Acts 22:4-16

41I persecuted this 2Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons, 5as also 3the high priest and all 4the Council of the elders 5can testify. From them I also 6received letters to 7the brothers, and started off for 8Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem 9as prisoners to be punished.

6“10But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus at about noon, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me, 7and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ 8And I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am 11Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’ 9And those who were with me 12saw the light, but 13did not 14understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me. 10And I said, ‘15What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything that has been appointed for you to do.’ 11But since I 16could not see because of the 17brightness of that light, I came into Damascus being led by the hand by those who were with me.

12“Now a certain 18Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law and 19well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, 13came to me, and standing nearby he said to me, ‘20Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And 2122at that very moment I looked up at him. 14And he said, ‘23The God of our fathers has 24appointed you to know His will and to 25see the 26Righteous One and to hear a 27message from His mouth. 15For you will be 28a witness for Him to all people of 29what you have seen and heard. 16Now why do you delay? 30Get up and be baptized, and 31wash away your sins by 32calling on His name.’