

7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ 8 So I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’ĩ “And ( N)those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me.

4 ( I)I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women, 5 as also the high priest bears me witness, and ( J)all the council of the elders, ( K)from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus ( L)to bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished.Ħ “Now ( M)it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me. Then he said: 3 ( C)“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city ( D)at the feet of ( E)Gamaliel, taught ( F)according to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and ( G)was zealous toward God ( H)as you all are today. 22 “Brethren ( A) and fathers, hear my defense before you now.” 2 And when they heard that he spoke to them in the ( B)Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent.
