Acts 9:17-19
What is written? (ESV)
So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized; and taking food, he was strengthened.
For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus.
What does it say?
Ananias entered the house, laid his hands on Saul, and told him that Jesus had sent him so Saul could regain his sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, his sight returned, and he rose and was baptized. After eating and regaining strength, Saul remained with the disciples in Damascus for some days.
What is its immediate context?
Saul is a zealous, Jewish Pharisee and a leader of the persecution of this relatively new faith in Jesus the Christ. Saul is blinded by the vision and is sought out in Damascus by a disciple, Ananias (who also had a vision from Jesus with instructions – vss 10-16).
How Acts 9:17-19 is applied across Bible answers
Was Saul saved on the road to Damascus?
Luke's third-person account of Saul's conversion. While on the road to Damascus, Saul is told by Jesus in a vision to go to Damascus where he would be "told what you are to do". Once there, Ananias arrives, tells Saul that it was Jesus who also instructed him to come in order that he might regain his sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. When Ananias laid his hands on Saul his sight was restored. Then he was baptized and ate food.
