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15 I answered, 'Who are you, sir?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting.
16 But, get up onto your feet, for the reason I have appeared to you is to appoint you a minister and witness of both the things you have [already] seen of me and the things I will [reveal when] appearing to you.
17 I will rescue you from the [Jewish] people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them,
18 to open their eyes [to the truth] so they will turn from darkness to light and from the power [i.e., the influence] of Satan to God. [Then] they can receive the forgiveness of sins and the inheritance [of never ending life], along with [all] those who are set apart [for God] by trusting in Me.'
19 "As a result of this, O King, I did not disobey [the mandate of] this vision from heaven