Acts 26:9-23

9“SoG3767 1I thoughtG1380 to myselfG1683 that I hadG1163 to actG4238 in strongG4183 oppositionG1727 to 2the nameG3686 of JesusG2424 3of NazarethG3480. 10And thisG3739 is 4justG2532 whatG3739 I 5didG4160 in JerusalemG2414; notG2532G5037 onlyG2532G5037 did I lockG2623 upG2623 manyG4183 of the 6saintsG40 in prisonsG5438, after 7receivingG2983 authorityG1849 from the chiefG749 priestsG749, butG5037 I alsoG5037 8castG2702 my voteG5586 againstG2702 them when they were being putG337 toG337 deathG337. 11And 9as I punishedG5097 them oftenG4178 in allG3956 the synagoguesG4864, I tried to forceG315 them to blasphemeG987; and since I was 10extremelyG4057 enragedG1693 atG1693 them, I kept pursuingG1377 them 11evenG2193G2532 to 12foreignG1854 citiesG4172.

12“13WhileG1722 soG3739 engaged, 14as 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, 15brighterG2987 thanG5228 the sunG2246, shiningG4034 aroundG4034 me and thoseG3588 who were journeyingG4198 with me. 14And when we had 16allG3956 fallenG2667 to the groundG1093, I heardG191 a voiceG5456 sayingG3004 to me in the 1718HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, ‘SaulG4549, SaulG4549, whyG5101 are you persecutingG1377 Me? 19It 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 upG450 and 20standG2476 on your feetG4228; for thisG3778 purpose I have appearedG3708 to you, to 21appointG4400 you as a 22servantG5257 and 23a witnessG3144 not onlyG5037 to the things in whichG3739 you have seenG3708 Me, 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 28powerG1849 of 29SatanG4567 to GodG2316, that they may receiveG2983 30forgivenessG859 of sinsG266 and an 31inheritanceG2819 amongG1722 thoseG3588 who have been sanctifiedG37 by 32faithG4102 in Me.’

19“ForG3606 thatG3606 reasonG3606, KingG935 AgrippaG67, I did not proveG1096 disobedientG545 to the heavenlyG3770 visionG3701, 20but continually proclaimedG518 33to thoseG3588 in DamascusG1154 firstG4413, and 34in JerusalemG2414, and then allG3956 the regionG5561 of JudeaG2449, and even 35to the GentilesG1484, that they are to 36repentG3340 and turnG1994 to GodG2316, performingG4238 deedsG2041 37consistentG514 with repentanceG3341. 21For theseG3778 reasonsG1752 some JewsG2453 38seizedG4815 me in the templeG2413 and triedG3987 39to murderG1315 me. 22SoG3767, having obtainedG5177 helpG1947 from GodG2316, I standG2476 to thisG3778 dayG2250 40testifyingG3143 bothG5037 to smallG3398 and greatG3173, statingG3004 nothingG3762 but whatG3739 41the ProphetsG4396 and MosesG3475 saidG2980 wasG3195 goingG3195 toG3195 takeG1096 placeG1096, 23as to 42whetherG1487 the 43ChristG5547 was 44to sufferG3805, and whetherG1487, as 45firstG4413 from the resurrectionG386 of the deadG3498, He wouldG3195 proclaimG2605 46lightG5457 bothG5037 to the Jewish peopleG2992 and to the GentilesG1484.”