9 Meanwhile Saul was still spouting off murderous threats towards the followers of the master. He went to the chief priest 2 and obtained official letters to enable him to enter the Jewish meeting halls in Damascus so that if he found either male or female followers of Yeshua, he could arrest them and bring them to Yerusalem in chains.

3 On his journey as he approached Damascus, suddenly light from the sky flashed around him. 4 He dropped to his knees[fn] and heard a voice calling, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

5 “Who are you, master?” he asked.

And the voice replied, “I’m Yeshua, the one that you’re persecuting. 6 Now, stand up and go into the city, and you’ll be told there what you need to do.”

7 Meanwhile his travelling companions had stood there speechless, because they had heard the voice but couldn’t see anyone. 8 They helped Saul up from the ground, but even when he opened his eyes, he couldn’t see anything. So they had to lead him into Damascus by hand. 9 Saul stayed there for three days, unable to see and not eating or drinking anything.