then said the Lord to him, "put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

and he fell to the ground, and heard a voice which said to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

at length Saul rose from the ground; and when he opened his eyes, he could not see: so that they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus,

however Saul still gain'd ground, and confounded the Jews of Damascus, proving that Jesus was the Messias.

I fell to the ground, and heard a voice pronounce these words, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"

when falling into the confluence of two currents, they ran the ship a-ground: where the fore-castle stuck fast and would not give, but her stern was shatter'd by the violence of the waves.