| 9 | "I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth. |
| 10 | And I did so in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison, by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. |
| 11 | And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and in raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. |
| 12 | "Thus I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. |
| 13 | At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. |
| 14 | And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, `Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' |
| 15 | And I said, `Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. |