Go! Eat your bread with gladness and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted your deeds.
Acts 9:19 - Tree of Life Version and when he had taken food, he was strengthened. Now for several days, he was with the disciples in Damascus. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 And after he took some food, he was strengthened. For several days [afterward] he remained with the disciples at Damascus. American Standard Version (1901) and he took food and was strengthened. And he was certain days with the disciples that were at Damascus. Common English Bible After eating, he regained his strength. He stayed with the disciples in Damascus for several days. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And when he had taken meat, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples that were at Damascus, for some days. |
Go! Eat your bread with gladness and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted your deeds.
and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met together with Messiah’s community and taught a large number. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called “Christianoi.”
So the disciples decided to send relief to those brothers and sisters living in Judea, each according to his ability.
Rather, I kept declaring—first to those in Damascus, and then Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also the Gentiles—that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with that repentance.
Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was immersed;
When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he made attempts to join up with the disciples—but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples—hearing that Peter was there—sent two men to him, begging him, “Please come to us without delay!”
I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who were emissaries before me, either. Instead I went away to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.
and they also gave him a piece of fig cake and two cakes of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came back to him, for he had eaten no bread and drunk no water for three days and three nights.