And was baptized] It is added (Acts 22:16) that St. Paul received at his baptism the remission of his former sins.

The three accounts of St. Paul's conversion (Acts 9:22; Acts 9:26) present some not very important variations. Thus, St. Paul alone fell to the earth (Acts 9), but in Acts 26 all fell to the earth The men heard a voice (Acts 9), but in Acts 22 they heard not the voice. These men 'saw no man' (Acts 9), but in Acts 22 they 'saw indeed the light.' In Acts 26 it is the Lord who declares that St. Paul is to be 'a minister and witness' to the Gentiles; in Acts 9 and Acts 22 it is Ananias. In Acts 26 no allusion is made to the Apostle becoming blind, or to Ananias, but it is noted that the Lord spoke in Hebrew.

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