Acts 9:19–31

¹⁹and ^htaking food, he was strengthened.

Saul Proclaims Jesus in Synagogues

For ⁱsome days he was with the disciples at Damascus. ²⁰And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, ^j“He is the Son of God.” ²¹And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who ^kmade havoc ^lin Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?” ²²But Saul ^mincreased all the more in strength, and ⁿconfounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving ^othat Jesus was the Christ.

Saul Escapes from Damascus

^23pWhen many days had passed, the Jews¹ plotted to kill him, ²⁴but their ^qplot became known to Saul. ^rThey were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, ²⁵but his disciples took him by night and ^slet him down through an opening in the wall,² lowering him in a basket.

Saul in Jerusalem

²⁶And ^twhen he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. ²⁷But ^uBarnabas took him and ^vbrought him to the apostles and declared to them ^whow on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and ^xhow at Damascus he had ^ypreached boldly in the name of Jesus. ²⁸So he went ^zin and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. ²⁹And he spoke and disputed against ^athe Hellenists.³ But ^bthey were seeking to kill him. ³⁰And when ^cthe brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off ^dto Tarsus.

³¹So ^ethe church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And ^fwalking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, ^git multiplied.