Deeds (Act) of Apostles 9:11-24

¹¹And the Lord said to him, Rise thou, and go into a street that is called Rectus; and seek, in the house of Judas, Saul by name, of Tarsus. For lo! he prayeth;

¹²and he saw a man, Ananias by name, entering and laying on him hands, that he receive sight.

¹³And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard of many of this man, how great evil he did to thy saints in Jerusalem;

¹⁴and this hath power of the princes of priests, to bind all men that call thy name to help.

¹⁵And the Lord said to him, Go thou, for this is to me a vessel of choosing, that he bear my name before heathen men, and kings, and before the sons of Israel.

¹⁶For I shall show to him, how great things it behooveth him to suffer for my name.

¹⁷And Ananias went, and entered into the house; and laid on him his hands, and said, Saul brother, the Lord Jesus sent me, that appeared to thee in the way, in which thou camest, that thou see, and be full-filled with the Holy Ghost.

¹⁸And anon as the scales felled from his eyes, he received sight. And he rose, and was baptized.

¹⁹And when he had taken meat, he was comforted. And he was by some days with the disciples, that were at Damascus.

²⁰And anon, he entered into the synagogues, and preached the Lord Jesus, for this is the Son of God.

²¹And all men that heard him, wondered, and said, Whether this is not he that impugned in Jerusalem them that called to help this name? and hither he came for this thing or hither for this thing he came, that he should lead them bound to the princes of priests?

²²But Saul much the more or much more waxed strong, and confounded the Jews that dwelled at Damascus, and affirmed that this is Christ.

²³And when many days were ful filled, Jews made a counsel, that they should slay him.

²⁴And the ambushes of them were made known to Saul. And they kept the gates day and night, that they should slay him.