Acts 22:6-21 - Paul Tells Of His Conversion On The Damascus Road

⁶ And there happened to me, while going and approaching Damascus about noon, suddenly to flash forth from heaven a great light around me. ⁷ And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me?

⁸ And I answered, Who are thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom thou persecute. ⁹ And those who were with me indeed saw the light and became afraid, but they heard not the voice of him who spoke to me.

¹⁰ And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, After rising, go into Damascus, and there it will be told thee about all things that have been assigned for thee to do.

¹¹ And as I was not seeing from the splendor of that light, I came into Damascus, being led by hand by those who accompanied me. ¹² And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report by all the Jews who dwell there, ¹³ having come near me, and having stood by, he said to me, Brother Saul, look up. And I looked up on him the same hour. ¹⁴ And he said, The God of our fathers appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous man, and to hear a voice from his mouth, ¹⁵ because thou will be a witness for him to all men of the things that thou have seen and heard. ¹⁶ And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, my having returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, for me to became in a trance. ¹⁸ And I saw him saying to me, Hurry and depart in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept thy testimony about me.

¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those who believe in thee. ²⁰ And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I myself also was standing by, and approving his killing, and keeping the garments of those who killed him.

²¹ And he said to me, Depart, because I will send thee far away to Gentiles.