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as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. Having received letters from them to the brothers, I was traveling to Damascus to bring those who were prisoners there to be punished in Jerusalem.
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"As I was traveling and near Damascus, about noon an intense light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
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I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'
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"I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' "He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting!'
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Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the One who was speaking to me.