2. and asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he could bring them tied up to Jerusalem.
3. Now as he proceeded, it happened that when he approached Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
4. And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5. So he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting!
6. But get up and enter into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do.”
7. (Now the men who were traveling together with him stood speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)