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Which knewme from the beginning,if they wouldtestify , thatafter the most straitestsect of ourreligion I lived a Pharisee.
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Andnow I stand and am judgedfor the hope of the promisemadeofGodunto our fathers:
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Untowhich promise our twelve tribes,instantly*serving God dayandnight,hope to come . Forwhich hope's sake,kingAgrippa, I am accusedof the Jews.
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Why should it be thought a thingincrediblewithyou,thatGod should raise the dead?
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Iverily*thought with myself, that I ought to do many thingscontraryto the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Which thingIalsodidinJerusalem:andmany of the saintsdidI shut up in prison, having receivedauthorityfrom the chief priests;and when they were put to death , I gave my voice against them.
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And I punishedthemoftineverysynagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; andbeingexceedingly mad againstthem, I persecuted them evenunto*strangecities.
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Whereuponas I wenttoDamascuswithauthorityandcommissionfrom the chief priests,
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At midday*, O king, I sawin the way a light from heaven,above the brightness of the sun, shining round aboutmeand them which journeyedwithme.
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And when wewereallfallento the earth, I heard a voicespeakinguntome,andsaying in the Hebrewtongue,Saul,Saul,why persecutest thoume? it is hard for thee to kickagainst the pricks.
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AndIsaid , Who art thou , Lord?And he said , IamJesuswhomthoupersecutest .