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as indeed the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me, from whom also I received letters to the brothers in Damascus, [and] was traveling [there] to lead away those who were there also tied up to Jerusalem so that they could be punished.
Paul Tells of His Conversion on the Damascus Road
6 "And it happened that [as] I was traveling and approaching Damascus around noon, suddenly a very bright light from heaven flashed around me,
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and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
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And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene whom you are persecuting.'
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(Now those who were with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.)
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So I said, 'What should I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up [and] proceed to Damascus, and there it will be told to you about all [the things] that have been appointed for you to do.'
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And as I could not see as a result of the brightness of that light, I arrived in Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.
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And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live [there],
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came to me and stood by [me] [and] said to me, 'Brother Saul, regain [your] sight!' And [at that] same time I looked up at him [and saw him].
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And he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth,
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because you will be a witness for him to all people of what you have seen and heard.