5. The high priest and all the council members can tell you that this is true. They even gave me letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus, so that I could arrest people there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
6. One day about midday I was getting close to Damascus, when a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
7. I fell to the ground and heard a voice asking me, “Saul, Saul, why are you so cruel to me?”
8. “Who are you?” I answered.The Lord replied, “I am Jesus from Nazareth! I am the one you are so cruel to.”
9. The men who were travelling with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice.