a striking image of God's leading in our lives today. In this lesson, you will follow God's people through this barr... MORELocations:
Jebel Musa/Mt. Sinai, Timna valley, Israel, -
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Lesson 10.4 | By Every Word - Striking the Rock
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00:26:52 minutes
Interestingly, when God chose a person to lead His people out of Egypt by the power of His word, He chose Moses, a man with a speech impediment. In this lesson, consider the implications of allowing His strength to work in weakness as you discover... MORELocations:
Timna valley, Israel,Tags:
Marah, -
Volume 9
Lesson 9.1 | The Lord Who Heals You: Marah and Elim
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VIEW TRAILERThe Lord Who Heals You: Marah and Elim
00:33:05 minutes
When the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt, the Promised Land awaited them, but first God led them into the desert. The time they spent there would not only get them out of Egypt geographically, but would also remove its influence from thei... MORE -
Volume 9
Lesson 9.2 | Not by Bread Alone: Manna and Water from the Rock
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VIEW TRAILERNot by Bread Alone: Manna and Water from the Rock
00:32:54 minutes
In Deuteronomy, God tells Israel that He led them into the desert in order to train and test them, so that He might know what was in their hearts. He still does this for His people today, leading us through experiences to reveal the depths of our ... MORELocations:
Wilderness of Sin, -
Volume 9
Lesson 9.3 | Their Blood Cried Out: Israel Becomes a Community
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VIEW TRAILERTheir Blood Cried Out: Israel Becomes a Community
00:29:43 minutes
God desired a people who would partner with Him in bringing shalom to the chaos of a broken, hurting world. Israel experienced a taste of the peace He brings when He rescued them out of Egypt. In this lesson, you will continue on the road of the e... MORE -
Volume 9
Lesson 9.4 | The Mountain of God
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00:28:13 minutes
Over and over in the Bible, God used the image of fire to illustrate His power, holiness, and passionate love for His people. The fire on Mount Sinai when Moses received the Ten Commandments was just such a display of power, highlighting the holin... MORELocations:
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Volume 9
Lesson 9.5 | I Led You Like a Bride: A Wedding at Sinai
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VIEW TRAILERI Led You Like a Bride: A Wedding at Sinai
00:25:33 minutes
The covenant at Sinai is often thought of as a wedding between God and His people, between God and the bride He chose for Himself. This became the picture of God's redemptive plan for humankind, fully realized in Jesus' death and resurrection. In ... MORELocations:
Mt . Catherine,Tags:
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Lesson 9.6 | The Whisper of God: Moses and Elijah on the Mountain of God
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Volume 8
Lesson 8.1 | How Big is Our God?
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00:36:05 minutes
The exodus from Egypt was a metaphor for God's greater redemption story, the restoration of shalom from the chaos of the evil one. His purpose was to invite Israel into a greater story than the one of their bondage, eventually unveiling a plan of ... MORELocations:
Giza Egypt, Thebes, Egypt,Tags:
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Volume 8
Lesson 8.2 | Israel in Bondage: God Heard Their Cry
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00:33:39 minutes
Unable to stand their suffering under a cruel Pharaoh any longer, the Israelites cried out to God. He heard them and initiated his plan to deliver his people, not only from their physical bondage but from slavery to Egypt's story. In this lesson, ... MORELocations:
Goshen, Egypt, Medinet Habu, Egypt, Thebes, Egypt, -
Volume 8
Lesson 8.3 | Finger of God: The Plagues
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00:36:28 minutes
The Lord defied the gods of Egypt with mighty displays of power so that Israel, Egypt, Pharaoh, and ultimately the entire world would see the strength of the one and only God. Pharaoh hardened his heart, but the Israelites responded to the power o... MORE -
Volume 6
Lesson 6.1 | When the Rabbi Says "Come"
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00:28:07 minutes
For a first century Jew, to follow a rabbi meant to "be covered with the dust of his feet." When Jesus called His disciples, it was implied that they would begin this process of becoming like Him by following closely in His footsteps. Tr... MORELocations:
Bethsaida, Israel, Korazin, Israel, Scythopolis,Tags:
Bethsaida, Torah, Tanakh, Beth Sefer, Beth Midrash, Talmidim, -
Volume 6
Lesson 6.2 | When the Rabbi Says "Go"
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00:21:27 minutes
Most of Jesus' ministry was spent in Jewish communities, proclaiming the good news of God's kingdom to the people of Israel. His greater intention, though, was for His Jewish followers to bring this message to the Gentile world around them, a worl... MORELocations:
Eremos Topos, Israel, Omrit, Israel, Scythopolis,Tags:
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Volume 6
Lesson 6.3 | The Presence of God - A Countercultural Community
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00:23:38 minutes
When the believers began to bring the message of the gospel to the world of the Gentiles, they quickly realized that their faith made them extremely countercultural. How would they explain the good news in places where they couldn't engage in the ... MORELocations:
Priene, Turkey,Tags:
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Volume 6
Lesson 6.4 | Living Stones
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00:21:27 minutes
When questioned about his message, Paul tells the Athenians that the one and only God "does not live in temples made with hands" (Acts 17:24). Naturally, anyone who was curious about Jesus in the Greco-Roman world would ask the early bel... MORELocations:
Priene, Turkey,Tags:
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Volume 6
Lesson 6.5 | The Very Words of God
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00:30:51 minutes
In ancient times, people craved words of counsel and knowledge from their gods. The city of Didyma in what is now modern-day Turkey functioned as one of three main oracles, places where ordinary people would travel to hear advice and predictions o... MORELocations:
Didyma, Turkey,Tags:
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