Acts 9:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him `his' hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

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  • Acts 6:6 : 6 whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them `their' hands.
  • Acts 8:17 : 17 then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.
  • Acts 22:12-14 : 12 and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling `there', 13 having come unto me and stood by `me', said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him; 14 and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,
  • Acts 26:15 : 15 `And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;
  • Rom 15:7 : 7 wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.
  • 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,
  • 1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The first man `is' out of the earth, earthy; the second man `is' the Lord out of heaven;
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;
  • 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;
  • 2 Tim 1:6 : 6 For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,
  • Phlm 1:16 : 16 no more as a servant, but above a servant -- a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!
  • Heb 6:2 : 2 of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on also of hands, of rising again also of the dead, and of judgment age-during,
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly, 23 being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God -- living and remaining -- to the age;
  • Acts 4:31 : 31 And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,
  • Acts 9:4-5 : 4 and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?' 5 And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'
  • Acts 9:8-9 : 8 and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus, 9 and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink. 10 And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;' 11 and the Lord `saith' unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, `one' by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray, 12 and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.' 13 And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem, 14 and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.' 15 And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news -- peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)
  • Acts 13:3 : 3 then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent `them' away.
  • Acts 13:52 : 52 and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 19:6 : 6 and Paul having laid on them `his' hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying,
  • Acts 21:20 : 20 and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, `Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law,
  • Gen 45:4 : 4 And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I `am' Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;
  • Matt 19:13 : 13 Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.
  • Mark 6:5 : 5 and he was not able there any mighty work to do, except on a few infirm people having put hands he did heal `them';
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God, 17 and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.
  • Luke 2:11 : 11 because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David,
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 9:1-16
    16 verses
    90%

    1And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

    2did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,

    4and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

    5And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'

    6trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

    7And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,

    8and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,

    9and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.

    10And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;'

    11and the Lord `saith' unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, `one' by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,

    12and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.'

    13And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

    14and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'

    15And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

    16for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

  • Acts 22:6-14
    9 verses
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    6and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

    7I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

    8`And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --

    9and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me --

    10and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.

    11`And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

    12and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling `there',

    13having come unto me and stood by `me', said to me, Saul, brother, look up; and I the same hour did look up to him;

    14and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,

  • Acts 9:18-21
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    85%

    18And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized,

    19and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days,

    20and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

    21And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

  • Acts 9:26-28
    3 verses
    78%

    26And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, did try to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple,

    27and Barnabas having taken him, brought `him' unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

    28And he was with them, coming in and going out in Jerusalem,

  • Acts 13:9
    78%

    9And Saul -- who also `is' Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

  • Acts 26:12-18
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    74%

    12`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

    13at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;

    14and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

    15`And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

    16but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things `in which' I will appear to thee,

    17delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

    18to open their eyes, to turn `them' from darkness to light, and `from' the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that `is' toward me.

  • Acts 13:11
    74%

    11and now, lo, a hand of the Lord `is' upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead `him' by the hand;

  • Acts 22:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

    17`And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance,

  • Acts 8:17
    71%

    17then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 18:41-42
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    41saying, `What wilt thou I shall do to thee?' and he said, `Sir, that I may receive sight.'

    42And Jesus said to him, `Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee;'

  • Acts 11:13-14
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    13he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

    14who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

  • Acts 14:9
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    9this one was hearing Paul speaking, who, having stedfastly beheld him, and having seen that he hath faith to be saved,

  • Acts 9:30
    70%

    30and the brethren having known, brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.