Acts 22:12–21 · BSB
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There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
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came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
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Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.
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You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
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And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
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Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
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and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
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‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
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And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
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Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
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