Acts 9:3-8
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3 Now as he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and (A)suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; 4 and (B)he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” 5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, 6 but get up and enter the city, and (C)it will be told to you what you must do.” 7 The men who traveled with him (D)stood speechless, (E)hearing the [a]voice but seeing no one. 8 Saul got up from the ground, and (F)though his eyes were open, he [b]could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into (G)Damascus.
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Acts 26:12-18
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12 “[a]While so engaged, (A)as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, 13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, [b]brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me. 14 And when we had (B)all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the [c](C)Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? [d]It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15 And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 But get up and (D)stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to (E)appoint you as a (F)servant and (G)a witness not only to the things in which you have seen Me, but also to the things in which I will appear to you, 17 (H)rescuing you (I)from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to (J)open their eyes so that they may turn from (K)darkness to light, and from the [e]power of (L)Satan to God, that they may receive (M)forgiveness of sins and an (N)inheritance among those who have been sanctified by (O)faith in Me.’
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- Acts 26:12 Lit In which things
- Acts 26:13 Lit above the brightness of
- Acts 26:14 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
- Acts 26:14 An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with a spiked stick
- Acts 26:18 Or dominion
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