Acts 22:10–21

¹⁰“I said, ‘What should I do, Lord?’

“The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that you have been assigned to do.’

¹¹“Since I couldn’t see because of the brightness of the light,^B I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and went into Damascus.^{p 12}Someone named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, who had a good reputation with all the Jews living there,^{q 13}came and stood by me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ And in that very hour I looked up and saw him. ¹⁴And he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has appointed^r you to know his will, to see^s the Righteous One,^t and to hear the words from his mouth, ¹⁵since you will be a witness for him to all people of what you have seen and heard.^{u 16}And now, why are you delaying? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins,^v calling on his name.’^w

¹⁷“After I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance^{x 18}and saw him telling me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

¹⁹“But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in you imprisoned and beaten.^{y 20}And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I stood there giving approval^C and guarding the clothes of those who killed him.’^z

²¹“He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”^aa