Acts 9:3-34

³But as he went on his iorney it fortuned that he drue nye to Damasco and sodenly ther shyned rounde about him a lyght from heven.

⁴And he fell to the erth and hearde a voyce sayinge to him: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me?

⁵And he sayde what arte thou lorde? And the lorde sayd I am Iesus whom thou persecutest it shalbe harde for the to kycke agaynst the pricke.

⁶And he bothe tremblynge and astonyed sayde: Lorde what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lorde sayde vnto him: aryse and goo into the cite and it shalbe tolde the what thou shalt do.

⁷The men which iornayed with him stode amased for they herde a voyce but sawe no man.

⁸And Saul arose from the erth and opened his eyes but sawe no man. Then ledde they him by the honde and brought him into Damasco.

⁹And he was .iii. dayes with out syght and nether ate nor dranke.

¹⁰And ther was a certayne disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him sayde the lorde in a vision: Ananias. And the he sayde: beholde I am here lorde.

¹¹And the lorde sayde to him: aryse and goo into the strete which is called strayght and seke in the housse of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus. For beholde he prayeth

¹²and hath sene in a vision a man named Ananias comynge in to him and puttynge his hondes on him that he myght receave his syght.

¹³Then Ananias answered: Lorde I have hearde by many of this man how moche evell he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem

¹⁴and here he hath auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all that call on thy name.

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.