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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Godbey New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Godbey New Testament</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Godbey New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/acts/9-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Road to Damascus<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../acts/22.htm">Acts 22:1–21</a>; <a href ="../acts/26.htm">Acts 26:1–23</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, having come to the high priest, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>asked from him letters to Damascus against the synagogues, in order that if he should find any being of the way, both men and women, he might lead them bound to Jerusalem. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And it came to pass, while prosecuting the journey he drew near to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone around him; <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, <FR>Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?<Fr> And he said, Who art thou, Lord? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And He said, <FR>I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.<Fr> <A name="7"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><FR>But stand up, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behooves thee to do.<Fr> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the men journeying along with him stood speechless, indeed hearing the voice, but seeing no one. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Saul arose from the ground; and his eyes being open, he saw nothing: but leading him by the hand, they led him into Damascus; <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and he was three days not seeing, neither did he eat nor drink.<p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Ananias Baptizes Saul<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, Ananias by name; and the Lord said to him in a vision, <FR>Ananias.<Fr> And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the Lord said to him, <FR>Arising, go to the street which is called Straight, and seek a Tarsean, by name Saul, in the house of Judas; for, behold, he is praying,<Fr> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><FR>and he saw a man, Ananias by name, coming in, and putting his hands on him, in order that he may look up.<Fr> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Ananias responded, Lord I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem: <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and he here has authority from the chief priests to bind all those calling on thy name. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the Lord said to him, <FR>Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel:<Fr> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><FR>for I will show him how many things it behooves him to suffer for my name's sake.<Fr> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Ananias departed, and came into the house: and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, Jesus, that appeared to you in the way in which thou didst come, hath sent me, that thou mayest look up, and he filled with the Holy Ghost. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And immediately there fell from his eyes as scales: and he looked up; and having stood up, was baptized, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and having received food, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples who were in Damascus some days;<p> <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">Saul Preaches at Damascus<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and immediately he was preaching Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And all those hearing were astonished, and continued to say, Is not this the one laying waste those calling on this name in Jerusalem? and has come hither for this, that he may lead them bound to the chief priests. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Saul continued to be the more filled up with dynamite, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that Jesus is the Christ.<p> <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">The Escape from Damascus<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And when many days were being filled up, the Jews issued a verdict to kill him: <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>but their plot was made known to Saul. And they were keeping the gates both day and night in order that they might kill him: <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and his disciples taking him, let him down through the wall in the night, lowering him in a basket.<p> <A name="27"></a><p class="hdg">Saul in Jerusalem<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And arriving in Jerusalem, he was endeavoring to join himself to the disciples: and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But Barnabas taking him, led him to the apostles, and related to them how he saw the Lord on the way, and that He spoke to him, and how he preached boldly in Damascus in the name of Jesus. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And he was with them going in and coming out in Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord; <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and he was speaking and arguing against the Hellenists, and they undertook to kill him. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And the brethren, taking cognizance, led him to Caesarea, and sent him away to Tarsus.<p> <A name="32"></a><p class="hdg">The Healing of Aeneas<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then indeed the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, being edified and progressing in the fear of the Lord; and was being multiplied by the exhortation of the Holy Ghost.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And it came to pass, that Peter going through all parts, came down also to the saints living at Lydda. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And he found there a certain man, by name Eneas, lying on a bed eight years, who was paralyzed. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And Peter said to him, Eneas, Jesus Christ heals thee: arise, and take up thy bed: and immediately he arose. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And all those dwelling at Lydda and Sharon, whosoever saw him, turned to the Lord.<p> <A name="37"></a><p class="hdg">The Raising of Tabitha<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../john/11.htm#38">John 11:38–44</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But there was a certain disciple in Joppa, by name Tabitha, who being interpreted is called Dorcas: and she was full of good works and alms which she was doing. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And it came to pass during those days, she being sick, died: and washing her, they placed her in an upper chamber. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter is in it, sent two men to him, entreating him, Do not delay to come unto us. <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And Peter rising up came along with them; whom, on arrival, they led to the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing him the chitoons and himations, so many as Dorcas made, while with them. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And Peter having put them all out, and putting down his knees, prayed; and having turned toward the body, said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and seeing Peter sat up. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And having given her his hand, he raised her up, and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive. <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed on the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/9-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And it came to pass, that he remained some days in Joppa, with one Simon a tanner.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Godbey New Testament (1902)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 10" /></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="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>