Acts 22:18-21

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.’”