10. So I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ “And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up, and go to Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
11. “But since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.
12. Then a certain Ananias—a devout man according to the Torah, well spoken of by all the Jewish people living there—
13. came to me. Standing before me, he said to me, ‘Brother Saul, look up!’ In that very moment, I looked and saw him!
14. “And he said, ‘The God of our fathers handpicked you to know His will—to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.
15. For you will be a witness for Him to all people of what you have seen and heard.
16. Now why are you waiting? Get up and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on His Name.’
17. “It happened that when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance;
18. and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry! Get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your witness about Me.’