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The high priest and the whole Council can give witness to this. I even had some official letters they had written to their friends in Damascus. So I went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
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"I had almost reached Damascus. About noon a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
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I fell to the ground and heard a voice speak to me. 'Saul! Saul!' it said. 'Why are you opposing me?'
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" 'Who are you, Lord?' I asked. " 'I am Jesus of Nazareth,' he replied. 'I am the one you are opposing.'
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"The light was seen by my companions. But they didn't understand the voice of the one speaking to me.