Paul gives his testimony

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.

He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”