Acts 9
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The Road to Damascus
(Acts 22:1–21; Acts 26:1–23)

1Saul was yet breathinge out threatnynges and slaughter agaynst the disciples of the LORDE. And wente vnto ye hye preste, 2and desyred of him letters to Damascon vnto the synagoges, that yf he foude eny of this waye (whether they were men or wemen) he mighte brynge the bounde vnto Ierusalem. 3And as he was goinge on his iourney, it fortuned, that he came nye vnto Damasco, and sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hi a light fro heaue, 4and he fell to the earth, and herde a voyce, which sayde vnto him: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me? 5He sayde: LORDE, who art thou? The LORDE sayde: I am Iesus, who thou persecutest. It shalbe harde for ye to kycke agaynst the prycke.

6And he both tremblinge and astonnyed, sayde: LORDE what wilt thou that I shal do? The LORDE sayde vnto him: Aryse, and go into the cite, there shal it be tolde the what thou shalt do. 7As for ye me that iourneyed wt him, they stode and were amased: for they herde a voyce, but sawe noman. 8Saul rose from the earth, and whan he had opened his eyes, he sawe noman. Neuertheles they toke him by the honde, & broughte him to Damasco: 9and he was thre dayes without sighte, and nether ate ner dranke.

Ananias Baptizes Saul

10At Damascon there was a disciple named Ananias, and vnto him sayde the LORDE in a vision: Ananias And he sayde: beholde, here am I LORDE. 11The LORDE sayde vnto him: Aryse, and go in to the strete which is called straight, and axe in the house of Iuda after one called Saul of Tharsis: for beholde, he prayeth, 12& hath sene in a vision a ma named Ananias comynge vnto him, & layenge the hade vpo him, that he mighte receaue his sighte. 13Ananias answered: LORDE, I haue herde by many of this mau, how moch euell he hath done to thy sayntes at Ierusale. 14And here hath he auctorite of the hye prestes, to bynde all those yt call vpon thy name. 15The LORDE sayde vnto him: Go thy waye, for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me, that he maye beare my name before the Heythen, and before kynges, and before the children of Israel. 16I wil shewe him, how greate thinges he must suffre for my names sake. 17And Ananias wente his waye, and came in to the house, and layed the handes vpon him, and sayde: Brother Saul, the LORDE which appeared vnto ye in the waye as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receaue thy sight, and be fylled with the holy goost. 18And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales, and he receaued his sighte, and rose, and was baptysed, 19and toke meate, and was conforted.Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples that were at Damascon.

Saul Preaches at Damascus

20And straight waye he preached Christ in the synagoges, how that he was ye sonne of God. 21But all they that herde him, were amased, and sayde: Is not this he, which at Ierusalem spoyled all those that called on his name? and came hither to the intent that he shulde brynge them bounde vnto the hye prestes? 22But Saul increased in strength, & cofounded ye Iewes which dwelt at Damascon, and affirmed yt this was very Christ.

The Escape from Damascus

23And after many dayes the Iewes helde a councell together to kyll him. 24But it was tolde Saul, that they layed wayte for him. And they wayted at ye gates daye & night, that they might kyll him. 25Then the disciples toke him by nighte, & put him thorow the wall, and let him downe in a baskett.

Saul in Jerusalem

26But whan Saul came to Ierusalem, he assayed to ioyne himself to ye disciples. And they were all afrayed of him, and beleued not, yt he was a disciple. 27Neuertheles Barnabas toke him, and broughte him to the Apostles, and tolde them how he had sene the LORDE in the waye, and how he spake to him, & how he had done boldly at Damascon in the name of Iesu. 28And he was with them, and wente out and in at Ierusale, 29and quyte him selfe boldly in ye name of ye LORDE Iesu. He spake also, and disputed with ye Grekes. But they wete aboute to slaye him. 30Whan the brethren knewe yt, they brought him to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tharsis.

The Healing of Aeneas

31So the congregacions had rest thorow out all Iewry, and Galile, and Samaria, & were edified, and walked in the feare of the LORDE, and were fylled with the comforte of the holy goost.

32It chaunced that as Peter walked thorow all quarters, he came also vnto ye sayntes which dwelt at Lydda. 33There founde he a man named Eneas, which had lyen vpon his bedd eight yeares sicke of ye palsye. 34And Peter sayde vnto him: Eneas, Iesus Christ make the whole, aryse, and make thy bedd for yi self. And he arose immediatly. 35And all they that dwelt at Lydda and at Sarona, sawe him, and turned vnto the LORDE.

The Raising of Tabitha
(John 11:38–44)

36At Ioppa there was a certayne woman that was a disciple, named Tabitha, which by interpretacion is called Dorcas: ye same was full of good workes and almesse dedes, which she dyd. 37But it chaunced at the same tyme, that she was sicke, and dyed. Then wasshed they her, and layed her in a chaber. 38But for so moch as Lydda was nye vnto Ioppa, and the disciples herde that Peter was there, they sent two men vnto him, and desyred him, yt he wolde take it for no grefe to come vnto them. 39Peter rose, and came with the. And wha he was come, they broughte him in to the chamber, and all the wyddowes stode rounde aboute him, wepynge, and shewed him the cotes and garmetes, which Dorcas made whyle she was with them. 40And wha Peter had put them all forth, he kneled downe, made his prayer, and turned him vnto the body, and sayde: Tabitha, ryse vp. And she opened hir eyes: and whan she sawe Peter she sat hir downe agayne. 41But he gaue her the hande, and lifte her vp, and called the sayntes and the wedowes, and shewed her there alyue. 42And it was knowne thorow out all Ioppa, & many beleued on ye LORDE. 43And it fortuned, yt he taried a loge season at Ioppa by one Simo, which was a tanner.


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