Acts 9:14
“And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.”
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Related Verses
“But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?”
“And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,”
“And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.”
“Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:”
“For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”