17 “Later, 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 that I was there when Stephen, your witness, was killed. I stood there and agreed that they should kill him. I even held the coats of the men who were killing him!’
21 But the Lord said to me, ‘Leave now. I will send you far away to the non-Jewish people.’”
22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they began shouting, “Get rid of him! A man like this doesn’t deserve to live!”
23 They shouted and threw off their coats. They threw dust into the air.