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So Anani'as departed and entered the house. And laying 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 that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
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And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized,
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and took food and was strengthened. For several days he was with the disciples at Damascus.
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And in the synagogues immediately he proclaimed Jesus, saying, "He is the Son of God."
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And all who heard him were amazed, and said, "Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name? And he has come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests."
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But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.
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When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,
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but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him;
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but his disciples took him by night and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.
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And when he had come to Jerusalem he attempted to join the disciples; and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.
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But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.