Acts 9
1 And Saul, yet breathing
out threatenings and slaughter against the
disciples of the
Lord, went unto the high
priest, 2 And
desired of him letters to Damascus to the
synagogues, that if he
found any of this
way, whether they
were men or women, he might bring
them bound un
to Jerusalem. 3 And as
he journeyed, he
came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round
about him a
light from heaven: 4 And he
fell to the
earth, and
heard a
voice saying unto
him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me? 5 And he
said,
Who art
thou,
Lord? And the
Lord said,
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is
hard for
thee to
kick against the
pricks. 6 And he
trembling and astonished said,
Lord, what wilt thou
have me to
do?
And the
Lord said
unto him, Arise,
and go into the
city, and it shall be
told thee what thou must do.
7 And the
men which journeyed with
him stood speechless, hearing a
voice, but seeing no
man. 8 And Saul arose from the
earth; and when
his eyes were
opened, he
saw no
man: but they
led him by the
hand, and
brought him
into Damascus. 9 And he
was three days without sight,
and neither did
eat nor drink.
10 And there
was a
certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the
Lord in a
vision, Ananias. And he
said,
Behold,
I am here,
Lord. 11 And the
Lord said
unto him, Arise, and
go into the
street which is
called Straight, and enquire in the
house of
Judas for one
called Saul, of
Tarsus: for, behold, he
prayeth,
12 And hath
seen in a
vision a
man named Ananias coming
in,
and putting his
hand on him, that he might receive his
sight.
13 Then Ananias answered,
Lord, I have
heard by many of this man, how
much evil he hath
done to
thy saints at Jerusalem: 14 And here he
hath authority from the chief
priests to
bind all that
call on
thy name. 15 But the
Lord said unto him, Go thy
way:
for he is a
chosen vessel unto
me, to
bear my name before the
Gentiles, and kings, and the
children of
Israel: 16 For I will
shew him how great
things he must suffer for my name's
sake.
17 And Ananias went his
way,
and entered into the
house; and putting his
hands on him said,
Brother Saul, the
Lord, even
Jesus, that
appeared unto
thee in the
way as thou
camest, hath
sent me, that thou mightest receive thy
sight,
and be filled
with the
Holy Ghost. 18 And immediately there
fell from his eyes as it had been
scales: and he received
sight forthwith, and arose,
and was
baptized.
19 And when he had
received meat, he was
strengthened.
Then was Saul certain days with the
disciples which were
at Damascus. 20 And straightway he
preached Christ in the
synagogues, that he is the
Son of
God. 21 But all that
heard him were
amazed,
and said;
Is not this he that
destroyed them
which called
on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might
bring them bound unto the chief
priests? 22 But Saul increased the
more in
strength,
and confounded the
Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very
Christ. 23 And after that
many days were
fulfilled, the
Jews took
counsel to
kill him: 24 But their laying
await was
known of
Saul. And they
watched the
gates day and night to kill him. 25 Then the
disciples took him by
night, and let him
down by the
wall in a
basket. 26 And when
Saul was
come to Jerusalem, he
assayed to join
himself to the
disciples: but they
were all afraid of
him, and
believed not that he
was a
disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him, and
brought him
to the
apostles, and declared unto
them how he had
seen the
Lord in the
way, and that he had
spoken to
him, and how he had preached
boldly at Damascus in the
name of
Jesus. 28 And he
was with them coming
in and going
out at Jerusalem. 29 And he
spake boldly in the
name of the
Lord Jesus, and disputed against the
Grecians: but they went
about to
slay him. 30 Which
when the
brethren knew, they
brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. 31 Then had the
churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were
edified;
and walking
in the
fear of the
Lord, and in the
comfort of the
Holy Ghost, were
multiplied.
32 And it
came to pass,
as Peter passed
throughout all quarters, he came
down also to the
saints which dwelt at
Lydda. 33 And there he
found a
certain man named Aeneas, which had
kept his
bed eight years, and was sick of the
palsy.
34 And Peter said unto
him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole:
arise,
and make thy bed.
And he
arose immediately. 35 And all that
dwelt at
Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the
Lord. 36 Now there
was at Joppa a
certain disciple named Tabitha, which by
interpretation is
called Dorcas: this
woman was full of
good works and almsdeeds which she
did.
37 And it came to
pass in those days, that she was
sick, and
died: whom
when they had
washed, they
laid her
in an upper
chamber. 38 And forasmuch
as Lydda was
nigh to
Joppa, and the
disciples had
heard that Peter was there, they
sent unto him two men, desiring him that he
would not delay to
come to them. 39 Then Peter arose and went
with them. When
he was
come, they brought
him into the upper
chamber: and all the
widows stood
by him weeping,
and shewing the
coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she
was with them. 40 But Peter put them
all forth, and kneeled
down, and
prayed;
and turning him
to the
body said,
Tabitha, arise.
And she
opened her eyes: and when she
saw Peter, she sat
up.
41 And he
gave her his
hand, and
lifted her up,
and when he had
called the
saints and widows, presented her alive.
42 And it
was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the
Lord. 43 And it came to
pass, that
he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a
tanner.