What is a summary of Acts chapter 9 in the bible?

Answer 1

Saul seeks Christians in Damascus to being back to Jerusalem to persecute. A voice asks, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?' , and tells him it is hard to prick against the goads (kicks). (Jesus is the farmer, Saul is the ox -- stubborn, yet being goaded in the right direction.) Saul is struck blind. His travelling companions do not hear anything. God tells Ananias to meet Saul, and where he can find him. Ananias lays hands on Saul, and the scales fall from his eyes. Saul is baptised. To everyone's amazement, Saul preaches in Damascus. The Jews plot to kill Saul, so he escapes in a basket over the walls of Damascus. Saul meets up with the initially wary Christians in Jerusalem, and disputes against the Hellenists. When the Hellenists try to kill him too, the Christians send Saul to Tarsus. The churches in Judea, Galilee and Samaria prosper. In Lydda, Peter heals Aeneas, who was bedridden with paralysis, so all Lydda believe. Peter raises Dorcas from Joppa from the dead. Peter stays with Simon, a tanner. (For a law-keeping Jew of that time, it was strictly forbidden to associate with anyone who routinely worked with dead animals.)

Answer 2

In Acts chapter 9, Saul, a persecutor of Christians, is on his way to Damascus when he encounters a blinding light and hears the voice of Jesus. Saul is converted to Christianity, becomes blind for three days, and is then healed by a disciple named Ananias. Saul begins preaching about Jesus and faces opposition from the Jews, but his reputation as a changed man begins to spread throughout the region.