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Acts 26:12
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In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
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Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
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“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
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during which, going to Damascus with [the] authority and commission of the chief priests,
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Acts 26
10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
11 I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
12 In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
13 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
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