5
as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.
6
"But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me,
7
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'
8
"And I answered, 'Who are You, Lord ?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.'
9
"And those who were with me saw the light, to be sure, but did not understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me.