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.

Saul in Jerusalem

²⁶ And ^(M)when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. ²⁷ But ^(N)Barnabas took him and ^(O)brought him to the apostles and declared to them ^(P)how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and ^(Q)how at Damascus he had ^(R)preached boldly in the name of Jesus. ²⁸ So he went ^(S)in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. ²⁹ And he spoke and disputed against ^(T)the Hellenists.^[c] But ^(U)they were seeking to kill him. ³⁰ And when ^(V)the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off ^(W)to Tarsus.

³¹ So ^(X)the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And ^(Y)walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, ^(Z)it multiplied.