Sawyer(i)
9 I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazoraean,
10 which I also did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were killed I gave my vote against them.
11 And punishing them often in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad against them, I pursued them even to cities abroad.
12 (23:8) In which [persecutions] also, going to Damascus with authority, and a commission from the chief priests,
13 at midday I saw in the way O king, a light from heaven shining around me and those going with me, exceeding the brightness of the sun;
14 and when we had all fallen on the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the goads.
15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.
16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and witness both of what you have seen and [of visions ] in which I will appear to you,