Acts 9:10-26

10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!”“Yes, Lord,” he answered.

11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem.

14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.

16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,

and after taking some food, he regained his strength.

Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem

19 Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.

21 All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.

23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,

24 but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him.

25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.

26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple.

Cross References

• 1. Ac 10:3,17,19; Acts 12:9; Acts 16:9,10; Acts 18:9
• 2. ver 30; Acts 11:25; Acts 21:39; Acts 22:3
• 3. S Mark 5:23
• 4. ver 32; Acts 26:10; Romans 1:7; Romans 15:25,26,31; Romans 16:2,15; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1
• 5. S Acts 8:3
• 6. ver 2,21
• 7. S Acts 2:21
• 8. Acts 13:2; Romans 1:1; Galatians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:12
• 9. Romans 11:13; Romans 15:15,16; Galatians 1:16; Galatians 2:7,8; Ephesians 3:7,8
• 10. Acts 25:22,23; Acts 26:1
• 11. Acts 20:23; Acts 21:11; 2 Corinthians 6:4-10; 2 Corinthians 11:23-27; 2 Timothy 1:8; 2 Timothy 2:3,9
• 12. S Acts 6:6
• 13. S Luke 1:15
• 14. S Acts 2:38
• 15. S Acts 11:26
• 16. Acts 26:20
• 17. Acts 13:5,14; Acts 14:1; Acts 17:2,10,17; Acts 18:4,19; Acts 19:8
• 18. S Matthew 4:3
• 19. S Acts 8:3
• 20. ver 14; Galatians 1:13,23
• 21. S Luke 2:11; Acts 5:42; Acts 17:3; Acts 18:5,28
• 22. S Acts 20:3
• 23. Acts 20:3,19; Acts 23:16,30
• 24. 1 Samuel 19:12; 2 Corinthians 11:32,33
• 25. Acts 22:17; Acts 26:20; Galatians 1:17,18