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The high priest and the whole Jerusalem Council can testify about me. I received letters from them, addressed to our associates in Damascus, then went there to bring those who were arrested to Jerusalem so they could be punished.
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“During that journey, about noon, as I approached Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven encircled me.
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I fell to the ground and heard a voice asking me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you harassing me?'
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I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?' ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are harassing,' he replied.
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My traveling companions saw the light, but they didn't hear the voice of the one who spoke to me.