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

⁶ And it was to me going, and drawing near to Damascus about noon, suddenly much light from heaven flashed around me, ⁷ And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice, Saul, Saul, why drivest thou me out?

⁸ And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarite, whom thou drivest out. ⁹ And they being with me truly saw the light, and were terrified; but they heard not the voice of him speaking to me.

¹⁰ And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Having risen, go to Damascus; and there shall be told thee of all which has been arranged for thee to do.

¹¹ And when I saw not from the glory of that light, led by the hand of them being with me I came to Damascus. ¹² And a certain Ananias, a religious man according to the law, testified of by all the Jews dwelling, ¹³ Having come to me, and stood, said to me, Brother Saul, look up. And the same hour I looked up to him. ¹⁴ And he said, The God of our fathers took thee in hand, to know his will, and to see the Just, and hear the voice from his mouth. ¹⁵ For thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and hast heard. ¹⁶ And now what art thou about to do having risen, be immersed and wash away thy sins, having called upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁷ And it was to me returning to Jerusalem, and praying in the temple, I was in a deep trance: ¹⁸ And saw him saying to me, Hasten, and come quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony of me.

¹⁹ And I said, Lord, these know that I was imprisoning and skinning in the synagogues them believing on thee: ²⁰ And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I myself was standing by, and assenting to his murder, and watching the garments of them murdering him.

²¹ And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee far off to the nations.