"In which pursuits also, as I traveled to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, so that they might seize Him.
which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were being put to death, I cast my vote against them.
at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.
And last of all, as of one born out of due time, He appeared to me also.