<vn='1'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="4569">Saul</s>, <sn="2089">yet</s> breathing <sn="1709">out</s><sn="547">threatenings</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5408">slaughter</s><sn="1519">against</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="4334">went</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s> high <sn="749">priest</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="154">desired</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1992">letters</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4864">synagogues</s>, <sn="3704">that</s><sn="1437">if</s> he <sn="2147">found</s><sn="5100">any</s> of <sn="*5607">this</s><sn="3598">way</s>, <sn="5037">whether</s> they were <sn="435">men</s><sn="2532">or</s><sn="1135">women</s>, he might <sn="71">bring</s> them <sn="1210">bound</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1161">And</s> as he <sn="4198">journeyed</s>, <sn="846">he</s> came <sn="1448">near</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1810">suddenly</s> there shined round <sn="4015">about</s><sn="846">him</s> a <sn="5457">light</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>: </v>
<vn='4'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="4098">fell</s><sn="1909">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>, and <sn="191">heard</s> a <sn="5456">voice</s><sn="3004">saying</s> unto <sn="848">him</s>, <sn="4549">Saul</s>, <sn="4549">Saul</s>, <sn="5101">why</s><sn="1377">persecutest</s> thou <sn="3165">me</s>? </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1161">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="5101">Who</s><sn="1488">art</s> thou, <sn="2962">Lord</s>? <sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="4771">thou</s><sn="1377">persecutest</s>: <i> it </i><i> is </i><sn="4642">hard</s> for <sn="4671">thee</s> to <sn="2979">kick</s><sn="4314">against</s> the <sn="2759">pricks</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="5037">And</s> he <sn="5141">trembling</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2284">astonished</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="5101">what</s><sn="2309">wilt</s> thou have <sn="3165">me</s> to <sn="4160">do</s>? <sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> said <sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="450">Arise</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1525">go</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4172">city</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> it shall be <sn="2980">told</s><sn="4671">thee</s><sn="5101">what</s> thou <sn="1163">must</s><sn="4160">do</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="435">men</s> which journeyed <sn="4922">with</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2476">stood</s><sn="1769">speechless</s>, <sn="191">hearing</s><sn="*3303">a</s><sn="5456">voice</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2334">seeing</s> no <sn="3367">man</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="4569">Saul</s><sn="1453">arose</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>; <sn="1161">and</s> when <sn="848">his</s><sn="3788">eyes</s> were <sn="455">opened</s>, he <sn="991">saw</s> no <sn="3762">man</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> they led him by the <sn="5496 846">hand</s>, and <sn="1521">brought</s> him <sn="1519">into</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2258">was</s><sn="5140">three</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="3361">without</s><sn="991">sight</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">neither</s> did <sn="5315">eat</s><sn="3761">nor</s><sn="4095">drink</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">And</s> there <sn="2258">was</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="3101">disciple</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s><sn="3686">named</s><sn="367">Ananias</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="3705">vision</s>, <sn="367">Ananias</s>. <sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">he</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="2400">Behold</s>, <sn="1473">I</s> am here, <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> said <sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="450">Arise</s>, and <sn="4198">go</s><sn="1909">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4505">street</s> which is <sn="2564">called</s><sn="2117">Straight</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2212">inquire</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3614">house</s> of <sn="2455">Judas</s> for <i> one </i><sn="3686">called</s><sn="4569">Saul</s> of <sn="5018">Tarsus</s>: <sn="1063">for</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, he <sn="4336">prayeth</s>, </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2532">And</s> hath <sn="1492">seen</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="3705">vision</s> a <sn="435">man</s><sn="3686">named</s><sn="367">Ananias</s> coming <sn="1525">in</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2007">putting</s><i> his </i><sn="5495">hand</s> on <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3704">that</s> he might receive his <sn="308">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="367">Ananias</s><sn="611">answered</s>, <sn="2962">Lord</s>, I have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="575">by</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="5127">this</s><sn="435">man</s>, how <sn="3745">much</s><sn="2556">evil</s> he hath <sn="4160">done</s> to <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="40">saints</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5602">here</s> he <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="1849">authority</s><sn="3844">from</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="749">priests</s> to <sn="1210">bind</s><sn="3956">all</s> that call <sn="1941">on</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="3686">name</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, Go thy <sn="4198">way</s>: <sn="3754">for</s><sn="3778">he</s><sn="2076">is</s> a <sn="1589">chosen</s><sn="4632">vessel</s> unto <sn="3427">me</s>, to <sn="941">bear</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3686">name</s><sn="1799">before</s> the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="935">kings</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> the <sn="5207">children</s> of <sn="2474">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1473">I</s> will <sn="5263">show</s><sn="846">him</s> how great <sn="3745">things</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="1163">must</s><sn="3958">suffer</s><sn="5228">for</s> my name's <sn="3450 3686">sake</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="367">Ananias</s> went his <sn="565">way</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1525">entered</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3614">house</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2007">putting</s> his <sn="5495">hands</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="80">Brother</s><sn="4549">Saul</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, even <sn="2424">Jesus</s>, that <sn="3700">appeared</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s><sn="3739">as</s> thou <sn="2064">camest</s>, hath <sn="649">sent</s><sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="3704">that</s> thou mightest receive thy <sn="308">sight</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> be <sn="4130">filled</s> with the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2112">immediately</s> there <sn="634">fell</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3778">eyes</s> as it had <sn="5616">been</s><sn="3013">scales</s>: <sn="5037">and</s> he received <sn="308">sight</s><sn="3916">forthwith</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="450">arose</s>, and was <sn="907">baptized</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2532">And</s> when he had <sn="2983">received</s><sn="5160">meat</s>, he was <sn="1765">strengthened</s>. <sn="1161">Then</s><sn="1096">was</s><sn="4569">Saul</s><sn="5100">certain</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s> which were <sn="1722">at</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2112">straightway</s> he <sn="2784">preached</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4864">synagogues</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="3778">he</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3956">all</s> that <sn="191">heard</s> him were <sn="1839">amazed</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3004">said</s>; <sn="2076">Is</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3778">this</s> he that <sn="4199">destroyed</s> them which called <sn="1941">on</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="3686">name</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="5602">hither</s><sn="1519">for</s> that <sn="5124">intent</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> he might <sn="71">bring</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="1210">bound</s><sn="1909">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="749">priests</s>? </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="4569">Saul</s> increased the more in <sn="1743 3123">strength</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4797">confounded</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s> which <sn="2730">dwelt</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s>, <sn="4822">proving</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="2076">is</s> very <sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">And</s> after <sn="5613">that</s><sn="2425">many</s><sn="2250">days</s> were <sn="4137">fulfilled</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s> took <sn="4823">counsel</s> to <sn="337">kill</s><sn="846">him</s>: </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="846">their</s> laying <sn="1917">await</s> was <sn="1097">known</s> of <sn="4569">Saul</s>. <sn="5037">And</s> they <sn="3906">watched</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4439">gates</s><sn="2250">day</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3571">night</s><sn="3704">to</s><sn="337">kill</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s><sn="2983">took</s><sn="846">him</s> by <sn="3571">night</s>, and let him <sn="2524 5465">down</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5038">wall</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="4711">basket</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1161">And</s> when <sn="4569">Saul</s> was <sn="3854">come</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>, he <sn="3987">attempted</s> to join <sn="2853">himself</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s>: <sn="2532">but</s> they were all <sn="5399 3956">afraid</s> of <sn="846">him</s>, and <sn="4100">believed</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="3754">that</s> he <sn="2076">was</s> a <sn="3101">disciple</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="921">Barnabas</s><sn="1949">took</s><sn="846">him</s>, and <sn="71">brought</s> him <sn="4314">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1334">declared</s> unto <sn="846">them</s><sn="4459">how</s> he had <sn="1492">seen</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3754">that</s> he had <sn="2980">spoken</s> to <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4459">how</s> he had preached <sn="3955">boldly</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2258">was</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">them</s> coming <sn="1531">in</s><sn="2532">and</s> going <sn="1607">out</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="2532">And</s> he spake <sn="3955">boldly</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, <sn="5037">and</s><sn="*2980 4802">disputed</s><sn="4314">against</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1675">Grecians</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3588">they</s> went <sn="2021">about</s> to <sn="337">slay</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='30'> Which <sn="1161">when</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="1921">knew</s>, they brought him <sn="2609 846">down</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2542">Caesarea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> sent him <sn="1821 846">forth</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="5019">Tarsus</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="3767">Then</s><sn="2192">had</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">churches</s><sn="1515">rest</s><sn="2596">throughout</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="2449">Judea</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1056">Galilee</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4540">Samaria</s>, and were <sn="3618">edified</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4198">walking</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5401">fear</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3874">comfort</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>, were <sn="4129">multiplied</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, as <sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="1330">passed</s><sn="1223">throughout</s><sn="3956">all</s> quarters, he came <sn="2718">down</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s> which <sn="2730">dwelt</s> at <sn="3069">Lydda</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1563">there</s> he <sn="2147">found</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="3686">named</s><sn="132">Aeneas</s>, which had kept his <sn="2621 1909 2895 *1537">bed</s><sn="3638">eight</s><sn="2094">years</s>, <sn="*3739">and</s><sn="2258">was</s> sick of the <sn="3886">palsy</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="132">Aeneas</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> maketh thee <sn="2390 4571">whole</s>: <sn="450">arise</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> make thy <sn="4766 4572">bed</s>. <sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="450">arose</s><sn="2112">immediately</s>. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3956">all</s> that <sn="2730">dwelt</s> at <sn="3069">Lydda</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4565">Sharon</s><sn="1492">saw</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="*3748">and</s><sn="1994">turned</s><sn="1909">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="1161">Now</s> there <sn="2258">was</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="2445">Joppa</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="3102">disciple</s><sn="3686">named</s><sn="5000">Tabitha</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> by <sn="1329">interpretation</s> is <sn="3004">called</s><sn="1393">Dorcas</s>: this <sn="3778">woman</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="4134">full</s> of <sn="18">good</s><sn="2041">works</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1654">almsdeeds</s><sn="3739">which</s> she <sn="4160">did</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1565">those</s><sn="2250">days</s>, that <sn="846">she</s> was <sn="770">sick</s>, and <sn="599">died</s>: whom <sn="1161">when</s> they had <sn="3068">washed</s>, <sn="*846">they</s><sn="5087">laid</s> her <sn="1722">in</s> an upper <sn="5253">chamber</s>. </v>
<vn='38'><sn="1161">And</s> forasmuch as <sn="3069">Lydda</s><sn="5607">was</s> nigh <sn="1451">to</s><sn="2445">Joppa</s>, and <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3101">disciples</s> had <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="2076">was</s><sn="1722 846">there</s>, they <sn="649">sent</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1417">two</s><sn="435">men</s>, <sn="3870">desiring</s> him that he would <sn="3361">not</s><sn="3635">delay</s> to <sn="1330">come</s><sn="2193">to</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="450">arose</s> and went <sn="4905">with</s><sn="846">them</s>. <sn="*3739">When</s> he was <sn="3854">come</s>, they <sn="321">brought</s> him <sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s> upper <sn="5253">chamber</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5503">widows</s> stood <sn="3936">by</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2799">weeping</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1925">showing</s> the <sn="5509">coats</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2440">garments</s><sn="3745">which</s><sn="1393">Dorcas</s><sn="4160">made</s>, while she <sn="5607">was</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='40'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="1544">put</s> them <sn="3956">all</s><sn="1854">forth</s>, and kneeled <sn="5087 1119">down</s>, and <sn="4336">prayed</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1994">turning</s> him <sn="4314">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="5000">Tabitha</s>, <sn="450">arise</s>. <sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">she</s><sn="455">opened</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="3788">eyes</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> when she <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="4074">Peter</s>, she sat <sn="339">up</s>. </v>
<vn='41'><sn="1161">And</s> he <sn="1325">gave</s><sn="846">her</s> his <sn="5495">hand</s>, and lifted her <sn="450 846">up</s>, <sn="1161">and</s> when he had <sn="5455">called</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5503">widows</s>, <sn="3936">presented</s><sn="846">her</s><sn="2198">alive</s>. </v>
<vn='42'><sn="1161">And</s> it <sn="1096">was</s><sn="1110">known</s><sn="2596">throughout</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="2445">Joppa</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="4100">believed</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='43'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that <sn="846">he</s><sn="3306">tarried</s><sn="2425">many</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2445">Joppa</s><sn="3844">with</s><sn="5100">one</s><sn="4613">Simon</s> a <sn="1038">tanner</s>. </v>