16. I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.’
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.’
18. Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptised,
19. and after taking some food, he regained his strength.Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
20. At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.
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?’