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and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way,[a] he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains. On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.(A) He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:2 The Way: a name used by the early Christian community for itself (Acts 18:26; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22). The Essene community at Qumran used the same designation to describe its mode of life.

and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,(A) so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,(B) whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.(C) He fell to the ground and heard a voice(D) say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

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