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and on the journey, at noon, Sir, I saw a light from Heaven--brighter than the brightness of the sun--shining around me and around those who were travelling with me.
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We all fell to the ground; and I heard a voice which said to me in Hebrew, "`Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? You are finding it painful to kick against the ox-goad.'
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"`Who art Thou, Lord?' I asked. "`I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied.
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`But rise, and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you My servant and My witness both as to the things you have already seen and as to those in which I will appear to you.
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I will save you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes,