12. And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,
13. came unto me, and standing by me said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And in that very hour I looked up on him.
14. And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
15. For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
16. And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.
17. And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,
18. and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me.
19. And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
20. and when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of them that slew him.
21. And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.
22. And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
23. And as they cried out, and threw off their garments, and cast dust into the air,
24. the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so shouted against him.
25. And when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26. And when the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain, and told him, saying, What art thou about to do? for this man is a Roman.
27. And the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.
28. And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship. And Paul said, But I am a Roman born.
29. They then which were about to examine him straightway departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid, when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.