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He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
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Verse 4. Why dost thou persecute me? My disciples, my brothers, and my friends. The head speaks for the members, and by a figure of speech, calls them itself. Saint Augustine in Ps. xxx.—Here Jesus Christ identifies himself with his Church, as on a former occasion, when he said: he that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me. Lu. 10:16.
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