Acts 26:12-18
Paul’s Account of His Conversion and Commission
12 “I was traveling to Damascus under(A) these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.
13 King Agrippa, while on the road at midday, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.
14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’(a)(B)
15 “Then I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’
“And the Lord replied: ‘I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting. 16 But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen(b) and of what I will reveal to you.(C) 17 I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you to them(D) 18 to open their eyes(E) so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’(F)
“And the Lord replied: ‘I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting. 16 But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen(b) and of what I will reveal to you.(C) 17 I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you to them(D) 18 to open their eyes(E) so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’(F)
Footnotes:
a.
Acts 26:14: Sharp sticks used to prod animals, such as oxen in plowing
b.
Acts 26:16: Other mss read things in which you have seen Me