Acts 22:5-7

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⁵ as the high priest and all the elders can testify. I received letters from them to the Jews of Damascus, where I was going in order to find the heretics who were there, tie them up, and bring them to Jerusalem to face their just deserts.

⁶ “Just as I was on the way, and getting near to Damascus, suddenly a bright light shone from heaven all around me. It was about midday. ⁷ I fell down on the ground and I heard a voice, saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’