2did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,
4and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?`
5And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?` and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;`
6trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?` and the Lord [said] unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.`
7And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,
8and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,