14. We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
15. ‘Then I asked, “Who are you, Lord?”‘ “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” the Lord replied.
16. “Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.