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And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], *I* am Jesus, whom *thou* persecutest.
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But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
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But the men who were travelling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but beholding no one.
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And Saul rose up from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw no one. But leading [him] by the hand they brought him into Damascus.
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And he was three days without seeing, and neither ate nor drank.
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And there was a certain disciple in Damascus by name Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, [here am] I, Lord.
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And the Lord [said] to him, Rise up and go into the street which is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas one by name Saul, [he is] of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,
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and has seen [in a vision] a man by name Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he should see.
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And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;
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and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.
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And the Lord said to him, Go, for this [man] is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and [the] sons of Israel: