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Acts 9

The Conversion of Saul

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 aNow  1Saul, still  bbreathing  2threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

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and asked for  aletters from him to  bthe synagogues at  cDamascus, so that if he found any belonging to  dthe Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and  asuddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;

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and  ahe fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

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And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" And He said, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,

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but get up and enter the city, and  ait will be told you what you must do."

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The men who traveled with him  astood speechless,  bhearing the  1voice but seeing no one.

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Saul got up from the ground, and  athough his eyes were open, he  1could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into  bDamascus.

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And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

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Now there was a disciple at  aDamascus named  bAnanias; and the Lord said to him in  ca vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord."

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And the Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from  aTarsus named Saul, for he is praying,

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

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But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man,  ahow much harm he did to  bYour  1saints at Jerusalem;

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and here he  ahas authority from the chief priests to bind all who  bcall on Your name."

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But the Lord said to him, "Go, for  ahe is a chosen  1instrument of Mine, to bear My name before  bthe Gentiles and  ckings and the sons of Israel;

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

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So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after  alaying his hands on him said, " bBrother 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  cfilled with the Holy Spirit."

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

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and he took food and was strengthened.

Now  afor several days he was with  bthe disciples who were at Damascus,

Saul Begins to Preach Christ

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and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus  ain the synagogues,  1saying, "He is  bthe Son of God."

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

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But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the  1Christ.

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When  amany days had elapsed,  bthe Jews plotted together to do away with him,

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but  atheir plot became known to Saul.  bThey were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;

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but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket.

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 aWhen he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to associate with the disciples;  1but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

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But  aBarnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles and described to them how he had  bseen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how  cat Damascus he had  dspoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

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And he was with them,  1moving about freely in Jerusalem,  aspeaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.

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And he was talking and arguing with the  1 aHellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death.

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But when  athe brethren learned of it, they brought him down to  bCaesarea and  csent him away to  dTarsus.

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So  athe church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria  1enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

Peter's Ministry

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Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to  athe  1saints who lived at  2 bLydda.

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There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for he was paralyzed.

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Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed." Immediately he got up.

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And all who lived at  1 aLydda and  bSharon saw him, and they  cturned to the Lord.

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Now in  aJoppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called  1Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

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And it happened  1at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an  aupper room.

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Since Lydda was near  aJoppa,  bthe disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, "Do not delay in coming to us."

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So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the  aupper room; and all the  bwidows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the  1tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

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But Peter  asent them all out and  bknelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, " cTabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

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And he gave her his hand and raised her up; and calling  athe  1saints and  bwidows, he presented her alive.

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It became known all over  aJoppa, and  bmany believed in the Lord.

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And Peter stayed many days in  aJoppa with  ba tanner named Simon.



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