15. ‘Because you shall be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.
16. ‘And now, why do you delay? Rise up, be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on the Name of יהוה.’
17. “And it came to be, when I returned to Yerushalayim, and while I was praying in the Set-apart Place, I came to be in a trance,
18. and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Yerushalayim, speedily, because they shall not accept your witness concerning Me.’
19. “And I said, ‘Master, they know that in every congregation I was imprisoning and beating those who believe on You.
20. ‘And when the blood of Your witness Stephanos was shed, I also was standing by giving my approval to his death, and keeping the garments of those who were killing him.’
21. “And He said to me, ‘Go, because I shall send you far from here to the gentiles.’ ”