Acts 26:9-15

9"I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

11And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

12"In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

13At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.

14And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

15And I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.