Acts 9:6-14
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6 Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do.”(A) 7 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one.(B) 8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing;[a] so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus.(C) 9 For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.
Saul’s Baptism. 10 (D)There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” He answered, “Here I am, Lord.” 11 The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there praying,(E) 12 and [in a vision] he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay [his] hands on him, that he may regain his sight.” 13 But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones[b] in Jerusalem.(F) 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call upon your name.”(G)
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- 9:8 He could see nothing: a temporary blindness (Acts 9:18) symbolizing the religious blindness of Saul as persecutor (cf. Acts 26:18).
- 9:13 Your holy ones: literally, “your saints.”
Acts 18:3
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3 and, because he practiced the same trade, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
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Acts 20:34
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34 You know well that these very hands have served my needs and my companions.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:9
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9 You recall, brothers, our toil and drudgery. Working night and day in order not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.(A)
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1 Peter 3:9
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9 Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing.(A)
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