022:005 as the High Priest also and all the Elders can bear me witness. It was, too, from them that I received letters to the brethren in Damascus, and I was already on my way to Damascus, intending to bring those also who had fled there, in chains to Jerusalem, to be punished.
022:006 "But on my way, when I was now not far from Damascus, about noon
a sudden blaze of light from Heaven shone round me.
022:007 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, "`Saul, Saul,
why are you persecuting Me?'
022:008 "`Who art thou, Lord?' I asked. "`I am Jesus,
the Nazarene,' He replied, `whom you are persecuting.'
022:009 "Now the men who were with me, though they saw the light,
did not hear the words of Him who spoke to me.
022:010 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.'
022:011 "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.
022:012 "And a certain Ananias, a pious man who obeyed the Law and bore a good character with all the Jews of the city,
022:013 came to me and standing at my side said, "`Brother Saul, recover your sight.' "I instantly regained my sight and looked up at him.
022:014 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.