Now as I neared Damascus on my journey, suddenly about noon a brilliant light from heaven flashed round me.
in his right hand he held seven stars, a sharp sword with a double edge issued from his mouth, and his face shone like the sun in full strength.
in their presence he was transfigured, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes turned white as light.
I dropped to the earth and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'
Thus a loud clamour broke out. Some of the scribes who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and contended, "We find nothing wrong about this man. What if some spirit or angel has spoken to him?"
and finally he was seen by myself, by this so-called 'abortion' of an apostle.