Acts 9:19–31

¹⁹and, having received food, got strength. And he was with the disciples who were in Damascus certain days. ²⁰And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that he is the Son of God. ²¹And all who heard were astonished and said, Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those who called on this name, and here was come for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests? ²²But Saul increased the more in power, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

²³Now when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him. ²⁴But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him; ²⁵but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket. ²⁶And having arrived at Jerusalem he essayed to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. ²⁷But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus. ²⁸And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem, ²⁹and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they sought to kill him. ³⁰And the brethren knowing it, brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus. ³¹The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit.