1 Са́ѵлъ же, є҆щѐ дыха́ѧ преще́нїемъ и҆ ᲂу҆бі́йствомъ на ᲂу҆чн҃кѝ гдⷭ҇ни, пристꙋ́пль ко а҆рхїере́ю, 2 и҆спросѝ ѿ негѡ̀ посла̑нїѧ въ дама́скъ къ собо́рищємъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да а҆́ще нѣ̑кїѧ ѡ҆брѧ́щетъ тогѡ̀ пꙋтѝ сꙋ́щыѧ, мꙋ́жы же и҆ жєны̀, свѧ̑заны приведе́тъ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ. 3 Внегда́ же и҆тѝ, бы́сть є҆мꙋ̀ прибли́житисѧ къ дама́скꙋ, и҆ внеза́пꙋ ѡ҆блиста̀ є҆го̀ свѣ́тъ ѿ небесѐ: 4 и҆ па́дъ на зе́млю, слы́ша гла́съ гл҃ющь є҆мꙋ̀: са́ѵле, са́ѵле, что́ мѧ го́ниши; 5 Рече́ же: кто̀ є҆сѝ, гдⷭ҇и; Гдⷭ҇ь же речѐ: а҆́зъ є҆́смь і҆и҃съ, є҆го́же ты̀ го́ниши: же́стоко тѝ є҆́сть проти́вꙋ рожнꙋ̀ пра́ти. 6 Трепе́щѧ же и҆ ᲂу҆жаса́ѧсѧ глаго́ла: гдⷭ҇и, что́ мѧ хо́щеши твори́ти; И҆ гдⷭ҇ь речѐ къ немꙋ̀: воста́ни и҆ вни́ди во гра́дъ, и҆ рече́тсѧ тѝ, что́ ти подоба́етъ твори́ти. 7 Мꙋ́жїе же и҆дꙋ́щїи съ ни́мъ стоѧ́хꙋ чꙋдѧ́щесѧ, гла́съ ᲂу҆́бѡ слы́шаще, но никого́же ви́дѧще. 8 Воста́ же са́ѵлъ ѿ землѝ и҆ ѿве́рстыма ѻ҆чи́ма свои́ма ни є҆ди́нагѡ ви́дѧше: ведꙋ́ще же є҆го̀ за рꙋ́кꙋ, введо́ша въ дама́скъ: 9 и҆ бѣ̀ дни̑ трѝ не ви́дѧ, и҆ ни ꙗ҆дѐ, нижѐ пїѧ́ше. 10 Бѣ́ же нѣ́кто ᲂу҆чн҃къ въ дама́сцѣ, и҆́менемъ а҆на́нїа, и҆ речѐ къ немꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ь въ видѣ́нїи: а҆на́нїе. Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ: сѐ, а҆́зъ, гдⷭ҇и. 11 Гдⷭ҇ь же къ немꙋ̀: воста́въ поидѝ на сто́гнꙋ нарица́емꙋю пра́вꙋю и҆ взыщѝ въ домꙋ̀ і҆ꙋ́довѣ са́ѵла и҆́менемъ, та́рсѧнина: се́ бо, моли́твꙋ дѣ́етъ 12 и҆ ви́дѣ въ видѣ́нїи мꙋ́жа, и҆́менемъ а҆на́нїю, вше́дша и҆ возло́жша на́нь рꙋ́кꙋ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да про́зритъ. 13 Ѿвѣща́ же а҆на́нїа: гдⷭ҇и, слы́шахъ ѿ мно́гихъ ѡ҆ мꙋ́жи се́мъ, коли̑ка ѕла̑ сотворѝ ст҃ы̑мъ твои̑мъ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ: 14 и҆ здѣ̀ и҆́мать вла́сть ѿ а҆рхїерє́й свѧза́ти всѧ̑ нарица́ющыѧ и҆́мѧ твоѐ. 15 Рече́ же къ немꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ь: и҆дѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ сосꙋ́дъ и҆збра́нъ мѝ є҆́сть се́й, пронестѝ и҆́мѧ моѐ пред̾ ꙗ҆зы̑ки и҆ царьмѝ и҆ сынмѝ і҆и҃левыми: 16 а҆́зъ бо скажꙋ̀ є҆мꙋ̀, є҆ли̑ка подоба́етъ є҆мꙋ̀ ѡ҆ и҆́мени мое́мъ пострада́ти. 17 По́йде же а҆на́нїа и҆ вни́де въ хра́минꙋ, и҆ возло́жь на́нь рꙋ́цѣ, речѐ: са́ѵле бра́те, гдⷭ҇ь і҆и҃съ ꙗ҆вле́йтисѧ на пꙋтѝ, и҆́мже ше́лъ є҆сѝ, посла́ мѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да про́зриши и҆ и҆спо́лнишисѧ дх҃а ст҃а. 18 И҆ а҆́бїе ѿпадо́ша ѿ ѻ҆́чїю є҆гѡ̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ чешꙋѧ̑: прозрѣ́ же а҆́бїе, и҆ воста́въ крести́сѧ, 19 и҆ прїе́мь пи́щꙋ, ᲂу҆крѣпи́сѧ. Бы́сть же са́ѵлъ съ сꙋ́щими въ дама́сцѣ ᲂу҆чн҃ка́ми дни̑ нѣ̑кїѧ: 20 и҆ а҆́бїе на со́нмищихъ проповѣ́даше і҆и҃са, ꙗ҆́кѡ се́й є҆́сть сн҃ъ бж҃їй. 21 Дивлѧ́хꙋсѧ же всѝ слы́шащїи и҆ глаго́лахꙋ: не се́й ли є҆́сть гони́вый во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ нарица́ющыѧ и҆́мѧ сїѐ, и҆ здѣ̀ на сїѐ прїи́де, да свѧ̑заны ты̑ѧ приведе́тъ ко а҆рхїере́ємъ; 22 Са́ѵлъ же па́че крѣплѧ́шесѧ и҆ смꙋща́ше і҆ꙋдє́и живꙋ́щыѧ въ дама́сцѣ, препира́ѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ се́й є҆́сть хрⷭ҇то́съ. 23 Ꙗ҆́коже и҆спо́лнишасѧ дні́е дово́льни, совѣща́ша і҆ꙋде́є ᲂу҆би́ти є҆го̀, 24 ᲂу҆вѣ́данъ же бы́сть са́ѵлꙋ совѣ́тъ и҆́хъ: стрежа́хꙋ же вра́тъ де́нь и҆ но́щь, ꙗ҆́кѡ да ᲂу҆бїю́тъ є҆го̀: 25 пое́мше же є҆го̀ ᲂу҆чн҃цы̀ но́щїю, свѣ́сиша по стѣнѣ̀ въ ко́шницѣ. 26 Прише́дъ же са́ѵлъ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ, покꙋша́шесѧ прилѣплѧ́тисѧ ᲂу҆чн҃кѡ́мъ: и҆ всѝ боѧ́хꙋсѧ є҆гѡ̀, не вѣ́рꙋюще, ꙗ҆́кѡ є҆́сть ᲂу҆чн҃къ. 27 Варна́ва же прїе́мь є҆го̀, приведѐ ко а҆пⷭ҇лѡмъ и҆ повѣ́да и҆̀мъ, ка́кѡ на пꙋтѝ ви́дѣ гдⷭ҇а, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ гл҃а є҆мꙋ̀, и҆ ка́кѡ въ дама́сцѣ дерза́ше ѡ҆ и҆́мени і҆и҃совѣ. 28 И҆ бѧ́ше съ ни́ми входѧ̀ и҆ и҆сходѧ̀ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ и҆ дерза́ѧ ѡ҆ и҆́мени гдⷭ҇а і҆и҃са. 29 Глаго́лаше же и҆ стѧза́шесѧ съ є҆́ллины: ѻ҆ни́ же и҆ска́хꙋ ᲂу҆би́ти є҆го̀. 30 Разꙋмѣ́вше же бра́тїѧ, сведо́ша є҆го̀ въ кесарі́ю и҆ ѿпꙋсти́ша є҆го̀ въ та́рсъ. 31 Цр҃кви же по все́й і҆ꙋде́и и҆ галїле́и и҆ самарі́и и҆мѣ́ѧхꙋ ми́ръ, созида́ющѧсѧ и҆ ходѧ́щѧ въ стра́сѣ гдⷭ҇ни, и҆ ᲂу҆тѣше́нїемъ ст҃а́гѡ дх҃а ᲂу҆множа́хꙋсѧ. 32 И҆ бы́сть петрꙋ̀, посѣща́ющꙋ всѣ́хъ, сни́ти и҆ ко ст҃ы́мъ живꙋ́щымъ въ лѵ́ддѣ: 33 ѡ҆брѣ́те же та́мѡ человѣ́ка нѣ́коего, и҆́менемъ є҆не́а, ѿ ѻ҆смѝ лѣ́тъ лежа́ща на ѻ҆дрѣ̀, и҆́же бѣ̀ разсла́бленъ. 34 И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ пе́тръ: є҆не́е, и҆сцѣлѧ́етъ тѧ̀ і҆и҃съ хрⷭ҇то́съ: воста́ни съ посте́ли твоеѧ̀. И҆ а҆́бїе воста̀: 35 и҆ ви́дѣша є҆го̀ всѝ живꙋ́щїи въ лѵ́ддѣ и҆ во а҆ссарѡ́нѣ, и҆̀же ѡ҆брати́шасѧ ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ. 36 Во і҆ѻппі́и же бѣ̀ нѣ́каѧ ᲂу҆чн҃ца, и҆́менемъ таві́ѳа, ꙗ҆́же сказа́ема глаго́летсѧ се́рна: сїѧ̀ бѧ́ше и҆спо́лнена бл҃ги́хъ дѣ́лъ и҆ ми́лостынь, ꙗ҆̀же творѧ́ше. 37 Бы́сть же во дни̑ ты̑ѧ, болѣ́вшей є҆́й ᲂу҆мре́ти: ѡ҆мы́вше же ю҆̀, положи́ша въ го́рницѣ. 38 Бли́з̾ же сꙋ́щей лѵ́ддѣ і҆ѻппі́и, ᲂу҆чн҃цы̀ слы́шавше, ꙗ҆́кѡ пе́тръ є҆́сть въ не́й, посла́ша два̀ мꙋ̑жа къ немꙋ̀, молѧ́ще є҆го̀ не ѡ҆блѣни́тисѧ прїитѝ до ни́хъ. 39 Воста́въ же пе́тръ и҆́де съ ни́ма: є҆го́же прише́дша возведо́ша въ го́рницꙋ, и҆ предста́ша є҆мꙋ̀ всѧ̑ вдови̑цы пла́чꙋщѧ и҆ показꙋ́ющѧ ри̑зы и҆ ѻ҆дє́жды, є҆ли̑ка творѧ́ше, съ ни́ми сꙋ́щи, се́рна. 40 И҆згна́въ же во́нъ всѧ̑ пе́тръ, прекло́нь кѡлѣ́на помоли́сѧ, и҆ ѡ҆бра́щьсѧ къ тѣ́лꙋ, речѐ: таві́ѳо, воста́ни. Ѻ҆на́ же ѿве́рзе ѻ҆́чи своѝ, и҆ ви́дѣвши петра̀, сѣ́де. 41 Пода́въ же є҆́й рꙋ́кꙋ, воздви́же ю҆̀, и҆ призва́въ ст҃ы̑ѧ и҆ вдови́цы, поста́ви ю҆̀ жи́вꙋ. 42 Оу҆вѣ́дано же бы́сть сѐ по все́й і҆ѻппі́и, и҆ мно́зи вѣ́роваша въ гдⷭ҇а. 43 Бы́сть же дни̑ довѡ́льны пребы́ти є҆мꙋ̀ во і҆ѻппі́и ᲂу҆ нѣ́коегѡ сі́мѡна ᲂу҆смарѧ̀.
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Aeneas
A man at Lydda, bedridden eight years with paralysis, whom Peter healed in the name of Jesus Christ.
Cited in the guide: Acts 9:33; Acts 9:34
Ananias
A disciple at Damascus whom the Lord sent to lay hands on Saul, restore his sight, and baptize him.
Cited in the guide: Acts 9:10; Acts 9:17; Acts 22:12
Barnabas
A Levite from Cyprus named Joseph and nicknamed Barnabas, 'son of encouragement,' who sold a field for the church, brought Saul to the apostles, and traveled with him as a…
Cited in the guide: Acts 4:36; Acts 9:27; Acts 11:22
Judas
The man in whose house on Straight Street Saul was lodging when Ananias came to him.
Cited in the guide: Acts 9:11
Paul
Formerly Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee who persecuted the church until the risen Jesus met him on the road to Damascus; he became the apostle to the Gentiles and wrote many of the…
Cited in the guide: Acts 7:58; Acts 9:1; Acts 13:9
Simon
A tanner at Joppa whose house by the sea hosted Peter during his stay.
Cited in the guide: Acts 9:43; Acts 10:6; Acts 10:32
Tabitha
A disciple at Joppa known for good works and charity, also called Dorcas; Peter raised her from the dead.
Cited in the guide: Acts 9:36; Acts 9:40
Places
Damascus
An ancient Aramean capital where Saul (Paul) was converted and first preached. He later escaped over its wall in a basket.
Cited in the guide: Acts 9:3; Genesis 14:15; 2 Kings 5:12
Joppa
Judah's main seaport. Cedar for the Temple arrived here, Jonah fled from here, and Peter's rooftop vision here opened the gospel to the Gentiles.
Cited in the guide: Jonah 1:3; Acts 9:36; Acts 10:9
Tarsus
A wealthy university city in Cilicia and Paul's hometown. He was also a Roman citizen by birth (Acts 22:28), which shaped his missionary strategy and legal appeals.
Cited in the guide: Acts 9:11; Acts 21:39; Acts 22:3
Cross references (43)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 8:3; 1 Timothy 1:13; Acts 9:11–21; Galatians 1:13; 1 Corinthians 15:9
- 2 Acts 19:23; Acts 19:9; Acts 24:14; Acts 22:4–5; Acts 24:22
- 3 Acts 26:12–13; 1 Corinthians 15:8; Revelation 21:23; Acts 22:6; 1 Timothy 6:16
- 4 Zechariah 2:8; 1 Corinthians 12:12; Genesis 22:11; Isaiah 63:9; Romans 11:22
- 5 1 Timothy 1:13; 1 Samuel 3:4–10; Isaiah 45:9; Job 40:9–10; Job 9:4
- 6 Acts 22:10; 1 Timothy 1:14–16; Acts 26:16; Romans 7:9; Acts 10:32
- 7 Acts 22:9; Daniel 10:7; Acts 26:13–14; John 12:29; Matthew 24:40–41
- 8 Acts 22:11; Acts 9:18; 2 Kings 6:17–20; Acts 13:11; Genesis 19:11
- 9 Jonah 3:6–8; Esther 4:16; 2 Chronicles 33:12–13; 2 Chronicles 33:18–19; Acts 9:11–12
- 10 Acts 10:3; Acts 22:12; Genesis 22:1; Isaiah 6:8; 1 Samuel 3:8–10
- 11 Acts 9:30; Acts 22:3; Acts 11:25; Acts 21:39; Luke 11:9–10
- 12 Mark 5:23; Acts 9:17–18; Acts 9:10
- 13 1 Timothy 1:13–15; Acts 8:3; Acts 22:19–20; Ezekiel 3:14; Acts 9:1
- 14 Acts 9:21; Acts 7:59; 2 Timothy 2:22; Acts 22:16; Acts 9:2–3
- 15 Galatians 1:15–16; Ephesians 3:7–8; 2 Timothy 4:16–17; Romans 11:13; Acts 26:17–20
- 16 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 6:4; Acts 21:11; John 15:20; 2 Timothy 1:12
- 17 Acts 8:17; Acts 2:4; Acts 6:6; Acts 22:12–14; Acts 13:52
- 18 2 Corinthians 3:14; Acts 22:16; Acts 2:38; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Acts 13:37–38
- 19 Acts 26:20; 1 Samuel 30:12; Galatians 1:17; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Acts 27:33–36
- 20 John 20:28; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 1:23–24; 1 John 4:14–15; John 20:31
- 21 Acts 8:3; Acts 9:13–14; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; Matthew 13:54–55; Galatians 1:13–24
- 22 Acts 18:5; Luke 21:15; Isaiah 40:29; Acts 18:27–28; 1 Corinthians 1:27
- 23 Galatians 1:17–18; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; Acts 14:19; Acts 13:50; Matthew 10:16–23
- 24 2 Corinthians 11:32; Acts 25:3; Acts 20:19; Acts 20:3; Psalm 21:11
- 25 2 Corinthians 11:33; Joshua 2:15; 1 Samuel 19:11–12
- 26 Acts 26:20; Galatians 1:17–19; Acts 4:23; Acts 9:19; Acts 22:17–20
- 27 Acts 4:36; Acts 4:29; Ephesians 6:19–20; Acts 4:13; Acts 15:25–26
- 28 Acts 1:21; Psalm 121:8; 1 Kings 3:7; Numbers 27:16–17; 2 Samuel 5:2
- 29 Acts 6:1; Acts 11:20; Jude 9; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Acts 17:17
- 30 Acts 9:11; Acts 11:25; Acts 8:40; Galatians 1:21; Acts 17:15
- 31 Psalm 111:10; John 14:16–18; Isaiah 33:6; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 14:26–27
- 32 Acts 9:13; Acts 8:25; Proverbs 2:8; Acts 9:41; Romans 1:7
- 33 Luke 13:16; John 9:1; Acts 14:8; Mark 9:21; Acts 4:22
- 34 Matthew 9:6; Acts 3:12; Acts 3:6; Acts 16:18; Matthew 9:28–30
- 35 Acts 11:21; 1 Chronicles 5:16; Acts 9:42; Isaiah 35:2; Psalm 22:27
- 36 Titus 2:7; Titus 3:8; 2 Chronicles 2:16; Hebrews 13:21; Acts 10:31
- 37 Acts 1:13; Acts 20:8; Mark 14:15; John 11:36–37; John 11:3–4
- 38 Acts 9:36; Acts 11:26; Acts 9:32; 2 Kings 4:28–30
- 39 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Proverbs 31:30–31; Proverbs 10:7; Ephesians 4:28; Matthew 25:36–39
- 40 Matthew 9:25; Mark 5:40–42; Luke 8:54; 2 Kings 4:32–36; Acts 7:60
- 41 Mark 1:31; Acts 6:1; Luke 7:12; Luke 7:15; 1 Kings 17:23
- 42 John 12:11; Acts 11:21; John 12:44; Acts 9:35; John 11:45
- 43 Acts 10:6; Acts 10:32
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
What may be the reason that He neither drew any one of high authority and importance, nor caused such to be forthcoming for the purpose of instructing Paul?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… persecuting His disciples, he persecuted his own Lord, and sent Ananias to him that he might recover his sight, and be baptized--"preached," it is said, "Jesus in the synagogues at Damascus, with all freedom of speech, that this is the Son of God, the Christ." This is the mystery which he says was made known to him by revelation, that …
… or perverting their nature, which Thou hast made and ordained, or by an immoderate use of things permitted, or in "burning" in things forbidden to that use which is against nature; or when convicted, raging with heart and voice against Thee, kicking against the pricks; or when, breaking through the pale of human society, they audaciously rejoice in private combinations …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
See, for example, how He Himself, the insulted one, discourses with us, both in the Old Testament, and in the New; in the one saying, "O my people, what have I done unto thee?" in the other, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me." And Paul too bids, "In meekness instruct those that oppose themselves." And Christ again, when His disciples …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… come as a witness to what we say, he who in Damascus said to him, The Lord, even Jesus who appeared to thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)