Acts 9:19-30

19and he took food and was strengthened.

Now 1for several days he was with 2the disciples who were at Damascus, 20and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus 3in the synagogues, 4saying, “He is 5the Son of God.” 21All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem 6destroyed those who 7called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?” 22But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the 8Christ.

23When 9many days had elapsed, 10the Jews plotted together to do away with him, 24but 11their plot became known to Saul. 12They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death; 25but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket.

2613When he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to associate with the disciples; 14but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. 27But 15Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles and described to them how he had 16seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how 17at Damascus he had 18spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus. 28And he was with them, 19moving about freely in Jerusalem, 20speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord. 29And he was talking and arguing with the 2122Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death. 30But when 23the brethren learned of it, they brought him down to 24Caesarea and 25sent him away to 26Tarsus.