Acts 9:2-4

The Voice

² for authorization to purge all the synagogues in Damascus of followers of the way of Jesus.^[a] His plan was to arrest and chain any of Jesus’ followers—women as well as men—and transport them back to Jerusalem. ³ He traveled north toward Damascus with a group of companions.

Imagine this: Suddenly a light flashes from the sky around Saul, ⁴ and he falls to the ground at the sound of a voice.