^{6 Ref} and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

^{7 Ref} I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

^{8 Ref} `And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --