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1 And Saul, yet breath­ing out threat­en­ings and slaugh­ter against the dis­ci­ples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And de­sired of him let­ters to Dam­as­cus to the syn­a­gogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or wom­en, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 3 And as he jour­neyed, he came near Dam­as­cus: and sud­den­ly there shined round about him a light from heav­en: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice say­ing unto him, Saul, Saul, why per­se­cutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Je­sus whom thou per­se­cutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trem­bling and as­ton­ished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. 7 And the men which jour­neyed with him stood speech­less, hear­ing a voice, but see­ing no man. 8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Dam­as­cus. 9 And he was three days with­out sight, and nei­ther did eat nor drink. 10 And there was a cer­tain dis­ci­ple at Dam­as­cus, named Ana­nias; and to him said the Lord in a vi­sion, Ana­nias. And he said, Be­hold, I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and en­quire in the house of Ju­das for one called Saul, of Tar­sus: for, be­hold, he prayeth, 12 And hath seen in a vi­sion a man named Ana­nias com­ing in, and putting his hand on him, that he might re­ceive his sight. 13 Then Ana­nias an­swered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 14 And here he hath au­thor­i­ty from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a cho­sen ves­sel unto me, to bear my name be­fore the Gen­tiles, and kings, and the chil­dren of Is­rael: 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suf­fer for my name's sake. 17 And Ana­nias went his way, and en­tered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Broth­er Saul, the Lord, even Je­sus, that ap­peared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou might­est re­ceive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 18 And im­me­di­ate­ly there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he re­ceived sight forth­with, and arose, and was bap­tized. 19 And when he had re­ceived meat, he was strength­ened. Then was Saul cer­tain days with the dis­ci­ples which were at Dam­as­cus. 20 And straight­way he preached Christ in the syn­a­gogues, that he is the Son of God. 21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that de­stroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hith­er for that in­tent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? 22 But Saul in­creased the more in strength, and con­found­ed the Jews which dwelt at Dam­as­cus, prov­ing that this is very Christ. 23 And af­ter that many days were ful­filled, the Jews took coun­sel to kill him: 24 But their lay­ing await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. 25 Then the dis­ci­ples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a bas­ket. 26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he as­sayed to join him­self to the dis­ci­ples: but they were all afraid of him, and be­lieved not that he was a dis­ci­ple. 27 But Barn­abas took him, and brought him to the apos­tles, and de­clared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spo­ken to him, and how he had preached bold­ly at Dam­as­cus in the name of Je­sus. 28 And he was with them com­ing in and go­ing out at Jerusalem. 29 And he spake bold­ly in the name of the Lord Je­sus, and dis­put­ed against the Gre­cians: but they went about to slay him. 30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cae­sarea, and sent him forth to Tar­sus. 31 Then had the church­es rest through­out all Ju­daea and Galilee and Samaria, and were ed­i­fied; and walk­ing in the fear of the Lord, and in the com­fort of the Holy Ghost, were mul­ti­plied. 32 And it came to pass, as Pe­ter passed through­out all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Ly­d­da. 33 And there he found a cer­tain man named Ae­neas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the pal­sy. 34 And Pe­ter said unto him, Ae­neas, Je­sus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose im­me­di­ate­ly. 35 And all that dwelt at Ly­d­da and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord. 36 Now there was at Jop­pa a cer­tain dis­ci­ple named Tabitha, which by in­ter­pre­ta­tion is called Dor­cas: this wom­an was full of good works and alms­deeds which she did. 37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an up­per cham­ber. 38 And foras­much as Ly­d­da was nigh to Jop­pa, and the dis­ci­ples had heard that Pe­ter was there, they sent unto him two men, de­sir­ing him that he would not de­lay to come to them. 39 Then Pe­ter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the up­per cham­ber: and all the wid­ows stood by him weep­ing, and shew­ing the coats and gar­ments which Dor­cas made, while she was with them. 40 But Pe­ter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turn­ing him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Pe­ter, she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand, and lift­ed her up, and when he had called the saints and wid­ows, pre­sent­ed her alive. 42 And it was known through­out all Jop­pa; and many be­lieved in the Lord. 43 And it came to pass, that he tar­ried many days in Jop­pa with one Si­mon a tan­ner.