Acts 22:3–16

³I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the exactness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye are all this day; ⁴who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women; ⁵as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished. ⁶And it came to pass, as I was journeying and drawing near to Damascus, that, about mid-day, there suddenly shone out of heaven a great light round about me. ⁷And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁸And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom thou persecutest. ⁹But they that were with me beheld the light, and were filled with fear, but heard not the voice of him that was speaking to me. ¹⁰And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which it is appointed thee to do. ¹¹And as I could not see, through the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus. ¹²And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt there, ¹³coming to me and standing by me, said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And I, in the same hour, received my sight and saw him. ¹⁴And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth; ¹⁵for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard. ¹⁶And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.