Gevurot 26:11-13

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹¹ "And throughout all the shuls I often punished them, forcing them to commit Chillul Hashem gidduf (blasphemy), and since I was so enraged against them, I was bringing redifah on them even as far as foreign cities.

¹² "This it was, that as I was traveling to Damascus with authorization and permission from the Rashei Hakohanim,

¹³ "At noon on the derech, O Melech, I saw from Shomayim an ohr, more brilliant than the shemesh, shining around me and around the ones traveling with me.