Acts 9
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Acts 9:8-18

8Saul got up from the ground, and 1though his eyes were open, he 2could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into 3Damascus. 9And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

10Now there was a disciple in 4Damascus named 5Ananias; and the Lord said to him in 6a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” 11And 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 7Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, 12and he has seen 8in a vision a man named Ananias come in and 9lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.” 13But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, 10how much harm he did to 11Your 12saints in Jerusalem; 14and here he 13has authority from the chief priests to 14arrest all who 15call on Your name.” 15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for 16he is a chosen 17instrument of Mine, to bear My name before 18the Gentiles and 19kings and the sons of Israel; 16for 20I will show him how much he must suffer in behalf of My name.” 17So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after 21laying his hands on him said, “22Brother 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 23filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18And immediately something like fish scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 9:8 Acts 9:18; 22:11 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 9:8 Lit was seeing ↩
  3. 3. Acts 9:8 Gen 14:15; 2 Cor 11:32; Gal 1:17 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 9:10 Gen 14:15; 2 Cor 11:32; Gal 1:17 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 9:10 Acts 22:12 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 9:10 Acts 10:3, 17, 19; 11:5; 12:9; 16:9f; 18:9 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 9:11 Acts 9:30; 11:25; 21:39; 22:3 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 9:12 A few early mss do not contain in a vision ↩
  9. 9. Acts 9:12 Mark 5:23; Acts 6:6; 9:17 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 9:13 Acts 8:3 ↩
  11. 11. Acts 9:13 Acts 9:32, 41; 26:10; Rom 1:7; 15:25, 26, 31; 16:2, 15; 1 Cor 1:2 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 9:13 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  13. 13. Acts 9:14 Acts 9:2, 21 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 9:14 Lit bind ↩
  15. 15. Acts 9:14 Acts 7:59 ↩
  16. 16. Acts 9:15 Acts 13:2; Rom 1:1; 9:23; Gal 1:15; Eph 3:7 ↩
  17. 17. Acts 9:15 Or vessel ↩
  18. 18. Acts 9:15 Acts 22:21; 26:17; Rom 1:5; 11:13; 15:16; Gal 1:16; 2:7ff; Eph 3:1, 8; 1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 4:17 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 9:15 Acts 25:22f; 26:1, 32; 2 Tim 4:17 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 9:16 Acts 20:23; 21:4, 11, 13; 2 Cor 6:4f; 11:23-27; 1 Thess 3:3 ↩
  21. 21. Acts 9:17 Mark 5:23; Acts 6:6; 9:12 ↩
  22. 22. Acts 9:17 Acts 22:13 ↩
  23. 23. Acts 9:17 Acts 2:4 ↩

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