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

⁶ "But when, on my journey, I was nearing Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone round about me. ⁷ "I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, "'Saul! Saul! why are you persecuting me?'

⁸ "'Who are you, Lord?' I asked. "'I am Jesus, the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting,' he answered me. ⁹ "Now my companions, though they beheld the light, did not hear the words of Him who spoke to me.

¹⁰ "And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' and the Lord said to me, 'Rise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about all that you are destined to do.'

¹¹ "And as I was seeing nothing for the glory of the light, I was led by the hand of my companions, and so came into Damascus. ¹² "And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the Law, well thought of by all the Jews who lived there, ¹³ "came to me, and standing by me, said to me, "'Brother Saul, receive your sight' "In that very hour I regained my sight and looked up at him. ¹⁴ "Then he said: "'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know his will; and to see the righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. ¹⁵ "'For before the face of all men you will be a witness for him of what you have seen and heard. ¹⁶ "'And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling upon his name.'

¹⁷ "After my return to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, ¹⁸ "I fell into a trance and saw him saying to me, "'Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony concerning me.'

¹⁹ "'Lord,' I replied, 'they themselves well know that I was beating and imprisoning in synagogue after synagogue those who believed in you, ²⁰ "'and when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting, and holding the garments of his murders.'

²¹ "'Depart,' he said to me, 'for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.'"