Acts 9:16
For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
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10Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision,“Ananias,” and he replied,“Here I am, Lord.”
11Then 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,
12and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”
13But Ananias replied,“Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,
14and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”
15But 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.
1The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest
2and 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.
3As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5So he said,“Who are you, Lord?” He replied,“I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!
6But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
13about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.
14When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’
15So I said,‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied,‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
16But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.
17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you
6As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
7Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
8I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
9Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
10So I asked,‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me,‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’
11Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.
17So 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.”
18Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,
27But 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.
13came to me and stood beside me and said to me,‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.
14Then he said,‘The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,
15because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.
21Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22saying,“The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
18and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
19I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
13Then Paul replied,“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,
23except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
16But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.
9Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
9But Saul(also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him
21All 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?”
23that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”
8So 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.
15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!
16For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
11as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.
12Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.
23I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.
21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.