5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,

6 but get up and enter the city, and ait will be told you what you must do.”

7 The men who traveled with him astood speechless, bhearing the 1voice but seeing no one.

8 Saul got up from the ground, and athough his eyes were open, he 1could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into bDamascus.

9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

10 Now there was a disciple at aDamascus named bAnanias; and the Lord said to him in ca vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.”

11 And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from aTarsus named Saul, for he is praying,

12 and he has seen 1in a vision a man named Ananias come in and alay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.”

13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, ahow much harm he did to bYour 1saints at Jerusalem;

14 and here he ahas authority from the chief priests to bind all who bcall on Your name.”

15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for ahe is a chosen 1instrument of Mine, to bear My name before bthe Gentiles and ckings and the sons of Israel;

16 for aI will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”