Acts 26:12
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Acts 26:12
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"While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
Acts 26:13
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at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.
Acts 26:14
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~"And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect, `Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
Acts 26:15
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~"And I said, `Who are You, Lord?' And the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
Acts 26:16
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~`But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you;
Acts 26:17
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rescuing you from the {Jewish} people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,
Acts 26:18
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to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'
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