16. Now, why wait any longer? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, trusting in him to save you.’
17. “Later, when I returned to Jerusalem, I was praying in the Temple, and I saw a vision.
18. I saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem now! The people here will not accept the truth about me.’
19. But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in every synagogue I put the believers in jail and beat them.
20. They also know I was there when Stephen, your witness, was killed. I stood there agreeing and holding the coats of those who were killing him!’
21. But the Lord said to me, ‘Leave now. I will send you far away to the other nations.’ ”
22. The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they began shouting, “Get rid of him! He doesn’t deserve to live!”