Acts:9:1-25

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* But still breathing threats and murder toward the disciples of the Lord , coming to the high priest , * Saul asked from him letters to Damascus , to the synagogues , so that if he found any being of the Way , both men and women , having bound them he might bring them to Jerusalem . * But in the going it happened ! He drew near to Damascus , and suddenly a light from the heaven shone around him . * And falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him , Saul , Saul ! Why do you persecute Me ? * And he said , Sir , who are you ? And the Lord said , I am Jesus , whom you persecute ; it is hard for you to kick against the prods . * Both trembling and being astonished he said , Lord , what do you desire me to do ? And the Lord said to him , Rise up and go into the city , and it will be told you what you must do . * But the men traveling with him had been standing speechless , indeed hearing the voice , but seeing no one . * And Saul was lifted up from the earth , but his eyes being opened he saw no one . And leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus . * And he was three days not seeing , and did not eat or drink . * And there was a certain disciple in Damascus named Ananias . And the Lord said to him in a vision , Ananias ! And he said , Behold , Lord , I am here . * And the Lord said to him , Rising up pass along on the street being called Straight and seek a Tarsian , Saul by name , in the house of Judas . For , behold , he is praying . * And he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and putting a hand on him , so that he may see again . * And Ananias answered , Lord , I have heard from many about this man , how many bad things he did to Your saints in Jerusalem . * And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all the ones calling on Your name . * And the Lord said to him , Go , for this one is a chosen vessel to Me , to bear My name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel . * For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of My name . * And Ananias went away and entered into the house . And putting hands on him he said , Brother Saul , the Lord has sent me , Jesus , the One who appeared to you in the highway on which you came , that you may see and be filled of the Holy Spirit . * And instantly it was as if scales fell away from his eyes . And rising up at the thing happening , he was baptized . * And taking food he was strengthened . And Saul was with the disciples in Damascus some days . * And at once in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ , that this One is the Son of God . * And all those hearing were amazed and said , Is this not the one destroying those who have called on this Name in Jerusalem , and he had come here for this , that binding them he might lead them before the chief priests ? * But Saul was more filled with power , and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus , proving that this One is the Christ . * And when many days were fulfilled , the Jews plotted together to do away with him . * But their plot was known to Saul . And they carefully watched the gates both by day and by night so that to do away with him . * But taking him by night the disciples let him down through the wall , lowering in a basket .

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