Acts 9:1-19

CAB^{(i) 1} Then Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest ² and requested from him letters of authority to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he should find any who were of the Way, both men or women, he might bring them, having been bound, to Jerusalem. ³ And as he was going, it came about that he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. ⁴ And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" ⁵ And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" And the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. ⁶ "But stand up and enter into the city, and it will be spoken to you what you must do." ⁷ And the men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. ⁸ And Saul arose from the ground, and although his eyes were open, he saw no one; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus. ⁹ And he was three days not seeing, and neither ate nor drank. ¹⁰ Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Behold I am here, Lord." ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, "Arise and go to the street called Straight, and seek out in the house of Judas, a man named Saul, of Tarsus; for behold, he is praying. ¹² And he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, in order that he might see again." ¹³ But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many wicked things he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem; ¹⁴ and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who are calling on Your name." ¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is a chosen vessel to Me to bear My name before Gentiles and kings, and the sons of Israel. ¹⁶ For I will show him all the things that he must suffer for My name's sake." ¹⁷ And Ananias departed and entered the house; and putting his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, the One who appeared to you in the way which you were coming, so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit." ¹⁸ And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he saw again; and arising, he was baptized, ¹⁹ and when he received food, he was strengthened. Now Saul was with the disciples in Damascus three days.