Acts 9:11

American Standard Version (1901)

And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth;

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  • Acts 21:39 : 39 But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.
  • Acts 22:3 : 3 I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day:
  • Acts 9:30 : 30 And when the brethren knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
  • Acts 11:25 : 25 And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul;
  • Acts 11:13 : 13 and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;
  • Acts 10:5-6 : 5 And now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who is surnamed Peter: 6 he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.
  • Deut 4:29 : 29 But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
  • 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.
  • 2 Chr 33:18-19 : 18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel. 19 His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
  • Job 33:18-28 : 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword. 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones; 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him; 24 Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom. 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; He returneth to the days of his youth. 26 He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness. 27 He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not: 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
  • Ps 32:3-6 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed [as] with the drought of summer. {{Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. {{Selah 6 For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.
  • Ps 40:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Ps 130:1-3 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah. 2 Lord, hear my voice: Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near: 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 29:12-13 : 12 And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
  • Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke] : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
  • Jonah 2:1-4 : 1 Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly. 2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, [And] thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me. 4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
  • Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
  • Luke 18:7-9 : 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them? 8 I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? 9 And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get. 13 But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner. 14 I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  • Luke 23:42-43 : 42 And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom. 43 And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
  • John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
  • Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Acts 8:22 : 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.
  • Acts 8:26 : 26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.

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    1But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

    2and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3And as he journeyed, it came to pass that he drew nigh unto Damascus: and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven:

    4and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

    5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

    6but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

    7And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man.

    8And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

    9And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.

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    12and he hath seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.

    13But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he did to thy saints at Jerusalem:

    14and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

    15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

    16for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.

    17And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

    18And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized;

  • Acts 22:6-14
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    6And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and drew nigh unto Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

    7And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

    8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

    9And they that were with me beheld indeed the light, but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

    10And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

    11And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me I came into Damascus.

    12And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,

    13came unto me, and standing by me said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And in that very hour I looked up on him.

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    27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

    28And he was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem,

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    12Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

    13at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.

    14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

    15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

    16But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;

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    20And straightway in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.

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    10Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.

  • Acts 11:25
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    25And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul;

  • Acts 9:30
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    30And when the brethren knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

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    18Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.

  • Acts 22:16-17
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    16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

    17And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

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    7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

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    21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.

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    11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

  • Acts 11:13
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    13and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter;

  • Acts 12:9
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    9And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

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    41What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

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    35And all that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.