Acts 26:12-19

12“1While so engaged, 2as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, 13at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, 3brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me. 14And when we had 4all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the 56Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? 7It 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. 16But get up and 8stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to 9appoint you as a 10servant and 11a witness not only to the things in which you have seen Me, but also to the things in which I will appear to you, 1712rescuing you 13from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18to 14open their eyes so that they may turn from 15darkness to light, and from the 16power of 17Satan to God, that they may receive 18forgiveness of sins and an 19inheritance among those who have been sanctified by 20faith in Me.’

19“For that reason, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,