Anderson(i)
1 And Saul, still breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest,
2 and asked of him letters to Damascus, for the synagogues, that, if he should find any who were of this persuasion, either men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven.
4 And when he had fallen to the earth, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
5 He answered: "Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said: I am Jesus, whom you persecute.
6 But rise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.
7 The men who journeyed with him stood amazed; for they heard a voice, but saw no one.
8 And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
10 Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision: Ananias. He answered: Behold me, Lord.
11 And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the street that is called Straight, and in quire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for behold, he is praying;
12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in and laying his hand on him, that he may receive his sight.
13 But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem;
14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.
15 But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is a vessel chosen by me to bear my name before nations and kings, and the sons of Israel.
16 For I will show him what great things he must suffer for my name.