1And[G1161]Saul[G4569], yet[G2089] breathing out[G1709]threatenings[G547]and[G2532]slaughter[G5408]against[G1519] the disciples[G3101] of the Lord[G2962], went[G4334] unto the high priest[G749],
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And desired[G154]of[G3844]him[G846]letters[G1992]to[G1519]Damascus[G1154]to[G4314] the synagogues[G4864], that[G3704]if[G1437] he found[G2147]any[G5100]of[G3844] this way[G3598], whether[G5037] they were[G5607]men[G435]or[G2532]women[G1135], he might bring them[G71]bound[G1210]unto[G1519]Jerusalem[G2419].
3And[G1161] as he[G846]journeyed[G4198], he[G846]came[G1096]near[G1448]Damascus[G1154]: and[G2532]suddenly[G1810] there shined round about[G4015]him[G846] a light[G5457]from[G575]heaven[G3772]:
4And[G2532] he fell[G4098]to[G1909] the earth[G1093], and[G2532]heard[G191] a voice[G5456]saying[G3004] unto him[G846], Saul[G4549], Saul[G4549], why[G5101] persecutest thou[G1377]me?[G3165]
5And[G1161] he said[G2036], Who[G5101] art thou[G1488], Lord?[G2962]And[G1161] the Lord[G2962]said[G2036], I[G1473]am[G1510]Jesus[G2424]whom[G3739]thou[G4771]persecutest[G1377]: it is hard[G4642] for thee[G4671] to kick[G2979]against[G4314] the pricks[G2759].
6And[G5037] he trembling[G5141]and[G2532]astonished[G2284]said[G2036], Lord[G2962], what[G5101] wilt thou[G4571]have[G2309]me[G3165] to do?[G4160]And[G2532] the Lord[G2962]said[G2036]unto[G4314]him[G846], Arise[G450], and[G2532]go[G1525]into[G1519] the city[G4172], and[G2532] it shall be told[G2980]thee[G4671]what[G5101]thou[G4571]must[G1163]do[G4160].
7And[G1161] the men[G435]which[G3588]journeyed[G4922] with him[G846]stood[G2476]speechless[G1769], hearing[G191] a voice[G5456], but[G1161]seeing[G2334] no man[G3367].
8And[G1161]Saul[G4569]arose[G1453]from[G575] the earth[G1093]; and[G1161] when his[G846]eyes[G3788] were opened[G455], he saw[G991] no man[G3762]: but[G1161] they led[G5496]him[G846] by the hand[G5496], and[G1161]brought[G1521]him[G846]into[G1519]Damascus[G1154].
9And[G2532] he was[G2258]three[G5140]days[G2250]without[G3361]sight[G991], and[G2532]neither[G3756] did eat[G5315]nor[G3761]drink[G4095].
10And[G1161] there was[G2258] a certain[G5100]disciple[G3101]at[G1722]Damascus[G1154], named[G3686]Ananias[G367]; and[G2532]to[G4314]him[G846]said[G2036] the Lord[G2962]in[G1722] a vision[G3705], Ananias[G367]. And[G1161] he said[G2036], Behold[G2400], I[G1473] am here, Lord[G2962].
11And[G1161] the Lord[G2962] said unto[G4314]him[G846], Arise[G450], and[G2532]go[G4198]into[G1909] the street[G4505]which[G3588] is called[G2564]Straight[G2117], and[G2532]enquire[G2212]in[G1722] the house[G3614] of Judas[G2455]for[G1063] one called[G3686]Saul[G4569], of Tarsus[G5018]: for[G1063], behold[G2400], he prayeth[G4336],
12And[G2532] hath seen[G1492]in[G1722] a vision[G3705] a man[G435]named[G3686]Ananias[G367] coming in[G1525], and[G2532]putting[G2007] his hand[G5495]on[G2007]him[G846], that[G3704] he might receive his sight[G308].
13Then[G1161]Ananias[G367]answered[G611], Lord[G2962], I have heard[G191]by[G575]many[G4183]of[G4012]this[G5127]man[G435], how much[G3745]evil[G2556] he hath done[G4160] to thy[G4675]saints[G40]at[G1722]Jerusalem[G2419]:
14And[G2532]here[G5602] he hath[G2192]authority[G1849]from[G3844] the chief priests[G749] to bind[G1210]all[G3956] that call[G1941] on thy[G4675]name[G3686].
15But[G1161] the Lord[G2962]said[G2036]unto[G4314]him[G846], Go thy way[G4198]: for[G3754]he[G3778]is[G2076] a chosen[G1589]vessel[G4632]unto[G4314]me[G3427], to bear[G941]my[G3450]name[G3686]before[G1799] the Gentiles[G1484], and[G2532]kings[G935], and[G5037] the children[G5207] of Israel[G2474]:
16For[G1063]I[G1473] will shew[G5263]him[G846] how great things[G3745]he[G846]must[G1163]suffer[G3958]for[G5228]my[G3450] name's sake[G3686].
17And[G1161]Ananias[G367] went his way[G565], and[G2532]entered[G1525]into[G1519] the house[G3614]; and[G2532]putting[G2007] his hands[G5495]on[G1909]him[G846]said[G2036], Brother[G80]Saul[G4549], the Lord[G2962], even Jesus[G2424], that[G3704]appeared[G3700] unto thee[G4671]in[G1722] the way[G3598]as[G3739] thou camest[G2064], hath sent[G649]me[G3165], that[G3704] thou mightest receive thy sight[G308], and[G2532] be filled with[G4130] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151].
18And[G2532]immediately[G2112] there fell[G634]from[G575]his[G846]eyes[G3788]as[G5616] it had been scales[G3013]: and[G5037] he received sight[G308]forthwith[G3916], and[G5037]arose[G450], and[G5037] was baptized[G907].
19And[G2532] when he had received[G2983]meat[G5160], he was[G1096]strengthened[G1765]. Then[G1161]was[G1096]Saul[G4569]certain[G5100]days[G2250]with[G3326] the disciples[G3101] which were at[G1722]Damascus[G1154].
20And[G2532]straightway[G2112]he[G3778]preached[G2784]Christ[G5547]in[G1722] the synagogues[G4864], that[G3754]he[G3778]is[G2076] the Son[G5207] of God[G2316].
21But[G1161]all[G3956]that[G5124]heard[G191] him were amazed[G1839], and[G2532]said[G3004]; Is[G2076]not[G3756]this[G3778] he that[G2443]destroyed[G4199]them[G846]which[G3588] called on[G1941]this[G5124]name[G3686]in[G1722]Jerusalem[G2419], and[G2532]came[G2064]hither[G5602]for[G1519]that[G2443]intent[G1519], that[G2443] he might bring[G71]them[G846]bound[G1210]unto[G1909] the chief priests?[G749]
22But[G1161]Saul[G4569]increased[G1743] the more[G3123] in strength[G1743], and[G2532]confounded[G4797] the Jews[G2453]which[G3588]dwelt[G2730]at[G1722]Damascus[G1154], proving[G4822]that[G3754]this[G3778]is[G2076] very Christ[G5547].
23And[G1161]after[G5613] that many[G2425]days[G2250] were fulfilled[G4137], the Jews[G2453] took counsel[G4823] to kill[G337]him[G846]:
24But[G1161]their[G846] laying await[G1917] was known[G1097] of Saul[G4569]. And[G5037] they watched[G3906] the gates[G4439]day[G2250]and[G2532]night[G3571]to[G3704]kill[G337]him[G846].
25Then[G1161] the disciples[G3101]took[G2983]him[G846]by[G1223]night[G3571], and let him[G846]down[G2524]by[G1223] the wall[G5038]in[G1722] a basket[G4711].
26And[G1161] when Saul[G4569]was[G2076]come[G3854]to[G1519]Jerusalem[G2419], he assayed[G3987]to[G1519] join himself[G2853]to[G1519] the disciples[G3101]: but[G2532] they were[G5399]all[G3956]afraid[G5399] of him[G846], and[G1161]believed[G4100]not[G3361]that[G3754] he was[G2076] a disciple[G3101].
27But[G1161]Barnabas[G921]took[G1949]him[G846], and[G2532]brought[G71]him[G846]to[G4314] the apostles[G652], and[G2532]declared[G1334] unto them[G846]how[G4459] he had seen[G1492] the Lord[G2962]in[G1722] the way[G3598], and[G2532]that[G3754] he had spoken[G2980]to[G4314]him[G846], and[G2532]how[G4459] he had preached boldly[G3955]at[G1722]Damascus[G1154]in[G1722] the name[G3686] of Jesus[G2424].
28And[G2532] he was[G2258]with[G3326]them[G846] coming in[G1531]and[G2532] going out[G1607]at[G1722]Jerusalem[G2419].
29And[G2532] he spake[G2980]boldly[G3955]in[G1722] the name[G3686] of the Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424], and[G5037]disputed[G4802]against[G4314] the Grecians[G1675]: but[G1161] they went about[G2021] to slay[G337]him[G846].
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Which when[G1161] the brethren[G80]knew[G1921], they brought[G2609]him[G846]down[G2609]to[G1519]Caesarea[G2542], and[G2532]sent[G1821]him[G846]forth[G1821]to[G1519]Tarsus[G5019].
31Then[G3303]had[G2192] the churches[G1577]rest[G1515]throughout[G2596]all[G3650]Judaea[G2449]and[G2532]Galilee[G1056]and[G2532]Samaria[G4540], and[G2532] were edified[G3618]; and[G2532] walking in[G4198] the fear[G5401] of the Lord[G2962], and[G2532]in[G4198] the comfort[G3874] of the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151], were multiplied[G4129].
32And[G1161] it came[G1096]to[G4314] pass, as[G1330]Peter[G4074] passed throughout[G1330]all[G3956] quarters, he came[G1096]down[G2718]also[G2532]to[G4314] the saints[G40]which[G3588]dwelt[G2730] at Lydda[G3069].
33And[G1161]there[G1563] he found[G2147] a certain[G5100]man[G444]named[G3686]Aeneas[G132], which had kept[G2621] his bed[G2895]eight[G3638]years[G2094], and[G3739]was[G2258] sick of the palsy[G3886].
34And[G2532]Peter[G4074]said[G2036] unto him[G846], Aeneas[G132], Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547]maketh[G2390]thee[G4571]whole[G2390]: arise[G450], and[G2532]make[G4766]thy[G4572]bed[G4766]. And[G2532] he arose[G450]immediately[G2112].
35And[G2532]all[G3956] that dwelt[G2730] at Lydda[G3069]and[G3748]Saron[G4565]saw[G1492]him[G846], and[G3748]turned[G1994]to[G1909] the Lord[G2962].
36Now[G1161] there was[G2258]at[G1722]Joppa[G2445] a certain[G5100]disciple[G3102]named[G3686]Tabitha[G5000], which[G3739] by interpretation[G1329] is called[G3004]Dorcas[G1393]: this woman[G3778]was[G2258]full[G4134] of good[G18]works[G2041]and[G2532]almsdeeds[G1654]which[G3739] she did[G4160].
37And[G1161] it came to pass[G1096]in[G1722]those[G1565]days[G2250], that she was sick[G770], and[G1161]died[G599]: whom when[G1161]they[G846] had washed[G3068], they[G846]laid[G5087] her in[G1722] an upper chamber[G5253].
38And[G1161] forasmuch as[G5607]Lydda[G3069]was[G2076]nigh[G1451]to[G2193]Joppa[G2445], and[G1161] the disciples[G3101] had heard[G191]that[G3754]Peter[G4074]was[G2076]there[G1722], they sent[G649]unto[G4314]him[G846]two[G1417]men[G435], desiring[G3870]him[G846]that[G3754] he would[G3635]not[G3361]delay[G3635]to[G2193]come[G1330]to[G2193]them[G846].
39Then[G1161]Peter[G4074]arose[G450]and[G2532] went with[G4905]them[G846]. When he[G3739]was[G5607]come[G3854], they brought him[G321]into[G1519] the upper chamber[G5253]: and[G2532]all[G3956] the widows[G5503] stood by[G3936]him[G846]weeping[G2799], and[G2532]shewing[G1925] the coats[G5509]and[G2532]garments[G2440]which[G3745]Dorcas[G1393]made[G4160], while she was[G5607]with[G3326]them[G846].
40But[G1161]Peter[G4074]put[G1544] them all[G3956]forth[G1854], and[G2532] kneeled down[G5087], and[G1161]prayed[G4336]; and[G1161]turning[G1994] him to[G4314] the body[G4983]said[G2036], Tabitha[G5000], arise[G450]. And[G1161] she opened[G455]her[G846]eyes[G3788]: and[G1161] when she saw[G1492]Peter[G4074], she sat up[G339].
41And[G1161] he gave[G1325]her[G846] his hand[G5495], and[G2532]lifted[G450]her[G846]up[G450], and[G2532] when he had called[G5455] the saints[G40]and[G2532]widows[G5503], presented[G3936]her[G846]alive[G2198].
42And[G1161] it was[G1096]known[G1110]throughout[G2596]all[G3650]Joppa[G2445]; and[G2532]many[G4183]believed[G4100]in[G1909] the Lord[G2962].
43And[G1161] it came to pass[G1096], that he[G846]tarried[G3306]many[G2425]days[G2250]in[G1722]Joppa[G2445]with[G3844]one[G5100]Simon[G4613] a tanner[G1038].