 It is written, But Saul, yet breathing, threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and asked of him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. It is written, And as he journeyed, it came to pass, that he drew nigh unto Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven,