Acts 9:1-20

Bishops^{(i) 1} And Saul yet breathyng out threatnings and slaughter agaynst the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto ye hie priest ² And desired of him letters to carrye to Damascus, to the synagogues: that yf he founde any of this waye, whether they were men or women, he myght bryng them bounde vnto Hierusalem ³ And when he iourneyed, it came to passe, that as he was come nye to Damascus, sodenly there shyned rounde about hym a lyght from heauen ⁴ And he fell to the earth, and hearde a voyce saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ⁵ And he sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And the Lorde said: I am Iesus who thou persecutest, It is harde for thee to kicke agaynst the prickes ⁶ And he both tremblyng and astonyed, sayde: Lord, what wylt thou haue me to do? And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: Aryse, and go into the citie, and it shalbe tolde thee what thou must do ⁷ The men also which iourneyed with him, stoode amased, hearing a voyce, but seyng no man ⁸ And Saul arose from the earth, and when he opened his eyes, he sawe no man: But they ledde him by the hande, and brought hym into Damascus ⁹ And he was three dayes without syght, and neither dyd eate nor drynke ¹⁰ And there was a certayne disciple at Damascus, named Ananias: & to him sayde the Lorde in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold [I am here] Lorde ¹¹ And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: aryse, and go into the streate, whiche is called strayght, and seeke in the house of Iudas, after one called Saul, of Tarsus: for beholde he prayeth ¹² And hath seene in a vision a man named Ananias commyng in to hym, and puttyng his handes on hym, that he myght receaue his syght ¹³ Then Ananias aunswered: Lorde, I haue heard by many, of this man, how much euyll he hath done to thy saintes, at Hierusalem ¹⁴ And here he hath aucthoritie of ye hye priestes, to bynde all yt call on thy name ¹⁵ The Lord sayde vnto hym: Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my name before the gentiles, & kynges, and the chyldren of Israel ¹⁶ For I wyl shew hym how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake ¹⁷ And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and put his handes on hym, and sayde: Brother Saul, the Lorde (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the waye as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou myghtest receaue thy syght, & be fylled with the holy ghost ¹⁸ And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had ben scales, & he receaued syght foorthwith, and arose, and was baptized ¹⁹ And receaued meate, and was comforted. Then was Saul certaine dayes with the disciples whiche were at Damasco ²⁰ And strayghtway he preached Christe in the synagogues, that he was ye sonne of God