4. I made trouble for everyone who followed the Lord's Way, and I even had some of them killed. I had others arrested and put in jail. I didn't care if they were men or women.
5. The high priest and all the council members can tell you that this is true. They even gave me letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus, so that I could arrest people there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
6. One day about midday I was getting close to Damascus, when a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
7. I fell to the ground and heard a voice asking me, “Saul, Saul, why are you so cruel to me?”
8. “Who are you?” I answered.The Lord replied, “I am Jesus from Nazareth! I am the one you are so cruel to.”
9. The men who were travelling with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice.