Acts 26:12-23 - Paul's Account Of His Conversion And Commission
12 And during which, while going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, 13 at midday, O king, I saw on the road a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, which shone around me and those who went with me. 14 And when we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.
15 And I said, Who are thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute. 16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee, 17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send thee, 18 to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.
19 Whereupon, king Agrippa, I did not become disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but declaring first to those at Damascus and then at Jerusalem, and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, to repent and return to God, doing works worthy of repentance. 21 Because of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, tried to grasp and kill me. 22 Having therefore experienced the help from God, I stand to this day solemnly declaring both to small and great, saying nothing apart from what both the prophets and Moses said was going to happen, 23 that the suffering Christ, since first from a resurrection of the dead, is going to proclaim light to our people and to the nations.