Acts 9:1-9 ▼

1 Now Saul, still breathing out threats and murder toward the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the high priest,

2 requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any being of the Way, both men and women, having bound them, he might bring them to Jerusalem.

3 Now in going, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

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

5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

6 “But rise up and enter into the city, and it will be told to you that which it is necessary for you to do.”

7 And the men traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice indeed, but seeing no one.

8 And Saul rose up from the ground, but his eyes having been opened, he could see nothing. And leading him by the hand, they brought him to Damascus.

9 And he was three days without seeing, and he did not eat, nor did he drink.