Acts 9

GNT

1 ὁ δὲ σαῦλος, ἔτι ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου εἰς τοὺς μαθητὰς τοῦ κυρίου, προσελθὼν τῶ ἀρχιερεῖ

2 ᾐτήσατο παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστολὰς εἰς δαμασκὸν πρὸς τὰς συναγωγάς, ὅπως ἐάν τινας εὕρῃ τῆς ὁδοῦ ὄντας, ἄνδρας τε καὶ γυναῖκας, δεδεμένους ἀγάγῃ εἰς ἰερουσαλήμ.

3 ἐν δὲ τῶ πορεύεσθαι ἐγένετο αὐτὸν ἐγγίζειν τῇ δαμασκῶ, ἐξαίφνης τε αὐτὸν περιήστραψεν φῶς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,

4 καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἤκουσεν φωνὴν λέγουσαν αὐτῶ, σαοὺλ σαούλ, τί με διώκεις;

5 εἶπεν δέ, τίς εἶ, κύριε; ὁ δέ, ἐγώ εἰμι ἰησοῦς ὃν σὺ διώκεις·

6 ἀλλὰ ἀνάστηθι καὶ εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅ τί σε δεῖ ποιεῖν.

7 οἱ δὲ ἄνδρες οἱ συνοδεύοντες αὐτῶ εἱστήκεισαν ἐνεοί, ἀκούοντες μὲν τῆς φωνῆς μηδένα δὲ θεωροῦντες.

8 ἠγέρθη δὲ σαῦλος ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἀνεῳγμένων δὲ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ οὐδὲν ἔβλεπεν· χειραγωγοῦντες δὲ αὐτὸν εἰσήγαγον εἰς δαμασκόν.

9 καὶ ἦν ἡμέρας τρεῖς μὴ βλέπων, καὶ οὐκ ἔφαγεν οὐδὲ ἔπιεν.

10 ἦν δέ τις μαθητὴς ἐν δαμασκῶ ὀνόματι ἁνανίας, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν ὁράματι ὁ κύριος, ἁνανία. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ ἐγώ, κύριε.

11 ὁ δὲ κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν, ἀναστὰς πορεύθητι ἐπὶ τὴν ῥύμην τὴν καλουμένην εὐθεῖαν καὶ ζήτησον ἐν οἰκίᾳ ἰούδα σαῦλον ὀνόματι ταρσέα· ἰδοὺ γὰρ προσεύχεται,

12 καὶ εἶδεν ἄνδρα [ἐν ὁράματι] ἁνανίαν ὀνόματι εἰσελθόντα καὶ ἐπιθέντα αὐτῶ [τὰς] χεῖρας ὅπως ἀναβλέψῃ.

13 ἀπεκρίθη δὲ ἁνανίας, κύριε, ἤκουσα ἀπὸ πολλῶν περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τούτου, ὅσα κακὰ τοῖς ἁγίοις σου ἐποίησεν ἐν ἰερουσαλήμ·

14 καὶ ὧδε ἔχει ἐξουσίαν παρὰ τῶν ἀρχιερέων δῆσαι πάντας τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομά σου.

15 εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος, πορεύου, ὅτι σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς ἐστίν μοι οὖτος τοῦ βαστάσαι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐνώπιον ἐθνῶν τε καὶ βασιλέων υἱῶν τε ἰσραήλ·

16 ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑποδείξω αὐτῶ ὅσα δεῖ αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματός μου παθεῖν.

17 ἀπῆλθεν δὲ ἁνανίας καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, καὶ ἐπιθεὶς ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας εἶπεν, σαοὺλ ἀδελφέ, ὁ κύριος ἀπέσταλκέν με, ἰησοῦς ὁ ὀφθείς σοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῶ ᾗ ἤρχου, ὅπως ἀναβλέψῃς καὶ πλησθῇς πνεύματος ἁγίου.

18 καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέπεσαν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὡς λεπίδες, ἀνέβλεψέν τε, καὶ ἀναστὰς ἐβαπτίσθη,

19 καὶ λαβὼν τροφὴν ἐνίσχυσεν. ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐν δαμασκῶ μαθητῶν ἡμέρας τινάς,

20 καὶ εὐθέως ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς ἐκήρυσσεν τὸν ἰησοῦν ὅτι οὖτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ.

21 ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες καὶ ἔλεγον, οὐχ οὖτός ἐστιν ὁ πορθήσας εἰς ἰερουσαλὴμ τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο, καὶ ὧδε εἰς τοῦτο ἐληλύθει ἵνα δεδεμένους αὐτοὺς ἀγάγῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς;

22 σαῦλος δὲ μᾶλλον ἐνεδυναμοῦτο καὶ συνέχυννεν [τοὺς] ἰουδαίους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν δαμασκῶ, συμβιβάζων ὅτι οὖτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός.

23 ὡς δὲ ἐπληροῦντο ἡμέραι ἱκαναί, συνεβουλεύσαντο οἱ ἰουδαῖοι ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν·

24 ἐγνώσθη δὲ τῶ σαύλῳ ἡ ἐπιβουλὴ αὐτῶν. παρετηροῦντο δὲ καὶ τὰς πύλας ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτὸς ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀνέλωσιν·

25 λαβόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς διὰ τοῦ τείχους καθῆκαν αὐτὸν χαλάσαντες ἐν σπυρίδι.

26 παραγενόμενος δὲ εἰς ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐπείραζεν κολλᾶσθαι τοῖς μαθηταῖς· καὶ πάντες ἐφοβοῦντο αὐτόν, μὴ πιστεύοντες ὅτι ἐστὶν μαθητής.

27 βαρναβᾶς δὲ ἐπιλαβόμενος αὐτὸν ἤγαγεν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους, καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς πῶς ἐν τῇ ὁδῶ εἶδεν τὸν κύριον καὶ ὅτι ἐλάλησεν αὐτῶ, καὶ πῶς ἐν δαμασκῶ ἐπαρρησιάσατο ἐν τῶ ὀνόματι τοῦ ἰησοῦ.

28 καὶ ἦν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν εἰσπορευόμενος καὶ ἐκπορευόμενος εἰς ἰερουσαλήμ, παρρησιαζόμενος ἐν τῶ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου,

29 ἐλάλει τε καὶ συνεζήτει πρὸς τοὺς ἑλληνιστάς· οἱ δὲ ἐπεχείρουν ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν.

30 ἐπιγνόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ κατήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς καισάρειαν καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτὸν εἰς ταρσόν.

31 ἡ μὲν οὗν ἐκκλησία καθ᾽ ὅλης τῆς ἰουδαίας καὶ γαλιλαίας καὶ σαμαρείας εἶχεν εἰρήνην, οἰκοδομουμένη καὶ πορευομένη τῶ φόβῳ τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐπληθύνετο.

32 ἐγένετο δὲ πέτρον διερχόμενον διὰ πάντων κατελθεῖν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἁγίους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας λύδδα.

33 εὖρεν δὲ ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπόν τινα ὀνόματι αἰνέαν ἐξ ἐτῶν ὀκτὼ κατακείμενον ἐπὶ κραβάττου, ὃς ἦν παραλελυμένος.

34 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῶ ὁ πέτρος, αἰνέα, ἰᾶταί σε ἰησοῦς χριστός· ἀνάστηθι καὶ στρῶσον σεαυτῶ. καὶ εὐθέως ἀνέστη.

35 καὶ εἶδαν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες λύδδα καὶ τὸν σαρῶνα, οἵτινες ἐπέστρεψαν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον.

36 ἐν ἰόππῃ δέ τις ἦν μαθήτρια ὀνόματι ταβιθά, ἣ διερμηνευομένη λέγεται δορκάς· αὕτη ἦν πλήρης ἔργων ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἐλεημοσυνῶν ὧν ἐποίει.

37 ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἀσθενήσασαν αὐτὴν ἀποθανεῖν· λούσαντες δὲ ἔθηκαν [αὐτὴν] ἐν ὑπερῴῳ.

38 ἐγγὺς δὲ οὔσης λύδδας τῇ ἰόππῃ οἱ μαθηταὶ ἀκούσαντες ὅτι πέτρος ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῇ ἀπέστειλαν δύο ἄνδρας πρὸς αὐτὸν παρακαλοῦντες, μὴ ὀκνήσῃς διελθεῖν ἕως ἡμῶν.

39 ἀναστὰς δὲ πέτρος συνῆλθεν αὐτοῖς· ὃν παραγενόμενον ἀνήγαγον εἰς τὸ ὑπερῶον, καὶ παρέστησαν αὐτῶ πᾶσαι αἱ χῆραι κλαίουσαι καὶ ἐπιδεικνύμεναι χιτῶνας καὶ ἱμάτια ὅσα ἐποίει μετ᾽ αὐτῶν οὗσα ἡ δορκάς.

40 ἐκβαλὼν δὲ ἔξω πάντας ὁ πέτρος καὶ θεὶς τὰ γόνατα προσηύξατο, καὶ ἐπιστρέψας πρὸς τὸ σῶμα εἶπεν, ταβιθά, ἀνάστηθι. ἡ δὲ ἤνοιξεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἰδοῦσα τὸν πέτρον ἀνεκάθισεν.

41 δοὺς δὲ αὐτῇ χεῖρα ἀνέστησεν αὐτήν, φωνήσας δὲ τοὺς ἁγίους καὶ τὰς χήρας παρέστησεν αὐτὴν ζῶσαν.

42 γνωστὸν δὲ ἐγένετο καθ᾽ ὅλης τῆς ἰόππης, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν πολλοὶ ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον.

43 ἐγένετο δὲ ἡμέρας ἱκανὰς μεῖναι ἐν ἰόππῃ παρά τινι σίμωνι βυρσεῖ.

KJV

1  And¹¹⁶¹ Saul,⁴⁵⁶⁹ yet²⁰⁸⁹ breathing out¹⁷⁰⁹ threatenings⁵⁴⁷ and²⁵³² slaughter⁵⁴⁰⁸ against¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ disciples³¹⁰¹ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord,²⁹⁶² went⁴³³⁴ unto the³⁵⁸⁸ high priest,⁷⁴⁹

2  And desired¹⁵⁴ of³⁸⁴⁴ him⁸⁴⁶ letters¹⁹⁹² to¹⁵¹⁹ Damascus¹¹⁵⁴ to⁴³¹⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ synagogues,⁴⁸⁶⁴ that³⁷⁰⁴ if¹⁴³⁷ he found²¹⁴⁷ any⁵¹⁰⁰ of this⁵⁶⁰⁷ way,³⁵⁹⁸ whether⁵⁰³⁷ they were men⁴³⁵ or²⁵³² women,¹¹³⁵ he might bring⁷¹ them bound¹²¹⁰ unto¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem.²⁴¹⁹

3  And¹¹⁶¹ as he journeyed,⁴¹⁹⁸ he⁸⁴⁶ came near¹⁴⁴⁸ Damascus:¹¹⁵⁴ and²⁵³² suddenly¹⁸¹⁰ there shined round about⁴⁰¹⁵ him⁸⁴⁶ a light⁵⁴⁵⁷ from⁵⁷⁵ heaven:³⁷⁷²

4  And²⁵³² he fell⁴⁰⁹⁸ to¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ earth,¹⁰⁹³ and heard¹⁹¹ a voice⁵⁴⁵⁶ saying³⁰⁰⁴ unto him,⁸⁴⁸ Saul,⁴⁵⁴⁹ Saul,⁴⁵⁴⁹ why⁵¹⁰¹ persecutest¹³⁷⁷ thou me?³¹⁶⁵

5  And¹¹⁶¹ he said,²⁰³⁶ Who⁵¹⁰¹ art¹⁴⁸⁸ thou, Lord?²⁹⁶² And¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² said,²⁰³⁶ I¹⁴⁷³ am¹⁵¹⁰ Jesus²⁴²⁴ whom³⁷³⁹ thou⁴⁷⁷¹ persecutest:¹³⁷⁷ it is hard⁴⁶⁴² for thee⁴⁶⁷¹ to kick²⁹⁷⁹ against⁴³¹⁴ the pricks.²⁷⁵⁹

6  And⁵⁰³⁷ he trembling⁵¹⁴¹ and²⁵³² astonished²²⁸⁴ said,²⁰³⁶ Lord,²⁹⁶² what⁵¹⁰¹ wilt²³⁰⁹ thou have me³¹⁶⁵ to do?⁴¹⁶⁰ And²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² said unto⁴³¹⁴ him,⁸⁴⁶ Arise,⁴⁵⁰ and²⁵³² go¹⁵²⁵ into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ city,⁴¹⁷² and²⁵³² it shall be told²⁹⁸⁰ thee⁴⁶⁷¹ what⁵¹⁰¹ thou must¹¹⁶³ do.⁴¹⁶⁰

7  And¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ men⁴³⁵ which journeyed with⁴⁹²² him⁸⁴⁶ stood²⁴⁷⁶ speechless,¹⁷⁶⁹ hearing¹⁹¹ a³³⁰³ voice,⁵⁴⁵⁶ but¹¹⁶¹ seeing²³³⁴ no man.³³⁶⁷

8  And¹¹⁶¹ Saul⁴⁵⁶⁹ arose¹⁴⁵³ from⁵⁷⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ earth;¹⁰⁹³ and¹¹⁶¹ when his⁸⁴⁸ eyes³⁷⁸⁸ were opened,⁴⁵⁵ he saw⁹⁹¹ no man:³⁷⁶² but¹¹⁶¹ they led him by the hand,^{5496 846} and brought¹⁵²¹ him into¹⁵¹⁹ Damascus.¹¹⁵⁴

9  And²⁵³² he was²²⁵⁸ three⁵¹⁴⁰ days²²⁵⁰ without³³⁶¹ sight,⁹⁹¹ and²⁵³² neither³⁷⁵⁶ did eat⁵³¹⁵ nor³⁷⁶¹ drink.⁴⁰⁹⁵

10  And¹¹⁶¹ there was²²⁵⁸ a certain⁵¹⁰⁰ disciple³¹⁰¹ at¹⁷²² Damascus¹¹⁵⁴ named³⁶⁸⁶ Ananias;³⁶⁷ and²⁵³² to⁴³¹⁴ him⁸⁴⁶ said²⁰³⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² in¹⁷²² a vision,³⁷⁰⁵ Ananias.³⁶⁷ And¹¹⁶¹ he³⁵⁸⁸ said,²⁰³⁶ Behold,²⁴⁰⁰ I¹⁴⁷³ am here, Lord.²⁹⁶²

11  And¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² said unto⁴³¹⁴ him,⁸⁴⁶ Arise,⁴⁵⁰ and go⁴¹⁹⁸ into¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ street⁴⁵⁰⁵ which is called²⁵⁶⁴ Straight,²¹¹⁷ and²⁵³² inquire²²¹² in¹⁷²² the house³⁶¹⁴ of Judas²⁴⁵⁵ for one called³⁶⁸⁶ Saul⁴⁵⁶⁹ of Tarsus:⁵⁰¹⁸ for,¹⁰⁶³ behold,²⁴⁰⁰ he prayeth,⁴³³⁶

12  And²⁵³² hath seen¹⁴⁹² in¹⁷²² a vision³⁷⁰⁵ a man⁴³⁵ named³⁶⁸⁶ Ananias³⁶⁷ coming in,¹⁵²⁵ and²⁵³² putting²⁰⁰⁷ his hand⁵⁴⁹⁵ on him,⁸⁴⁶ that³⁷⁰⁴ he might receive his sight.³⁰⁸

13  Then¹¹⁶¹ Ananias³⁶⁷ answered,⁶¹¹ Lord,²⁹⁶² I have heard¹⁹¹ by⁵⁷⁵ many⁴¹⁸³ of⁴⁰¹² this⁵¹²⁷ man,⁴³⁵ how much³⁷⁴⁵ evil²⁵⁵⁶ he hath done⁴¹⁶⁰ to thy⁴⁶⁷⁵ saints⁴⁰ at¹⁷²² Jerusalem:²⁴¹⁹

14  And²⁵³² here⁵⁶⁰² he hath²¹⁹² authority¹⁸⁴⁹ from³⁸⁴⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ chief priests⁷⁴⁹ to bind¹²¹⁰ all³⁹⁵⁶ that call on¹⁹⁴¹ thy⁴⁶⁷⁵ name.³⁶⁸⁶

15  But¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² said²⁰³⁶ unto⁴³¹⁴ him,⁸⁴⁶ Go thy way:⁴¹⁹⁸ for³⁷⁵⁴ he³⁷⁷⁸ is²⁰⁷⁶ a chosen¹⁵⁸⁹ vessel⁴⁶³² unto me,³⁴²⁷ to bear⁹⁴¹ my³⁴⁵⁰ name³⁶⁸⁶ before¹⁷⁹⁹ the Gentiles,¹⁴⁸⁴ and²⁵³² kings,⁹³⁵ and⁵⁰³⁷ the children⁵²⁰⁷ of Israel:²⁴⁷⁴

16  For¹⁰⁶³ I¹⁴⁷³ will show⁵²⁶³ him⁸⁴⁶ how great things³⁷⁴⁵ he⁸⁴⁶ must¹¹⁶³ suffer³⁹⁵⁸ for⁵²²⁸ my name's sake.^{3450 3686}

17  And¹¹⁶¹ Ananias³⁶⁷ went his way,⁵⁶⁵ and²⁵³² entered¹⁵²⁵ into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ house;³⁶¹⁴ and²⁵³² putting²⁰⁰⁷ his hands⁵⁴⁹⁵ on¹⁹⁰⁹ him⁸⁴⁶ said,²⁰³⁶ Brother⁸⁰ Saul,⁴⁵⁴⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord,²⁹⁶² even Jesus,²⁴²⁴ that appeared³⁷⁰⁰ unto thee⁴⁶⁷¹ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ way³⁵⁹⁸ as³⁷³⁹ thou camest,²⁰⁶⁴ hath sent⁶⁴⁹ me,³¹⁶⁵ that³⁷⁰⁴ thou mightest receive thy sight,³⁰⁸ and²⁵³² be filled⁴¹³⁰ with the Holy⁴⁰ Ghost.⁴¹⁵¹

18  And²⁵³² immediately²¹¹² there fell⁶³⁴ from⁵⁷⁵ his⁸⁴⁶ eyes³⁷⁷⁸ as it had been⁵⁶¹⁶ scales:³⁰¹³ and⁵⁰³⁷ he received sight³⁰⁸ forthwith,³⁹¹⁶ and²⁵³² arose,⁴⁵⁰ and was baptized.⁹⁰⁷

19  And²⁵³² when he had received²⁹⁸³ meat,⁵¹⁶⁰ he was strengthened.¹⁷⁶⁵ Then¹¹⁶¹ was¹⁰⁹⁶ Saul⁴⁵⁶⁹ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ days²²⁵⁰ with³³²⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ disciples³¹⁰¹ which were at¹⁷²² Damascus.¹¹⁵⁴

20  And²⁵³² straightway²¹¹² he preached²⁷⁸⁴ Christ⁵⁵⁴⁷ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ synagogues,⁴⁸⁶⁴ that³⁷⁵⁴ he³⁷⁷⁸ is²⁰⁷⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ Son⁵²⁰⁷ of God.²³¹⁶

21  But¹¹⁶¹ all³⁹⁵⁶ that heard¹⁹¹ him were amazed,¹⁸³⁹ and²⁵³² said;³⁰⁰⁴ Is²⁰⁷⁶ not³⁷⁵⁶ this³⁷⁷⁸ he that destroyed⁴¹⁹⁹ them which called on¹⁹⁴¹ this⁵¹²⁴ name³⁶⁸⁶ in¹⁷²² Jerusalem,²⁴¹⁹ and²⁵³² came²⁰⁶⁴ hither⁵⁶⁰² for¹⁵¹⁹ that intent,⁵¹²⁴ that²⁴⁴³ he might bring⁷¹ them⁸⁴⁶ bound¹²¹⁰ unto¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ chief priests?⁷⁴⁹

22  But¹¹⁶¹ Saul⁴⁵⁶⁹ increased the more in strength,^{1743 3123} and²⁵³² confounded⁴⁷⁹⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ which dwelt²⁷³⁰ at¹⁷²² Damascus,¹¹⁵⁴ proving⁴⁸²² that³⁷⁵⁴ this³⁷⁷⁸ is²⁰⁷⁶ very Christ.⁵⁵⁴⁷

23  And¹¹⁶¹ after that⁵⁶¹³ many²⁴²⁵ days²²⁵⁰ were fulfilled,⁴¹³⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ took counsel⁴⁸²³ to kill³³⁷ him:⁸⁴⁶

24  But¹¹⁶¹ their⁸⁴⁶ laying await¹⁹¹⁷ was known¹⁰⁹⁷ of Saul.⁴⁵⁶⁹ And⁵⁰³⁷ they watched³⁹⁰⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ gates^{4439 5037} day²²⁵⁰ and²⁵³² night³⁵⁷¹ to³⁷⁰⁴ kill³³⁷ him.⁸⁴⁶

25  Then¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ disciples³¹⁰¹ took²⁹⁸³ him⁸⁴⁶ by night,³⁵⁷¹ and let him down^{2524 5465} by¹²²³ the³⁵⁸⁸ wall⁵⁰³⁸ in¹⁷²² a basket.⁴⁷¹¹

26  And¹¹⁶¹ when Saul⁴⁵⁶⁹ was come³⁸⁵⁴ to¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem,²⁴¹⁹ he attempted³⁹⁸⁷ to join himself²⁸⁵³ to the³⁵⁸⁸ disciples:³¹⁰¹ but²⁵³² they were all afraid^{5399 3956} of him,⁸⁴⁶ and believed⁴¹⁰⁰ not³³⁶¹ that³⁷⁵⁴ he was²⁰⁷⁶ a disciple.³¹⁰¹

27  But¹¹⁶¹ Barnabas⁹²¹ took¹⁹⁴⁹ him,⁸⁴⁶ and brought⁷¹ him to⁴³¹⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ apostles,⁶⁵² and²⁵³² declared¹³³⁴ unto them⁸⁴⁶ how⁴⁴⁵⁹ he had seen¹⁴⁹² the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ way,³⁵⁹⁸ and²⁵³² that³⁷⁵⁴ he had spoken²⁹⁸⁰ to him,⁸⁴⁶ and²⁵³² how⁴⁴⁵⁹ he had preached boldly³⁹⁵⁵ at¹⁷²² Damascus¹¹⁵⁴ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ name³⁶⁸⁶ of Jesus.²⁴²⁴

28  And²⁵³² he was²²⁵⁸ with³³²⁶ them⁸⁴⁶ coming in¹⁵³¹ and²⁵³² going out¹⁶⁰⁷ at¹⁷²² Jerusalem.²⁴¹⁹

29  And²⁵³² he spake boldly³⁹⁵⁵ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ name³⁶⁸⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² Jesus,²⁴²⁴ and⁵⁰³⁷ disputed^{2980 4802} against⁴³¹⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ Grecians:¹⁶⁷⁵ but¹¹⁶¹ they³⁵⁸⁸ went about²⁰²¹ to slay³³⁷ him.⁸⁴⁶

30  Which when¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren⁸⁰ knew,¹⁹²¹ they brought him down^{2609 846} to¹⁵¹⁹ Caesarea,²⁵⁴² and²⁵³² sent him forth^{1821 846} to¹⁵¹⁹ Tarsus.⁵⁰¹⁹

31  Then^{3767 3303} had²¹⁹² the³⁵⁸⁸ churches¹⁵⁷⁷ rest¹⁵¹⁵ throughout²⁵⁹⁶ all³⁶⁵⁰ Judea²⁴⁴⁹ and²⁵³² Galilee¹⁰⁵⁶ and²⁵³² Samaria,⁴⁵⁴⁰ and were edified;³⁶¹⁸ and²⁵³² walking⁴¹⁹⁸ in the³⁵⁸⁸ fear⁵⁴⁰¹ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord,²⁹⁶² and²⁵³² in the³⁵⁸⁸ comfort³⁸⁷⁴ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Holy⁴⁰ Ghost,⁴¹⁵¹ were multiplied.⁴¹²⁹

32  And¹¹⁶¹ it came to pass,¹⁰⁹⁶ as Peter⁴⁰⁷⁴ passed¹³³⁰ throughout¹²²³ all³⁹⁵⁶ quarters, he came down²⁷¹⁸ also²⁵³² to⁴³¹⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ saints⁴⁰ which dwelt²⁷³⁰ at Lydda.³⁰⁶⁹

33  And¹¹⁶¹ there¹⁵⁶³ he found²¹⁴⁷ a certain⁵¹⁰⁰ man⁴⁴⁴ named³⁶⁸⁶ Aeneas,¹³² which had kept his bed^{2621 1909 2895 1537} eight³⁶³⁸ years,²⁰⁹⁴ and³⁷³⁹ was²²⁵⁸ sick of the palsy.³⁸⁸⁶

34  And²⁵³² Peter⁴⁰⁷⁴ said²⁰³⁶ unto him,⁸⁴⁶ Aeneas¹³² Jesus²⁴²⁴ Christ⁵⁵⁴⁷ maketh thee whole:^{2390 4571} arise,⁴⁵⁰ and²⁵³² make thy bed.^{4766 4572} And²⁵³² he arose⁴⁵⁰ immediately.²¹¹²

35  And²⁵³² all³⁹⁵⁶ that dwelt²⁷³⁰ at Lydda³⁰⁶⁹ and²⁵³² Sharon⁴⁵⁶⁵ saw¹⁴⁹² him,⁸⁴⁶ and³⁷⁴⁸ turned¹⁹⁹⁴ to¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord.²⁹⁶²

36  Now¹¹⁶¹ there was²²⁵⁸ at¹⁷²² Joppa²⁴⁴⁵ a certain⁵¹⁰⁰ disciple³¹⁰² named³⁶⁸⁶ Tabitha,⁵⁰⁰⁰ which³⁷³⁹ by interpretation¹³²⁹ is called³⁰⁰⁴ Dorcas:¹³⁹³ this woman³⁷⁷⁸ was²²⁵⁸ full⁴¹³⁴ of good¹⁸ works²⁰⁴¹ and²⁵³² almsdeeds¹⁶⁵⁴ which³⁷³⁹ she did.⁴¹⁶⁰

37  And¹¹⁶¹ it came to pass¹⁰⁹⁶ in¹⁷²² those¹⁵⁶⁵ days,²²⁵⁰ that she⁸⁴⁶ was sick,⁷⁷⁰ and died:⁵⁹⁹ whom when¹¹⁶¹ they had washed,³⁰⁶⁸ they⁸⁴⁶ laid⁵⁰⁸⁷ her in¹⁷²² an upper chamber.⁵²⁵³

38  And¹¹⁶¹ forasmuch as Lydda³⁰⁶⁹ was⁵⁶⁰⁷ nigh to¹⁴⁵¹ Joppa,²⁴⁴⁵ and the³⁵⁸⁸ disciples³¹⁰¹ had heard¹⁹¹ that³⁷⁵⁴ Peter⁴⁰⁷⁴ was²⁰⁷⁶ there,^{1722 846} they sent⁶⁴⁹ unto⁴³¹⁴ him⁸⁴⁶ two¹⁴¹⁷ men,⁴³⁵ desiring³⁸⁷⁰ him that he would not³³⁶¹ delay³⁶³⁵ to come¹³³⁰ to²¹⁹³ them.⁸⁴⁶

39  Then¹¹⁶¹ Peter⁴⁰⁷⁴ arose⁴⁵⁰ and went with⁴⁹⁰⁵ them.⁸⁴⁶ When³⁷³⁹ he was come,³⁸⁵⁴ they brought³²¹ him into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ upper chamber:⁵²⁵³ and²⁵³² all³⁹⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ widows⁵⁵⁰³ stood by³⁹³⁶ him⁸⁴⁶ weeping,²⁷⁹⁹ and²⁵³² showing¹⁹²⁵ the coats⁵⁵⁰⁹ and²⁵³² garments²⁴⁴⁰ which³⁷⁴⁵ Dorcas¹³⁹³ made,⁴¹⁶⁰ while she was⁵⁶⁰⁷ with³³²⁶ them.⁸⁴⁶

40  But¹¹⁶¹ Peter⁴⁰⁷⁴ put¹⁵⁴⁴ them all³⁹⁵⁶ forth,¹⁸⁵⁴ and kneeled down,^{5087 1119} and prayed;⁴³³⁶ and²⁵³² turning¹⁹⁹⁴ him to⁴³¹⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ body⁴⁹⁸³ said,²⁰³⁶ Tabitha,⁵⁰⁰⁰ arise.⁴⁵⁰ And¹¹⁶¹ she³⁵⁸⁸ opened⁴⁵⁵ her⁸⁴⁸ eyes:³⁷⁸⁸ and²⁵³² when she saw¹⁴⁹² Peter,⁴⁰⁷⁴ she sat up.³³⁹

41  And¹¹⁶¹ he gave¹³²⁵ her⁸⁴⁶ his hand,⁵⁴⁹⁵ and lifted her up,^{450 846} and¹¹⁶¹ when he had called⁵⁴⁵⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ saints⁴⁰ and²⁵³² widows,⁵⁵⁰³ presented³⁹³⁶ her⁸⁴⁶ alive.²¹⁹⁸

42  And¹¹⁶¹ it was¹⁰⁹⁶ known¹¹¹⁰ throughout²⁵⁹⁶ all³⁶⁵⁰ Joppa;²⁴⁴⁵ and²⁵³² many⁴¹⁸³ believed⁴¹⁰⁰ in¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord.²⁹⁶²

43  And¹¹⁶¹ it came to pass,¹⁰⁹⁶ that he⁸⁴⁶ tarried³³⁰⁶ many²⁴²⁵ days²²⁵⁰ in¹⁷²² Joppa²⁴⁴⁵ with³⁸⁴⁴ one⁵¹⁰⁰ Simon⁴⁶¹³ a tanner.¹⁰³⁸

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1 Saulus autem adhuc spirans minarum et cædis in discipulos Domini, accessit ad principem sacerdotum,

2 et petiit ab eo epistolas in Damascum ad synagogas: ut si quos invenisset hujus viæ viros ac mulieres, vinctos perduceret in Jerusalem.

3 Et cum iter faceret, contigit ut appropinquaret Damasco: et subito circumfulsit eum lux de cælo.

4 Et cadens in terram audivit vocem dicentem sibi: Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris?

5 Qui dixit: Quis es, domine? Et ille: Ego sum Jesus, quem tu persequeris: durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.

6 Et tremens ac stupens dixit: Domine, quid me vis facere?

7 Et Dominus ad eum: Surge, et ingredere civitatem, et ibi dicetur tibi quid te oporteat facere. Viri autem illi qui comitabantur cum eo, stabant stupefacti, audientes quidem vocem, neminem autem videntes.

8 Surrexit autem Saulus de terra, apertisque oculis nihil videbat. Ad manus autem illum trahentes, introduxerunt Damascum.

9 Et erat ibi tribus diebus non videns, et non manducavit, neque bibit.

10 Erat autem quidam discipulus Damasci, nomine Ananias: et dixit ad illum in visu Dominus: Anania. At ille ait: Ecce ego, Domine.

11 Et Dominus ad eum: Surge, et vade in vicum qui vocatur Rectus: et quære in domo Judæ Saulum nomine Tarsensem: ecce enim orat.

12 (Et vidit virum Ananiam nomine, introëuntem, et imponentem sibi manus ut visum recipiat.)

13 Respondit autem Ananias: Domine, audivi a multis de viro hoc, quanta mala fecerit sanctis tuis in Jerusalem:

14 et hic habet potestatem a principibus sacerdotum alligandi omnes qui invocant nomen tuum.

15 Dixit autem ad eum Dominus: Vade, quoniam vas electionis est mihi iste, ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus, et regibus, et filiis Israël.

16 Ego enim ostendam illi quanta oporteat eum pro nomine meo pati.

17 Et abiit Ananias, et introivit in domum: et imponens ei manus, dixit: Saule frater, Dominus misit me Jesus, qui apparuit tibi in via qua veniebas, ut videas, et implearis Spiritu Sancto.

18 Et confestim ceciderunt ab oculis ejus tamquam squamæ, et visum recepit: et surgens baptizatus est.

19 Et cum accepisset cibum, confortatus est.
Fuit autem cum discipulis qui erant Damasci per dies aliquot.

20 Et continuo in synagogis prædicabat Jesum, quoniam hic est Filius Dei.

21 Stupebant autem omnes qui audiebant, et dicebant: Nonne hic est qui expugnabat in Jerusalem eos qui invocabant nomen istud: et huc ad hoc venit, ut vinctos illos duceret ad principes sacerdotum?

22 Saulus autem multo magis convalescebat, et confundebat Judæos qui habitabant Damasci, affirmans quoniam hic est Christus.

23 Cum autem implerentur dies multi, consilium fecerunt in unum Judæi ut eum interficerent.

24 Notæ autem factæ sunt Saulo insidiæ eorum. Custodiebant autem et portas die ac nocte, ut eum interficerent.

25 Accipientes autem eum discipuli nocte, per murum dimiserunt eum, submittentes in sporta.

26 Cum autem venisset in Jerusalem, tentabat se jungere discipulis, et omnes timebant eum, non credentes quod esset discipulus.

27 Barnabas autem apprehensum illum duxit ad Apostolos: et narravit illis quomodo in via vidisset Dominum, et quia locutus est ei, et quomodo in Damasco fiducialiter egerit in nomine Jesu.

28 Et erat cum illis intrans et exiens in Jerusalem, et fiducialiter agens in nomine Domini.

29 Loquebatur quoque gentibus, et disputabat cum Græcis: illi autem quærebant occidere eum.

30 Quod cum cognovissent fratres, deduxerunt eum Cæsaream, et dimiserunt Tarsum.

31 Ecclesia quidem per totam Judæam, et Galilæam, et Samariam habebat pacem, et ædificabatur ambulans in timore Domini, et consolatione Sancti Spiritus replebatur.

32 Factum est autem, ut Petrus dum pertransiret universos, deveniret ad sanctos qui habitabant Lyddæ.

33 Invenit autem ibi hominem quemdam, nomine Æneam, ab annis octo jacentem in grabato, qui erat paralyticus.

34 Et ait illi Petrus: Ænea, sanat te Dominus Jesus Christus: surge, et sterne tibi. Et continuo surrexit.

35 Et viderunt eum omnes qui habitabant Lyddæ et Saronæ: qui conversi sunt ad Dominum.

36 In Joppe autem fuit quædam discipula, nomine Tabitha, quæ interpretata dicitur Dorcas. Hæc erat plena operibus bonis et eleemosynis quas faciebat.

37 Factum est autem in diebus illis ut infirmata moreretur. Quam cum lavissent, posuerunt eam in cœnaculo.

38 Cum autem prope esset Lydda ad Joppen, discipuli, audientes quia Petrus esset in ea, miserunt duos viros ad eum, rogantes: Ne pigriteris venire ad nos.

39 Exsurgens autem Petrus, venit cum illis. Et cum advenisset, duxerunt illum in cœnaculum: et circumsteterunt illum omnes viduæ flentes, et ostendentes ei tunicas et vestes quas faciebat illis Dorcas.

40 Ejectis autem omnibus foras, Petrus ponens genua oravit: et conversus ad corpus, dixit: Tabitha, surge. At illa aperuit oculos suos: et viso Petro, resedit.

41 Dans autem illi manum, erexit eam. Et cum vocasset sanctos et viduas, assignavit eam vivam.

42 Notum autem factum est per universam Joppen: et crediderunt multi in Domino.

43 Factum est autem ut dies multos moraretur in Joppe, apud Simonem quemdam coriarium.