Acts 22:6-17

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.

¹⁷'And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance,