# Acts 09 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Acts Overview]]. [[Acts 08]]. [[Acts 10]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] [[#📄 Outline]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Conversion of Saul **Principle**: God will show Himself to you. [[#Verse 01.]] Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest  [[#Verse 02.]] and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. [[#Verse 03.]] As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.  [[#Verse 04.]] He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”  [[#Verse 05.]] So he said, “Who are you, Lord?” He replied, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!  [[#Verse 06.]] But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”  [[#Verse 07.]] (Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)  [[#Verse 08.]] So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, his companions brought him into Damascus.  [[#Verse 09.]] For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything. ### Saul’s Baptism **Principle**: God will ask you to do hard things. (You won’t always realize He’s already made a way.) [[#Verse 10.]] Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias,” and he replied, “Here I am, Lord.”  [[#Verse 11.]] Then the Lord told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,  [[#Verse 12.]] and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”  [[#Verse 13.]] But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,  [[#Verse 14.]] and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!” [[#Verse 15.]] But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.  [[#Verse 16.]] For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”  [[#Verse 17.]] So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”  [[#Verse 18.]] Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,  [[#Verse 19.]] and after taking some food, his strength returned. For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,  ### Saul Proclaiming the Messiah **Principle**: Sometimes God’s provision is supernatural. [[#Verse 20.]] and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This man is the Son of God.” [[#Verse 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?”  [[#Verse 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. [[#Verse 23.]] Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him, [[#Verse 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.  [[#Verse 25.]] But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket. ### Saul Returns to Jerusalem **Principle**: Barnabas- believe in others. [[#Verse 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. [[#Verse 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. [[#Verse 28.]] So he was staying with them, associating openly with them in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord. [[#Verse 29.]] He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him. [[#Verse 30.]] When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus. ### The Church’s Growth **Principle**: God will grow and expand His Church. [[#Verse 31.]] Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers. ### Peter Heals Aeneas **Principle**: Healing points to the reality of God. [[#Verse 32.]] Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.  [[#Verse 33.]] He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.  [[#Verse 34.]] Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!” And immediately he got up.  [[#Verse 35.]] All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. ### Peter Raises Dorcas **Principle**: Jesus gives us the opportunity to be part of miracles. [[#Verse 36.]] Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation meansDorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.  [[#Verse 37.]] At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.  [[#Verse 38.]] Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Come to us without delay.”  [[#Verse 39.]] So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.  [[#Verse 40.]] But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.  [[#Verse 41.]] He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.  [[#Verse 42.]] This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.  [[#Verse 43.]] So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ###### Verse 36. ###### Verse 37. ###### Verse 38. ###### Verse 39. ###### Verse 40. ###### Verse 41. ###### Verse 42. ###### Verse 43. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ##### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Coming Soon. - ✅ Coming Soon. ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection [[Acts 09 - SOAP]] ## 📄 Outline BI- Do hard things to see amazing things. - Ananias went to confront Saul because God told him to. 1- Didn’t go looking for a fight but was ready to move when God told him too. 2- Was honest with God, but obeyed. 3- Had courage to trust the Lord. ## 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes