3. On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.
4. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5. He said, “Who are you, sir?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
6. Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do.”
7. The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one.
8. Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus.
9. For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.
10. There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” He answered, “Here I am, Lord.”
11. The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there praying,
12. and [in a vision] he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay [his] hands on him, that he may regain his sight.”
13. But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones in Jerusalem.