Acts 9:1-8 ▼

1 And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the LORD, having gone to the chief priest,

2 asked from him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, that if he may find any being of The Way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

3 And in the going, he came near to Damascus, and suddenly there shone around him a light from Heaven,

4 and having fallen on the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And the LORD said, “I am Jesus whom you persecute; [[hard for you to kick at the goads”;

6 trembling also, and astonished, he said, “Lord, what do You wish me to do?” And the LORD [said] to him,]] “Arise, and enter into the city, and it will be told [to] you what you must do.”

7 And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, indeed hearing the voice but seeing no one,

8 and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,