3. As he traveled, he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.

4. He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him,"Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

5. He said, "Who are you, Lord?"The Lord said,"I am JESUS, whom you are persecuting.

6. Bu trise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

7. The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.

8. Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

9. He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.

10. Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision,"Ananias!"He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."

11. The Lord said to him,"Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judahfor one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,

12. and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."

13. But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

14. Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

15. But the Lord said to him,"Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

16. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."

17. Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision,"Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;

14. He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

15. For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

16. Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

17. "When I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

18. and saw him saying to me,'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'

The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said,"Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome."

But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen JESUS Christ, our Lord? Aren't you my work in the Lord?

and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.