14. Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of His voice.
15. For you will be a witness for Him to all people of what you have seen and heard.
16. And now, why delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.’
17. “After I came back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple complex, I went into a visionary state
18. and saw Him telling me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me! ’
19. “But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in You imprisoned and beaten.
20. And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing by and approving, and I guarded the clothes of those who killed him.’