Atos 9 - Bíblia Online

Maar Saulus, wat nog dreiging en moord geblaas het teen die dissipels van die Here, het na die hoëpriester gegaan 
en van hom briewe gevra aan die sinagoges in Damaskus, sodat as hy mense sou vind wat van die Weg was, manne sowel as vroue, hy hulle geboeid na Jerusalem kon bring. 
En toe hy op sy reis naby Damaskus kom, omstraal hom skielik 'n lig van die hemel af; 
en hy val op die grond en hoor 'n stem vir hom sê: Saul, Saul, waarom vervolg jy My? 
En hy sê: Wie is U, Here? En die Here antwoord: Ek is Jesus wat jy vervolg. Dit is hard vir jou om teen die prikkels te skop. 
En terwyl hy bewe en verbaas was, sê hy: Here, wat wil U hê moet ek doen? En die Here antwoord hom: Staan op en gaan na die stad, en dit sal jou gesê word wat jy moet doen. 
En die manne wat saam met hom op pad was, het sprakeloos gestaan terwyl hulle wel die stem hoor, maar niemand sien nie. 
Toe staan Saulus van die grond af op, en alhoewel sy oë oop was, het hy niemand gesien nie; en hulle het hom aan die hand gelei en in Damaskus ingebring. 
En drie dae lank het hy niks gesien nie, en niks geëet of gedrink nie. 
En daar was 'n dissipel in Damaskus met die naam van Anan¡as; en die Here het vir hom in 'n gesig gesê: Anan¡as! En hy antwoord: Hier is ek, Here. 
Toe sê die Here vir hom: Staan op en gaan na die straat wat genoem word Reguitstraat, en vra in die huis van Judas na 'n man met die naam van Saulus van Tarsus, want kyk, hy bid; 
en hy het in 'n gesig 'n man met die naam van Anan¡as sien inkom en hom die hande oplê, sodat hy weer kon sien. 
Maar Anan¡as antwoord: Here, ek het van baie mense aangaande hierdie man gehoor hoeveel kwaad hy u heiliges in Jerusalem aangedoen het; 
en hy het hier volmag van die owerpriesters om almal te boei wat u Naam aanroep. 
Maar die Here sê vir hom: Gaan, want hy is vir My 'n uitverkore werktuig om my Naam te dra voor nasies en konings en die kinders van Israel. 
Want Ek sal hom toon hoeveel hy vir my Naam moet ly. 
En Anan¡as het gegaan en in die huis gekom en hom die hande opgelê en gesê: Saul, broeder, die Here het my gestuur, naamlik Jesus wat aan jou verskyn het op die pad waarmee jy gekom het, sodat jy weer kan sien en met die Heilige Gees vervul word. 
En dadelik het daar iets soos skille van sy oë afgeval, en hy kon onmiddellik weer sien; en hy het opgestaan en is gedoop. 
En nadat hy voedsel gebruik het, het hy weer sterk geword. En Saulus was 'n paar dae saam met die dissipels in Damaskus. 
En hy het dadelik Christus in die sinagoges verkondig, dat Hy die Seun van God is. 
En almal wat hom gehoor het, was verbaas en het gesê: Is hy nie die man wat in Jerusalem uitgeroei het die wat hierdie Naam aanroep, en hier gekom het met die doel om hulle geboeid na die owerpriesters te bring nie? 
Maar Saulus het al meer krag ontvang en die Jode wat in Damaskus woon, in die war gebring deur te bewys dat Hy, Jesus, die Christus is. 
En n geruime tyd het die Jode beraadslaag om hom om te bring. 
En hulle plan het aan Saulus bekend geword. En hulle het die poorte dag en nag bewaak, dat hulle hom kon ombring; 
maar die dissipels het hom geneem en in die nag deur die muur neergelaat deur hom in 'n mandjie te laat afsak. 
En toe Saulus in Jerusalem aankom, het hy probeer om by die dissipels aan te sluit; maar almal was vir hom bang, omdat hulle nie geglo het dat hy 'n dissipel was nie. 
Maar B rnabas het hom geneem en na die apostels gebring en hulle vertel hoe hy op die pad die Here gesien het en dat Hy met hom gespreek het, en hoe hy in Damaskus vrymoediglik in die Naam van Jesus gespreek het. 
En hy het saam met hulle in-- en uitgegaan in Jerusalem 
en vrymoediglik gespreek in die Naam van die Here Jesus, en ook met die Griekssprekende Jode gepraat en geredetwis, maar hulle het probeer om hom dood te maak. 
En toe die broeders dit agterkom, het hulle hom na Cesar,a afgebring en hom na Tarsus weggestuur. 
En die gemeentes deur die hele Judia en Galil,a en Samar¡a het vrede gehad; en terwyl hulle opgebou is en gewandel het in die vrees van die Here en die vertroosting van die Heilige Gees, het hulle vermeerder. 
En onderwyl Petrus oral rondgaan, het hy ook gekom by die heiliges wat in Lidda woon; 
en hy het daar 'n man gevind met die naam van En,as, wat al agt jaar bedlêend en verlam was. 
En Petrus sê vir hom: En,as, Jesus Christus maak jou gesond; staan op en maak jou bed op! En hy het dadelik opgestaan. 
En al die inwoners van Lidda en Saron het hom gesien en hulle tot die Here bekeer. 
En in Joppe was daar 'n sekere dissipelin met die naam van Tab¡ta, wat, as dit vertaal word, beteken Dorkas. Sy was oorvloedig in goeie werke en aalmoese wat sy gedoen het. 
En in die dae het sy siek geword en gesterwe, en hulle het haar gewas en in 'n bovertrek neergelê. 
En omdat Lidda naby Joppe was en die dissipels gehoor het dat Petrus daar was, het hulle twee manne na hom gestuur wat hom moes smeek dat hy sonder uitstel na hulle moet oorkom. 
En Petrus het opgestaan en saam met hulle gegaan. En toe hy daar kom, bring hulle hom in die bovertrek; en al die weduwees kom by hom staan en ween en wys hom die onder-- en bo-klere wat Dorkas alles gemaak het toe sy nog by hulle was. 
En Petrus het almal buitentoe gestuur en neergekniel en gebid. En hy het hom na die liggaam gedraai en gesê: Tab¡ta, staan op! En sy het haar oë oopgemaak; en toe sy Petrus sien, het sy regop gesit. 
En hy gee haar sy hand en laat haar opstaan. Daarop roep hy die heiliges en die weduwees en stel haar lewendig voor hulle. 
En dit het bekend geword in die hele Joppe, en baie het in die Here geglo. 
En hy het 'n geruime tyd in Joppe gebly by 'n sekere Simon, 'n leerlooier. 

But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 
And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 
And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him; 
And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? 
And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking: 
But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do. 
And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one. 
And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus. 
And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink. 
Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! and he said, Here I am, Lord. 
And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer; 
And he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hands on him, so that he may be able to see. 
But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem: 
And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name. 
But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name: 
For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me. 
And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit. 
And straight away it seemed as if a veil was taken from his eyes, and he was able to see; and he got up, and had baptism; 
And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus. 
And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God. 
And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests. 
But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear that Jesus was the Christ. 
Then, after some days, the Jews made an agreement together to put him to death: 
But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death: 
But his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket. 
And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple. 
But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear. 
And he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem, 
Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death. 
And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus. 
And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly. 
And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda. 
And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving. 
And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well: get up and make your bed. And straight away he got up. 
And all those living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and were turned to the Lord. 
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times. 
And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up. 
And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away. 
And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them. 
But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up. 
And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living. 
And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord. 
And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker. 

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