⁶ Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do.”^{(A) 7} The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one.^{(B) 8} Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing;^[a] so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus.^{(C) 9} For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.

Saul’s Baptism. ^10 (D)There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” He answered, “Here I am, Lord.” ¹¹ The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there praying,^{(E) 12} and [in a vision] he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay [his] hands on him, that he may regain his sight.” ¹³ But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones^[b] in Jerusalem.^{(F) 14} And here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call upon your name.”^(G)

³ and, because he practiced the same trade, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

³⁴ You know well that these very hands have served my needs and my companions.^(A)

⁹ You recall, brothers, our toil and drudgery. Working night and day in order not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.^(A)

⁹ Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing.^(A)