Issue 1666 Act 8:27 (changed vs 31)

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 \v 26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip and said, "Arise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This road is in a desert.)
-\v 27 He arose and went. Behold, there was a man from Cush, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Cushites. He was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship.
+\v 27 He arose and went. Behold, there was a man from Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship.
 \v 28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
 
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 \v 29 The Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and stay close to this chariot."
 \v 30 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
-\v 31 The Cushite said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" He begged Philip to come up into the chariot and sit with him.
+\v 31 Then he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" He begged Philip to come up into the chariot and sit with him.
 
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 \v 32 Now the passage of the scripture which the Ethiopian was reading was this,
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 \v 13 Now Paul and his friends set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
 \v 14 Paul and his friends traveled from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. There they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.
-\v 15 After the reading of the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message saying, "Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people here, say it."
+\v 15 After the reading of the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, "Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people here, say it."
 
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 \v 16 So Paul stood up and motioned with his hand; he said, "Men of Israel and you who honor God, listen.
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 \v 27 For they who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, did not recognize him, and they fulfilled sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.
 
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-\v 28 Even though they found no good cause for death in him, they asked Pilate to kill him.
+\v 28 Even though they found no reason for death, they asked Pilate to kill him.
 \v 29 When they had completed all the things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
 
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 \v 3 So they stayed there for a long time, speaking boldly with the Lord's power, while he gave evidence about the message of his grace. He did this by granting signs and wonders to be done by the hands of Paul and Barnabas.
-\v 4 But the majority of the city was divided: some people sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
+\v 4 But the majority of the city was divided; some people sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
 
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 \v 5 When both Gentiles and Jews attempted to persuade their leaders to mistreat and stone Paul and Barnabas,
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 \v 17 Then it came about that after three days Paul called together those men who were the leaders among the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "Brothers, although I have done nothing wrong against the people or the customs of our fathers, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
 \v 18 After they questioned me, they wished to set me free, because there was no reason in me for a death penalty.
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 \v 19 But when the Jews spoke against their desire, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, although it is not as if I were bringing any accusation against my nation.
 \v 20 Because of my appeal, then, I have asked to see you and to speak with you. It is because of the certain hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."