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Ye men brethre and fathers heare myne answere which I make vnto you.
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Whe they hearde that he spake in ye Ebrue tonge to them they kept the moore silence. And he sayde:
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I am verely aman which am a Iewe borne in Tharsus a cite in Cicill: neverthelesse yet brought vp in this cite at ye fete of Gamaliel and informed diligently in the lawe of the fathers and was fervent mynded to Godwarde as ye all are this same daye
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and I persecuted this waye vnto the deeth byndynge and delyveringe into preson bothe men and wemen
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as the chefe prest doth beare me witnes and all the elders: of whom also I receaved letters vnto the brethren and wet to Damasco to bringe them which were there bounde vnto Ierusalem for to be punysshed.
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And it fortuned as I made my iorney and was come nye vnto Damasco aboute none yt sodenly ther shone fro heaven a greate lyght rounde aboute me
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and I fell vnto the erth and hearde a voyce sayinge vnto me: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me?
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And I answered: what arte thou Lorde? And he sayd vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.
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And they that were with me sawe verely a lyght and were a frayde: but they hearde not the voyce of him that spake with me.
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And I sayde: what shall I do Lorde? And the Lorde sayde vnto me: Aryse and goo into Damasco and there it shalbe tolde the of all thinges which are apoynted for the to do.