He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
- BSB and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
- NKJV So when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then Saul spent some days with the disciples at Damascus.
- NASB and he took food and was strengthened. Now for several days he was with the disciples who were in Damascus,
- NLT Afterward he ate some food and regained his strength. Saul stayed with the believers in Damascus for a few days.
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Quick answer
Saul ate, regained strength, and stayed with the Damascus disciples. The former persecutor now lives among those he sought to harm.
Overview
After his fast and ordeal, Saul is restored physically and welcomed into Christian fellowship. His remaining with the disciples shows the reality of his conversion and his immediate identification with the church. Once an outsider bent on destruction, he is now a brother nourished within the community of faith.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Acts 26:20but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
- Gal 1:17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.
- 1 Sam 30:12They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, and drank no water for three days and three nights.
- Eccl 9:7Go your way — eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
- Acts 11:26When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
- Acts 27:33–36While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
- 1 Sam 10:10–12When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.
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