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.’ ”
22. And they were listening to him until this word, and then they lifted up their voice, saying, “Away with such a one from the earth, for it is not fit that he should live!”
23. As they were shouting and tearing their garments, and throwing dust into the air,