Acts 22:10–21

¹⁰and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.

¹¹‘And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus, ¹²and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling there, ¹³having come unto me and stood by me, said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him; ¹⁴and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth, ¹⁵because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard; ¹⁶and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁷‘And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance, ¹⁸and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me; ¹⁹and I said, Lord, they—they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee; ²⁰and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death; ²¹and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.’