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But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name to the Goyim, even to their kings, and to the sons of Isra'el as well.
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For I myself will show him how much he will have to suffer on account of my name."
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So Hananyah left and went into the house. Placing his hands on him, he said, "Brother Sha'ul, the Lord - Yeshua, the one who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here - has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Ruach HaKodesh."
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In that moment, something like scales fell away from Sha'ul's eyes; and he could see again. He got up and was immersed;
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then he ate some food and regained his strength. Sha'ul spent some days with the talmidim in Dammesek,
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and immediately he began proclaiming in the synagogues that Yeshua is the Son of God.
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All who heard him were amazed. They asked, "Isn't he the man who in Yerushalayim was trying to destroy the people who call on this name? In fact, isn't that why he came here, to arrest them and bring them back to the head cohanim?"
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But Sha'ul was being filled with more and more power and was creating an uproar among the Jews living in Dammesek with his proofs that Yeshua is the Messiah.
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Quite some time later, the non-believing Jews gathered together and made plans to kill him;
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but their plot became known to Sha'ul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to do away with him;
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but under cover of night, his talmidim took him and let him down over the city wall, lowering him in a large basket.