1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence
  which I make now unto you.
   2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew
  tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he
  saith,)
   3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus,
  a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the
  feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect
  manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous
  toward God, as ye all are this day.
   4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding
  and delivering into prisons both men and women.
   5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and
  all the estate of the elders: from whom also I
  received letters unto the brethren, and went to
  Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto
  Jerusalem, for to be punished.
   6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey,
  and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly
  there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
   7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice
  saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
   8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said
  unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou
  persecutest.
   9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light,
  and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him
  that spake to me.
  10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord
  said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there
  it shall be told thee of all things which are
  appointed for thee to do.
  11 And when I could not see for the glory of that
  light, being led by the hand of them that were with
  me, I came into Damascus.
  12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the
  law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt
  there,
  13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother
  Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked
  up upon him.
  14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen
  thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that
  Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
  15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what
  thou hast seen and heard.
  16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized,
  and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the
  Lord.
  17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again
  to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I
  was in a trance;
  18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get
  thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not
  receive thy testimony concerning me.
  19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and
  beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
  20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed,
  I also was standing by, and consenting unto his
  death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
  21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee
  far hence unto the Gentiles.
  22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and
  then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such
  a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he
  should live.
  23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes,
  and threw dust into the air,
  24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into
  the castle, and bade that he should be examined by
  scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so
  against him.
  25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto
  the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to
  scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
  26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told
  the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest:
  for this man is a Roman.
  27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him,
  Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
  28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum
  obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was
  free born.
  29 Then straightway they departed from him which
  should have examined him: and the chief captain also
  was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and
  because he had bound him.
  30 On the morrow, because he would have known the
  certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he
  loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief
  priests and all their council to appear, and brought
  Paul down, and set him before them.

...to Acts chapter 23