17 So Ananias departed and entered the house. And ^playing his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached ^yboldly in the ^zname of Jesus.

14 And he said, ‘The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to ^gsee the ^hRighteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth;

16 But rise and ⁱstand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,

Paul Surrenders His Rights

1 Am I not free? Am I not an ⁱapostle? ^jHave I not seen Jesus our Lord? ^kAre not you my workmanship in the Lord?

16 was pleased ^ato reveal his Son to¹ me, ^bin order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;²