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

⁶ "But on my way, when I was now not far from Damascus, about noon a sudden blaze of light from Heaven shone round me. ⁷ I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

⁸ "'Who art thou, Lord?' I asked. "'I am Jesus, the Nazarene,' He replied, 'whom you are persecuting.' ⁹ "Now the men who were with me, though they saw the light, did not hear the words of Him who spoke to me.

¹⁰ And I asked, "'What am I to do, Lord?' "And the Lord said to me, "'Rise, and go into Damascus. There you shall be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'

¹¹ "And as I could not see because the light had been so dazzling, those who were with me had to lead me by the arm, and so I came to Damascus. ¹² "And a certain Ananias, a pious man who obeyed the Law and bore a good character with all the Jews of the city, ¹³ came to me and standing at my side said, "'Brother Saul, recover your sight.' "I instantly 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 hear Him speak. ¹⁵ For you shall be a witness for Him, to all men, of what you have seen and heard. ¹⁶ And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'

¹⁷ "After my return to Jerusalem, and while praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance. ¹⁸ I saw Jesus, and He said to me, "'Make haste and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'

¹⁹ "'Lord,' I replied, 'they themselves well know how active I was in imprisoning, and in flogging in synagogue after synagogue those who believe in Thee; ²⁰ and when they were shedding the blood of Stephen, Thy witness, I was standing by, fully approving of it, and I held the clothes of those who were killing him.'

²¹ "'Go,' He replied; 'I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"