13. at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.
14. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15. So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16. But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.
17. I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,