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as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
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About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
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I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
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‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
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My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.