Q: god's church today, as in the first century, receives its teachings from the living christ, through an apostle, just as in a.d. 31.

A: God's Church today, as in the first century, receives its teachings from the living Christ, through an apostle, just as in A.D. 31.
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Q: usually the roots were gathered underwater from the shoals of the island by the women of the tribe.

A: Usually the roots were gathered underwater from the shoals of the island by the women of the tribe.
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Q: the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

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The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
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