Acts 9:3-19

³As he was traveling, it happened that as he came near to Damascus, suddenly there shone all around him a light out of heaven;

⁴and he fell upon the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

⁵Saul replied, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting;

⁶but rise, enter into the city, and it will be told you what you must do.”

⁷The men who traveled with Saul stood speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

⁸Saul arose from the ground, and when he opened his eyes, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

⁹For three days he was without sight, and he neither ate nor drank.

¹⁰Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!” He said, “See, I am here, Lord.”

¹¹The Lord said to him, “Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and at the house of Judas ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

¹²He has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hands on him, so that he might see again.”

¹³But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem.

¹⁴He has authority from the chief priests to arrest everyone here who calls upon your name.”

¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine, to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel;

¹⁶for I will show him how much he must suffer for the cause of my name.”

¹⁷So Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road when you were coming, has sent me so that you might receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

¹⁸Immediately something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he received his sight; he arose and was baptized;

¹⁹and he ate and was strengthened. He stayed with the disciples in Damascus for several days.