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And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, `Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.'
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And I said, `Who art Thou, Lord?' And He said, `I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
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But rise and stand upon thy feet, for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose: to make thee a minister and a witness, both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in which I will appear unto thee,
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delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles unto whom now I send thee,
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to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in Me.'
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"Thereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision,
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but showed first unto those at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
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For these causes the Jews seized me in the temple and went about to kill me.
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Having therefore obtained the help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said should come:
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that Christ should suffer, and that He should be the first who should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles."
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And as he thus spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, thou art beside thyself! Much learning doth make thee mad!"