5
The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received from them letters written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.
6
"As I was traveling and coming near Damascus, about midday a bright light from the sky flashed suddenly around me.
7
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, "Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?'
8
"Who are you, Lord?' I asked. "I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute,' he said to me.
9
The men with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.