1. But Sha’ul, still breathing threats and murder against the taught ones of the Master, having come to the high priest,
2. asked from him letters to the congregations of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, to bring them bound to Yerushalayim.
3. And it came to be, that as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light flashed around him from the heaven.
4. And he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Sha’ul, Sha’ul, why do you persecute Me?”
5. And he said, “Who are You, Master?” And the Master said, “I am יהושע, whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the prods.”
6. Both trembling, and being astonished, he said, “Master, what do You wish me to do?” And the Master said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you shall be told what you have to do.”
7. And the men journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one.