Acts 22:15-23

¹⁵For thou shalt be his witness to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

¹⁶And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

¹⁷And it came to pass, that when I had come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

¹⁸And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

¹⁹And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

²⁰And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

²¹And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.

²²And they gave him audience to this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a man from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

²³And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,