Acts 22:14-21

14Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

15because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

17When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

18and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

19I replied, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

20And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’

21Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”