Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NLT

NLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Acts 9 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
Saul’s Conversion
(Act 22:6–16; 26:12–18 )

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:1 - Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers.[fn] So he went to the high priest.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:3 - As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:4 - He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:5 - “Who are you, lord?” Saul asked.
And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6 - Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:7 - The men with Saul stood speechless, for they heard the sound of someone’s voice but saw no one!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:8 - Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:9 - He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:10 - Now there was a believer[fn] in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, “Ananias!”
“Yes, Lord!” he replied.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:11 - The Lord said, “Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying to me right now.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:12 - I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:13 - “But Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I’ve heard many people talk about the terrible things this man has done to the believers[fn] in Jerusalem!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:14 - And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:16 - And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:17 - So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:18 - Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:19 - Afterward he ate some food and regained his strength. Saul stayed with the believers[fn] in Damascus for a few days.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:20 - And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is indeed the Son of God!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:21 - All who heard him were amazed. “Isn’t this the same man who caused such devastation among Jesus’ followers in Jerusalem?” they asked. “And didn’t he come here to arrest them and take them in chains to the leading priests?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:22 - Saul’s preaching became more and more powerful, and the Jews in Damascus couldn’t refute his proofs that Jesus was indeed the Messiah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23 - After a while some of the Jews plotted together to kill him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24 - They were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him, but Saul was told about their plot.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:25 - So during the night, some of the other believers[fn] lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the city wall.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:26 - When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:28 - So Saul stayed with the apostles and went all around Jerusalem with them, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:29 - He debated with some Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to murder him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:30 - When the believers[fn] heard about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus, his hometown.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31 - The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers.
Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Dorcas

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:32 - Meanwhile, Peter traveled from place to place, and he came down to visit the believers in the town of Lydda.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:33 - There he met a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:34 - Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up, and roll up your sleeping mat!” And he was healed instantly.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:35 - Then the whole population of Lydda and Sharon saw Aeneas walking around, and they turned to the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:36 - There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas[fn]). She was always doing kind things for others and helping the poor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:37 - About this time she became ill and died. Her body was washed for burial and laid in an upstairs room.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:38 - But the believers had heard that Peter was nearby at Lydda, so they sent two men to beg him, “Please come as soon as possible!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:39 - So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other clothes Dorcas had made for them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:40 - But Peter asked them all to leave the room; then he knelt and prayed. Turning to the body he said, “Get up, Tabitha.” And she opened her eyes! When she saw Peter, she sat up!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then he called in the widows and all the believers, and he presented her to them alive.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:42 - The news spread through the whole town, and many believed in the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:43 - And Peter stayed a long time in Joppa, living with Simon, a tanner of hides.
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Greek disciples.
Greek disciple; also in 9:26, 36.
Greek God’s holy people; also in 9:32, 41.
Greek disciples; also in 9:26, 38.
Greek his disciples.
Greek brothers.
The names Tabitha in Aramaic and Dorcas in Greek both mean “gazelle.”
NLT

Holy Bible, New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Full copyright information is provided here. Visit the New Living Translation website.

For more information on this translation, see the NLT Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Acts Chapter 9 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras