Acts 22:6
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Paul Tells of His Conversion
6 “While I was on my way and approaching Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone about me.(A)
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Acts 26:12-18
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Paul Tells of His Conversion
12 “With this in mind, I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,(A) 13 when at midday along the road, Your Excellency,[a] I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions. 14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew[b] language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.’(B) 15 I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord answered, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 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[c] and to those in which I will appear to you.(C) 17 I will rescue you from your people and from the gentiles—to whom I am sending you(D) 18 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.’(E)
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Revelation 1:16
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16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.(A)
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Acts 9:3-8
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3 Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.(A) 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”(B) 5 He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6 But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.” 7 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one.(C) 8 Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing;[a] so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
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- 9.8 Other ancient authorities read no one
Matthew 17:2
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2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light.
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Isaiah 24:23
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23 Then the moon will be abashed
and the sun ashamed,
for the Lord of hosts will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before his elders he will be glorified.(A)
2 Samuel 8:6
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6 Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David and brought tribute. The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.(A)
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Genesis 15:2
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2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”[a](A)
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- 15.2 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Genesis 14:15
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15 He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.
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