ACTS 9. [ACTS 22.] [ACTS 26.] Saul, why persecutest 8 And I answered, 14 And when we were thou me? 5 And he Who art thou, Lord? all fallen to the earth, said, Who art thou, And he said unto me, I heard a voice saying Lord? And he said, I am Jesus of Nazareth, unto me in the Hebrew I am Jesus whom thou whom thou persecutest. language, Saul, Saul, persecutest: 6 but rise, 9 And they that were why persecutest thou and enter into the city, with me beheld indeed me? it is hard for thee and it shall be told thee the light, but they heard to kick against the what thou must do. not the voice of him goad. 15 And I said, 7 And the men that that spake to me. Who art thou, Lord? journeyed with him 10 And I said, What And the Lord said, I (stood speechless, hear-shall I do, Lord? And am Jesus whom thou ing the voice, but the Lord said unto me, persecutest. 16 But beholding no man. Arise, and go into Da- arise, and stand upon 8 And Saul arose from mascus; and there it thy feet: for to this the earth; and when shall be told thee of end have I appeared his eyes were opened, all things which are unto thee, to appoint he saw nothing; and appointed for thee to thee a minister and a they led him by the do. II And when I witness both of the hand, and brought him could not see for the things wherein thou into Damascus. 9 And glory of that light, hast seen me, and of he was three days with- being led by the hand the things wherein I out sight, and did of them that were with will appear unto thee; neither eat nor drink. me, I came into Da- 17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto IO Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said unto him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. II And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is mascus. 4 1 Or, sound 2Or, received my sight and looked upon him ancient authorities read which thou hast seen. 5 Or, to turn them 3 Gr. goads. 4 Many CHAPTER VI. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN LIFE OF SAUL. §19. THE CONVERSION OF SAUL." ACTS 9:1-19a. 1 Or, on which errand [ACTS 26: 12-18.] I 12 1 Whereupon as journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, 13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me. a I Cor. 9: 1. Am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? a1 Cor. 15:8. And last of all, as unto one born out of due time, he appeared to me also. a Gal. 1:15-17. But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, 16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood; 17 neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned unto Damascus. a Phil. 3:7-11. Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; II if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead. IO that I ACTS 9. Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: 6 but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. 7 And the men that journeyed with him (stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man. 8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink. [ACTS 22.] me. [ACTS 26.] 8 And I answered, 14 And when we were mascus. 18 to open their eyes, 5 that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. IO Now there was a 12 And one certain disciple at Da- | Ananias, a devout man mascus, named Ana- according to the law, nias; and the Lord well reported of by all said unto him in a vis- the Jews that dwelt ion, Ananias. And he there, 13 came unto me, said, Behold, I am and standing by me here, Lord. II And said unto me, Brother the Lord said unto Saul, receive thy sight. him, Arise, and go to And in that very hour the street which is I looked up on him. 1 Or, sound 2Or, received my sight and looked upon him ancient authorities read which thou hast seen. Or, to turn them 3 Gr. goads. 4 Many ACTS 9. called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth; 12 and he hath seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight. 13 But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he did to thy saints at Jerusalem: 14 and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name. 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a 1 chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 for I will shew him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake. 17 And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 18 And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized; 19 and he took food and was strengthened. 1 Gr. vessel of election. [ACTS 22.] 14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. 15 For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name. [Paragraph continued in §21.] $21.] SAUL IN JERUSALEM, SYRIA, AND CILICIA. 21 cus. §20. THE THREE YEARS IN DAMASCUS AND ARABIA. ACTS 9: 196-25. And he was certain days with the disciples which were at Damas20 And straightway in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God. 21 And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havock of them which called on this name? and he had come hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests. 22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ. 23 And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him: 24 but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him: 25 but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket. [Gal. 1: 176, 18a.] But I went away into Arabia; and again I returned unto Damascus. [18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem . . .] §21. SAUL IN JERUSALEM, SYRIA, AND CILICIA. ACTS 9: 26-31. 26 And when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: and they were all afraid of [ACTS 22: 17-21.] 17 And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a 1 Or, become acquainted with [GAL. 1: 18-24.] 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to I visit Cephas, and tarried with him fifteen days. a Acts 26: 19, 20. Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 but declared both to them of Damascus first . . . that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. ... b2 Cor. 11: 32, 33. In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, in order to take me: 33 and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands. |