Acts 22:3–16

³‘I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been taught according to the exactitude of a law of the fathers, being zealous of God, as all ye are to-day.

⁴‘And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women, ⁵as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished, ⁶and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me, ⁷I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

⁸‘And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute— ⁹and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me— 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.