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Acts 9:8 (WEB)
Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

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“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.

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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Jerome, Letters Letter 16
“His bodily eyes are blinded to clear the eyes of his soul, and he who once haled Christ’s servants in chains before the council of the Jews, lives afterwards to glory in the bonds of Christ.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 8.
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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 III.22Book III
“And Paul, when he had lost his eyesight, how did he see Christ except in the Spirit?” — editor's note: Acts ix. 8.
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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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