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He got up and was baptized, <a href="/nlt/acts/9.htm">New Living Translation</a> Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. <a href="/esv/acts/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized; <a href="/bsb/acts/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized, <a href="/blb/acts/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. And having risen up, he was baptized, <a href="/kjv/acts/9.htm">King James Bible</a> And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. <a href="/nkjv/acts/9.htm">New King James Version</a> Immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized. <a href="/nasb_/acts/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And immediately something like fish scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized; <a href="/nasb/acts/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized; <a href="/nasb77/acts/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he arose and was baptized; <a href="/lsb/acts/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he rose up and was baptized; <a href="/amp/acts/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Immediately something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized; <a href="/csb/acts/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. <a href="/hcsb/acts/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. <a href="/asv/acts/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized; <a href="/cev/acts/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Suddenly something like fish scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see. He got up and was baptized. <a href="/erv/acts/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized; <a href="/gwt/acts/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Immediately, something like fish scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again. Then Saul stood up and was baptized. <a href="/gnt/acts/9.htm">Good News Translation</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; <a href="/isv/acts/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> All at once something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, <a href="/msb/acts/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul?s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized, <a href="/net/acts/9.htm">NET Bible</a> Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, <a href="/nheb/acts/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized. <a href="/wbt/acts/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. <a href="/wey/acts/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Instantly there dropped from his eyes what seemed to be scales, and he could see once more. Upon this he rose and received baptism; <a href="/web/acts/9.htm">World English Bible</a> Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he also saw again instantly, and having risen, was immersed, <a href="/blb/acts/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. And having risen up, he was baptized, <a href="/ylt/acts/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized, <a href="/slt/acts/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And quickly there fell from his eyes as scales: and he immediately looked up, and having risen, he was immersed.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and rising up, he was baptized. <a href="/cpdv/acts/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And immediately, it was as if scales had fallen from his eyes, and he received his sight. And rising up, he was baptized. <a href="/nabre/acts/9.htm">New American Bible</a> Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized, <a href="/nrsvce/acts/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And in that hour, there fell from his eyes something like scales; and his eyesight was restored; and he arose and was baptized. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And immediately, some things that were like scales fell from his eyes and his eyes were opened, and he arose and he was baptized.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he instantly received his sight; and he arose, and was immersed. <a href="/godbey/acts/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And immediately there fell from his eyes as scales: and he looked up; and having stood up, was baptized, <a href="/haweis/acts/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And directly there fell from his eyes as it were scales: and he recovered sight instantly, and arose, and was baptised. <a href="/mace/acts/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a> immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he recover'd his sight; upon which he instantly arose, and was baptized. <a href="/wey/acts/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Instantly there dropped from his eyes what seemed to be scales, and he could see once more. Upon this he rose and received baptism; <a href="/worrell/acts/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received sight; and, arising, he was immersed; and, having taken food, he was strengthened. <a href="/worsley/acts/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales; and he instantly recovered his sight, and arose and was baptized. <a href="/parallel/acts/9-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=2839" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/9.htm">Ananias Baptizes Saul</a> …17So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2112.htm" title="2112: eutheōs (Adv) -- Immediately, soon, at once. Adverb from euthus; directly, i.e. At once or soon.">At that instant,</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">something like</a> <a href="/greek/3013.htm" title="3013: lepides (N-NFP) -- A scale, a scaly substance thrown off from the body. From lepo; a flake.">scales</a> <a href="/greek/634.htm" title="634: apepesan (V-AIA-3P) -- To fall away (from), fall off. From apo and pipto; to fall off.">fell</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Saul’s</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3788.htm" title="3788: ophthalmōn (N-GMP) -- The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy.">eyes,</a> <a href="/greek/5037.htm" title="5037: te (Conj) -- And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.">and</a> <a href="/greek/308.htm" title="308: aneblepsen (V-AIA-3S) -- To look up, recover my sight. From ana and blepo; to look up; by implication, to recover sight.">his sight was restored.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/450.htm" title="450: anastas (V-APA-NMS) -- To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up.">He got up</a> <a href="/greek/907.htm" title="907: ebaptisthē (V-AIP-3S) -- Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. ">and was baptized,</a> 19and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/22-13.htm">Acts 22:13-16</a> came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him. / Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice. / You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard. ... <a href="/acts/26-12.htm">Acts 26:12-18</a> In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. / About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions. / We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ ... <a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6-7</a> When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing. <a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">2 Kings 5:14</a> So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean. <a href="/mark/8-22.htm">Mark 8:22-25</a> When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. / So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked. / The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.” ... <a href="/john/3-5.htm">John 3:5</a> Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. <a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm">1 Samuel 10:1-6</a> Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance? / When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’ / Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm">2 Corinthians 4:6</a> For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. <a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5</a> Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25-27</a> I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. <a href="/matthew/3-16.htm">Matthew 3:16</a> As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him. <a href="/john/9-11.htm">John 9:11</a> He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.” <a href="/1_corinthians/12-13.htm">1 Corinthians 12:13</a> For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. <a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">Isaiah 42:7</a> to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house. <a href="/romans/6-3.htm">Romans 6:3-4</a> Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? / We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight immediately, and arose, and was baptized.immediately.<a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm">2 Corinthians 3:14</a> But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.<a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm">2 Corinthians 4:6</a> For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.and was.<a href="/acts/2-38.htm">Acts 2:38,41</a> Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost… <a href="/acts/13-12.htm">Acts 13:12,13,37,38</a> Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord… <a href="/acts/22-16.htm">Acts 22:16</a> And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/9-12.htm">Able</a> <a href="/acts/8-36.htm">Baptism</a> <a href="/acts/8-38.htm">Baptized</a> <a href="/luke/17-2.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/acts/9-8.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/acts/9-4.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/john/19-34.htm">Forthwith</a> <a href="/acts/5-10.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/acts/5-10.htm">Instantly</a> <a href="/acts/6-15.htm">Once</a> <a href="/acts/5-10.htm">Presently</a> <a href="/acts/8-17.htm">Received</a> <a href="/luke/18-43.htm">Regained</a> <a href="/acts/7-60.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/acts/9-8.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-29.htm">Saul's</a> <a href="/micah/6-11.htm">Scales</a> <a href="/acts/5-40.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/acts/9-17.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/acts/3-5.htm">Something</a> <a href="/acts/9-11.htm">Straight</a> <a href="/luke/23-45.htm">Veil</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/9-22.htm">Able</a> <a href="/acts/10-37.htm">Baptism</a> <a href="/acts/10-47.htm">Baptized</a> <a href="/acts/27-29.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/acts/9-40.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/acts/9-37.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/acts/10-33.htm">Forthwith</a> <a href="/acts/9-20.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/acts/12-23.htm">Instantly</a> <a href="/acts/9-20.htm">Once</a> <a href="/acts/12-23.htm">Presently</a> <a href="/acts/9-19.htm">Received</a> <a href="/acts/9-19.htm">Regained</a> <a href="/acts/10-23.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/acts/9-34.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-3.htm">Saul's</a> <a href="/revelation/9-9.htm">Scales</a> <a href="/acts/10-11.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/acts/10-16.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/acts/10-10.htm">Something</a> <a href="/acts/9-20.htm">Straight</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-10.htm">Veil</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 9</div>1. <a href="/acts/9-1.htm">Saul, going toward Damascus, is stricken down to the earth, </a> 8. <a href="/acts/9-8.htm">and led blind to Damascus;</a> 10. <a href="/acts/9-10.htm">is called to the apostleship;</a> 18. <a href="/acts/9-18.htm">and is baptized by Ananias.</a> 20. <a href="/acts/9-20.htm">He preaches Christ boldly.</a> 23. <a href="/acts/9-23.htm">The Jews lay wait to kill him;</a> 29. <a href="/acts/9-29.htm">so do the Grecians, but he escapes both.</a> 31. <a href="/acts/9-31.htm">The church having rest, Peter heals Aeneas;</a> 36. <a href="/acts/9-36.htm">and restores Tabitha to life.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>At that instant This phrase indicates the immediacy of the event, emphasizing the sudden and divine nature of Saul's healing. It underscores the power of God to act swiftly and decisively in the lives of individuals. This moment marks a pivotal transformation in Saul's life, aligning with the biblical theme of God's intervention at critical moments.something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes The imagery of scales suggests a physical manifestation of spiritual blindness being removed. This can be seen as a fulfillment of spiritual enlightenment, where Saul's previous inability to see the truth of Jesus Christ is lifted. The metaphor of scales is unique to this passage, symbolizing the removal of barriers to understanding and perceiving spiritual truth. This event is reminiscent of Old Testament instances where God opens the eyes of individuals to see His reality, such as in <a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm">2 Kings 6:17</a>.and his sight was restored The restoration of Saul's sight is both literal and symbolic. Literally, it marks the end of his physical blindness, which began on the road to Damascus (<a href="/acts/9-8.htm">Acts 9:8-9</a>). Symbolically, it represents Saul's newfound spiritual insight and understanding of Jesus as the Messiah. This restoration is a testament to the transformative power of Christ, aligning with themes of healing and redemption found throughout the New Testament.He got up This action signifies Saul's readiness to embrace his new life and mission. It reflects a common biblical motif where individuals rise to follow God's call, as seen in the stories of prophets and disciples. Saul's rising is an act of obedience and acceptance of his new identity in Christ, preparing him for the mission to the Gentiles.and was baptized Baptism here signifies Saul's public declaration of faith and his initiation into the Christian community. It is an outward expression of an inward transformation, symbolizing the washing away of his past sins and his new life in Christ. This act connects Saul to the early Christian practice of baptism as a sign of repentance and faith, as seen in <a href="/acts/2-38.htm">Acts 2:38</a>. Saul's baptism also aligns with the Great Commission in <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>, where Jesus commands His followers to baptize new disciples.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul (Paul)</a> A Pharisee and persecutor of Christians who experiences a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus, becoming a devoted follower of Christ. 2. <a href="/topical/a/ananias.htm">Ananias</a> A disciple in Damascus who, despite initial fear, obeys God's command to visit Saul and lay hands on him, facilitating Saul's healing and baptism. 3. <a href="/topical/d/damascus.htm">Damascus</a> The city where Saul was headed to persecute Christians, but instead becomes the place of his conversion and baptism. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_road_to_damascus.htm">The Road to Damascus</a> The location of Saul's encounter with Jesus, leading to his temporary blindness and subsequent spiritual awakening. 5. <a href="/topical/b/baptism.htm">Baptism</a> The act of Saul's public declaration of faith and obedience to Christ following his conversion and healing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_blindness_and_sight.htm">Spiritual Blindness and Sight</a> Saul's physical blindness symbolizes spiritual blindness. His healing represents the opening of spiritual eyes to the truth of Christ. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_call.htm">Obedience to God's Call</a> Ananias' obedience, despite fear, shows the importance of trusting God's plan and being willing to serve others in their journey to faith. <a href="/topical/t/transformation_and_new_life.htm">Transformation and New Life</a> Saul's conversion is a powerful example of how God can transform even the most unlikely individuals for His purposes. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_baptism.htm">The Importance of Baptism</a> Baptism is a significant step of obedience and public declaration of faith, marking the beginning of a new life in Christ. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_grace.htm">God's Sovereignty and Grace</a> Saul's conversion highlights God's sovereign choice and grace, demonstrating that no one is beyond the reach of His love and redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 9</a> <a href="/q/what_occurred_in_saul's_conversion.htm">What happened during Saul's Damascus Road conversion?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_being_red-pilled_mean.htm">What does being red-pilled mean?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_universal_church_of_god.htm">What is the timeline of Paul's life events?</a> <a href="/q/paul's_life_events_timeline.htm">What is the timeline of Paul's life events?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) There fell from his eyes as it had been scales.--The description suggests the thought that the blindness was caused by an incrustation, caused by acute inflammation, covering the pupil of the eye, or closing up the eye-lids, analogous to the "whiteness," that peeled (or scaled) off from the eyes of Tobit (<a href="//apocrypha.org/tobit/11-13.htm" title="And the whiteness pilled away from the corners of his eyes: and when he saw his son, he fell upon his neck.">Tobit 11:13</a>). Like phenomena are mentioned by Hippocrates, and the care with which St. Luke records the fact in this instance, may be noted, with <a href="/acts/3-7.htm" title="And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.">Acts 3:7</a>; <a href="/acts/28-8.htm" title="And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.">Acts 28:8</a>, as one of the examples of the technical precision of his calling as a physician.Arose, and was baptised.--It is clear that both Saul and Ananias looked on this as the indispensable condition for admission into the visible society of the kingdom of God. No visions and revelations of the Lord, no intensity of personal conversion, exempted him from it. For him, too, that was the "washing of regeneration" (<a href="/titus/3-5.htm" title="Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;">Titus 3:5</a>), the moment of the new birth, of being buried with Christ (<a href="/context/romans/6-3.htm" title="Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?">Romans 6:3-4</a>). It may be inferred almost as a matter of certainty that it was at the hands of Ananias that he received baptism. The baptism would probably be administered in one or other of the rivers which the history of Naaman had made famous, and so the waters of "Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus" (<a href="/2_kings/5-12.htm" title="Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.">2Kings 5:12</a>), were now sanctified no less than those of Jordan for the "mystical washing away of sin." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Straightway for immediately, A.V.; as it were for as it had been, A.V.; received his sight for received sight forthwith, A.V. and T.R.; he arose for arose, A.V. As it were scales (λεπίδες); scales, or flakes; any thin substance which peals off; a frequent term in Greek medical writers. And was baptized. It is a curious difference between St. Paul and the other apostles that, if they were baptized at all, which is doubtful, they must have been baptized by Christ himself; whereas St. Paul received his baptism at the hands of Ananias. This is one mark of his being "born out of due time." And yet he was not behind the very chiefest apostles. <a href="/commentaries/acts/9-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>At that instant, εὐθέως (eutheōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2112.htm">Strong's 2112: </a> Immediately, soon, at once. Adverb from euthus; directly, i.e. At once or soon. [something] like ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. scales λεπίδες (lepides) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3013.htm">Strong's 3013: </a> A scale, a scaly substance thrown off from the body. From lepo; a flake. fell ἀπέπεσαν (apepesan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_634.htm">Strong's 634: </a> To fall away (from), fall off. From apo and pipto; to fall off. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. [Saul’s] αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. eyes, ὀφθαλμῶν (ophthalmōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3788.htm">Strong's 3788: </a> The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy. and τε (te) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_5037.htm">Strong's 5037: </a> And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also. his sight was restored. ἀνέβλεψέν (aneblepsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_308.htm">Strong's 308: </a> To look up, recover my sight. From ana and blepo; to look up; by implication, to recover sight. He got up ἀναστὰς (anastas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_450.htm">Strong's 450: </a> To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up. [and] was baptized, ἐβαπτίσθη (ebaptisthē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_907.htm">Strong's 907: </a> Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/9-18.htm">Acts 9:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/9-18.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 9:18 Immediately something like scales fell from his (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/9-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 9:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 9:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/9-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 9:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 9:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>