Acts 9:1-19

Worsley^{(i) 1} But Saul still breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest, and desired of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus, ² that if he should find any of this persuasion, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. ³ And as he was on his journey, and came near to Damascus, suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven; ⁴ and he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁵ And he said, Who art Thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou art persecuting: it is hard for thee to kick against the goads. ⁶ And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the city, and it shall be told thee, what thou must do. ⁷ And the men that went along with him, stood astonished, hearing the voice, but seeing no one. ⁸ And Saul rose from the earth, but when he opened his eyes he could not see: so they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus. ⁹ And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink. ¹⁰ Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias, and he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. ¹¹ And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the street which is called Strait, and enquire in the house of Judas for one Saul, of Tarsus: ¹² for behold he is praying, and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in and putting his hand upon him, that he might recover his sight. ¹³ And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much mischief he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: ¹⁴ and here too he hath authority from the chief priests to apprehend all that call upon thy name. ¹⁵ But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way, for he is the instrument I have chosen, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: ¹⁶ for I will shew him how great sufferings he must endure for my name. ¹⁷ And Ananias went away and came into the house; and putting his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to thee on the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the holy Spirit." ¹⁸ And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales; and he instantly recovered his sight, and arose and was baptized. ¹⁹ And when he had taken some nourishment, he was strengthened. Now Saul was with the disciples at Damascus for some time.