15 You will be his witness to everyone concerning what you have seen and heard.
16 What are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins as you call on his name.’
17 "When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I had a visionary experience.
18 I saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Hurry!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem at once because they won’t accept your testimony about me.’
19 I responded, ‘Lord, these people know I used to go from one synagogue to the next, beating those who believe in you and throwing them into prison.
20 When Stephen your witness was being killed, I stood there giving my approval, even watching the clothes that belonged to those who were killing him.’
21 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’"