8. Saul got up from the ground—but opening his eyes, he could see nothing. They led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
9. For three days he could not see, and he did not eat or drink.
10. Now there was a disciple named Ananias in Damascus. The Lord said to him, “Ananias.” He said, “Here I am, Lord.”
11. The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street named Straight, and ask in the house of Judah for someone from Tarsus named Saul. For look, he is praying;
12. and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.”
13. But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man—how much harm he has done to your kedoshim in Jerusalem.
14. And here he has authority from the ruling kohanim to tie up all who call on Your name.”
15. But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a choice instrument to carry My name before nations and kings and Bnei-Yisrael.
16. For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”
17. So Ananias left and entered into the house. Laying hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Yeshua, the One who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming—has sent me, so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh.”
18. Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was immersed;
19. and when he had taken food, he was strengthened. Now for several days, he was with the disciples in Damascus.
20. Immediately he began proclaiming Yeshua in the synagogues, saying, “He is Ben-Elohim.”
21. All those hearing him were amazed. They were saying, “Isn’t this the one who made havoc in Jerusalem for all those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to bring them as prisoners before the ruling kohanim?”
22. But Saul kept growing stronger, and he was confounding the Jewish people living in Damascus by proving that Yeshua is the Messiah.
23. When many days had passed, these Jewish people plotted to kill him—
24. but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him.
25. But the disciples took Saul by night and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26. When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he made attempts to join up with the disciples—but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
27. But Barnabas took him in and brought him to the emissaries. He described to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and the Lord had spoken to him, and how he had spoken boldly in the name of Yeshua.
28. So Saul was with them, going in and out in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.