I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 22:8 in context
Acts 22:5–11
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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.
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“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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I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
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I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
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“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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I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’
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When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
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