16 ‘And now, why do you delay? Rise up, be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on the Name of יהוה.’
17 “And it came to be, when I returned to Yerushalayim, and while I was praying in the Set-apart Place, I came to be in a trance,
18 and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Yerushalayim, speedily, because they shall not accept your witness concerning Me.’
19 “And I said, ‘Master, they know that in every congregation I was imprisoning and beating those who believe on You.
20 ‘And when the blood of Your witness Stephanos was shed, I also was standing by giving my approval to his death, and keeping the garments of those who were killing him.’
21 “And He said to me, ‘Go, because I shall send you far from here to the gentiles.’ ”
22 And they were listening to him until this word, and then they lifted up their voice, saying, “Away with such a one from the earth, for it is not fit that he should live!”