6. As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
7. Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
8. I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
9. Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
10. So I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’
11. Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.