15 And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the ^hLord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 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, 17 delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—^jto whom I am sending you 18 to ^kopen their eyes, so that they may turn from ^ldarkness to ^mlight and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

19 “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but declared ⁿfirst to those in Damascus, ^othen in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and ^palso to the Gentiles, that they should ^qrepent and ^rturn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.