'Then I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.' - Paul's question (Tis ei, kyrie?, Tis ei, kyrie?-'Who are you, Lord?') receives the answer that reverses his world: 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting' (Egō eimi Iēsous hon sy diōkeis, Egō eimi Iēsous hon sy diōkeis). The identification is direct and personal: persecution of the church is persecution of Jesus. The name 'Jesus' (Iēsous, Iēsous), now revealed as the risen Lord, was the name Paul had been trying to eliminate. That name is now his vision, his mission, his salvation.

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