Acts 22:10-22
22:10 So I asked,
‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up
and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything
that you have been designated
to do.’
22:11 Since I could not see because of
the brilliance
of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of
those who were with me.
22:12 A man named Ananias,
a devout man according to the law,
well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,
22:13 came
to me and stood beside me
and said to me, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’
And at that very moment
I looked up and saw him.
22:14 Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors
has already chosen
you to know his will, to see
the Righteous One,
and to hear a command
from his mouth,
22:15 because you will be his witness
to all people
of what you have seen and heard.
22:16 And now what are you waiting for?
Get up,
be baptized, and have your sins washed away,
calling on his name.’
22:17 When
I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
22:18 and saw the Lord
saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
22:19 I replied,
‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues
who believed in you.
22:20 And when the blood of your witness
Stephen was shed,
I myself was standing nearby, approving,
and guarding the cloaks
of those who were killing him.’
22:21 Then
he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
The Roman Commander Questions Paul
22:22 The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”