Acts 22:16-19 New International Version (NIV)

16. And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’

17. “When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

18. and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’

19. “ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.

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