17. “When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
18. and saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry! Get out of Jerusalem immediately, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.’
19. “I said, ‘Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You in every synagogue.
20. And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I was standing by consenting to his death, guarding the clothes of those who killed him.’
21. “Then He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
22. They listened to him up to this word, and then they lifted up their voices and said, “Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live!”
23. As they shouted and threw off their garments and threw dust into the air,