1. Now Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the Lord’s disciples, went to the kohen gadol .
2. He requested letters of introduction from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
3. As he was traveling, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
4. Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
5. “Who are You, Lord?” Saul said. “I am Yeshua—whom you are persecuting.