Acts 9

Treated in 47 passages across the library.

  • 9:4 He dropped to the ground and heard a voice speaking to him: "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" 10
  • 9:11 The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight. There, at the house of Judas, look for a man of Tarsus by the name of Saul. Even now he is praying, 6
  • 9:17 So Ananias went off and entered the house. He put his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you traveled, has sent me so that your sight may come back and you may be filled with the Holy Spirit." 5
  • 9:6 But get up and go into the city. There you will be told what you have to do." 4
  • 9:20 Without delay he went into the synagogues and proclaimed Jesus, telling them that he is the Son of God. 4
  • 9:36 At Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha; translated, the name is Dorcas, which means gazelle. Her days were full of good works and of the gifts she gave to the poor. 4
  • 9:10 Living in Damascus was a disciple by the name of Ananias. In a vision the Lord called him: "Ananias!" "I am here, Lord," he answered. 3
  • 9:19 then he took food and grew strong again. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples in Damascus. 3
  • 9:1 Saul, however, still breathed threats and murder against the Lord's disciples. Going to the high priest, 2
  • 9:5 "Who are you, Lord?" he asked. He answered, "I am Jesus, and you are persecuting me. 2
  • 9:9 He was without sight for three days, and all that time he neither ate nor drank. 2
  • 9:13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, many have told me of this man, and of how much evil he did to your holy people in Jerusalem. 2
  • 9:15 But the Lord told him, "Go, because I have chosen this man as a vessel to bear my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel. 2
  • 9:16 I myself will show him how much he will have to suffer for the sake of my name." 2
  • 9:18 All at once what looked like scales fell away from his eyes, and he could see. He stood up and was baptized; 2
  • 9:31 So it was that the church across all of Judea, Galilee and Samaria had peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the Holy Spirit's encouragement its numbers kept growing. 2
  • 9:34 Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ is healing you. Get up and make your bed." He got up at once. 2
  • 9:7 The men on the road with him stood there unable to speak. They heard the voice, but they saw no one. 1
  • 9:8 Saul rose from the ground. His eyes were open, yet he saw nothing at all, and his companions had to lead him by the hand into Damascus. 1
  • 9:12 and he has seen a vision in which a man named Ananias comes in and lays his hands on him so that he can see again." 1
  • 9:14 Now he is here, and the chief priests have given him power to put in chains all who call on your name." 1
  • 9:22 But Saul's power kept growing. He threw the Jews who lived in Damascus into confusion, demonstrating that Jesus is the Christ. 1
  • 9:23 After a good many days, the Jews made a plan to kill him. 1
  • 9:32 Peter was traveling about through the whole area, and he came down to visit the holy people living in Lydda. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Acts 9: 4

    …member of Christ’s body; therefore what injury is offered to him is done to God himself. Acts 9: 4. Though, however, this commandment forbids private persons to shed the blood of another…

  2. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    To the Ends of the Earth cites Acts 9:4

    …9:3). He fell to the ground and heard a voice: “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” (Acts 9:4). “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. The answer turned his world upside down: “I am Jesus…

  3. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Saving Faith cites Acts 9:5

    …and letting him see the wickedness of his conduct. When Saul said, “Who are you, Lord?” (Acts 9:5, ESV), He repeated the accusation. He did not come with words of comfort. He did not…

  4. Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins · Ochorus Originals

    The Light on the Road cites Acts 9:1–9

    …had been turned upside down. What would happen to him now? Read it in your Bible: Acts 9:1–9 Dear Jesus, thank you that nobody is too far away for you to reach, not even someone who…

  5. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Conversion cites Acts ix. 1

    …preached. (2 Chron. xxxiii. 1—19. Matt, ix. 9. John iv. 1—29. Luke xix. 1—10; viii. 2. Acts ix. 1—22;xvi. 14—34; ii 37—41. 1 Cor. vi. 9—11.) In every one of these cases there was a mighty…

  6. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    “Give Me Souls, or I Die” cites Acts 9:4

    …world. Those sufferings Christ counts as his own: “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” (Acts 9:4, ASV). The intercessor is invited to share, in a small way, in the Lord’s grief over the…

  7. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Church and the Body of Christ cites Acts 9:4

    …Saul persecutes Christians, the risen Jesus asks, “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” (Acts 9:4, ASV). Jesus identifies Himself with His suffering people. Nee drew a profound…

  8. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 9:4

    …unity must be received without surrendering truth or conscience. Scriptures to revisit Acts 9:4; Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 4:4-16; Romans 15:7; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Acts 5:29. Reflection 1.…

  9. The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer · Ochorus Originals

    Christ Existing as Community cites ACTS 9:4

    …to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ACTS 9:4 Christ so identifies himself with his church that to strike them is to strike him. That…

  10. They Were Young – Book 2: Tested · Ochorus Originals

    Sadhu Sundar Singh: The Boy Who Waited for the Train cites Acts 9:4

    …by a light from heaven and heard a voice say, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” (Acts 9:4). Sundar, like Saul, had been fighting the very one who was now calling him. What struck…

  11. At the Master's Feet · Sadhu Sundar Singh

    The Cross and the Mystery of Suffering cites Acts ix.4

    …life even I share the cross of those who abide in Me, and enter into their sufferings (Acts ix.4). Though they are creatures and I am their Creator, yet, just as the body and the spirit…

  12. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Christ will not break the Bruised Reed cites Acts ix. 4

    …sins ; and hath he not the same bowels in heaven? Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Acts ix. 4, cried the head in heaven, when the foot was trodden on earth. His advancement hath not…

  13. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Christ’s Power to Save cites Acts ix. 4

    …when He met him on the way to Damascus: “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?” (Acts ix. 4.) Every injury done to the believer, is an injury done to the living Head in heaven.…

  14. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Sermon II cites Acts ix. 5

    …he saith to Paul at his conversion, “It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks,” Acts ix. 5. Wilt thou yet go and despise his word, and resist his Spirit, and stop thine ear against…

  15. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Effectual calling cites Acts ix. 6

    …call of God, as the echo answers to the voice. “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” (Acts ix. 6). The will now becomes a volunteer, it enlists itself under the Captain of salvation…

  16. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites Acts ix. 6

    …the light of grace to shine into his soul; it was the beginning of a happy conversion (Acts ix. 6). As the hard frosts in winter bring on the flowers in the spring, as the night ushers in…

  17. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.3 The Word cites Acts 9: 6

    …heart was melted and broken for sin, he cried, ‘Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?’ Acts 9: 6. Come not hither with hard hearts. Who can expect a crop when the seed is grown UPON…

  18. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 7 cites Acts 9:9

    …he was led into Damascus, “was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.” (Acts 9:9.) Yea, when the storm rose high; “when an horrible dread overwhelmed” one who had been…

  19. Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins · Ochorus Originals

    Brave Ananias cites Acts 9:10–22

    …enough to obey God, and kind enough to call his enemy “Brother”. Read it in your Bible: Acts 9:10–22 Dear God, thank you that you can change anyone’s heart. Please make me brave like…

  20. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Sermon IV cites Acts ix. 10

    …17, 18. Matt. v. 14. When he had miraculously humbled Paul, he sendeth him to Ananias, Acts ix. 10. And when he hath sent an angel to Cornelius, it was but to bid him send for Peter, who…

  21. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Prayer cites Acts ix. 11

    …He gave him no other evidence of his change of heart than this,—"Behold, he prayeth." (Acts ix. 11.) I know that much may go on in a man's mind before he is brought to pray. He may have…

  22. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    Paul a Pattern of Prayer cites Acts ix. 11

    “Go and inquire for one called Saul of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth.”—Acts ix. 11. “For this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all…

  23. The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds · Ochorus Originals

    Behold, He Prayeth cites ACTS 9:11

    …enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, ACTS 9:11 He traced Paul’s praying through his letters: his constant thanksgiving, his prayers for…

  24. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    November cites Acts 9:11

    …his mercy waneth never; God is wisdom, God is love.” November 3 “Behold, he prayeth.” (Acts 9:11) Prayers are instantly noticed in heaven. The moment Saul began to pray the Lord heard…

  25. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Assurance cites Acts ix. 11

    …Faith is Saul praying in the house of Judas at Damascus, sorrowful, blind, and alone. (Acts ix. 11.) Assurance is Paul, the aged prisoner, looking calmly into the grave, and saying, “I…

  26. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 13 — The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons Taught, in Scripture, from the Foundation of the World cites Acts 9:13

    …and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name,” (Acts 9:13, 14). And to make it more clearly understood that in Christ dwelt the whole fulness of…

  27. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Call to the Ministry cites Acts ix. 15

    …of Saul of Tarsus, “He is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles.” Acts ix. 15. When our Lord ascended on high he gave gifts unto men, and it is noteworthy that these…

  28. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites Acts ix. 16

    …The persecutions, which the apostle Paul was to meet with in the world, were foretold; (Acts ix. 16. xx. 23, and xxi. 11.) The apostle says, to the Christian Ephesians, (Acts xx. 29, 30.)…

  29. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit Convicting the World of Sin, Righteousness, and Judgment cites Acts 9:17

    …the scene as the human instrumentality through whom the Holy Spirit should do His work (Acts 9:17, Acts 22:16). Take the case of Cornelius. Here again was a most remarkable conversion…

  30. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    Necessity and Possibility of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit cites Acts 9:17

    …and essential was convincing power. (Acts 2:4, 37, 41. Acts 4:8-13. Acts 4:31, 33. Acts 9:17, 20-22.) There appears to have been no displays of miracle-working power immediately…

  31. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 19 — Of the Five Sacraments, Falsely So Called cites Acts 9:17

    …was sent to him to receive his sight, to be baptised and filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 9:17). I will add, though cumulatively, if, by divine right, this office was peculiar to…

  32. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    The Necessity and Benefits of Religious Society cites Acts 9:19

    …as soon as converted, “tarried three days with the disciples that were at Damascus.” Acts 9:19. And Peter afterwards, when released from prison, immediately goes to the house of Mary…

  33. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Self-Exertion cites Acts ix. 20

    …"Straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that He is the son of God." (Acts ix. 20.) I long to see this kind of spirit among Christians in the present day. I long to see…

  34. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Christ’s Greatest Trophy cites Acts ix. 20

    …at Damascus and testified to his brethren of Israel that “Christ was the Son of God.” (Acts ix. 20.) Would you know if you have the Spirit? Then where is your charity and love to souls? In…

  35. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    Saul's Conversion cites Acts 9:22

    Acts 9:22 — “But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at…

  36. Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins · Ochorus Originals

    Down the Wall in a Basket cites Acts 9:23–31

    …gives them a chance. And we can be a Barnabas for other people. Read it in your Bible: Acts 9:23–31 Dear God, thank you for the people who have encouraged me. Please help me to be like…

  37. Communion with God · John Owen

    The general consequences of the Holy Ghost's work in believers cites Acts ix. 31

    …“The disciples walked in the fear of the Lord, and in the consolation of the Holy Ghost,” Acts ix. 31, Τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, He is ὁ παράκλητος, and he gives παράκλησιν: from his…

  38. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Mystery of Iniquity cites Acts 9:31

    …in the fear of the Lord, and in the comforts of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.” (Acts 9:31.) 16. It seems to have been some time after this, that “the mystery of iniquity” began to…

  39. Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins · Ochorus Originals

    “Tabitha, Get Up!” cites Acts 9:32–43

    …Jesus. Small acts of kindness, done with love, matter to God. Read it in your Bible: Acts 9:32–43 Dear God, thank you for people like Dorcas, who show your love through kindness. Help me…

  40. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    Wilt Thou Be Made Whole? cites Acts ix. 34

    …16. “Peter said, Æneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise. And he arose immediately.”—Acts ix. 34. Feebleness in prayer is the mark of disease. Impotence to walk is, in the Christian, as…

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