17. And it came to pass that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a rapture of understanding
18. and saw him saying unto me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19. And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and in every synagogue beat those that believed on thee;
20. and when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting unto his death and kept the raiment of those that slew him.
21. And he said unto me, Depart, for I will send thee far from here unto the Gentiles.
22. And they gave him audience unto this word and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not fit that he should live.
23. And as they cried out and cast off their clothes and threw dust into the air,