7. the promise our 12 tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve Him night and day. King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews because of this hope.
8. Why is it considered incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
9. In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
10. I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
11. In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.
12. “I was traveling to Damascus under these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.
13. King Agrippa, while on the road at midday, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.
14. We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15. “Then I said, ‘Who are You, Lord? ’“And the Lord replied: ‘I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting.
16. But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will reveal to you.