¹⁷ Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on^(A) Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”^(B)

¹⁷ Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,^(A) and they received the Holy Spirit.^(B)

⁶ They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed^(A) and laid their hands on them.^(B)

⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit^(A) and began to speak in other tongues^[a](B) as the Spirit enabled them.

¹² “A man named Ananias came to see me.^(A) He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.^{(B) 13} He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.

¹⁴ “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors^(C) has chosen you to know his will and to see^(D) the Righteous One^(E) and to hear words from his mouth.

²² Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands,^(A) and do not share in the sins of others.^(B) Keep yourself pure.^(C)

²² Now that you have purified^(A) yourselves by obeying^(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,^(C) from the heart.^{[a] 23} For you have been born again,^(D) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^(E) through the living and enduring word of God.^(F)

⁵² And the disciples^(A) were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.^(B)

² instruction about cleansing rites,^[a](A) the laying on of hands,^(B) the resurrection of the dead,^(C) and eternal judgment.