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came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight.' And in that very hour I received my sight and saw him.
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And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Just One and to hear a voice from his mouth;
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for you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
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And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'
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"When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
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and saw him saying to me, 'Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'
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And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in thee.
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And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by and approving, and keeping the garments of those who killed him.'
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And he said to me, 'Depart; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"
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Up to this word they listened to him; then they lifted up their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he ought not to live."
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And as they cried out and waved their garments and threw dust into the air,