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I asked, "Who are you, Lord?' The Lord answered, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
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But get up and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and testify to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you.
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I will rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending you
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to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
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Other ancient authorities read [the things that you have seen]
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