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As the high priest doth bear me witness and all the ancients. From whom also receiving letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus, that I might bring them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished.
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And it came to pass, as I was going and drawing nigh to Damascus, at mid-day, that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light:
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And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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And I answered: Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me: I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
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And they that were with me saw indeed the light: but they heard not the voice of him that spoke with me.