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(or Antioch?)   1st Century<\/a><!----><\/div>\n<p><!----><\/label><\/li>\n<li data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item\"><label data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item__label\"><!---->\n<div data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"item-content-wrapper block-header-item__item\" aria-haspopup=\"false\" data-qa=\"navigation-item-gnosticism1st-3rdcentury\"><a data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" class=\"item-content\" href=\"\/gnosticism-1st-3rd-century\" data-qa=\"navigationblock-page-gnosticism1st-3rdcentury\">Gnosticism   1st-3rd Century<\/a><!----><\/div>\n<p><!----><\/label><\/li>\n<li data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item\"><label data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item__label\"><!---->\n<div data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"item-content-wrapper block-header-item__item\" aria-haspopup=\"false\" data-qa=\"navigation-item-origen2ndcentury\"><a data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" class=\"item-content\" href=\"\/origen-2nd-century\" data-qa=\"navigationblock-page-origen2ndcentury\">Origen    2nd Century<\/a><!----><\/div>\n<p><!----><\/label><\/li>\n<li data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item\"><label data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item__label\"><!---->\n<div data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"item-content-wrapper block-header-item__item\" aria-haspopup=\"false\" data-qa=\"navigation-item-westcottandhort1881newgreektext\"><a data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" class=\"item-content\" href=\"\/westcott-and-hort-1881-new-greek-text\" data-qa=\"navigationblock-page-westcottandhort1881newgreektext\">Westcott and Hort  1881 New Greek Text<\/a><!----><\/div>\n<p><!----><\/label><\/li>\n<li data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item\"><label data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item__label\"><!---->\n<div data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"item-content-wrapper block-header-item__item\" aria-haspopup=\"false\" data-qa=\"navigation-item-archaicmark20thcentury\"><a data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" class=\"item-content\" href=\"\/archaic-mark-20th-century\" data-qa=\"navigationblock-page-archaicmark20thcentury\">Archaic Mark  20th Century<\/a><!----><\/div>\n<p><!----><\/label><\/li>\n<li data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item\"><label data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item__label\"><!---->\n<div data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"item-content-wrapper item-content-wrapper--active block-header-item__item\" aria-haspopup=\"false\" data-qa=\"navigation-item-moderntextcritics21stcentury\"><a data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" class=\"item-content\" href=\"\/modern-text-critics-21st-century\" data-qa=\"navigationblock-page-active-moderntextcritics21stcentury\">Modern Text Critics   21st Century<\/a><!----><\/div>\n<p><!----><\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/label><\/li>\n<li data-v-ee55214b=\"\" data-v-8a24e8aa=\"\" class=\"block-header-item\"><label data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item__label\"><!---->\n<div data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"item-content-wrapper block-header-item__item\" aria-haspopup=\"false\" data-qa=\"navigation-item-q&amp;a\"><a data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" class=\"item-content\" href=\"\/q-and-a\" data-qa=\"navigationblock-page-q&amp;a\">Q &amp; A<\/a><!----><\/div>\n<p><!----><\/label><\/li>\n<li data-v-ee55214b=\"\" data-v-8a24e8aa=\"\" class=\"block-header-item\"><label data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"block-header-item__label\"><!---->\n<div data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" data-v-ee55214b=\"\" class=\"item-content-wrapper block-header-item__item\" aria-haspopup=\"false\" data-qa=\"navigation-item-synopsis\"><a data-v-cf3ff533=\"\" class=\"item-content\" href=\"\/synopsis\" data-qa=\"navigationblock-page-synopsis\">Synopsis<\/a><!----><\/div>\n<p><!----><\/label><\/li>\n<p><!----><!----><\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<p><!----><!----><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section data-v-060f4cff=\"\" id=\"zxaM9V\" class=\"block\" style=\"--block-padding-top:16px; --block-padding:16px 0 16px 0; --block-padding-right:0; --block-padding-bottom:16px; --block-padding-left:0; --m-block-padding:16px;\">\n<div data-v-060f4cff=\"\" class=\"block-background\" style=\"--background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); --background-overlay-opacity:0;\"><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div data-v-060f4cff=\"\" class=\"block-layout block-layout--layout\" style=\"--m-grid-template-rows:8.69565vw auto 9.66184vw auto 6.76329vw auto 9.17874vw auto 5.07246vw auto 19.3237vw auto 27.0531vw auto 1.44928vw auto 1.44928vw auto 23.1884vw auto 17.3913vw auto 15.4589vw auto 44px; 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--m-grid-template-columns:100%; --grid-template-columns:8.41503% 17.5245% 48.1209% 25.9395%; --m-block-min-height:auto; --t-block-min-height:4128px; --small-desktop-block-min-height:auto; --block-min-height:2401px; --142fb9e6:1224px; --49cbbb0f:414px; --804b95de:0 3.86473vw; --728879d5:0 16px;\">\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:1; --grid-row:2\/3; --grid-column:1\/5; --m-grid-row:2\/3; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"zF4ZIJ\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zf4zij\">\n<h1 style=\"--lineHeightDesktop: 1.3; --fontSizeDesktop: 24px\">Why Modern Text Critics can not be trusted to change your Bible or your Children&#8217;s Bible in the Future!<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:2; --grid-row:4\/5; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:4\/5; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"zENO_Z\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zeno_z\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>First and Foremost &#8211;  they DO NOT believe that God has Inspired his Word and also Preserved it until today.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span>This is in direct opposition to Jesus Words: <span style=\"color: rgb(204, 98, 35); font-weight: 400\">Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.<\/span> Peter said: <span style=\"color: rgb(204, 98, 35); font-weight: 400\">but the word of the Lord endureth for ever<\/span>. <span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17)\">This mighty point alone is reason enough to avoid them completely.<\/span> Their word against the word of the Holy Spirit. <strong>We are being asked to believe in the inspiration of the &#8220;originals&#8221;, which all of them are lost, without believing in the preservation of the text of the Scriptures. It is a statement of unbelief when we say that we only believe that the original autographs were inspired. Taking this position of the modern Text Critics, what we really are saying is that we do not believe that we have the infallible Word of God in our hands!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:3; --grid-row:6\/7; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:6\/7; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"z5_0FU\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:z5_0fu\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>Their Cult-like obsession with Codex Vaticanus and Sinaiticus as well as the Papyri. <\/strong><\/span>The Church has already confronted this and rejected these counterfeits. The majority of the <u><a target=\"\" href=\"\/alexandria-or-antioch-1st-century\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" data-page-id=\"zBlC-E\" rel=\"noopener\">Papyri come from either a Garbage Mount or a Gnostic Compound<\/a><\/u>. Codex <u><a target=\"\" href=\"\/codex-vaticanus\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" data-page-id=\"zDaNoj\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaticanus<\/a><\/u> was almost completely overwritten in the 15th Century, has no historical usage in the Church and was rejected by our Reformation Leaders in the 16th Century. <u><a target=\"\" href=\"\/codex-sinaiticus\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" data-page-id=\"z8u-a-\" rel=\"noopener\">Codex Sinaiticus<\/a><\/u> has so many corrections in it, almost certain to be a 19th Century forgery and it can easily be proven with a simple Chemical analysis. This of course will never happen. That would destroy the entire falsehood of Modern Text Criticism. Let&#8217;s not forget that all these false witnesses do not agree with each other much!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:4; --grid-row:8\/9; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:8\/9; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"zALogn\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zalogn\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>This childlike repeating in all arguments that Vaticanus and Sinaiticus are the &#8220;oldest and best&#8221;.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17)\">  <\/span>So, by now if you read through this website, you are very familiar knowing that both Codices are the most corrupt and mutilated in existence. But what about the age? <u><a target=\"\" href=\"\/codex-sinaiticus\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" data-page-id=\"z8u-a-\" rel=\"noopener\">Sinaiticus<\/a><\/u> is a recent forgery, what about <u><a target=\"\" href=\"\/codex-vaticanus\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" data-page-id=\"zDaNoj\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaticanus<\/a><\/u> from the 4th Century? <span style=\"font-weight: 700\"><strong>Age alone is not a good indicator.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 700\"><strong>Consider this: When a Manuscript is copied, then there arises the possibilities of differences to creep in because of Human inaccuracy. 4th Century Vaticanus could have been the 9th time it was copied.. Yet, there could be a late 10th Century Manuscript but it was only copied the 5th time in a professional Scriptorium. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 400\">In that case the 10th Century Manuscript would likely contain less differences and would be closer to the Original Autographs and therefore much preferred than (supposedly) the 4th Century Vaticanus<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>.  <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26); --fontSizeMobile: 14px; --fontSizeDesktop: 14px; font-weight: 400\"><u><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Are_Older_Manuscripts_More_Reliable\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">Click here to read a more detailed Analysis.<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700\"><strong>In addition, the Alexandrian Line is copied very sloppily!<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; they greatly disagree with each other and the Traditional Text. On the other Hand, the Church copied their manuscripts very carefully! Thats why the Traditional Text with over 5000 manuscripts agrees with each other over 99%. <\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700\"><strong>Surely, this is much closer to the Original Autographs and outweighs the argument of &#8220;Age&#8221; only<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:5; --grid-row:16\/17; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:12\/13; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"zGuqil\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zguqil\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>Ownership of the biblical Text belongs to the Church and NOT to unbelieving Academia.<\/strong><\/span> Nobody gave Modern Text Critics the authority to change our Bible based on the Traditional Text. Most Churches unfortunately fall prey to this major but silent falsification. These changed Bibles are now gaining acceptance in Churches at an alarming rate. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:6; --grid-row:12\/13; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:14\/15; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"zj1jTh\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zj1jth\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>Claim that it does not affect Doctrine.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>That of course is another major Lie.<\/strong><\/span> Interestingly enough, most Christians just accept this without really checking if it is true. Let&#8217;s just look at one example from Matthew 5:22. Jesus was angry many times, yet <span style=\"color: rgb(204, 98, 35); font-weight: 700\"><strong>never without a cause<\/strong><\/span>. According to the Modern Text, Jesus, while he was angry, would be committing a Sin. <span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-weight: 700\"><strong>This destroys the Doctrine of the Sinlessness of Christ!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:7; --grid-row:14\/15; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:18\/19; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"zyOMN8\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zyomn8\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-weight: 700\"><strong>Modern Text (NIV):<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17)\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial; font-weight: 400\">But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister<\/span> <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial; font-weight: 400\">will be subject to judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:8; --grid-row:13\/14; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:16\/17; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"z0D1bO\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:z0d1bo\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700\"><strong>Traditional Text (KJB):<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17)\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(204, 98, 35); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial; font-weight: 400\">But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother <\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(204, 98, 35); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial; font-weight: 700\"><strong><u>without a cause<\/u><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(204, 98, 35); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial; font-weight: 400\"> shall be in danger of the judgment<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:9; --grid-row:18\/19; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:20\/21; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"z_ARUL\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:z_arul\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>Modern Text Criticism is NOT a SCIENCE. It is no more than an arbitrary selection by a very small group of so called &#8220;Experts<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17)\">&#8220;.<\/span>  A simple yet powerful example is the history and usage of Manuscript 2427, also called Archaic Mark &#8211; a modern FAKE. This clearly shows their deceptive methods. <u><a target=\"\" href=\"\/archaic-mark-20th-century\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" data-page-id=\"zFiLUU\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to &#8220;Archaic Mark&#8221; to get a full description of what happened<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:10; --grid-row:20\/21; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:22\/23; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"zjhDzl\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zjhdzl\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(237, 17, 17); font-weight: 700\"><strong>Grouping of Manuscripts into &#8220;Families&#8221; or &#8220;Areas&#8221; like Alexandrian Text or Byzantine Text.<\/strong><\/span> This is still in use today, although it has been proven to be incorrect. But why did they do this to begin with? Well, by numbers alone, the corrupt Alexandrian Line only represents less then 1% of all Manuscripts. That does not look good to them. So, an easy solution, group them in Families. Now it appears as 2 Families and lo and behold, it appears at least as 50\/50 now. Much better than 1%. Also the argument was made that all those 99% of Byzantine Manuscripts really do agree with each other it was assumed it came from one source, therefore it is just one &#8220;Family of Manuscripts&#8221;. As it turns out, all those 99% of Byzantine Manuscripts are INDEPENDENT and DO NOT share a common ancestor as they originally claimed! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-element layout-element--layout layout-element transition transition--slide\" style=\"--text:left; --align:flex-start; --justify:flex-start; --m-element-margin:0 0 16px 0; --z-index:11; --grid-row:22\/23; --grid-column:2\/5; --m-grid-row:24\/25; --m-grid-column:1\/2;\"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-box layout-element__component layout-element__component--GridTextBox\" id=\"zBW826\" data-qa=\"gridtextbox:zbw826\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: rgb(245, 28, 28); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Segoe UI, SegoeUI, Segoe WP, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400\">The NA\/UBS editors, such as Bruce Metzger, <\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(245, 28, 28); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Segoe UI, SegoeUI, Segoe WP, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700\"><strong>gave the age of manuscripts the utmost importance at the near <em>exclusion of all other factors, such as the evidence of patristic quotes, early translations, and the majority of manuscripts.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(245, 28, 28)\"> This is still in use today, although it has been proven to be incorrect.<\/span> <span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Segoe UI, SegoeUI, Segoe WP, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400\">Today, this same preoccupation with the age of manuscripts is shared by an entire generation of Christian leaders who learned textual criticism through Bruce Metzger&#8217;s primer, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. <\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; 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