Acts 9:1-16

The Conversion of Saul

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

2 and asked for ³letters from him to ⁴the synagogues at ⁵Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to ⁶the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

3 As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and ⁷suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;

4 and ⁸he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

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

6 but get up and enter the city, and ⁹it will be told you what * you must do."

7 The men who traveled with him ¹⁰stood speechless, ¹¹hearing the voice but seeing no one.

8 Saul got up from the ground, and ¹²though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into ¹³Damascus.

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

10 Now there was a disciple at ¹⁴Damascus named ¹⁵Ananias; and the Lord said to him in ¹⁶a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord."

11 And the Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from ¹⁷Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying,

12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and ¹⁸lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight."

13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, ¹⁹how much harm he did to ²⁰Your saints at Jerusalem;

14 and here he ²¹has authority from the 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 bear My name before ²⁴the Gentiles and ²⁵kings and the sons of Israel;

16 for ²⁶I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 9:1-22; Acts 22:3-16; Acts 26:9-18
• 2. Acts 8:3; Acts 9:13-21
• 3. Acts 9:14, 21; Acts 22:5; Acts 26:10
• 4. Matthew 10:17
• 5. Genesis 14:15; 2 Corinthians 11:32; Galatians 1:17
• 6. John 14:6; Acts 18:25; Acts 19:9, 23; Acts 22:4; Acts 24:14, 22
• 7. 1 Corinthians 15:8
• 8. Acts 22:7; Acts 26:14
• 9. Acts 9:16
• 10. Acts 26:14
• 11. John 12:29; Acts 22:9
• 12. Acts 9:18; Acts 22:11
• 13. Genesis 14:15; 2 Corinthians 11:32; Galatians 1:17
• 14. Genesis 14:15; 2 Corinthians 11:32; Galatians 1:17
• 15. Acts 22:12
• 16. Acts 10:3, 17, 19; Acts 11:5; Acts 12:9; Acts 16:9; Acts 18:9
• 17. Acts 9:30; Acts 11:25; Acts 21:39; Acts 22:3
• 18. Mark 5:23; Acts 6:6; Acts 9:17
• 19. Acts 8:3
• 20. Acts 9:32, 41; Acts 26:10; Romans 1:7; Romans 15:25, 26, 31; Romans 16:2, 15; 1 Corinthians 1:2
• 21. Acts 9:2, 21
• 22. Acts 7:59
• 23. Acts 13:2; Romans 1:1; Romans 9:23; Galatians 1:15; Ephesians 3:7
• 24. Acts 22:21; Acts 26:17; Romans 1:5; Romans 11:13; Romans 15:16; Galatians 1:16; Galatians 2:7f; Ephesians 3:1, 8; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 4:17
• 25. Acts 25:22; Acts 26:1, 32; 2 Timothy 4:17
• 26. Acts 20:23; Acts 21:4, 11, 13; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 11:23-27; 1 Thessalonians 3:3

Footnotes

• [a] Later called Paul
• [b] Lit "threat"
• [c] Or "sound"
• [d] Lit "was seeing"
• [e] A few early mss do not contain "in a vision"
• [f] Or "holy ones"
• [g] Or "vessel"