Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ...
1 In Jerusalem Saul was still breathing threats and murder against YAHUSHA’S Followers, in an attempt to kill them all. He went to the High Priest 2 and asked him to write letters to the Synagogues in the City of Damascus, for Saul wanted the High Priest to give him the authority to hunt down people in Damascus who were followers of ‘the Way’. And if he found any believers there (men or women) he would arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem. 3 And having attained the documentation, Saul set out for Damascus. But when he came near the city, a very bright light from Heaven suddenly flashed around him. 4 Saul fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “SAUL, SAUL! WHY ARE YOU PERSECUTING ME?” 5 And Saul said, “Master, who are you?” “I AM YAHUSHA, THE ONE YOU'RE 'HATING ON'. IS IT HARD FOR YOU TO KICK AGAINST THE GOADS? GET UP NOW AND GO INTO THE CITY, AND SOMEONE THERE WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO NEXT.” 6 And both trembling and completely astonished Saul asked, “Master, what do you want me to do?” 7 The men traveling with Saul just stood there, speechless, for they heard the voice speaking, but could not see YAHUSHA. 8 Saul got up from the ground and opened his eyes, but he was blind. So the men with him held his hand and led him into Damascus. 9 And for three days, Saul could not see, and he did not eat or drink either. 10 There was a follower of YAHUSHA in Damascus named Ananias. And in a vision YAHUSHA said to him, “ANANIAS!” “Here I am, Master.”
11 “Get up now and go to Straight Street. Find the house of Judas and ask for a man named Saul from the city of Tarsus. He is there now, praying. 12 He has seen a vision in which a man named Ananias comes and lays his hands on him so that he can see again.”
13 “Master, many people have told me about this man, and about the many evil things he did to your set-apart people in Jerusalem. 14 Now he’s come here to Damascus? The Chief Priests have given him the power to arrest anyone who trust sin you and speaks in Your Name … and you want me to go to him?”
15“YES … Go! For Saul is a chosen vessel of mine and I have chosen him for a very important work. I want him to carry my Name into nations, telling rulers and the people of Israel about Me. 16 And I will show him all that he must suffer for My Name!” 17 So Ananias left and went to the house of Judas. He laid his hands on Saul and said, “Saul, my brother, the Master YAHUSHA who you saw on the road coming here, has sent me to you, so that you might see again and be filled with His Set-Apart Spirit”. 18 And immediately, something that looked like fish scales fell off Saul’s eyes, and he was able to see! Then he got up and was immersed. 19 After that he ate, and began to feel stronger again. Saul stayed with the followers of YAHUSHA in Damascus for a few days. 20 And soon he began to go to the Synagogues and tell people about YAHUSHA, telling them “YAHUSHA is the Son of Alahim!” 21 All the people who heard Saul were amazed, saying ...“This is the same man who was in Jerusalem trying to kill the people who trust in YAHUSHA and call on His Name! And that’s why he’s really here, to trick us and arrest the followers of YAHUSHA, and take them back to the Chief Priests.” 22 But Saul became more and more powerful in proving that YAHUSHA is the Messiah. Infact his evidence was so strong that the Jews who lived in Damascus could not argue with him. 23 Paul went to Arabia for a time, before returning to Damascus, and after many days, some Jews made plans to kill Saul. 24 They were watching the city gates day and night. They wanted to kill him but Saul learned about their plan. 25 So one night some followers that Saul had taught helped him leave the city. They put him in a basket and lowered it down through a hole in the city wall.
26 Saul then went to Jerusalem to meet YAHUSHA’S original followers (IT HAD BEEN 3 YEARS NOW SINCE MEETING YAHUSHA ON THE ROAD), but they were all freaked out and scared of him. They didn’t believe that he was really a follower of YAHUSHA. 27 But Barnabas accepted Saul and took him to Peter and James. He told them how Saul had seen the Master on the road and how the Master had spoken to Saul. Then he told them how boldly Saul had spoken for the Master in Damascus. 28 So Saul stayed with Peter for two weeks and went all around Jerusalem speaking boldly for the Master. 29 He often had arguments with the Greek-speaking Jews, so much so that they began making plans to kill him. 30 When the other Followers learned about this, they took Saul to Caesarea, and from there they sent him to the city of Tarsus.
31 The Fellowships in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace. And with the help of YAHUSHA’S Spirit, these groups of believers became stronger in belief and showed their respect for the Master by the way they lived and behaved. So the Assembly of believers everywhere grew in numbers. 32 Peter was traveling through all the areas around Jerusalem, and he stopped to visit the believers who lived in Lydda. 33 There he met a man named Aeneas, who was paralysed and had not been able to get out of bed for the past eight years. 34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, YAHUSHA MESSIAH heals you. Get up and make your bed!” Then he stood up immediately. 35 And all the people living in Lydda and on the plain of Sharon saw him, and they also decided to follow YAHUSHA.
36 In the city of Joppa there was a follower of YAHUSHA named Tabitha. Her Greek name, Dorcas, means “a deer.” She was always doing good things for people and giving money to those in need. 37 While Peter was in Lydda, Tabitha became sick and died. They washed her body and put it in an upstairs room. 38 The followers in Joppa heard that Peter was in Lydda, which was not far away. So they sent two men, who begged him, “Hurry, please come quickly!” 39 Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. All the widows stood around him. They were crying and showing him the coats and other clothes that Tabitha had made during her time with them.
40-41 Peter sent all the people out of the room. He knelt down and prayed. Then he turned to Tabitha’s body and said, “Tabitha, stand up!” She opened her eyes. When she saw Peter, she sat up. 42 People everywhere in Joppa learned about this, and many believed in the Master. 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for many days at the home of a man named Simon, who was a leatherworker.
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