Acts 22:10–21

¹⁰And I said, ⁿ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Rise, and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all that is appointed for you to do.’ ¹¹And since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.

¹²“And ^oone Ananias, a devout man ^paccording to the law, ^qwell spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, ^13rcame to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.’ And ^sat that very hour I received my sight and saw him. ¹⁴And he said, ^t‘The God of our fathers ^uappointed you to know his will, ^vto see ^wthe Righteous One and ^xto hear a voice from his mouth; ¹⁵for ^yyou will be a witness for him to everyone of what ^zyou have seen and heard. ¹⁶And now why do you wait? ^aRise and be baptized and ^bwash away your sins, ^ccalling on his name.’

^17d“When I had returned to Jerusalem and ^ewas praying in the temple, I fell into ^fa trance ¹⁸and saw him saying to me, ^g‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ ¹⁹And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another ^hI imprisoned and ⁱbeat those who believed in you. ²⁰And when the blood of Stephen ^jyour witness was being shed, ^kI myself was standing by and ^lapproving and ^kwatching over the garments of those who killed him.’ ²¹And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you ^mfar away to the Gentiles.’ ”