Acts 9:1 References
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aNow Saul, still bbreathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
a Acts 9:1-22, Acts 22:3-16, Acts 26:9-18
Acts 9
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aNow Saul, still bbreathing threats 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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Saul got up from the ground, and athough his eyes were open, he could 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 in 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 saints at Jerusalem;
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But the Lord said to him, "Go, for ahe is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before bthe Gentiles and ckings and the sons of Israel;
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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.
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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 Christ.
Acts 22
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"aI am ba Jew, born in cTarsus of dCilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under eGamaliel, fstrictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
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as also athe high priest and all bthe Council of the elders can testify. From them I also creceived letters to dthe brethren, and started off for cDamascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.
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"aBut it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me,
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and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'
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"And I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am aJesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.'
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"And those who were with me asaw the light, to be sure, but bdid not understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me.
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"And I said, 'aWhat shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'
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"But since I acould not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.
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"A certain aAnanias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law, and bwell spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
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came to me, and standing near said to me, 'aBrother Saul, receive your sight!' And bat that very time I looked up at him.
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"And he said, 'aThe God of our fathers has bappointed you to know His will and to csee the dRighteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.
Acts 26
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"So then, aI thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to bthe name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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"And this is just what I adid in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having breceived authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I ccast my vote against them.
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"And aas I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being bfuriously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them ceven to foreign cities.
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"While so engaged aas I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
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at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.
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"And when we had aall fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the bHebrew dialect, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
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"And I said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.