Acts 13:9

World English Bible (2000)

But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

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  • Acts 4:8 : 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
  • Acts 4:31 : 31 When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
  • Acts 7:55 : 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
  • Luke 20:17 : 17 But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?'

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  • Acts 13:6-8
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    81%

    6When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,

    7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

    8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

  • Acts 13:10-12
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    10and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

    11Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

    12Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

  • Acts 9:17-21
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    17Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

    18Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.

    19He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.

    20Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

    21All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"

  • Acts 9:3-15
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    3As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.

    4He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

    5He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

    6But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

    7The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.

    8Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

    9He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.

    10Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."

    11The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,

    12and in a vision he has 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 about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

    14Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

    15But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

  • Acts 22:13-14
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    13came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him.

    14He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

  • Acts 14:9
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    9He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

  • Acts 9:26-27
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    26When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

    27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to 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.

  • Acts 9:1
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    1But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

  • Acts 26:12-16
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    12"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

    13at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

    14When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

    15"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

    16But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

  • Acts 13:1-2
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    1Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

    2As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

  • Acts 7:55
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    55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

  • Acts 22:6-7
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    6It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.

    7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

  • Acts 6:15
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    15All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

  • Acts 26:18
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    18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

  • Acts 4:8
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

  • Acts 11:24
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    24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

  • Acts 22:10-11
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    10I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.'

    11When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

  • Acts 8:11
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    11They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

  • 1 Sam 18:9
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    9Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

  • Gal 1:23
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    23but they only heard: "He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."

  • Acts 8:9
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    9But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,