18. Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,
19. and after taking some food, his strength returned.For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,
20. and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This man is the Son of God.”
21. All who heard him were amazed and were saying, “Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
22. But Saul became more and more capable, and was causing consternation among the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
23. Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,
24. but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.
25. But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.
26. When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple.
27. But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.