Acts 26:9-16

Rotherham(i) 9 I, therefore, imagined to myself, that, against the name of Jesus the Nazarene, it was needful, many hostile things, to bring about,–– 10 which also I did in Jerusalem, yea and, many of the saints, I myself, in prisons, shut up,––the authority, from the High–priests, having received: and, when they were to be put to death, I brought against them my vote; 11 and, throughout all the synagogues, ofttimes punishing them, I would fain have compelled them to defame; and, being excessively maddened against them, I went on to pursue them as far as even the outlying cities.
12 Among which things, being on a journey unto Damascus, with the authority and commission of the High–priests, 13 at midday, on the road, I saw, O King, from heaven, above the splendour of the sun, shining around me, a light, and [around] them who, with me, were journeying; 14 and, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice, saying unto me, in the Hebrew language––Saul! Saul! why, me, art thou persecuting? It is hard for thee, against goads, to be kicking! 15 And, I, said––Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said––I, am Jesus, whom, thou, art persecuting! 16 But rise and stand upon thy feet; for, to this end, have I appeared unto thee,––To appoint thee an attendant and a witness, both of the things as to which thou hast seen me, and of those as to which I will appear unto thee: