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10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Behold, I am here, Lord.”

11 Then the Lord said to him, “Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight. And look in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he prays.”

12 “And in a vision, he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hands on him, so that he might receive his sight.”

13 Then Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man; how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem.

14 “Moreover, here he has the authority of the chief priests to bind all that call on Your Name.”

15 Then the Lord said to him, “Go. For he is a vessel chosen by Me to bear My Name before the Gentiles, and Kings, and the children of Israel.

16 “For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My Name’s sake.”

17 Then Ananias went, and entered that house, and put his hands on him, and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, Who appeared to you on the way as you came, has sent me, so that you might receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.”

18 And immediately something like ‘scales’ fell from his eyes. And suddenly he received sight, and arose, and was baptized,

19 and received food and was strengthened. So, Saul was with the Damascus disciples for some days.

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