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KJV – 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.

KJV – Whereupon as I went (5740) to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

KJV – 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.

KJV – 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.

KJV – And I said (5627), Who art thou (5748), Lord? And he said (5627), I am (5748) Jesus whom thou persecutest (5719).

KJV – 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;

KJV – Delivering (5734) thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send (5719) thee,

KJV – 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.

KJV – Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was (5633) not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

KJV – But shewed ( (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.

KJV – For these causes the Jews caught (5642) me in the temple, and went about (5711) to kill (5670) me.

KJV – 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):

KJV – 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.