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And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'
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trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord [said] unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'
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And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,
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and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,
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and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.
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And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;'
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and the Lord [saith] unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, [one] by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,
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and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.'
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And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,
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and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'
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And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;