22:4. Who persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,
22:5. As the high priest doth bear me witness and all the ancients. From whom also receiving letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus, that I might bring them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished.
22:6. And it came to pass, as I was going and drawing nigh to Damascus, at mid-day, that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light:
22:7. And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
22:8. And I answered: Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me: I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
22:9. And they that were with me saw indeed the light: but they heard not the voice of him that spoke with me.
Heard not the voice... That is, they distinguished not the words; though they heard the voice. Acts 9. 7.
22:10. And I said: What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me: Arise and go to Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things that thou must do.
22:11. And whereas I did not see for the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by my companions, I came to Damascus,
22:12. And one Ananias, a man according to the law, having testimony of all the Jews who dwelt there,