11. I was blind because of the bright light, and so my companions took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.
12. “In that city was a man named Ananias, a religious man who obeyed our Law and was highly respected by all the Jews living there.
13. He came to me, stood by me, and said, ‘Brother Saul, see again!’ At that very moment I saw again and looked at him.
14. He said, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see his righteous Servant, and to hear him speaking with his own voice.
15. For you will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard.
16. And now, why wait any longer? Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.’
17. “I went back to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the Temple, I had a vision,