Acts 9:19–31

¹⁹And when he had taken meat, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples that were at Damascus, for some days.

²⁰And immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the son of God.

²¹And all that heard him were astonished and said: Is not this he who persecuted in Jerusalem those that called upon this name and came hither for that intent, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?

²²But Saul increased much more in strength and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, affirming that this is the Christ.

²³And when many days were passed, the Jews consulted together to kill him.

²⁴But their lying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him.

²⁵But the disciples, taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket.

²⁶And when he was come into Jerusalem, he essayed to join himself to the disciples: and they all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

²⁷But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and told them how he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him: and how in Damascus he had dealt confidently in the name of Jesus.

²⁸And he was with them, coming in and going out in Jerusalem and dealing confidently in the name of the Lord.

²⁹He spoke also to the Gentiles and disputed with the Greeks. But they sought to kill him.

³⁰Which when the brethren had known, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

³¹Now, the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria: and was edified, walking in the fear of the Lord: and was filled with the consolation of the Holy Ghost.