17 "It happened when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance,
18 and I saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'
19 And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You.
20 And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and watching out for the coats of those who were slaying him.'
21 And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"
22 They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!"
23 And as they were crying out and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,