1But Saul, yet a blower or a breather of menaces, and of beatings, or slaying, against the disciples of the Lord, came to the prince of priests,
2and asked of him letters into Damascus, to the synagogues; that if he found any men or women of this life, he should lead them bound to Jerusalem.
3And when he made his journey, it befelled, that he came nigh to Damascus. And suddenly a light from heaven shone about him;
4and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, what persecutest or pursuest thou me?
5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest or pursuest. It is hard to thee, to kick against the prick.