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having come unto me and stood by [me], said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;
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and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,
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because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard;
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and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.
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`And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance,
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and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me;
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and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;
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and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;
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and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'
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And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, `Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.'
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And they crying out and casting up their garments, and throwing dust into the air,