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Acts 9:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way,[a] he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains. 3 On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.(A) 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”(B)

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  1. 9:2 The Way: a name used by the early Christian community for itself (Acts 18:26; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22). The Essene community at Qumran used the same designation to describe its mode of life.
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Acts 9:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way,[a] he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains. 3 On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.(A) 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:2 The Way: a name used by the early Christian community for itself (Acts 18:26; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22). The Essene community at Qumran used the same designation to describe its mode of life.
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