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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of Acts—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ But Saul, still breathing threat and murder1 against the disciples2 of the Lord, went to the high priest
  2. and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, in order that he might bring bound to Jerusalem any whom he found who belonged to The Way,[a]3 both men and women.
  3. ¶ Now as he was traveling he approached Damascus, when suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him,4
  4. and he fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him: “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”5
  5. He said: “Who are you, Lord?” He said: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.6
  6. Nevertheless, rise7 and enter into the city, and what you must do will be told you.”
  7. Now the men that were journeying with him8 were standing speechless,9 hearing, indeed, the sound of a voice,10 but not beholding any man.
  8. But Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were opened he was seeing nothing.11 So they led him by the hand and conducted him into Damascus.
  9. And for three days he did not see anything,12 and he neither ate nor drank.
  10. ¶ There was in Damascus a certain disciple named An·a·niʹas,13 and the Lord said to him in a vision: “An·a·niʹas!” He said: “Here I am, Lord.”
  11. The Lord said to him: “Rise, go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man named Saul, from Tarsus.14 For, look! he is praying,
  12. and in a vision[b] he has seen a man named An·a·niʹas come in and lay his hands upon him that he might recover sight.”15
  13. But An·a·niʹas answered: “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many injurious things he did to your holy ones[c] in Jerusalem.
  14. And here he has authority from the chief priests to put in bonds all those calling upon your name.”16
  15. But the Lord said to him: “Be on your way, because this man is a chosen vessel17 to me to bear my name to the nations18 as well as to kings19 and the sons of Israel.
  16. For I shall show him plainly how many things he must suffer for my name.”20
  17. ¶ So An·a·niʹas went off and entered into the house, and he laid his hands upon him and said: “Saul, brother, the Lord, the Jesus that appeared to you on the road over which you were coming, has sent me forth, in order that you may recover sight and be filled with holy spirit.”21
  18. And immediately there fell from his eyes what looked like scales, and he recovered sight; and he rose and was baptized,
  19. and he took food and gained strength.22
    ¶ He got to be for some days with the disciples in Damascus,23
  20. and immediately in the synagogues he began to preach Jesus,24 that this One is the Son of God.
  21. But all those hearing him gave way to astonishment and would say: “Is this not the man that ravaged25 those in Jerusalem who call upon this name, and that had come here for this very purpose, that he might lead them bound to the chief priests?”26
  22. But Saul kept on acquiring power all the more and was confounding the Jews that dwelt in Damascus as he proved logically that this is the Christ.27
  23. ¶ Now when a good many days were coming to a close, the Jews took counsel together to do away with him.28
  24. However, their plot against him became known to Saul. But they were closely watching also the gates both day and night in order to do away with him.29
  25. So his disciples took him and let him down by night through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.30
  26. ¶ On arriving in Jerusalem31 he made efforts to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe he was a disciple.
  27. So Barʹna·bas came to his aid32 and led him to the apostles, and he told them in detail how on the road he had seen the Lord33 and that he had spoken to him,34 and how in Damascus35 he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.
  28. And he continued with them, walking in and out[d] at Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord;36
  29. and he was talking and disputing with the Greek-speaking Jews.[e] But these made attempts to do away with him.37
  30. When the brothers detected this, they brought him down to Caes·a·reʹa and sent him off to Tarsus.38
  31. ¶ Then, indeed, the congregation39 throughout the whole of Ju·deʹa and Galʹi·lee and Sa·marʹi·a entered into a period of peace, being built up; and as it walked in the fear of Jehovah[f]40 and in the comfort of the holy spirit41 it kept on multiplying.
  32. ¶ Now as Peter was going through all [parts] he came down also to the holy ones[g] that dwelt in Lydʹda.42
  33. There he found a certain man named Ae·neʹas, who had been lying flat on his cot for eight years, as he was paralyzed.
  34. And Peter said to him:43 “Ae·neʹas, Jesus Christ heals you.44 Rise and make up your bed.” And he rose immediately.
  35. And all those who inhabited Lydʹda and the [plain of] Sharʹon[h]45 saw him, and these turned to the Lord.46
  36. ¶ But in Jopʹpa47 there was a certain disciple named Tabʹi·tha, which, when translated, means Dorʹcas.[i] She abounded in good deeds48 and gifts of mercy that she was rendering.
  37. But in those days she happened to fall sick and die. So they bathed her and laid her in an upper chamber.
  38. Now as Lydʹda was near Jopʹpa,49 when the disciples heard that Peter was in this city they dispatched two men to him to entreat [him]: “Please do not hesitate[j] to come on as far as us.”
  39. At that Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they led him up into the upper chamber; and all the widows presented themselves to him weeping and exhibiting many inner garments and outer garments50 that Dorʹcas used to make while she was with them.51
  40. But Peter put everybody outside52 and, bending his knees, he prayed, and, turning to the body, he said: “Tabʹi·tha,[k] rise!” She opened her eyes and, as she caught sight of Peter, she sat up.53
  41. Giving her his hand, he raised her up,54 and he called the holy ones and the widows and presented her alive.55
  42. This became known throughout all Jopʹpa, and many became believers on the Lord.56
  43. For quite a few days he remained in Jopʹpa57 with a certain Simon, a tanner.58

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “The Way.” Gr., tes ho·douʹ.
  2. ^ “In a vision,” BCSyh,pArm; P74אAVg omit.
  3. ^ Or, “your saints.”
  4. ^ Or, “carrying on his daily life.”
  5. ^ Lit., “the Hellenists.” J17, “the Grecian Jews.”
  6. ^ See App 1D.
  7. ^ Or, “the saints.”
  8. ^ “Sharon,” J17,18,22; אAB, “Saron.”
  9. ^ “Dorcas” (Gr.) corresponds with “Tabitha” (Aram.); both names mean “Gazelle.”
  10. ^ Or, “do not delay.”
  11. ^ See vs 36 ftn.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 22:4; 26:11
  2. ^ Ac 8:3; Ga 1:13; 1Ti 1:13
  3. ^ Ac 9:14; 11:26; 22:4; 24:14
  4. ^ Ac 22:6
  5. ^ 1Co 15:8
  6. ^ Mt 25:40
  7. ^ Ac 9:11
  8. ^ Ac 22:9; 26:13
  9. ^ Da 10:7
  10. ^ Ac 22:9
  11. ^ Ac 22:11
  12. ^ Ac 13:11
  13. ^ Ac 22:12
  14. ^ Ac 11:25; 21:39; 22:3
  15. ^ Ac 9:17
  16. ^ 1Co 1:2; 2Ti 2:22
  17. ^ Ac 13:2; Ro 1:1; 1Ti 1:12
  18. ^ Ro 1:5; Ga 2:7; 1Ti 2:7
  19. ^ Ac 25:22; 26:1; 27:24
  20. ^ Ac 20:23; 21:11; 2Co 11:23; Col 1:24; 2Ti 1:12
  21. ^ Ac 13:52; 22:13
  22. ^ Ps 104:15
  23. ^ Ac 26:20
  24. ^ Ga 1:16
  25. ^ Ac 8:3; Ga 1:13, 23
  26. ^ Ac 9:2
  27. ^ Ac 17:3; 18:28
  28. ^ Ac 20:3; 23:12; 2Co 11:23
  29. ^ 2Co 11:32
  30. ^ Jos 2:15; 1Sa 19:12; 2Co 11:33
  31. ^ Ga 1:18
  32. ^ Ac 4:36
  33. ^ 1Co 9:1
  34. ^ Ac 9:4; 22:7
  35. ^ Ac 9:20
  36. ^ Ac 4:29
  37. ^ 2Co 11:26
  38. ^ Ac 11:25; Ga 1:21
  39. ^ Ac 8:1
  40. ^ Ps 86:11
  41. ^ Jn 14:16
  42. ^ Ac 9:38
  43. ^ Mt 10:8
  44. ^ Ac 3:6; 4:10
  45. ^ 1Ch 5:16
  46. ^ Ac 11:21
  47. ^ 2Ch 2:16
  48. ^ 1Ti 2:10
  49. ^ Ac 9:32
  50. ^ Mt 5:40
  51. ^ Is 32:8
  52. ^ Mr 5:40; Lu 8:51
  53. ^ Mt 9:25; Lu 7:15; Jn 11:43
  54. ^ Ac 3:7
  55. ^ 1Ki 17:23
  56. ^ Jn 11:45
  57. ^ Mr 6:10
  58. ^ Ac 10:6, 32

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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