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The high priest and the whole council of older Jewish leaders can tell you this is true. They gave me letters to the Jewish brothers in Damascus. So I was going there to arrest these people and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.
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"About noon when I came near Damascus, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed all around me.
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I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
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I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?' The voice said, 'I am Jesus from Nazareth whom you are persecuting.'
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Those who were with me did not hear the voice, but they saw the light.