use. And laying
his hands upon him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus hath sent me,
he that appeared to thee in the way as thou camest, that thou mayest
receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
9:18. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales: and he
received his sight. And rising up, he was baptized.
9:19. And when he had taken meat, he was strengthened. And he was with
the disciples that were at Damascus, for some days.
9:20. And immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is
the son of God.
9:21. And all that heard him were astonished and said: Is not this he
who persecuted in Jerusalem those that called upon this name and came
hither for that intent, that he might carry them bound to the chief
priests?
9:22. But Saul increased much more in strength and confounded the Jews
who dwelt at Damascus, affirming that this is the Christ.
9:23. And when many days were passed, the Jews consulted together to
kill him.
9:24. But their lying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched
the gates also day and night, that they might kill him.
9:25. But the disciples, taking him in the night, conveyed him away by
the wall, letting him down in a basket.
9:26. And when he was come into Jerusalem, he essayed to join himself to
the disciples: and they all were afraid of him, not believing that he
was a disciple.
9:27. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and told
them how he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him: and how in
Damascus he had dealt confidently in the name of Jesus.
9:28. And he was with them, coming in and going out in Jerusalem and
dealing confidently in the name of the Lord.
9:29. He spoke also to the Gentiles and disputed with the Greeks. But
they sought to kill him.
9:30. Which when the brethren had known, they brought him down to
Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
9:31. Now, the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and
Samaria: and was edified, walking in the fear of the Lord: and was
filled with the consolation of the Holy Ghost.
9:32. And it came to pass that Peter, as he passed through, visiting
all, came to the saints who dwelt at Lydda.
9:33. And he found there a certain man named Eneas, who had kept his bed
for eight years, who was ill of the palsy.
9:34. And Peter said to him: Eneas, the Lord Jesus Christ healeth thee.
Arise and make thy bed. And immediately he arose.
9:35. And
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