Acts 22:17-20

¹⁷“Later, I returned to Jerusalem. One day I went to the Temple courtyard. While I was praying there, I saw a vision in which

¹⁸I saw the Lord speaking to me. He said to me, ‘ Do not stay here! Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not ◄believe/listen to► what you (sg) tell them about me!’

¹⁹But I protested and said to him, ‘Lord, they know that I went to many of our meeting houses looking for people who believe in you. I was putting in jail those whom I found who believed in you, and I was even beating them.

²⁰They remember that when Stephen was killed MTY {when people killed MTY Stephen} because he told people about you, I stood there watching it all and approving what they were doing. I even guarded the outer garments that those who were murdering him had thrown aside. So if I stay here, the fact that I have changed how I think about you will surely impress those leaders of our people.’