Acts 9:6

The Road to Damascus · Acts 9:1–9
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Translations

Modern
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Traditional
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Literal
“But rise up and enter into the city, and it will be told to you that which it is necessary for you to do.”
Latin
Et tremens ac stupens dixit: Domine, quid me vis facere?

Original

Greek
English
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Notes

The conversion of Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road is central to the story in Acts. Luke tells the story three times (also 22:1–21; 26:1–29). Paul (Saul) mentions this experience several times in his letters (1 Corinthians 15:8–10; Galatians 1:11–17; Philippians 3:4–11; see 1 Timothy 1:12–17). Saul’s conversion was his call as a prophet and commission as an apostle (Acts 9:15; 22:15, 21; 26:15–18). No one is beyond God's power to reach, save, and use for holy purposes. Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). God prepared Paul through his training, childhood, and experience to play a unique role in proclaiming the gospel to the wider world as the “apostle to the Gentiles” (Romans 11:13; see 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 12:11–12; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 3:8).

Events

Parallels

Acts 22:1–21 Acts 26:1–23

Glossary

Apostle, Apostleship Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Blindness Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Church Damascus Judaizers Paul the Apostle Peter, the Apostle Resurrection Shekinah

Topics

Call: To Special Religious Duty: Paul Converts: Saul of Tarsus Conviction of Sin Conviction: Saul of Tarsus, when he Saw Jesus on the Way to Damascus Heart: Change of Saul of Tarsus Jesus, the Christ: Appears to Paul (On the Road to Damascus) Miracles of the Disciples of Jesus: Paul Cured of Blindness Paul: His Vision and Conversion Persecution of the Ekklesia (Body of Christ) Regeneration: Saul of Tarsus Remorse: General Scriptures Concerning Syria: Paul Goes To, with Letters to Apprehend the Christians Vision of Paul of Christ, on the Way to Damascus Visions: To Paul