[영어 성경] Acts Chapter 9

Ac. 9:1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats

against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest

Ac. 9:2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so

that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether

men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Ac. 9:3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from

heaven flashed around him.

Ac. 9:4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul,

Saul, why do you persecute me?”

Ac. 9:5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you

are persecuting,” he replied.

Ac. 9:6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what

you must do.”

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Ac. 9:7 The men travelling with Saul stood there speechless; they

heard the sound but did not see anyone.

Ac. 9:8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he

could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into

Damascus.

Ac. 9:9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink

anything.

Ac. 9:10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord

called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he

answered.

Ac. 9:11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight

Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is

praying.

Ac. 9:12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place

his hands on him to restore his sight.”

Ac. 9:13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about

this man and all the harm he has done to your saints in

Jerusalem.

Ac. 9:14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to

arrest all who call on your name.”

Ac. 9:15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen

instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their

kings and before the people of Israel.

Ac. 9:16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

Ac. 9:17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his

hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord — Jesus,

who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here

— has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with

the Holy Spirit.”

Ac. 9:18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and

he could see again. He got up and was baptised,

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Ac. 9:19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul

spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

Ac. 9:20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is

the Son of God.

Ac. 9:21 All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he

the man who caused havoc in Jerusalem among those who

call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as

prisoners to the chief priests?”

Ac. 9:22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews

living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ. [Or

Messiah]

Ac. 9:23 After many days had gone by, the Jews conspired to kill him,

Ac. 9:24 but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close

watch on the city gates in order to kill him.

Ac. 9:25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a

basket through an opening in the wall.

Ac. 9:26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but

they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a

disciple.

Ac. 9:27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He

told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that

the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had

preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.

Ac. 9:28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in

Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

Ac. 9:29 He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried

to kill him.

Ac. 9:30 When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to

Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Ac. 9:31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria

enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged

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by the Holy Spirit, it grew in numbers, living in the fear of the

Lord.

Ac. 9:32 As Peter travelled about the country, he went to visit the

saints in Lydda.

Ac. 9:33 There he found a man named Aeneas, a paralytic who had

been bedridden for eight years.

Ac. 9:34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up

and tidy up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up.

Ac. 9:35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned

to the Lord.

Ac. 9:36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when

translated, is Dorcas), [Both Tabitha (Aramaic) and Dorcas

(Greek) mean gazelle.] who was always doing good and

helping the poor.

Ac. 9:37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was

washed and placed in an upstairs room.

Ac. 9:38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter

was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him,

“Please come at once!”

Ac. 9:39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken

upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him,

crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that

Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

Ac. 9:40 Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his

knees and prayed. Turning towards the dead woman, he said,

“Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she

sat up.

Ac. 9:41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he

called the believers and the widows and presented her to

them alive.

Ac. 9:42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed

in the Lord.

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Ac. 9:43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named

Simon.