The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XV) 135 [c] 4 And he fell to the ground, in 4 And he fell to the ground and heard great bewilderment, and heard a a voice saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you voice saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why do persecute me?’ you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.’ [d] 5a He said, ‘Who are you, lord?’ 5a He said, ‘Who are you, lord?’ 5b and he said, ‘I am Jesus whom you [e] 5b The Lord said, ‘I am Jesus are persecuting; the Nazorean whom you are persecuting’. [f] 6a He, trembling and terrified at what had happened to him, said, ‘Lord, what do you want me to do?’ 6 but get up and go into the city and [f’] 6b And the Lord said, ‘Get up and it will be told to you what you must go into the city and it will be told do’. to you what you must do’. [e’] 7 The men who were travelling with 7 The men who were travelling with him had been standing speechless, him had been standing speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no- hearing the voice but seeing no-one. one whom he was talking to. [d’] 8a But he said to them, ‘Lift me up 8a Saul got up from the ground. from the ground’; 8b Although his eyes were open he [c’] 8b and when they had raised him, saw nothing. although his eyes were open he saw nothing. [b’] 8c They took him by the hand and 8c They took him by the hand and led him to Damascus; led him to Damascus; [a’] 9 and thus he remained for three 9 and for three days he could not see, days seeing nothing, and he neither and he neither ate nor drank. ate nor drank. 10a There was a certain disciple [Ba] 10a There was a certain disciple in Damascus called Ananias and in Damascus called Ananias and the Lord said to him in a vision, the Lord said to him in a vision, ‘Ananias’. ‘Ananias’. [b] 10b He said, ‘Here am I, Lord’. 10b He said, ‘Here am I, Lord’. 11 The Lord said to him, ‘Get up, go [c] 11 The Lord said to him, ‘Get up to the street called Straight and look and go to the street called Straight in the house of Judah for Saul called and look in the house of Judah for the man from Tarsus; for behold, he Saul called the man from Tarsus; is praying 12 and he has seen in a for behold, he is praying 12 and he vision a man named Ananias coming has seen a man named Ananias in and laying his hands on him so coming in and placing a hand on that he could see again’. him so that he could see again’.