⁶ “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.^{(A) 7} I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

⁸ “‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.

“ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth,^(B) whom you are persecuting,’ he replied.

¹² “A man named Ananias came to see me.^(A) He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.^{(B) 13} He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.

¹⁴ “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors^(C) has chosen you to know his will and to see^(D) the Righteous One^(E) and to hear words from his mouth. ¹⁵ You will be his witness^(F) to all people of what you have seen^(G) and heard. ¹⁶ And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized^(H) and wash your sins away,^(I) calling on his name.’^(J)