Acts 9:19-30

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.

27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.

28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews,^[a] but they tried to kill him.

30 When the believers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 11:26
• 2. Acts 26:20
• 3. Acts 13:5,14; Acts 14:1; Acts 17:2,10,17; Acts 18:4,19; Acts 19:8
• 4. S Matthew 4:3
• 5. S Acts 8:3
• 6. ver 14; Galatians 1:13,23
• 7. S Luke 2:11; Acts 5:42; Acts 17:3; Acts 18:5,28
• 8. S Acts 20:3
• 9. Acts 20:3,19; Acts 23:16,30
• 10. 1 Samuel 19:12; 2 Corinthians 11:32,33
• 11. Acts 22:17; Acts 26:20; Galatians 1:17,18
• 12. S Acts 4:36
• 13. ver 3-6
• 14. ver 20,22
• 15. Acts 6:1
• 16. 2 Corinthians 11:26
• 17. S Acts 1:16
• 18. S Acts 8:40
• 19. S ver 11

Footnotes

• [a] That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture