⁵As the high priest doth bear me witness and all the ancients. From whom also receiving letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus, that I might bring them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished.

⁶And it came to pass, as I was going and drawing nigh to Damascus, at mid-day, that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light:

⁷And falling on the ground, I 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 of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

⁹And they that were with me saw indeed the light: but they heard not the voice of him that spoke with me.

¹⁰And I said: What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me: Arise and go to Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things that thou must do.

¹¹And whereas I did not see for the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by my companions, I came to Damascus,

¹²And one Ananias, a man according to the law, having testimony of all the Jews who dwelt there,

¹³Coming to me and standing by me, said to me: Brother Saul, look up. And I, the same hour, looked upon him.

¹⁴But he said: The God of our fathers hath preordained thee that thou shouldst know his will and see the Just One and shouldst hear the voice from his mouth.

¹⁵For thou shalt be his witness to all men of those things which thou hast seen and heard.

¹⁶And now why tarriest thou? Rise up and be baptized and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.

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