Acts 9 (NET)

Acts 9:1¹Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priestCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:31 Tim 1:13Gal 1:13Acts 9:11-211 Cor 15:9Acts 22:3-5Acts 26:9-11Acts 7:58Phil 3:6Ps 27:12

Acts 9:2²and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:23Acts 19:9Acts 24:14Acts 22:4-5Acts 24:22Acts 18:25Acts 9:14Acts 26:12Esth 3:8-13

Acts 9:3³As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:12-131 Cor 15:8Acts 22:6Rev 21:231 Tim 6:16Ps 104:2Acts 9:17Rev 22:5

Acts 9:4⁴He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 2:81 Cor 12:12Gen 22:11Isa 63:9Rom 11:22Acts 26:14-15John 21:15Acts 22:7-8Gen 16:8Gen 3:9

Acts 9:5⁵So he said, “Who are you, Lord?” He replied, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:131 Sam 3:4-10Isa 45:9Job 40:9-10Job 9:4Acts 26:91 Cor 10:22Acts 5:39Deut 32:15Ps 2:12

Acts 9:6⁶But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:101 Tim 1:14-16Acts 26:16Acts 10:22Acts 10:32Acts 11:13-14Acts 16:29-30Acts 24:25-26Acts 9:15-16Gal 1:15-16

Acts 9:7⁷(Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:9Dan 10:7Acts 26:13-14John 12:29Matt 24:40-41

Acts 9:8⁸So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, his companions brought him into Damascus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:11Acts 9:182 Kgs 6:17-20Acts 13:11Gen 19:11

Acts 9:9⁹For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jonah 3:6-82 Chr 33:12-132 Chr 33:18-19Esth 4:16Acts 9:11-12

Acts 9:10¹⁰Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias,” and he replied, “Here I am, Lord.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:3Acts 22:12Gen 22:1Isa 6:81 Sam 3:41 Sam 3:8-10Acts 10:17-20Exod 3:4Gen 31:112 Sam 15:26

Acts 9:11¹¹Then the Lord told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:30Acts 11:25Acts 21:39Acts 22:3Luke 11:9-10Luke 18:7-14Matt 7:7-8Acts 11:13Acts 2:21Deut 4:29

Acts 9:12¹²and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:23Acts 9:10Acts 9:17-18

Acts 9:13¹³But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:13-15Acts 8:3Acts 22:19-20Ezek 3:14Acts 9:11 Kgs 18:9-141 Sam 16:2Acts 22:4Acts 26:10-11Acts 9:32

Acts 9:14¹⁴and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:21Acts 7:592 Tim 2:221 Cor 1:2Acts 22:16Acts 9:2-3Rom 10:12-14

Acts 9:15¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 1:15-16Eph 3:7-82 Tim 4:16-17Rom 11:13Acts 26:17-20Acts 22:21Jer 1:5Rom 1:51 Tim 2:72 Tim 1:11

Acts 9:16¹⁶For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 3:32 Cor 6:4Acts 21:112 Tim 1:12John 15:201 Pet 4:142 Cor 11:23-271 Cor 4:9-132 Tim 2:9-10Matt 5:11

Acts 9:17¹⁷So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:17Acts 2:4Acts 6:6Acts 22:12-141 Tim 5:22Acts 13:521 Pet 1:22-231 Cor 15:471 Cor 15:81 Tim 4:14

Acts 9:18¹⁸Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 3:14Acts 22:16Acts 2:382 Cor 4:6Acts 13:12-13Acts 13:37-38Acts 2:41

Acts 9:19¹⁹and after taking some food, his strength returned. For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:201 Sam 30:12Gal 1:17Acts 11:26Acts 27:33-36Eccl 9:71 Sam 10:10-12

Acts 9:20²⁰and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This man is the Son of God.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 20:281 John 4:14-15Gal 1:23-24Gal 2:20Acts 9:22Acts 9:27-28John 1:49John 20:31Matt 26:63-66Matt 27:43

Acts 9:21²¹All who heard him were amazed and were saying, “Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:3Acts 9:13-142 Thess 1:10Gal 1:13-24Matt 13:54-551 John 3:1Acts 2:12Acts 2:6Acts 3:10Acts 4:13

Acts 9:22²²But Saul became more and more capable, and was causing consternation among the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 18:5Isa 40:29Luke 21:15Acts 18:27-281 Cor 1:27Acts 28:23Acts 6:9-10Phil 4:13Acts 17:3Job 17:9

Acts 9:23²³Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 1:17-181 Thess 2:15-16Acts 13:50Acts 14:192 Cor 11:26Acts 14:2Acts 22:21-23Acts 9:16Josh 10:1-6Matt 10:16-23

Acts 9:24²⁴but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:32Acts 25:3Acts 20:19Acts 20:3Acts 14:5-6Acts 17:10-15Acts 23:12-21Acts 23:30Acts 25:11Acts 9:29-30

Acts 9:25²⁵But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:33Josh 2:151 Sam 19:11-12

Acts 9:26²⁶When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:20Gal 1:17-19Acts 22:17-20Acts 4:23Acts 9:19Gal 2:4Matt 10:17-19Matt 24:10

Acts 9:27²⁷But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:36Acts 4:29Acts 4:13Eph 6:19-201 Cor 15:81 Cor 9:6Acts 11:22Acts 11:25Acts 12:25Acts 13:2

Acts 9:28²⁸So he was staying with them, associating openly with them in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:211 Kgs 3:72 Sam 5:2Gal 1:18John 10:9Num 27:16-17Ps 121:8

Acts 9:29²⁹He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 6:12 Cor 11:26Acts 11:20Jude 1:9Acts 17:17Acts 18:19Acts 19:8Acts 9:20-23Acts 9:27Acts 6:9-10

Acts 9:30³⁰When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:25Acts 8:40Acts 9:11Gal 1:21Acts 17:10Acts 17:15Acts 9:24-25Matt 10:23Matt 16:13

Acts 9:31³¹Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 111:10John 14:16-18Isa 33:6Prov 14:26-27Prov 23:172 Cor 7:1Acts 12:24Acts 16:5Eph 6:18-19Neh 5:9

Acts 9:32³²Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:13Acts 8:25Prov 2:8Acts 1:8Acts 26:10Acts 8:14Acts 9:41Eph 1:1Gal 2:7-9Matt 27:52

Acts 9:33³³He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 13:16Acts 14:8Acts 3:2Acts 4:22John 5:5John 9:1John 9:21Mark 2:3-11Mark 5:25Mark 9:21

Acts 9:34³⁴Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!” And immediately he got up.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 3:12Acts 3:6Matt 9:6Acts 16:18Acts 3:16Acts 4:10Matt 8:3Matt 9:28-30John 2:11

Acts 9:35³⁵All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:211 Chr 5:16Acts 9:42Isa 35:21 Chr 27:292 Cor 3:16Ps 22:271 Thess 1:9-10Acts 15:19Acts 19:10

Acts 9:36³⁶Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Titus 2:7Titus 3:82 Chr 2:16Acts 10:31Heb 13:21Acts 10:4-5Ezra 3:7Jas 1:27Titus 2:141 Thess 4:10

Acts 9:37³⁷At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:13Acts 20:8Acts 9:39John 11:3-4John 11:36-37Mark 14:15

Acts 9:38³⁸Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Come to us without delay.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:362 Kgs 4:28-30Acts 11:26Acts 9:32

Acts 9:39³⁹So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 1:3Eph 4:28Prov 10:7Prov 31:30-311 John 3:181 Thess 4:132 Cor 8:122 Sam 1:24Acts 20:35Acts 6:1

Acts 9:40⁴⁰But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:25Mark 5:40-42Luke 8:542 Kgs 4:32-36Acts 7:601 Kgs 17:19-23John 11:43-44Mark 9:25Acts 20:36Luke 22:41

Acts 9:41⁴¹He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 6:1Mark 1:311 Kgs 17:23Acts 20:12Acts 3:7Gen 45:26Job 29:13Luke 7:12Luke 7:15Ps 146:9

Acts 9:42⁴²This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:21Acts 9:35John 11:45John 12:11John 12:44Acts 19:17-18John 11:4

Acts 9:43⁴³So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:6Acts 10:32