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Coming to me and standing by me, said to me: Brother Saul, look up. And I, the same hour, looked upon him.
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But he said: The God of our fathers hath preordained thee that thou shouldst know his will and see the Just One and shouldst hear the voice from his mouth.
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For thou shalt be his witness to all men of those things which thou hast seen and heard.
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And now why tarriest thou? Rise up and be baptized and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.
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And it came to pass, when I was come again to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance,
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And saw him saying unto me: Make haste and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
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And I said: Lord, they know that I cast into prison and beat in every synagogue them that believed in thee.
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And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I stood by and consented: and kept the garments of them that killed him.
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And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off will I send thee.
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And they heard him until this word and then lifted up their voice, saying: Away with such an one from the earth. For it is not fit that he should live.
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And as they cried out and threw off their garments and cast dust into the air,