Saul’s Conversion on the Damascus Road

9 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest ² and^[a] asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he could bring them^[b] tied up^[c] to Jerusalem. ³ Now as he proceeded, it happened that when he approached Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. ⁴ And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” ⁵ So he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting! ⁶ But get up and enter into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do.”^{[d] 7} (Now the men who were traveling together with him stood speechless, because they^[e] heard the voice but saw no one.) ⁸ So Saul got up from the ground, but although^[f] his eyes were open he could see nothing. And leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus. ⁹ And he was unable to see^[g] for three days, and he did not eat or drink.

¹⁸ And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight and got up and^[a] was baptized, ¹⁹ and after^[b] taking food, he regained his strength. And he was with the disciples in Damascus several days.

Saul Proclaims Christ in Damascus

²⁰ And immediately he began proclaiming^[c] Jesus in the synagogues: “This one is the Son of God!”