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

⁶ And it fortuned that as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus, about noon, that suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me, ⁷ and I fell unto the earth, and heard a voice saying unto me, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?'

⁸ And I answered, 'What art thou Lord?' And he said unto me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.' ⁹ And they that were with me saw verily a light and were afraid: but they heard not the voice of him that spake with me.

¹⁰ And I said, 'What shall I do Lord?' And the Lord said unto me, 'Arise and go into Damascus and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.'

¹¹ And when I saw nothing for the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand of them that were with me, and came into Damascus. ¹² And one Ananias, a perfect man, and as pertaining to the law having good report of all the Jews which there dwelt, ¹³ came unto me, and stood and said unto me, 'Brother Saul, look up.' And that same hour I received my sight and saw him. ¹⁴ And he said unto me, 'The God of our fathers hath ordained thee before, that thou shouldest know his will, and shouldest see that which is rightful, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth: ¹⁵ for thou shalt be his witness unto all men of those things which thou hast seen and heard. ¹⁶ And now: why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptised, and wash away thy sins, in calling on the name of the Lord.'

¹⁷ And it fortuned, when I was come again to Jerusalem and prayed in the temple, that I was in a trance; ¹⁸ And saw him saying unto me, 'Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy witness that thou bearest of me.'

¹⁹ And I said, 'Lord they know that I prisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee. ²⁰ And when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also stood by, and consented unto his death and kept the raiment of them that slew him.'

²¹ And he said unto me, 'Depart for I will send thee afar hence unto the gentiles.'"