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Acts 9

Acts 9:1

AND SAUL, YET BREATHING OUT THREATENINGS AND SLAUGHTER AGAINST THE DISCIPLES OF THE LORD, WENT UNTO THE HIGH PRIEST,... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:2

AND DESIRED OF HIM LETTERS TO DAMASCUS, TO THE SYNAGOGUES, THAT IF HE FOUND ANY OF THIS WAY, WHETHER THEY WERE MEN OR WOMEN, HE MIGHT BRING THEM BOUND UNTO JERUSALEM. In marked contrast to the earnest labors of Philip in building up the Church of Christ we have here the hostile and destructive activ... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:3

AND AS HE JOURNEYED, HE CAME NEAR TO DAMASCUS; AND SUDDENLY THERE SHINED ROUND ABOUT HIM A LIGHT FROM HEAVEN;... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:5

AND HE SAID, WHO ART THOU, LORD? AND THE LORD SAID, I AM JESUS, WHOM THOU PERSECUTEST; IT IS HARD FOR THEE TO KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:6

AND HE, TREMBLING AND ASTONISHED, SAID, LORD, WHAT WILT THOU HAVE ME TO DO? AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, ARISE, AND GO INTO THE CITY, AND IT SHALL BE TOLD THEE WHAT THOU MUST DO. Saul, having readily obtained the letters which he desired, lost no time in leaving Jerusalem. To reach his destination, h... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:8

AND SAUL AROSE FROM THE EARTH; AND WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED, HE SAW NO MAN; BUT THEY LED HIM BY THE HAND, AND BROUGHT HIM INTO DAMASCUS.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:9

AND HE WAS THREE DAYS WITHOUT SIGHT, AND NEITHER DID EAT NOR DRINK. Luke here for the first time mentions the companions of Saul, and describes their behavior. The men that accompanied him stood stupefied when the miracle occurred; for they heard the sound of the voice, but were unable to see any on... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:10

AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN DISCIPLE AT DAMASCUS, NAMED ANANIAS; AND TO HIM SAID THE LORD IN A VISION, ANANIAS. AND HE SAID, BEHOLD, I AM HERE, LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:11

AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, ARISE, AND GO INTO THE STREET WHICH IS CALLED STRAIGHT, AND ENQUIRE IN THE HOUSE OF JUDAS FOR ONE CALLED SAUL, OF TARSUS; FOR, BEHOLD, HE PRAYETH,... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:12

AND HATH SEEN IN A VISION A MAN NAMED ANANIAS COMING IN, AND PUTTING HIS HAND ON HIM THAT HE MIGHT RECEIVE HIS SIGHT. A certain disciple there was at Damascus, one of those whose life and liberty Saul had set out to seek. His name was Ananias ("Jehovah is gracious"), more appropriate in this case th... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:13

THEN ANANIAS ANSWERED, LORD, I HAVE HEARD BY MANY OF THIS MAN HOW MUCH EVIL HE HATH DONE TO THY SAINTS AT JERUSALEM;... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:15

BUT THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, GO THY WAY; FOR HE IS A CHOSEN VESSEL UNTO ME TO BEAR MY NAME BEFORE THE GENTILES AND KINGS AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL;... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:16

FOR I WILL SHOW HIM HOW GREAT THINGS HE MUST SUFFER FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. The obedience of Ananias was put to a severe test by the Lord's commission, when he heard the name Saul of Tarsus. He had heard from many people concerning this man, what and how many and how various evil things he had done to t... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:17

AND ANANIAS WENT HIS WAY, AND ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE; AND PUTTING HIS HANDS ON HIM, SAID, BROTHER SAUL, THE LORD, EVEN JESUS, THAT APPEARED UNTO THEE IN THE WAY AS THOU CAMEST, HATH SENT ME THAT THOU MIGHTEST RECEIVE THY SIGHT AND BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:18

AND IMMEDIATELY THERE FELL FROM HIS EYES AS IT HAD BEEN SCALES; AND HE RECEIVED SIGHT FORTHWITH, AND AROSE, AND WAS BAPTIZED.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:19

AND WHEN HE HAD RECEIVED MEAT, HE WAS STRENGTHENED. THEN WAS SAUL CERTAIN DAYS WITH THE DISCIPLES WHICH WERE AT DAMASCUS. The apprehensions of Ananias had been removed by the Lord's revelation. Leaving his own house, he entered into that which had been designated to him by the Lord. Finding Saul, he... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:21

BUT ALL THAT HEARD HIM WERE AMAZED AND SAID, IS NOT THIS HE THAT DESTROYED THEM WHICH CALLED ON THIS NAME IN JERUSALEM, AND CAME HITHER FOR THAT INTENT, THAT HE MIGHT BRING THEM BOUND UNTO THE CHIEF PRIESTS?... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:22

BUT SAUL INCREASED THE MORE IN STRENGTH, AND CONFOUNDED THE JEWS WHICH DWELT AT DAMASCUS, PROVING THAT THIS IS VERY CHRIST. Saul had, by the Word of the Lord through Ananias and probably also by direct command of God, received his commission as preacher and missionary. And he lost no time in enterin... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:25

THEN THE DISCIPLES TOOK HIM BY NIGHT, AND LET HIM DOWN BY THE WALL IN A BASKET. "After many days were fulfilled," at the expiration of a longer period of time. Luke does not say where Saul stayed during this time, nor does he describe his labors, but it is probable that the journey to Arabia, Galati... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:26

AND WHEN SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM, HE ASSAYED TO JOIN HIMSELF TO THE DISCIPLES; BUT THEY WERE ALL AFRAID OF HIM, AND BELIEVED NOT THAT HE WAS A DISCIPLE.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:27

BUT BARNABAS TOOK HIM, AND BROUGHT HIM TO THE APOSTLES, AND DECLARED UNTO THEM HOW HE HAD SEEN THE LORD IN THE WAY, AND THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO HIM, AND HOW HE HAD PREACHED BOLDLY AT DAMASCUS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:29

AND HE SPAKE BOLDLY IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, AND DISPUTED AGAINST THE GRECIANS. BUT THEY WENT ABOUT TO SLAY HIM,... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:31

THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA AND GALILEE AND SAMARIA, AND WERE EDIFIED, AND, WALKING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND IN THE COMFORT OF THE HOLY GHOST, WERE MULTIPLIED. Three years before, Saul had left Jerusalem. an enemy and persecutor of the disciples of Christ. And now he returned... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:32

AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS PETER PASSED THROUGHOUT ALL QUARTERS, HE CAME DOWN ALSO TO THE SAINTS WHICH DWELT AT LYDDA.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:33

AND THERE HE FOUND A CERTAIN MAN NAMED AENEAS, WHICH HAD KEPT HIS BED EIGHT YEARS, AND WAS SICK OF THE PALSY.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:34

AND PETER SAID UNTO HIM, AENEAS, JESUS CHRIST MAKETH THEE WHOLE; ARISE AND MAKE THY BED. AND HE AROSE IMMEDIATELY.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:35

And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord. It seems to have been the custom of the apostles to visit new sections of the field that were opened, new congregations that were established. Peter and John had done so in Samaria, Paul followed the same custom in his mission-wo... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:36

NOW THERE WAS AT JOPPA A CERTAIN DISCIPLE NAMED TABITHA, WHICH BY INTERPRETATION IS CALLED DORCAS; THIS WOMAN WAS FULL OF GOOD WORKS AND ALMS-DEEDS WHICH SHE DID.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:37

AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS THAT SHE WAS SICK AND DIED; WHOM WHEN THEY HAD WASHED, THEY LAID HER IN AN UPPER CHAMBER.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:38

AND FORASMUCH AS LYDDA WAS NIGH TO JOPPA, AND THE DISCIPLES HAD HEARD THAT PETER WAS THERE, THEY SENT UNTO HIM TWO MEN, DESIRING HIM THAT HE WOULD NOT DELAY TO COME TO THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:39

THEN PETER AROSE AND WENT WITH THEM. WHEN HE WAS COME, THEY BROUGHT HIM INTO THE UPPER CHAMBER; AND ALL THE WIDOWS STOOD BY HIM WEEPING, AND SHOWING THE COATS AND GARMENTS WHICH DORCAS MADE WHILE SHE WAS WITH THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:40

BUT PETER PUT THEM ALL FORTH, AND KNEELED DOWN, AND PRAYED; AND, TURNING HIM TO THE BODY, SAID, TABITHA, ARISE. AND SHE OPENED HER EYES; AND WHEN SHE SAW PETER, SHE SAT UP.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:41

AND HE GAVE HER HIS HAND, AND LIFTED HER UP, AND, WHEN HE HAD CALLED THE SAINTS AND WIDOWS, PRESENTED HER ALIVE.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 9:43

AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT HE TARRIED MANY DAYS IN JOPPA WITH ONE SIMON, A TANNER. Peter may well have stayed at Lydda for some time, confirming the disciples and establishing the congregation. But he was suddenly called away to a house of mourning in Joppa, the seaport of Jerusalem. In this city ther... [ Continue Reading ]

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