Acts 9:13–21

¹³Then Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, ^hhow much ²harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. ¹⁴And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all ⁱwho call on Your name.”

¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go, for ^jhe is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before ^kGentiles, ^lkings, and the ^mchildren ³of Israel. ¹⁶For ⁿI will show him how many things he must suffer for My ^oname’s sake.”

^17pAnd Ananias went his way and entered the house; and ^qlaying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord ⁴Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and ^rbe filled with the Holy Spirit.” ¹⁸Immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized.

¹⁹So when he had received food, he was strengthened. ^sThen Saul spent some days with the disciples at Damascus.

Saul Preaches Christ

²⁰Immediately he preached ⁵the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

²¹Then all who heard were amazed, and said, ^t“Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?”