Acts 26:12-18

Paul Tells of His Conversion

12 "In this connection ¹I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

13 At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.

14 And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me ²in the Hebrew language,^[a] 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

15 And I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

16 But rise and ³stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, ⁴to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,

17 ⁵delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles--⁶to whom I ⁷am sending you

18 ⁸to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from ⁹the power of Satan to God, that they may receive ¹⁰forgiveness of sins and ¹¹a place among those who are sanctified ¹²by faith in me.'

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 12-18, see Acts 9:3-8; Acts 22:6-11
• 2. Acts 21:40; Acts 22:2
• 3. Ezekiel 2:1; Daniel 10:11
• 4. See Acts 22:14, 15
• 5. [Acts 12:11; 1 Chronicles 16:35; Jeremiah 1:8, 19; Jeremiah 15:20]
• 6. See Acts 9:15
• 7. [Romans 11:13; 1 Timothy 2:7]
• 8. Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 42:7
• 9. See Luke 22:53; 1 Corinthians 5:5
• 10. See Acts 5:31
• 11. See Acts 20:32
• 12. [Acts 15:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:13]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or the Hebrew dialect (that is, Aramaic)