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39LawyerActs 21 :40 ; 22 :1-4 "Paul . . . addressedthem in the Hebrewlanguage, saying : ' . . . I am a Jew,born in Tarsus of Cilicia, buteducated in this city at the feetof Gamaliel ["a Law teacher,"Acts 5 :34], instructed accordingto the strictness of the ancestralLaw .'"PhysicianCol . 4:14 "Luke the belovedphysician sends you his greetings ."Luke 1 :3 "I resolved also, becauseI have traced all thingsfrom the start with accuracy, towrite them in logical order toyou ."InspirationAll writers were inspired ormoved by God's activeforce to write2 Tim . 3 :16 "All Scripture isinspired of God and beneficialfor teaching, for reproving, forsetting things straight, for discipliningin righteousness ."2 Pet. 1 :21 "For prophecy wasat no time brought by man's will,but men spoke from God as theywere borne along by holy spirit ."Acts 28 :25 "Paul made this onecomment : `The holy spirit aptlyspoke through Isaiah the prophetto your forefathers .' "Inspired means "God-breathed"John 20 :22 "And after he saidthis he blew upon them and saidto them : 'Receive holy spirit .'"Moses wrote many words asdictated directly by angelsNum . 12 :6-8 "If there be aprophet among you, I Jehovahwill make myself known untohim in a vision, I will speak withhim in a dream . My servantMoses is not so ; he is faithfulin all my house : with him willI speak mouth to mouth, evenmanifestly, and not in darkspeeches ."Deut. 31 :14, 19, 22 "And Jehovahsaid unto Moses, . . . NowBibletherefore write ye this song foryou, and teach thou it the childrenof Israel : . . . So Moses wrotethis song the same day, andtaught it the children of Israel ."I For text of song see Deuteronomy31 :30 ; 32 :1-43 .]Many received visions or pictorialrevelations while awake2 Sam . 7 :17 "According to allthese words, and according to allthis vision, so did Nathan speakunto David ."2 Chron . 32 :32 "Now the restof the acts of Hezekiah, and hisgood deeds, behold, they arewritten in the vision of Isaiahthe prophet ."Hab . 2 :2 "And Jehovah answeredme, and said, Write thevision, and make it plain upontablets ."Also : Isa. 1 :1 ; Ezek . 1 :1 ; Dan .8 :1, 2 ; Obad . 1 ; Nah . 1 :1 .Others received dreams or pictorialrevelations while asleepDan . 7 :1, 2, 7 "Daniel had adream and visions of his headupon his bed : then he wrote thedream and told the sum of thematters . Daniel spake and said I saw in my vision by night . . . .After this I saw in the nightvisions."Meaning not always understoodby writersDan . 12 :8 "And I heard, but Iunderstood not ."I Pet. 1 :10-12 "Concerning thisvery salvation a diligent inquiryand a careful search were madeby the prophets who prophesiedabout the undeserved kindnessmeant for you . They kept on investigatingwhat particular seasonor what kind of season thespirit in them was indicating . . .It was revealed to them that, notto themselves, but to you, theywere ministering the things whichhave now been announced to you. . .Into these very things angelsare desiring to peer."