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And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I AM Jesus whom thou dost persecute;
it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord
said unto him, Arise and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behooves thee to do.
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And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice, but seeing no one.
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Then Saul arose from the earth; and opening his eyes, he saw no one; so they led him by the hand and brought
him into Damascus
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where he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
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And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; to whom the Lord said in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I
am here, Lord.
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And the Lord
said unto him, Arise and go into the street which is called Straight and enquire in the house of Judas for
one called Saul, of Tarsus; for, behold, he prays
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and has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and putting
his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
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Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man,
of how much evil he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem,
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and even here he has authority from the princes of the priests to bind all that call on thy name.
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But the Lord said unto him, Go; for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;