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And I punishedthemoftineverysynagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; andbeingexceedingly mad againstthem, I persecuted them evenunto*strangecities.
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I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death , I gave my voice against them.
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And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
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Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
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At midday , O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.