6. As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
7. Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
8. I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
9. Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
10. So I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’
11. Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.
12. A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,
13. came to me and stood beside me and said to me, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.
14. Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,
15. because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.