17. Then Ananias went and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared unto thee in the way as thou didst come, has sent me, that thou might receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
18. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight immediately and arose and was baptized.
19. And when he had received food, he was comforted. Then Saul was certain days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
20. And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
21. But all that heard him were amazed and said, Is not this he that destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem and came here for that intent that he might bring them bound unto the princes of the priests?
22. But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
23. And as many days passed, the Jews took counsel among themselves to kill him;
24. but their ambushes were understood by Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
25. Then the disciples took him by night and let him down by the wall in a basket.
26. And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him and did not believe that he was a disciple.
27. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way and that he had spoken to him and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
28. And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem;
29. and he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Greeks; but they went about to slay him,
30. which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him forth to Tarsus.
31. Then the congregations {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} had rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria and were edified, walking in the fear of the Lord, and with the comfort of the Holy Spirit they were multiplied.
32. And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints who dwelt at Lydda.
33. And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been in bed eight years, for he was a paralytic.
34. And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, the Lord Jesus, the Christ, makes thee whole; arise and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
35. And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him and turned to the Lord.