4. I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,
5. as the high priest and all the Council can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
6. ‘About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
7. I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, “Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?”