\subsection{Acts 9}
\VS{1} Now Saul still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the 
Lord, having gone to the chief-priest, 
\VS{2} requested\fnAiteo{} from him letters to 
Damascus to the synagogues, in order that if he find any being of the Way, 
both men and women, having been bound he bring [them] to Jerusalem. 
\VS{3} Now 
while going, it came to pass he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly light 
shined around [him] from heaven, 
\VS{4} and having fallen upon the ground\fnGe{} he heard 
[a] voice\footnote{See Acts.22:9} saying to him: Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? 
\VS{5} So he said: Who are you, Lord? So he [said]: I am Jesus whom you persecute. 
\VS{6} But arise and go into the city, and it will be spoken to you what you must be 
doing. 
\VS{7} Now the men journeying with him stood speechless, on the one 
hand hearing the voice, but on the other hand seeing nothing. 
\VS{8} Now 
Saul was lifted from the ground\fnGe{}, and opening his eyes he was seeing nothing, 
so having led him by the hand they went into Damascus. 
\VS{9} And he was three days not seeing, and he neither ate nor drank. 

\VS{10} Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus, Ananaias by name, and 
the Lord said to him in [a] vision: Ananaia. So he said: Behold [it is] I, Lord. 
\VS{11} So the Lord [said] to him: Having arisen, go to the alley called Straight 
and seek, in [the] house of Juda, Saul by name, [of] Tarsus, for behold he prays. 
\VS{12} And he saw [a] man in [the] vision --- Ananaia by name --- having entered 
and having placed on him [his] hands, in order that he regain [his] sight. 
\VS{13} So 
Ananais answered: Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man, who did 
much evil to your holy [ones] in Jerusalem. 
\VS{14} And here he has authority from 
the chief-priests to bind all those calling upon your name. 
\VS{15} But the 
Lord said: Be going, because this [one] is [a] chosen instrument\footnote{or 
``vessel''} to me to carry my name before the nations and kings and sons 
[of] Israel. 
\VS{16} For I will show him how much he must suffer in behalf of my 
name. 
\VS{17} So Ananaias departed and went out into the house, and having 
placed on him his hands he said: Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus 
the [one] seen by you in the road in which you were coming, in order that you 
regain [your] sight and be filled with [the] Holy Spirit. 
\VS{18} And straightway there 
fell away from his eyes like scales, and he regained [his] sight, and having 
stood he was baptized, 
\VS{19} and having received food he was strengthened. 
Now he came to be with the disciples in Damascus several days, 
\VS{20} and 
straightway he was proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues, that this is the son 
of God. 
\VS{21} Now all those hearing were astonished and were saying: Is 
this not the [one] pillaging in Jerusalem those calling upon this name, and he is 
come here for this, that having bound them he lead [them] to the chief-priests? 
\VS{22} But Saul was rather being strengthened and was confusing [the] Jews 
dwelling in Damascus, demonstrating\footnote{or ``proving''} that this [one] is 
the Christ.

\VS{23} Now as sufficient days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired to do away 
with him. 
\VS{24} But their plot was known to Paul. Now they were watching 
closely both gates day and night in order that they do away with him. 
\VS{25} But his disciples, having taken [him] by night, they let him down through 
the wall, having lowered [him] in [a] basket. 
\VS{26} Now arriving in Jerusalem he 
was trying to associate with the disciples. And all were fearing him, not 
believing that he is [a] disciple. 
\VS{27} But Barnabbas having taken hold of 
him, brought [him] to the disciples, and described to them how in the road he saw 
the Lord and that he spoke to him, and how he was speaking openly in 
Damascus in the name of Jesus. 
\VS{28} And he was coming in and going out 
with them in Jerusalem, speaking openly in the name of the Lord. 
\VS{29} And 
he spoke and disputed with the Greeks, but they were trying to do away with 
him. 
\VS{30} But the brothers having known, they brought him to Caesarea, 
and sent him out to Tarsus. 
\VS{31} The assembly\fnEkklhsia{} indeed therefore through all 
of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, dwelling and proceeding in the 
fear of the Lord, and they multiplied in the encouragement of the Holy 
Spirit. 

\VS{32} Now it came to pass Peter, having been going around through all, 
also went to the holy [ones] dwelling [in] Lydda. 
\VS{33} Now he found there a certain 
man, Ainea by name, from eight years [old] lying on [a] bed, who was paralyzed. 
\VS{34} And Peter said to him: Ainea, Jesus Christ heals you. Arise and make 
[your bed] yourself. 
\VS{35} And all those dwelling [in] Lydda and Sarona saw, who turned 
to the Lord. 
\VS{36} Now in Joppa there was [a] certain disciple, Tabitha by 
name, which being translated is said Dorcas\footnote{both ``Tabitha'' 
(Aramaic) and ``Dorcas'' (Greek) mean ``Gazelle''}; she was full of good 
works and mercies which she did. 
\VS{37} Now it came to pass in those days 
she became sick to dying. So having washed [her] they placed [her] in [an] upper chamber. 
\VS{38} Now Lydda being near to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter 
is in it, they sent two men to him commanding: You should not hesitate to 
come to us. 
\VS{39} So Peter having arisen came to them; who having arrived, 
they brought him to the upper chamber. And there stood by him all the widows 
weeping and showing tunics and garments, as many as Dorcas made while being 
with them. 
\VS{40} So Peter, having put [them] all outside and having knelt, he 
prayed, and having turned to the body he said: Tabitha, arise. So she opened 
her eyes, and having seen Peter she sat up. 
\VS{41} So having given to her 
[his] hand he raised her, and having called the holy [ones] and the widows, he 
presented her zoe-living\fnZoe{}. 
\VS{42} And it became known through the whole of 
Joppa, and many believed upon the Lord. 
\VS{42} But he came to be abiding 
[for] several days in Joppa with a certain Simon [the] tanner.