Acts 13:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

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  • Acts 4:8 : 8 Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
  • Acts 4:31 : 31 And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.
  • Acts 7:55 : 55 But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.
  • Luke 20:17 : 17 But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

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  • Acts 13:6-8
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    6 And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;

    7 Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

    8 But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

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    10 O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?

    11 And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.

    12 Then the ruler, when he saw what was done, had faith, being full of wonder at the teaching of the Lord.

  • Acts 9:17-21
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    17 And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

    18 And straight away it seemed as if a veil was taken from his eyes, and he was able to see; and he got up, and had baptism;

    19 And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus.

    20 And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.

    21 And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

  • Acts 9:3-15
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    3 And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

    4 And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

    5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:

    6 But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

    7 And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

    8 And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus.

    9 And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or 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, Here I am, Lord.

    11 And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;

    12 And he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hands on him, so that he may be able to see.

    13 But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

    14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.

    15 But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

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    13 Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.

    14 And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.

  • 9 This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

  • Acts 9:26-27
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    26 And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.

    27 But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

  • 1 But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

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    12 Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

    13 In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.

    14 And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

    15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.

    16 But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

  • Acts 13:1-2
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    1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

    2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

  • 55 But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.

  • Acts 22:6-7
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    6 And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

    7 And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

  • 15 And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

  • 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

  • 8 Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

  • 24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

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    10 And I said, What have I to do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Get up, and go into Damascus; and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

    11 And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

  • 11 And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control.

  • 9 And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.

  • 23 Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;

  • 9 But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man: