Acts 26:12-16 ▼

12 Meanwhile journeying to Damascus with power and authority of the chief priests, I saw on the way, O king,

13 about midday, a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me;

14 and we all having fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads.

15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting.

16 But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee;