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and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,
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I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?
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`And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --
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and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me --
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and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.
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`And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,
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and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling [there],
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having come unto me and stood by [me], said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;
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and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,
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because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard;
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and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.