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opened for his final trial which led to his

execution. And maybe this is his first public

examination standing before Nero, the

tribunal at Rome, and Paul is to give his

defense and so forth.

Paul said, “At my first answer no man

stood with me, but all men forsook

me…” Now, Paul had a lot of friends. I

mean, just read chapter 4, verse 21. He had

friends in different areas. Paul had a lot of

friends in Rome. All you've got to do is read

Romans chapter 16. Paul gives a list of

some wonderful people who are in the

church there. But he's saying here, "At my

first" — probably his first public hearing at

the Roman tribunal. He's saying basically

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