¹³But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem, ¹⁴and here he has authority from the chief priests to tie up^h all who call upon your name!” ¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentilesⁱ and kings and the sons of Israel. ¹⁶For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” ¹⁷So Ananias departed and entered into the house, and placing his^* hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” ¹⁸And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight and got up and^* was baptized, ¹⁹and after^* taking food, he regained his strength. And he was with the disciples in Damascus several days.

Saul Proclaims Christ in Damascus

²⁰And immediately he began proclaiming^* Jesus in the synagogues: “This one is the Son of God!” ²¹And all who heard him^* were amazed, and were saying, “Is this not the one who was wreaking havoc in Jerusalem on those who call upon this name, and had come here for this reason, that he could bring them tied up^j to the chief priests?”

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Footnotes

hOr figuratively “to arrest” or “to imprison”
iThe same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got up”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“taking”) which is understood as temporal
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began proclaiming”)
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
jOr figuratively “bring them under arrest”