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.’"
22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they shouted, "Away with this man! He’s not fit to live!"