14. All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice asking me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It’s hard for ⌊a mortal like⌋ you to resist God.’
15. “I asked, ‘Who are you, sir?’“The Lord answered, ‘I am Jesus, the one you’re persecuting.
16. Stand up! I have appeared to you for a reason. I’m appointing you to be a servant and witness of what you have seen and of what I will show you.
17. I will rescue you from the Jewish people and from the non-Jewish people to whom I am sending you.
18. You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan’s control to God’s. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and a share among God’s people who are made holy by believing in me.’