Acts 9:19-25

English Standard Version

¹⁹ and ^(A)taking food, he was strengthened.

Saul Proclaims Jesus in Synagogues

For ^(B)some days he was with the disciples at Damascus. ²⁰ And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, ^(C)“He is the Son of God.” ²¹ And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who ^(D)made havoc ^(E)in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?” ²² But Saul ^(F)increased all the more in strength, and ^(G)confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving ^(H)that Jesus was the Christ.

Saul Escapes from Damascus

^23 (I)When many days had passed, the Jews^[a] plotted to kill him, ²⁴ but their ^(J)plot became known to Saul. ^(K)They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, ²⁵ but his disciples took him by night and ^(L)let him down through an opening in the wall,^[b] lowering him in a basket.