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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 9 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Acts 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/8.htm" title="Acts 8">◄</a> Acts 9 <a href="../acts/10.htm" title="Acts 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Conversion of Saul</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="ACT 22:6-16">Acts 22.6-16</ref>; <ref loc="ACT 26:12-18">26.12-18</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_1"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.1" class="v44_9_1">1</span>In the meantime Saul kept up his violent threats of murder against the followers of the Lord. He went to the High Priest </span><span class="v44_9_2"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.2" class="v44_9_2">2</span>and asked for letters of introduction to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he should find there any followers of the Way of the Lord, he would be able to arrest them, both men and women, and bring them back to Jerusalem.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_3"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.3" class="v44_9_3">3</span>As Saul was coming near the city of Damascus, suddenly a light from the sky flashed around him. </span><span class="v44_9_4"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.4" class="v44_9_4">4</span>He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_5"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.5" class="v44_9_5">5</span>“Who are you, Lord?” he asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_5">“I am Jesus, whom you persecute,” the voice said. </span><span class="v44_9_6"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.6" class="v44_9_6">6</span>“But get up and go into the city, where you will be told what you must do.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_7"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.7" class="v44_9_7">7</span>The men who were traveling with Saul had stopped, not saying a word; they heard the voice but could not see anyone. </span><span class="v44_9_8"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.8" class="v44_9_8">8</span>Saul got up from the ground and opened his eyes, but could not see a thing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus. </span><span class="v44_9_9"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.9" class="v44_9_9">9</span>For three days he was not able to see, and during that time he did not eat or drink anything.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_10"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.10" class="v44_9_10">10</span>There was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. He had a vision, in which the Lord said to him, “Ananias!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_10">“Here I am, Lord,” he answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_11"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.11" class="v44_9_11">11</span>The Lord said to him, “Get ready and go to Straight Street, and at the house of Judas ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying, </span><span class="v44_9_12"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.12" class="v44_9_12">12</span>and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he might see again.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_13"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.13" class="v44_9_13">13</span>Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and about all the terrible things he has done to your people in Jerusalem. </span><span class="v44_9_14"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.14" class="v44_9_14">14</span>And he has come to Damascus with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who worship you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_15"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.15" class="v44_9_15">15</span>The Lord said to him, “Go, because I have chosen him to serve me, to make my name known to Gentiles and kings and to the people of Israel. </span><span class="v44_9_16"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.16" class="v44_9_16">16</span>And I myself will show him all that he must suffer for my sake.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_17"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.17" class="v44_9_17">17</span>So Ananias went, entered the house where Saul was, and placed his hands on him. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord has sent me—Jesus himself, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here. He sent me so that you might see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” </span><span class="v44_9_18"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.18" class="v44_9_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.9.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> At once something like fish scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he was able to see again. He stood up and was baptized; </span><span class="v44_9_19"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.19" class="v44_9_19">19</span>and after he had eaten, his strength came back.</span></p><h3 class="s">Saul Preaches in Damascus</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_19">Saul stayed for a few days with the believers in Damascus. </span><span class="v44_9_20"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.20" class="v44_9_20">20</span>He went straight to the synagogues and began to preach that Jesus was the Son of God.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_21"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.21" class="v44_9_21">21</span>All who heard him were amazed and asked, “Isn't he the one who in Jerusalem was killing those who worship that man Jesus? And didn't he come here for the very purpose of arresting those people and taking them back to the chief priests?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_22"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.22" class="v44_9_22">22</span>But Saul's preaching became even more powerful, and his proofs that Jesus was the Messiah were so convincing that the Jews who lived in Damascus could not answer him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_23"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.23" class="v44_9_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.9.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> After many days had gone by, the Jews met together and made plans to kill Saul, </span><span class="v44_9_24"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.24" class="v44_9_24">24</span>but he was told of their plan. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him. </span><span class="v44_9_25"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.25" class="v44_9_25">25</span>But one night Saul's followers took him and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.</span></p><h3 class="s">Saul in Jerusalem</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_26"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.26" class="v44_9_26">26</span>Saul went to Jerusalem and tried to join the disciples. But they would not believe that he was a disciple, and they were all afraid of him. </span><span class="v44_9_27"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.27" class="v44_9_27">27</span>Then Barnabas came to his help and took him to the apostles. He explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that the Lord had spoken to him. He also told them how boldly Saul had preached in the name of Jesus in Damascus. </span><span class="v44_9_28"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.28" class="v44_9_28">28</span>And so Saul stayed with them and went all over Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. </span><span class="v44_9_29"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.29" class="v44_9_29">29</span>He also talked and disputed with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to kill him. </span><span class="v44_9_30"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.30" class="v44_9_30">30</span>When the believers found out about this, they took Saul to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_31"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.31" class="v44_9_31">31</span>And so it was that the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace. Through the help of the Holy Spirit it was strengthened and grew in numbers, as it lived in reverence for the Lord.</span></p><h3 class="s">Peter in Lydda and Joppa</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_32"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.32" class="v44_9_32">32</span>Peter traveled everywhere, and on one occasion he went to visit God's people who lived in Lydda. </span><span class="v44_9_33"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.33" class="v44_9_33">33</span>There he met a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had not been able to get out of bed for eight years. </span><span class="v44_9_34"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.34" class="v44_9_34">34</span>“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ makes you well. Get up and make your bed.” At once Aeneas got up. </span><span class="v44_9_35"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.35" class="v44_9_35">35</span>All the people living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_9_36"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.36" class="v44_9_36">36</span>In Joppa there was a woman named Tabitha, who was a believer. (Her name in Greek is Dorcas, meaning “a deer.”) She spent all her time doing good and helping the poor. </span><span class="v44_9_37"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.37" class="v44_9_37">37</span>At that time she got sick and died. Her body was washed and laid in a room upstairs. </span><span class="v44_9_38"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.38" class="v44_9_38">38</span>Joppa was not very far from Lydda, and when the believers in Joppa heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him with the message, “Please hurry and come to us.” </span><span class="v44_9_39"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.39" class="v44_9_39">39</span>So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, he was taken to the room upstairs, where all the widows crowded around him, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made while she was alive. </span><span class="v44_9_40"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.40" class="v44_9_40">40</span>Peter put them all out of the room, and knelt down and prayed; then he turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. </span><span class="v44_9_41"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.41" class="v44_9_41">41</span>Peter reached over and helped her get up. Then he called all the believers, including the widows, and presented her alive to them. </span><span class="v44_9_42"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.42" class="v44_9_42">42</span>The news about this spread all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. </span><span class="v44_9_43"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.9.43" class="v44_9_43">43</span>Peter stayed on in Joppa for many days with a tanner of leather named Simon.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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