Acts 9:12-22

12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and ¹lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight."

13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, ²how much harm he did to ³Your saints at Jerusalem;

14 and here he ⁴has authority from the chief priests to bind all who ⁵call on Your name."

15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for ⁶he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before ⁷the Gentiles and ⁸kings and the sons of Israel;

16 for ⁹I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake."

17 So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after ¹⁰laying his hands on him said, "¹¹Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be ¹²filled with the Holy Spirit."

18 And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;

and he took food and was strengthened.

Saul Begins to Preach Christ

19 Now ¹³ for several days he was with ¹⁴ the disciples who were at Damascus,

20 and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus ¹⁵in the synagogues, saying, "He is ¹⁶the Son of God."

21 All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, "Is this not he who in Jerusalem ¹⁷destroyed those who ¹⁸called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?"

22 But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 5:23; Acts 6:6; Acts 9:17
• 2. Acts 8:3
• 3. Acts 9:32, 41; Acts 26:10; Romans 1:7; Romans 15:25, 26, 31; Romans 16:2, 15; 1 Corinthians 1:2
• 4. Acts 9:2, 21
• 5. Acts 7:59
• 6. Acts 13:2; Romans 1:1; Romans 9:23; Galatians 1:15; Ephesians 3:7
• 7. 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
• 8. Acts 25:22; Acts 26:1, 32; 2 Timothy 4:17
• 9. Acts 20:23; Acts 21:4, 11, 13; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 11:23-27; 1 Thessalonians 3:3
• 10. Mark 5:23; Acts 6:6; Acts 9:12
• 11. Acts 22:13
• 12. Acts 2:4
• 13. Acts 13:5, 14; Acts 14:1; Acts 16:13; Acts 17:2, 10; Acts 18:4, 19; Acts 19:8
• 14. Matthew 4:3; Acts 9:22; Acts 13:33
• 15. Acts 8:3; Acts 9:13; Galatians 1:13, 23
• 16. Acts 9:14
• 17. Acts 26:20
• 18. Acts 9:26,38; Acts 11:26

Footnotes

• [a] A few early mss do not contain "in a vision"
• [b] Or "holy ones"
• [c] Or "vessel"
• [d] Lit "that"
• [e] I.e. Messiah