Acts 9:15-39

¹⁵The lorde sayde vnto him: Goo thy wayes: for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the gentyls and kynges and the chyldren of Israel.

¹⁶For I will shewe him how great thinges he must suffre for my names sake.

¹⁷Ananias went his waye and entryd into the housse and put his hondes on him and sayde: brother Saul the lorde that apperyd vnto the in the waye as thou camst hath sent me that thou myghtest receave thy syght and be filled with the holy goost.

¹⁸And immediatly ther fell from his eyes as it had bene scales and he receaved syght and arose and was baptised

¹⁹and receaved meate and was comforted. Then was Saul a certayne daye with the disciples which were at Damasco.

²⁰And streyght waye he preached Christ in the synagoges how that he was the sonne of God.

²¹All that hearde him were amased and sayde: is not this he that spoyled the which called on this name in Ierusalem and came hyther for the entent that he shuld bringe the bounde vnto the hye prestes?

²²But Saul encreased in stregth and confounded the Iewes which dwelte at Damasco affirminge that this was very Christ.

²³And after a good whyle the Iewes toke counsell to gether to kyll him.

²⁴But their layinge awayte was knowen of Saul. And they watched at the gates daye and nyght to kyll him.

²⁵Then the disciples toke him by night and put him thorow the wall and let him doune in a basket.

²⁶And when Saul was come to Ierusalem he assayde to cople him silfe with the discyples and they were all afrayde of hym and beleued not that he was a disciple.

²⁷But Bernabas toke hym and brought hym to the apostles and declared to the how he had sene the Lorde in the waye and had spoke wyth hym: and how he had done boldely at damasco in the name of Iesu.

²⁸And he had his conuersacion with them at Ierusalem

²⁹and quit hym silfe boldly in the name of the lorde Iesu. And he spake and disputed wyth the grekes: and they went aboute to slee hym.

³⁰But when the brethren knew of that they brought hym to cesarea and sent hym forth to Tharsus.

³¹Then had the congregacions rest thorowoute all Iewry and galile and Samary and were edified and walked in the feare of the lorde and multiplied by the comforte of the holy gost.

³²And it chaunsed that as Peter walked throughoute all quarters he came to the saynctes which dwelt at Lydda

³³and there he foude a certayne man namyd Eneas whych had kepte hys bed viii. yere sicke of the palsie.

³⁴Then sayde Peter vnto hym: Eneas Iesus Christ make the whole. Aryse and make thy beed. And he arose immedyatly.

³⁵And all that dwelt at lydda and assaron sawe hym and tourned to the lorde.

³⁶Ther was at Ioppe a certayne woman (whiche was a disciple named Tabitha which by interpretacion is called dorcas) the same was full of good workes and almes dedes which she did.

³⁷And it chaunsed in those dayes that she was sicke and dyed. When they had wesshed her and layd her in a chamber:

³⁸Because Lydda was nye to Ioppa and the disciples had hearde that Peter was there they sent vnto hym desyrynge him that he wolde not be greved to come vnto them.

³⁹Peter arose and came with them and when he was come they brought him in to the chamber. And all the wydowes stode roude aboute hym wepynge and shewynge the cotes and garmentes which Dorcas made whill she was with them.