Acts 9:1–9

¹And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest, ²did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem. ³And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven, ⁴and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?’ ⁵And he said, ‘Who art thou, Lord?’ and the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;’ ⁶trembling also, and astonished, he said, ‘Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?’ and the Lord said unto him, ‘Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.’ ⁷And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one, ⁸and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus, ⁹and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.