Acts 26:9-23

9“SoG3767 thenG3767, 1I thoughtG1380 to myselfG1683 that I hadG1163 to doG4238 manyG4183 thingsG4183 hostileG1727 to 2the nameG3686 of JesusG2424 of NazarethG3480. 10And thisG3739 is 3justG2532 whatG3739 I 4didG4160 in JerusalemG2414; not onlyG2532G5037 did I lockG2623 up manyG4183 of the 5saintsG40 in prisonsG5438, having 6receivedG2983 authorityG1849 from the chiefG749 priestsG749, but alsoG5037 when they were being putG337 to deathG337 I 7castG2702 my voteG5586 againstG2702 them. 11And 8as I punishedG5097 them oftenG4178 in allG3956 the synagoguesG4864, I tried to forceG315 them to blasphemeG987; and being 9furiouslyG4057 enragedG1693 at them, I kept pursuingG1377 them 10evenG2193 to 11foreignG1854 citiesG4172.

12“12WhileG1722 soG3739 engaged 13as I was journeyingG4198 to DamascusG1154 with the authorityG1849 and commissionG2011 of the chiefG749 priestsG749, 13at middayG2250G3319, O KingG935, I sawG3708 on the wayG3598 a lightG5457 from heavenG3771, 14brighterG2987 thanG5228 the sunG2246, shiningG4034 all aroundG4034 me and thoseG3588 who were journeyingG4198 with me. 14And when we had 15allG3956 fallenG2667 to the groundG1093, I heardG191 a voiceG5456 sayingG3004 to me in the 1617HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, ‘SaulG4549, SaulG4549, whyG5101 are you persecutingG1377 Me? 18It is hardG4642 for you to kickG2979 againstG4314 the goadsG2759.’ 15And I saidG3004, ‘WhoG5101 are You, LordG2962?’ And the LordG2962 saidG3004, ‘I amG1510 JesusG2424 whomG3739 you are persecutingG1377. 16But getG450 up and 19standG2476 on your feetG4228; for thisG3778 purpose I have appearedG3708 to you, to 20appointG4400 you a 21ministerG5257 and 22a witnessG3144 not onlyG5037 to the things whichG3739 you have 23seenG3708, but alsoG5037 to the things in whichG3739 I will appearG3708 to you; 1724rescuingG1807 you 25from the Jewish peopleG2992 and from the GentilesG1484, to whomG3739 I am sendingG649 you, 18to 26openG455 their eyesG3788 so that they may turnG1994 from 27darknessG4655 to lightG5457 and from the dominionG1849 of 28SatanG4567 to GodG2316, that they may receiveG2983 29forgivenessG859 of sinsG266 and an 30inheritanceG2819 amongG1722 thoseG3588 who have been sanctifiedG37 by 31faithG4102 in Me.’

19“SoG3606, KingG935 AgrippaG67, I did not proveG1096 disobedientG545 to the heavenlyG3770 visionG3701, 20but kept declaringG518 bothG5037 32to thoseG3588 of DamascusG1154 firstG4413, and also 33at JerusalemG2414 and then throughout allG3956 the regionG5561 of JudeaG2453, and even 34to the GentilesG1484, that they should 35repentG3340 and turnG1994 to GodG2316, performingG4238 deedsG2041 36appropriateG514 to repentanceG3341. 21For thisG3778 reasonG1752 some JewsG2453 37seizedG4815 me in the templeG2413 and triedG3987 38to putG1315 me to deathG1315. 22SoG3767, having obtainedG5177 helpG1947 from GodG2316, I standG2476 to thisG3778 dayG2250 39testifyingG3143 bothG5037 to smallG3398 and greatG3173, statingG3004 nothingG3762 but whatG3739 40the ProphetsG4396 and MosesG3475 saidG2980 was goingG3195 to takeG1096 placeG1096; 234142that 43the ChristG5547 was 44to sufferG3805, and 45that 46by reasonG1537 of His resurrectionG386 from the deadG3498 He wouldG3195 be the firstG4413 to proclaimG2605 47lightG5457 bothG5037 to the Jewish peopleG2992 and to the GentilesG1484.”