Acts 9:13–21

¹³And Ananias answered, ‘Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem, ¹⁴and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.’ ¹⁵And the Lord said unto him, ‘Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings—the sons also of Israel; ¹⁶for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.’ ¹⁷And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him his hands, said, ‘Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me—Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming—that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.’ ¹⁸And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized, ¹⁹and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days, ²⁰and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God. ²¹And all those hearing were amazed, and said, ‘Is not this he who laid waste in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?’