Acts 9:19 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁹ then ate a meal and received strength. And he stayed on for a number of days with the disciples at Damascus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And after he took some food, he was strengthened. For several days [afterward] he remained with the disciples at Damascus.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ and he took food and was strengthened. And he was certain days with the disciples that were at Damascus.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ After eating, he regained his strength. He stayed with the disciples in Damascus for several days.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ And when he had taken a meal, he was strengthened. Now he was with the disciples who were at Damascus for some days.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ And when he had taken meat, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples that were at Damascus, for some days.

Acts 9:19 Cross References

Acts 11:26

and when he found him, he brought him [back] to Antioch. So, for an entire year Saul and Barnabas gathered the church together and taught many people. [It was] here in Antioch that the disciples were first [divinely] called Christians.

Acts 11:29

[In response to this prediction], the disciples decided to send as much relief as they could to help the brothers living in Judea.

Acts 26:20

but, [instead] declared to the people of Damascus first, [then] to the people of Jerusalem, and [finally to those] throughout all of the district of Judea, as well as to the Gentiles [everywhere] that they should repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives] and turn to God, doing deeds which demonstrate their repentance.

Acts 9:18

And suddenly, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes and his sight was [immediately] restored. So, he got up and was immersed [See 22:16];

Acts 9:26

And when he came [back] to Jerusalem, Saul attempted to associate himself with the disciples but they were afraid of him [because of his past], and could not believe that he was a [true] disciple.

Acts 9:38

And since Lydda was very close to Joppa, the disciples [at Joppa], hearing that Peter was at Lydda [See verse 32], sent two men there to urge him, “Do not delay your coming [here] to us.”

Galatians 1:17

I did not go up to Jerusalem to [discuss it with] those who had become apostles before me either; instead I went away into Arabia. [Note: This is probably when Paul received supernatural power from the Holy Spirit]. Then afterward, I returned to Damascus. [Note: This was in Syria where Paul was converted].