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,
18. in which I saw the Lord, as he said to me, ‘Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your witness about me.’
19. ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you.