Verse 1
Acts 9:1
New Living Translation
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Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest.
Original Language Text
greek
Ὁ δὲ Σαῦλος ἔτι ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου εἰς τοὺς μαθητὰς τοῦ κυρίου, προσελθὼν τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ
English Translation
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
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Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. S...
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He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the ar...
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As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him.
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He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”
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“Who are you, lord?” Saul asked. And the voice replied, “I am Yashua (Jesus), the one you are persec...
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Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
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The men with Saul stood speechless, for they heard the sound of someone’s voice but saw no one!
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Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions l...
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He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink.
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Now there was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, “Ana...
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The Lord said, “Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man...
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I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see aga...
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“But Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I’ve heard many people talk about the terrible things this man has d...
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And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name.”
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But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to k...
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And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
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So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Yashua (J...
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Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and...
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Afterward he ate some food and regained his strength. <b>Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem</b> Saul sta...
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And immediately he began preaching about Yashua (Jesus) in the synagogues, saying, “He is indeed the...
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All who heard him were amazed. “Isn’t this the same man who caused such devastation among Yashua (Je...
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Saul’s preaching became more and more powerful, and the Jews in Damascus couldn’t refute his proofs...
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After a while some of the Jews plotted together to kill him.
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They were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him, but Saul was tol...
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So during the night, some of the other believers lowered him in a large basket through an opening in...
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When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him...
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Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Dam...
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So Saul stayed with the apostles and went all around Jerusalem with them, preaching boldly in the na...
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He debated with some Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to murder him.
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When the believers heard about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus, his...
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The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the beli...
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Meanwhile, Peter traveled from place to place, and he came down to visit the believers in the town o...
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There he met a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
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Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Yashua (Jesus) Christ heals you! Get up, and roll up your sleeping mat!”...
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Then the whole population of Lydda and Sharon saw Aeneas walking around, and they turned to the Lord...
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There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas ). She was always doing kind t...
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About this time she became ill and died. Her body was washed for burial and laid in an upstairs room...
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But the believers had heard that Peter was nearby at Lydda, so they sent two men to beg him, “Please...
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So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room...
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But Peter asked them all to leave the room; then he knelt and prayed. Turning to the body he said, “...
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He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then he called in the widows and all the believers, and he p...
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The news spread through the whole town, and many believed in the Lord.
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And Peter stayed a long time in Joppa, living with Simon, a tanner of hides.
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