Acts 9:1-10
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But Saul, b still c breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to d the high priest
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and asked him for letters e to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to f the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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g Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
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And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting h me?"
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And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, h whom you are persecuting.
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But i rise and enter the city, and you will be told j what you are to do."
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k The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, l hearing the voice but seeing no one.
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Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, m he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
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And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
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Now there was a disciple at Damascus named n Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, o "Here I am, Lord."
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Acts 9:13
But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem.
Acts 9:21
And all who heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?
Acts 8:3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
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Psalms 27:12
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
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Acts 22:5
As the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
Acts 26:10
And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
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Acts 22:19
And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.
Luke 12:11
And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say.
Luke 21:12
But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
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Acts 19:9
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Acts 19:23
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Acts 24:14
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Acts 24:22
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Acts 16:17
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Acts 18:25 - 26
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Acts 22:4
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Isaiah 30:21
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Isaiah 35:8
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Amos 8:14
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Acts 9:3 - 8
Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
Acts 22:6 - 11
As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.
Acts 26:12 - 18
In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
1 Corinthians 15:8
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
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Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Zechariah 2:8
For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
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Acts 9:4
And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
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Ezekiel 3:22
And the hand of the Lord was upon me there. And he said to me, "Arise, go out into the valley, and there I will speak with you.
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle - not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead -
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Acts 9:16
For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
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Daniel 10:7
And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.
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Acts 22:9
Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
John 12:29
The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him.
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Acts 22:11
And since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.
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Acts 22:12
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there.
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Genesis 22:1
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I.
Isaiah 6:8
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me.
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