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Acts 9 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The Conversion of Saul

(Act 22:6–16; 26:12–18 )

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Now [fn]Saul, still breathing [fn]threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:3 - And as he was traveling, it happened that when he was approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:4 - and falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:5 - And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6 - but rise up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:7 - And the men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the [fn]voice but seeing no one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:8 - And Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he [fn]could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:9 - And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

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Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:11 - And the Lord said to him, “Rise up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:12 - and he has seen [fn]in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:13 - But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your [fn]saints at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:14 - “And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen [fn]instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:16 - for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:17 - So Ananias departed and entered the house. And he laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord sent me—that is Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming—so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:18 - And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he rose up and was baptized;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:19 - and he took food and was strengthened.

Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:20 - and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, [fn]saying, “He is the Son of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:21 - And all those hearing him continued to be astounded, and were saying, “Is this not the one who in Jerusalem destroyed those that called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:22 - But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this One is the [fn]Christ.

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And when many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to put him to death,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24 - but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:25 - but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a large basket.

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And when he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to associate with the disciples, [fn]but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and recounted to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how at Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:28 - So he was with them, [fn]moving about freely in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:29 - And he was talking and arguing with the [fn]Hellenistic Jews, but they were attempting to put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:30 - But when the brothers learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

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So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria was having peace, being built up. And going on in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it continued to multiply.

Peter Heals Aeneas

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Now it happened that as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to the [fn]saints who lived at [fn]Lydda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:33 - And there he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for he was paralyzed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:34 - And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Rise up and make your bed.” Immediately he rose up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:35 - And all who lived at [fn]Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

Peter Raises Tabitha to Life

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Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated is called [fn]Dorcas). This woman was full of good works and charity which she continually did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:37 - And it happened [fn]at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upper room.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:38 - Now since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, pleading with him, “Do not delay in coming to us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:39 - So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, crying and showing all the [fn]tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:40 - But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - And he gave her his hand and raised her up. And calling the [fn]saints and widows, he presented her alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:42 - And it became known all over Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:43 - And it happened that he stayed many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
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LSB Footnotes
Later called Paul
Lit threat
Or sound
Lit was seeing nothing
Some early mss omit in a vision
Or holy ones
Or vessel
Lit that
Messiah
Lit and
Lit going in and going out
Jews who adopted the Gr language and much of Gr culture through acculturation
Or holy ones
OT: Lod
OT: Lod
Gr for Gazelle
Lit in those days
Or inner garments
Or holy ones
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