Acts 22:10-27

¹⁰And I said, What have I to do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Get up, and go into Damascus; and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

¹¹And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

¹²And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,

¹³Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.

¹⁴And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.

¹⁵For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

¹⁶And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.

¹⁷And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

¹⁸And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.

¹⁹And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

²⁰And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.

²¹And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

²²And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

²³And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air,

²⁴The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.

²⁵And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?

²⁶And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

²⁷And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.