Atos 9:9

9 Por três dias ele esteve cego, não comeu nem bebeu.

Atos 9:9 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:9

And he was three days without sight
Without bodily sight; for otherwise all this while his spiritual sight was increasing, and Christ was giving him by his Spirit a full view of himself, his state and case, and where his salvation was; and a clear insight into the doctrines of the Gospel, which he is said to have by the revelation of Christ, whereby he was fitted for the immediate preaching of it:

and neither did eat nor drink;
having no regard unto, or time for either; being filled with grief and sorrow, and true repentance for sin, and taken up in prayer to God, and employed in attending to, and receiving the doctrines of grace, he was afterwards to publish.

Atos 9:9 In-Context

7 Os homens que viajavam com Saulo pararam emudecidos; ouviam a voz, mas não viam ninguém.

8 Saulo levantou-se do chão e, abrindo os olhos, não conseguia ver nada. E os homens o levaram pela mão até Damasco.

9 Por três dias ele esteve cego, não comeu nem bebeu.

10 Em Damasco havia um discípulo chamado Ananias. O Senhor o chamou numa visão: “Ananias!”“Eis-me aqui, Senhor”, respondeu ele.

11 O Senhor lhe disse: “Vá à casa de Judas, na rua chamada Direita, e pergunte por um homem de Tarso chamado Saulo. Ele está orando;