[22:6] “As I was traveling and coming near Damascus, about midday a bright light from the sky flashed suddenly around me.
[22:7] I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
[22:8] ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute,’ he said to me.
[22:9] The men with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
[22:10] I asked, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ and the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that God has determined for you to do.’
[22:11] I was blind because of the bright light, and so my companions took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.
[22:12] “In that city was a man named Ananias, a religious man who obeyed our Law and was highly respected by all the Jews living there.
[22:13] He came to me, stood by me, and said, ‘Brother Saul, see again!’ At that very moment I saw again and looked at him.
[22:14] He said, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see his righteous Servant, and to hear him speaking with his own voice.
[22:15] For you will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard.
[22:16] And now, why wait any longer? Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.’