Acts 9:9-20

Goodspeed(i) 9 and for three days he could not see, and neither ate nor drank. 10 There was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" And he answered, "Yes, Lord!" 11 The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called the Straight Street, and ask at the house of Judas for a man named Saul, from Tarsus, for he is there praying. 12 He has had a vision and seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, to restore his sight." 13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard many people tell of this man, and the harm he has done to your people in Jerusalem. 14 He is here with authority to arrest everyone who calls upon your name." 15 The Lord said to him, "Go! This man is the means I have chosen for carrying my name among the heathen and their kings, and among the descendants of Israel. 16 For I am going to show him what he will have to endure for my sake." 17 Ananias set out and went to the house, and there he laid his hands upon Saul, and said to him, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit." 18 Something like scales immediately dropped from his eyes, and his sight was restored, and he got up and was baptized, 19 and, after taking some food, regained his strength. Saul stayed for some time with the disciples at Damascus, 20 and began at once to declare in the synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God.