The Koine Bible

But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

He asked him for letters to Damascus to the synagogues, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Now as he was going near Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him,

And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?

He said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

But get up and enter the city, and it will be told to you what you must do.

But the men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.

But Saul got up from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. So those who were leading him by the hand brought him into Damascus.

And he was three days without seeing, and he neither ate nor drank.

Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Here I am, Lord.

But the Lord said to him, Get up and go to the street called Straight, and ask in the house of Judas for a man named Saul, a Tarsian, for behold, he is praying,

And he saw a man named Ananias coming in a vision and laying his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.

But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem.

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

But the Lord said to him, Go, for this one is a chosen instrument to carry my name before the nations and kings and the sons of Israel,

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.

Ananias went away and entered the house, and laying his hands on him he said, Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained sight, and rising up he was baptized,

And having taken food, he was strengthened. And he stayed with the disciples in Damascus for some days,

And immediately in the synagogues he was proclaiming Jesus that this is the Son of God.

All who heard were amazed and said, Is this not the one who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has now come here to bring them bound before the chief priests?

But Saul became even more powerful and confounded the Jews living in Damascus, proving that this is the Messiah.

When many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him.

But the plot against Saul became known. They were also watching the gates day and night to kill him.

But his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a basket.

But when he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

But Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles, and he reported to them how on the road he had seen the Lord and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

And he was with them going in and going out in Jerusalem, boldly speaking in the name of the Lord,

He was speaking and arguing with the Hellenists, but they were trying to kill him.

When the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Now the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it was multiplied.

Now it happened that Peter, passing through all, came down also to the saints who lived in Lydda.

He found there a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed.

And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed. And he immediately got up.

And all those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity that she did.

Now it happened in those days that she became sick and died; and after washing her, they laid her in an upper room.

Now near Lydda, at Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter was there sent two men to him, urging, Do not delay to come to us.

But Peter having risen went to them; and when he arrived, they brought him up into the upper room, and all the widows stood beside him weeping and showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

And after sending everyone outside, Peter knelt down and prayed, then turning to the body he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up.

Then, having given her his hand, he raised her up. Calling the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.

And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

And it happened that for many days he stayed in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner.