3 Now as he was traveling and getting near Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him,+ 4 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him: “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” 5 He asked: “Who are you, Lord?” He said: “I am Jesus,+ whom you are persecuting.+

7 After that he appeared to James,+ then to all the apostles.+ 8 But last of all he appeared also to me+ as if to one born prematurely.