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Why do you people consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
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"I used to think it was my duty to do all I could to combat the name of Yeshua from Natzeret;
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and in Yerushalayim I did so. After receiving authority from the head cohanim, I myself threw many of God's people in prison; when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
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Often I went from one synagogue to another, punishing them and trying to make them blaspheme; and in my wild fury against them, I even went so far as to persecute them in cities outside the country.
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"On one such occasion, I was traveling to Dammesek with the full authority and power of the head cohanim.
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I was on the road, and it was noon, your Majesty, when I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my traveling companions.
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We all fell to the ground; and then I heard a voice saying to me, in Hebrew, 'Sha'ul! Sha'ul! Why do you keep persecuting me? It's hard on you to be kicking against the ox-goads!'
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I said, 'Who are you, sir?' and the Lord answered, 'I am Yeshua, and you are persecuting me!
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But get up, and stand on your feet! I have appeared to you to appoint you to serve and bear witness to what you have already seen of me, and to what you will see when I appear to you in the future.
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I will deliver you from the People and from the Goyim. I am sending you
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to open their eyes; so that they will turn from darkness to light, from the power of the Adversary to God, and thus receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who have been separated for holiness by putting their trust in me.'