Acts 9:1-25 ▼

1 And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the LORD, having gone to the chief priest,

2 asked from him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, that if he may find any being of The Way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

3 And in the going, he came near to Damascus, and suddenly there shone around him a light from Heaven,

4 and having fallen on the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And the LORD said, “I am Jesus whom you persecute; [[hard for you to kick at the goads”;

6 trembling also, and astonished, he said, “Lord, what do You wish me to do?” And the LORD [said] to him,]] “Arise, and enter into the city, and it will be told [to] you what you must do.”

7 And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, indeed hearing the voice but seeing no one,

8 and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,

9 and he was three days without seeing, and he neither ate nor drank.

10 And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the LORD said to him in a vision, “Ananias”; and he said, “Behold me, Lord”;

11 and the LORD [says] to him, “Having risen, go on to the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, [one] by name Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he prays,

12 and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.”

13 And Ananias answered, “LORD, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Your holy ones in Jerusalem,

14 and here he has authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Your Name.”

15 And the LORD said to him, “Go, because this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to carry My Name before nations and kings—also the sons of Israel;

16 for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My Name.”

17 And Ananias went away, and entered into the house, and having put on him [his] hands, said, “Saul, brother, the LORD has sent me—Jesus who appeared to you in the way in which you were coming—that you may see again, and may be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he also saw again instantly, and having risen, was immersed,

19 and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days,

20 and immediately he was preaching the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

21 And all those hearing were amazed and said, “Is this not he who laid waste in Jerusalem those calling on this Name, and here to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?”

22 And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

23 And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him,

24 and their counsel against [him] was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,

25 and the disciples having taken him, by night let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.