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Acts 22:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ "

Acts 22:7

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5 as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

6 “As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.

7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’

9 “Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

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Acts 9:4

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"The woman came to Saul and saw that he was very troubled, and said to him, “Behold, your servant has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me."

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Mark 5:7

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"and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”"

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Luke 8:28

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"When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”"

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Acts 22:1

"“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”"

Acts 22:2

"When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,"

Acts 22:3

"“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today."

Acts 22:4

"I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,"

Acts 22:5

"as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished."

Acts 22:6

"“As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky."

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