Acts 9:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Barnabas having taken him, brought `him' unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

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  • Acts 4:36 : 36 And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas -- which is, having been interpreted, Son of Comfort -- a Levite, of Cyprus by birth,
  • Acts 4:29 : 29 `And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to Thy servants with all freedom to speak Thy word,
  • Acts 4:13 : 13 And beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are men unlettered and plebeian, they were wondering -- they were taking knowledge also of them that with Jesus they had been --
  • Gal 1:18-19 : 18 then, after three years I went up to Jerusalem to enquire about Peter, and remained with him fifteen days, 19 and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.
  • Gal 2:9 : 9 and having known the grace that was given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, a right hand of fellowship they did give to me, and to Barnabas, that we to the nations, and they to the circumcision `may go',
  • Gal 2:13 : 13 and dissemble with him also did the other Jews, so that also Barnabas was carried away by their dissimulation.
  • Eph 6:19-20 : 19 and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news, 20 for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely -- as it behoveth me to speak.
  • Acts 9:3-6 : 3 And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven, 4 and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?' 5 And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;' 6 trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'
  • Acts 9:17 : 17 And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him `his' hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'
  • Acts 9:20-22 : 20 and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God. 21 And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?' 22 And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
  • Acts 11:22 : 22 And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that `is' in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,
  • Acts 11:25 : 25 And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,
  • Acts 12:25 : 25 and Barnabas and Saul did turn back out of Jerusalem, having fulfilled the ministration, having taken also with `them' John, who was surnamed Mark.
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'
  • Acts 15:2 : 2 there having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,
  • Acts 15:25-26 : 25 it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, chosen men to send unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul -- 26 men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ --
  • Acts 15:35-39 : 35 And Paul and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming good news -- with many others also -- the word of the Lord; 36 and after certain days, Paul said unto Barnabas, `Having turned back again, we may look after our brethren, in every city in which we have preached the word of the Lord -- how they are.' 37 And Barnabas counseled to take with `them' John called Mark, 38 and Paul was not thinking it good to take him with them who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work; 39 there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, did sail to Cyprus,
  • 1 Cor 9:6 : 6 or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority -- not to work?
  • 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,

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  • Acts 9:28-30
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    28And he was with them, coming in and going out in Jerusalem,

    29and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he was both speaking and disputing with the Hellenists, and they were taking in hand to kill him,

    30and the brethren having known, brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

  • Acts 9:25-26
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    25and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.

    26And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, did try to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple,

  • Acts 9:6-13
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    6trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

    7And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,

    8and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,

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

    10And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;'

    11and the Lord `saith' unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, `one' by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,

    12and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.'

    13And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

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    15And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

    16for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

    17And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him `his' hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

    18And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized,

    19and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days,

    20and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

    21And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

    22And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

  • Acts 9:1-4
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    1And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

    2did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,

    4and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

  • Acts 22:5-11
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    5as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished,

    6and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

    7I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

    8`And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --

    9and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me --

    10and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.

    11`And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

  • 13having come unto me and stood by `me', said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;

  • 9And Saul -- who also `is' Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

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    22And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that `is' in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,

    23who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,

    24because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.

    25And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

  • 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem unto those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus,

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    12`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

    13at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;

  • 23and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news -- the faith that then he was wasting;'

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    15`And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

    16but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things `in which' I will appear to thee,

  • 7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

  • 19and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,

  • 1And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also -- Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother -- and Saul;

  • 20but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

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    3they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.

    4And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, they declared also as many things as God did with them;