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I verily thought with myself ,
that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth .
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Which thing I also did in Jerusalem :
and many of the saints did I shut up in prison ,
having received authority from the chief priests ;
and when they were put to death ,
I gave my voice against them .
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And I punished them oft in every synagogue ,
and compelled them to blaspheme ;
and being exceedingly mad against them ,
I persecuted them even unto strange cities .
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Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests ,
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At midday ,
O king ,
I saw in the way a light from heaven ,
above the brightness of the sun ,
shining round about me and them which journeyed with me .
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And when we were all fallen to the earth ,
I heard a voice speaking unto me ,
and saying in the Hebrew tongue ,
Saul ,
Saul ,
why persecutest thou me ?
it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks .
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And I said ,
Who art thou ,
Lord ?
And he said ,
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest .
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But rise ,
and stand upon thy feet :
for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose ,
to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen ,
and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee ;