14. And when we were all fallen down on the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.
15. And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord answered: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16. But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make thee a minister, and a witness of those things which thou hast seen, and of those things wherein I will appear to thee,
17. Delivering thee from the people, and from the nations, unto which now I send thee:
18. To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and a lot among the saints, by the faith that is in me.
19. Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not incredulous to the heavenly vision: