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Acts 9:5 (WEB)
He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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§598Paragraph 2 · Jesus Died CrucifiedRead at vatican.va
“Taking into account the fact that our sins affect Christ himself,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 25:45; Acts 9:4-5.

§639Paragraph 2 · On the Third Day He Rose from the DeadRead at vatican.va
“The Apostle speaks here of the living tradition of the Resurrection which he had learned after his conversion at the gates of Damascus.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 9:3-18.

Gregory of Nyssa, Answer to Eunomius' Second Book Chapter 1
“And Moses, seeing God in the light, and John calling Him the true Light, and in the same way Paul, when our Lord first appeared to him, and a Light shone round about him, and afterwards when he heard the words of the Light saying, “I am Jesus, Whom thou persecutest,”—is he not a competent witness?” — editor's note: Acts ix. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions III.8Book III
“…in “burning” in things forbidden to that use which is against nature; or when convicted, raging with heart and voice against Thee, kicking against the pricks; or when, breaking through the pale of human society, they audaciously rejoice in private combinations or divisions, according as they have been pleased or…” — editor's note: Acts ix. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 76
“Behold the first confessing thought of Saul the Apostle, now Paul, who at first was Saul, when he heard a voice from Heaven!…He put forth the first thought of obedience: when he heard, “I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest,” “O Lord,” he saith, “what dost Thou bid me to do?”” — editor's note: Acts ix. 5, 6.
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Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels I.10Book I
“…was grievously persecuting those who had become believers in Christ, did Christ call that man [by a voice] from heaven, and made him His disciple and apostle.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 1–30.
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Theodoret of Cyrus, Ecclesiastical History IV.31Book IV
“Give back to the flocks their excellent shepherds and thou shalt win victory without trouble, but if thou fightest without so doing thou shalt learn by experience how hard it is to kick against the pricks.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 5
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Jerome, Letters Letter 38
“If Paul, that ravening wolf, that little Benjamin, is blinded in a trance, it is that he may receive his sight, and may be led, by the sudden horror of surrounding darkness, to call Him Lord Whom before he persecuted as man.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 3–18.
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Tertullian, On Baptism Chapter 12
“That point excepted, he had sufficiently learnt and believed “the Nazarene” to be “the Lord, the Son of God.”” — editor's note: See Acts ix. 1–31.
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit II.13Book II
“For as Paul heard the voice saying to him, “I am Jesus, Whom thou persecutest,” so, too, the Spirit forbade Paul and Silas to go into Bithynia.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 5.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 19
“…as being ourselves unworthy of such a visit; and when I say Peter, I am speaking of the man who walked upon the waves; or like Paul would be stricken in eyes, as he was before he was cleansed from the guilt of his persecution, when he conversed with Him Whom he was persecuting—or rather with a short flash of That…” — editor's note: Acts ix. 3–8.
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