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And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews who dwelt [there],
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Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
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And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldst know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldst hear the voice of his mouth.
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For thou shalt be his witness to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
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And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
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And it came to pass, that when I had come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
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And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
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And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
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And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
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And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.
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And they gave him audience to this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [man] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.