16. Now why are you waiting? Get up and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on His Name.’
17. “It happened that when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance;
18. and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry! Get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your witness about Me.’
19. “And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another, I was imprisoning and beating those trusting in You.
20. Even when the blood of Your witness Stephen was spilled, I too was standing by and approving, and guarding the clothing of those who were killing him.’
21. “And he said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”