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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.
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Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’