Acts:26:11-24

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* And I punished (5723 ) them oft in every synagogue , and compelled (5707 ) them to blaspheme (5721 ); and being exceedingly mad against (5740 ) them , I persecuted (5707 ) them even unto strange cities . * Whereupon as I went (5740 ) to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests , * At midday , O king , I saw (5627 ) in the way a light from heaven , above the brightness of the sun , shining round about (5660 ) me and them which journeyed (5740 ) with me . * And when we were all fallen (5631 ) to the earth , I heard (5656 ) a voice speaking (5723 ) unto me , and saying (5723 ) in the Hebrew tongue , Saul , Saul , why persecutest thou (5719 ) me ? it is hard for thee to kick (5721 ) against the pricks . * And I said (5627 ), Who art thou (5748 ), Lord ? And he said (5627 ), I am (5748 ) Jesus whom thou persecutest (5719 ). * But rise (5628 ), and stand (5628 ) upon thy feet : for I have appeared (5681 ) unto thee for this purpose , to make (5664 ) thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen (5627 ), and of those things in the which I will appear (5701 ) unto thee ; * Delivering (5734 ) thee from the people , and from the Gentiles , unto whom now I send (5719 ) thee , * To open (5658 ) their eyes , and to turn (5658 ) them from darkness to light , and from the power of Satan unto God , that they may receive (5629 ) forgiveness of sins , and inheritance among them which are sanctified (5772 ) by faith that is in me . * Whereupon , O king Agrippa , I was (5633 ) not disobedient unto the heavenly vision : * But shewed (5723 ) (5625 ) (5707 ) first unto them of Damascus , and at Jerusalem , and throughout all the coasts of Judaea , and then to the Gentiles , that they should repent (5721 ) and turn (5721 ) to God , and do (5723 ) works meet for repentance . * For these causes the Jews caught (5642 ) me in the temple , and went about (5711 ) to kill (5670 ) me . * Having therefore obtained (5631 ) help of God , I continue (5758 ) unto this day , witnessing (5746 ) both to small and great , saying (5723 ) none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say (5656 ) should (5723 ) come (5738 ): * That Christ should suffer , and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead , and should (5719 ) shew (5721 ) light unto the people , and to the Gentiles . * And as he thus spake for himself (5740 ), Festus said (5713 ) with a loud voice , Paul , thou art beside thyself (5736 ); much learning doth make (5719 ) thee mad .

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