Acts 26:12-23 - Paul's Account Of His Conversion And Commission
12 In which pursuit also traveling to Damascus with authority and power of decision from the chief priests, 13 at midday, along the highway, O king, I and those with me saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun; shining around me. 14 And all of us falling to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.
15 And I said, Who are you, lord? And He said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. 16 But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of what you saw, and in what I shall appear to you; 17 delivering you from the people and the nations, to whom I now send you 18 in order to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, so that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.
19 After this, king Agrippa, I did not disobey the heavenly vision. 20 But to those first in Damascus, and Jerusalem, and to all the country of Judea, and to the nations, I made known the command to repent and to turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance 21 Because of these things, having caught me in the temple, The Jews tried to kill me. 22 Then having obtained help from God, I stand until this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said was going to happen; 23 whether the Christ was liable to suffer, whether first by a resurrection of the dead He was going to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.