Acts 9:1-19

The Conversion of Saul

1 But Saul, ¹still ²breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to ³the high priest

2 and asked him for letters ⁴to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to ⁵the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

3 ⁶Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

4 And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting ⁷me?"

5 And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, ⁸whom you are persecuting.

6 But ⁹rise and enter the city, and you will be told ¹⁰what you are to do."

7 ¹¹The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, ¹²hearing the voice but seeing no one.

8 Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, ¹³he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

9 And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

10 Now there was a disciple at Damascus named ¹⁴Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, ¹⁵"Here I am, Lord."

11 And the Lord said to him, "Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man ¹⁶of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying,

12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and ¹⁷lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, ¹⁸how much evil he has done to ¹⁹your ²⁰saints at Jerusalem.

14 And here he has authority from ²¹the chief priests to bind all who ²²call on your name."

15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for ²³he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name ²⁴before the Gentiles and ²⁵kings and the children of Israel.

16 For ²⁶I will show him how much ²⁷he must suffer ²⁸for the sake of my name."

17 So ²⁹Ananias departed and entered the house. And ³⁰laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and ³¹be filled with the Holy Spirit."

18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and ³²he regained his sight. Then ³³he rose and was baptized;

19 and ³⁴taking food, he was strengthened. For ³⁵some days he was with the disciples at Damascus.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 13, 21; See Acts 8:3
• 2. [Psalms 27:12]
• 3. Acts 22:5; Acts 26:10
• 4. Acts 22:19; [Luke 12:11; Luke 21:12]
• 5. Acts 19:9, 23; Acts 24:14, 22; [Acts 16:17; Acts 18:25, 26; Acts 22:4; Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 35:8; Amos 8:14]
• 6. For ver. 3-8, see Acts 22:6-11; Acts 26:12-18; [1 Corinthians 15:8]
• 7. [Isaiah 63:9; Zechariah 2:8]
• 8. [See ver. 4 above]
• 9. [Ezekiel 3:22; Galatians 1:1]
• 10. ver. 16; [1 Corinthians 9:16]
• 11. [Daniel 10:7]
• 12. [Acts 22:9 with John 12:29]
• 13. [Acts 22:11]
• 14. Acts 22:12
• 15. Genesis 22:1; Isaiah 6:8
• 16. Acts 21:39; Acts 22:3
• 17. ver. 17; See Mark 5:23
• 18. ver. 1, 2
• 19. 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:10
• 20. Rom. 15:25, 26, 31
• 21. ver. 21
• 22. Acts 22:16; Romans 10:13; 1 Corinthians 1:2; [Acts 7:59; 2 Timothy 2:22]
• 23. [Acts 13:2; Romans 1:1; Galatians 1:15; Ephesians 3:7]
• 24. Romans 1:5 (Gk.); Romans 11:13; Romans 15:16; Galatians 1:16; Galatians 2:2, 7-9; Ephesians 3:7, 8; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 4:17
• 25. Acts 25:22, 23; Acts 26:1, 32; 2 Timothy 4:16
• 26. Acts 20:23; Acts 21:4, 11; 1 Thessalonians 3:3
• 27. ver. 6; [Acts 14:22; 2 Corinthians 6:4, 5; 2 Corinthians 11:23-28]
• 28. See Acts 5:41
• 29. Acts 22:12-14
• 30. ver. 12
• 31. See Acts 2:4
• 32. Acts 22:13
• 33. Acts 22:16
• 34. [ver. 9]
• 35. Acts 26:20