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as indeed the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me, from whom also I received letters to the brothers in Damascus, [and] was traveling [there] to lead away those who were there also tied up to Jerusalem so that they could be punished.
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"And it happened that [as] I was traveling and approaching Damascus around noon, suddenly a very bright light from heaven flashed around me,
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and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
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And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And 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 did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.)