Acts 22:10–21

¹⁰“And I said, ‘^aWhat shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.’

¹¹“But since I ^acould not see because of the ¹brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

¹²“A certain ^aAnanias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law, and ^bwell spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

¹³came to me, and standing near said to me, ‘^aBrother Saul, receive your sight!’ And ^1bat that very time I looked up at him.

¹⁴“And he said, ‘^aThe God of our fathers has ^bappointed you to know His will and to ^csee the ^dRighteous One and to hear an ¹utterance from His mouth.

¹⁵‘For you will be ^aa witness for Him to all men of ^bwhat you have seen and heard.

¹⁶‘Now why do you delay? ^aGet up and be baptized, and ^bwash away your sins, ^ccalling on His name.’

¹⁷“It happened when I ^areturned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I ^bfell into a trance,

¹⁸and I saw Him saying to me, ‘^aMake haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.’

¹⁹“And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another ^aI used to imprison and ^bbeat those who believed in You.

²⁰‘And ^awhen the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and watching out for the coats of those who were slaying him.’

²¹“And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away ^ato the Gentiles.’ ”