Acts 26:12-23 - Paul's Account Of His Conversion And Commission
12 Whereupon as I was going to Damascus, 13 with authority and commission from the chief priests, At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way, a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round me and them that journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen down to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? 16 And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to ordain thee a minister and a witness, both of the things which thou hast seen, 17 and of those in which I will appear to thee, Delivering thee from the people, 18 and the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee, To open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; that they may receive through faith which is in me, forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified.
19 From that time, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 But first to them at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles I declare, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. 21 For these things the Jews seizing me in the temple, attempted to kill me with their own hands. 22 But having obtained help from God, I continue till this day, testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what both the prophets and Moses have declared should be, 23 That the Christ having suffered, and being the first who rose from the dead, should shew light to the people and to the Gentiles.