Acts 26:12-23 - Paul's Account Of His Conversion And Commission
12 On which accounts as I was going to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests---at mid-day, 13 O king, as I was on the way thither I saw a light from heaven exceeding the splendor of the sun, shining round about me and those that were going with me. 14 And when we were all fallen down to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. 16 But rise, and stand on thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things which thou hast seen, and of those for which I shall hereafter appear unto thee: 17 delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee, 18 to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of satan unto God; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: 20 but declared first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and turn unto God, performing works suitable to repentance. 21 For these things the Jews seized me in the temple, and attempted to kill me. 22 But having obtained help of God, I continue until this day, testifying both to small and great, and saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses declared should come to pass; even that the Messiah should suffer, 23 and being the first of the resurrection from the dead should bring light to the people and to the Gentiles."