# Connecting Statement:

Paul describes his encounter with Jesus.

# It happened that

This phrase is used here to mark where the action starts. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

# heard a voice say to me

Here "voice" stands for the person speaking. AT: "I heard someone say to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/damascus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/paul]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/persecute]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nazareth]]