¹Saulus autem adhuc spirans minarumNow Saul,et cædis in discipulos Domini,still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord,accessit ad principem sacerdotum,went to the high priest,

¹Saulus autem adhuc spirans minarumNow Saul,et cædis in discipulos Domini,still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord,accessit ad principem sacerdotum,went to the high priest,

²et petiit ab eo epistolas in Damascum ad synagogas:and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,ut si quos invenisset hujus viæ virosso that,ac mulieres,if he found any men or women belonging to this Way,vinctos perduceret in Jerusalem.he could lead them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

²et petiit ab eo epistolas in Damascum ad synagogas:and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,ut si quos invenisset hujus viæ virosso that,ac mulieres,if he found any men or women belonging to this Way,vinctos perduceret in Jerusalem.he could lead them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

³Et cum iter faceret,And as he made the journey,contigit ut appropinquaret Damasco:it happened that he was approaching Damascus.et subito circumfulsit eum lux de cælo.And suddenly, a light from heaven shone around him.

³Et cum iter faceret,And as he made the journey,contigit ut appropinquaret Damasco:it happened that he was approaching Damascus.et subito circumfulsit eum lux de cælo.And suddenly, a light from heaven shone around him.

⁴Et cadens in terram audivit vocem dicentem sibi:And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him,Saule,“Saul,Saule, quid me persequeris?Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

⁴Et cadens in terram audivit vocem dicentem sibi:And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him,Saule,“Saul,Saule, quid me persequeris?Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

⁵Qui dixit:And he said,Quis es,“Who are you,domine?Lord?”Et ille:And he:Ego sum Jesus,“I am Jesus,quem tu persequeris:whom you are persecuting.durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.It is hard for you to kick against the goad.”

⁵Qui dixit:And he said,Quis es,“Who are you,domine?Lord?”Et ille:And he:Ego sum Jesus,“I am Jesus,quem tu persequeris:whom you are persecuting.durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.It is hard for you to kick against the goad.”

⁶Et tremens ac stupens dixit:And he, trembling and astonished,Domine,said, “Lord,quid me vis facere?what do you want me to do?”

⁶Et tremens ac stupens dixit:And he, trembling and astonished,Domine,said, “Lord,quid me vis facere?what do you want me to do?”

⁷Et Dominus ad eum: Surge,And the Lord said to him,et ingredere civitatem,“Rise up and go into the city,et ibi dicetur tibi quid te oporteat facere.and there you will be told what you ought to do.”Viri autem illi qui comitabantur cum eo, stabant stupefacti,Now the men who were accompanying him were standing stupefied,audientes quidem vocem,hearing indeed a voice,neminem autem videntes.but seeing no one.

⁷Et Dominus ad eum: Surge,And the Lord said to him,et ingredere civitatem,“Rise up and go into the city,et ibi dicetur tibi quid te oporteat facere.and there you will be told what you ought to do.”Viri autem illi qui comitabantur cum eo, stabant stupefacti,Now the men who were accompanying him were standing stupefied,audientes quidem vocem,hearing indeed a voice,neminem autem videntes.but seeing no one.

⁸Surrexit autem Saulus de terra,Then Saul rose up from the ground.apertisque oculis nihil videbat.And upon opening his eyes, he saw nothing.Ad manus autem illum trahentes, introduxerunt Damascum.So leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

⁸Surrexit autem Saulus de terra,Then Saul rose up from the ground.apertisque oculis nihil videbat.And upon opening his eyes, he saw nothing.Ad manus autem illum trahentes, introduxerunt Damascum.So leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

⁹Et erat ibi tribus diebus non videns,And in that place,et non manducavit,he was without sight for three days,neque bibit.and he neither ate nor drank.

⁹Et erat ibi tribus diebus non videns,And in that place,et non manducavit,he was without sight for three days,neque bibit.and he neither ate nor drank.

¹⁰Erat autem quidam discipulus Damasci,Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus,nomine Ananias:named Ananias.et dixit ad illum in visu Dominus:And the Lord said to him in a vision,Anania.“Ananias!”At ille ait:And he said,Ecce ego,“Here I am,Domine.Lord.”

¹⁰Erat autem quidam discipulus Damasci,Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus,nomine Ananias:named Ananias.et dixit ad illum in visu Dominus:And the Lord said to him in a vision,Anania.“Ananias!”At ille ait:And he said,Ecce ego,“Here I am,Domine.Lord.”

¹¹Et Dominus ad eum:And the Lord said to him:Surge, et vade in vicum qui vocatur Rectus:“Rise up and go into the street that is called Straight,et quære in domo Judæ Saulum nomine Tarsensem:and seek, in the house of Judas, the one named Saul of Tarsus.ecce enim orat.For behold, he is praying.”

¹¹Et Dominus ad eum:And the Lord said to him:Surge, et vade in vicum qui vocatur Rectus:“Rise up and go into the street that is called Straight,et quære in domo Judæ Saulum nomine Tarsensem:and seek, in the house of Judas, the one named Saul of Tarsus.ecce enim orat.For behold, he is praying.”

¹²(Et vidit virum Ananiam nomine,(And Paul saw a man named Ananias enteringintroëuntem,and imposing hands upon him,et imponentem sibi manus ut visum recipiat.)so that he might receive his sight.)

¹²(Et vidit virum Ananiam nomine,(And Paul saw a man named Ananias enteringintroëuntem,and imposing hands upon him,et imponentem sibi manus ut visum recipiat.)so that he might receive his sight.)

¹³Respondit autem Ananias:But Ananias responded:Domine,“Lord,audivi a multis de viro hoc,I have heard from many about this man,quanta mala fecerit sanctis tuis in Jerusalem:how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem.

¹³Respondit autem Ananias:But Ananias responded:Domine,“Lord,audivi a multis de viro hoc,I have heard from many about this man,quanta mala fecerit sanctis tuis in Jerusalem:how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem.

¹⁴et hic habet potestatem a principibus sacerdotum alligandi omnes qui invocant nomen tuum.And he has authority here from the leaders of the priests to bind all who invoke your name.”

¹⁴et hic habet potestatem a principibus sacerdotum alligandi omnes qui invocant nomen tuum.And he has authority here from the leaders of the priests to bind all who invoke your name.”

¹⁵Dixit autem ad eum Dominus: Vade, quoniam vas electionis est mihi iste, ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus, et regibus, et filiis Israël.Then the Lord said to him: “Go, for this one is an instrument chosen by me to convey my name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

¹⁵Dixit autem ad eum Dominus: Vade, quoniam vas electionis est mihi iste, ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus, et regibus, et filiis Israël.Then the Lord said to him: “Go, for this one is an instrument chosen by me to convey my name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

¹⁶Ego enim ostendam illi quanta oporteat eum pro nomine meo pati.For I will reveal to him how much he must suffer on behalf of my name.”

¹⁶Ego enim ostendam illi quanta oporteat eum pro nomine meo pati.For I will reveal to him how much he must suffer on behalf of my name.”

¹⁷Et abiit Ananias,And Ananias departed.et introivit in domum:And he entered the house.et imponens ei manus,And laying his hands upon him,dixit:he said:Saule frater,“Brother Saul,Dominus misit me Jesus,the Lord Jesus,qui apparuit tibi in via qua veniebas,he who appeared to you on the way by which you arrived,ut videas,sent me so that you would receive your sightet implearis Spiritu Sancto.and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

¹⁷Et abiit Ananias,And Ananias departed.et introivit in domum:And he entered the house.et imponens ei manus,And laying his hands upon him,dixit:he said:Saule frater,“Brother Saul,Dominus misit me Jesus,the Lord Jesus,qui apparuit tibi in via qua veniebas,he who appeared to you on the way by which you arrived,ut videas,sent me so that you would receive your sightet implearis Spiritu Sancto.and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

¹⁸Et confestim ceciderunt ab oculis ejus tamquam squamæ,And immediately, it was as if scales had fallen from his eyes,et visum recepit:and he received his sight.et surgens baptizatus est.And rising up, he was baptized.

¹⁸Et confestim ceciderunt ab oculis ejus tamquam squamæ,And immediately, it was as if scales had fallen from his eyes,et visum recepit:and he received his sight.et surgens baptizatus est.And rising up, he was baptized.

¹⁹Et cum accepisset cibum,And when he had taken a meal,confortatus est.he was strengthened.Fuit autem cum discipulis qui erant Damasci per dies aliquot.Now he was with the disciples who were at Damascus for some days.

¹⁹Et cum accepisset cibum,And when he had taken a meal,confortatus est.he was strengthened.Fuit autem cum discipulis qui erant Damasci per dies aliquot.Now he was with the disciples who were at Damascus for some days.

²⁰Et continuo in synagogis prædicabat Jesum,And he was continuously preaching Jesus in the synagogues:quoniam hic est Filius Dei.that he is the Son of God.

²⁰Et continuo in synagogis prædicabat Jesum,And he was continuously preaching Jesus in the synagogues:quoniam hic est Filius Dei.that he is the Son of God.

²¹Stupebant autem omnes qui audiebant,And all who heard him were astonished,et dicebant:and they said,Nonne hic est qui expugnabat in Jerusalem eos qui invocabant nomen istud:“Is this not the one who, in Jerusalem, was fighting against those invoking this name,et huc ad hoc venit,and who came here for this:ut vinctos illos duceret ad principes sacerdotum?so that he might lead them away to the leaders of the priests?”

²¹Stupebant autem omnes qui audiebant,And all who heard him were astonished,et dicebant:and they said,Nonne hic est qui expugnabat in Jerusalem eos qui invocabant nomen istud:“Is this not the one who, in Jerusalem, was fighting against those invoking this name,et huc ad hoc venit,and who came here for this:ut vinctos illos duceret ad principes sacerdotum?so that he might lead them away to the leaders of the priests?”

²²Saulus autem multo magis convalescebat,But Saul was increasing to a greater extent in ability,et confundebat Judæos qui habitabant Damasci,and so he was confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus,affirmans quoniam hic est Christus.by affirming that he is the Christ.

²²Saulus autem multo magis convalescebat,But Saul was increasing to a greater extent in ability,et confundebat Judæos qui habitabant Damasci,and so he was confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus,affirmans quoniam hic est Christus.by affirming that he is the Christ.

²³Cum autem implerentur dies multi,And when many days were completed,consilium fecerunt in unum Judæi ut eum interficerent.the Jews took counsel as one, so that they might put him to death.

²³Cum autem implerentur dies multi,And when many days were completed,consilium fecerunt in unum Judæi ut eum interficerent.the Jews took counsel as one, so that they might put him to death.

²⁴Notæ autem factæ sunt Saulo insidiæ eorum.But their treachery became known to Saul.Custodiebant autem et portas die ac nocte,Now they were also watching the gates, day and night,ut eum interficerent.so that they might put him to death.

²⁴Notæ autem factæ sunt Saulo insidiæ eorum.But their treachery became known to Saul.Custodiebant autem et portas die ac nocte,Now they were also watching the gates, day and night,ut eum interficerent.so that they might put him to death.

²⁵Accipientes autem eum discipuli nocte,But the disciples,per murum dimiserunt eum,taking him away by night,submittentes in sporta.sent him over the wall by letting him down in a basket.

²⁵Accipientes autem eum discipuli nocte,But the disciples,per murum dimiserunt eum,taking him away by night,submittentes in sporta.sent him over the wall by letting him down in a basket.

²⁶Cum autem venisset in Jerusalem,And when he had arrived in Jerusalem,tentabat se jungere discipulis,he attempted to join himself to the disciples.et omnes timebant eum,And they were all afraid of him,non credentes quod esset discipulus.not believing that he was a disciple.

²⁶Cum autem venisset in Jerusalem,And when he had arrived in Jerusalem,tentabat se jungere discipulis,he attempted to join himself to the disciples.et omnes timebant eum,And they were all afraid of him,non credentes quod esset discipulus.not believing that he was a disciple.

²⁷Barnabas autem apprehensum illum duxit ad Apostolos:But Barnabas took him aside and led him to the Apostles.et narravit illis quomodo in via vidisset Dominum,And he explained to them how he had seen the Lord,et quia locutus est ei,and that he had spoken to him,et quomodo in Damasco fiducialiter egerit in nomine Jesu.and how, in Damascus, he had acted faithfully in the name of Jesus.

²⁷Barnabas autem apprehensum illum duxit ad Apostolos:But Barnabas took him aside and led him to the Apostles.et narravit illis quomodo in via vidisset Dominum,And he explained to them how he had seen the Lord,et quia locutus est ei,and that he had spoken to him,et quomodo in Damasco fiducialiter egerit in nomine Jesu.and how, in Damascus, he had acted faithfully in the name of Jesus.

²⁸Et erat cum illis intransAnd he was with them,et exiens in Jerusalem,entering and departing Jerusalem,et fiducialiter agens in nomine Domini.and acting faithfully in the name of the Lord.

²⁸Et erat cum illis intransAnd he was with them,et exiens in Jerusalem,entering and departing Jerusalem,et fiducialiter agens in nomine Domini.and acting faithfully in the name of the Lord.

²⁹Loquebatur quoque gentibus,He also was speaking with the Gentileset disputabat cum Græcis:and disputing with the Greeks.illi autem quærebant occidere eum.But they were seeking to kill him.

²⁹Loquebatur quoque gentibus,He also was speaking with the Gentileset disputabat cum Græcis:and disputing with the Greeks.illi autem quærebant occidere eum.But they were seeking to kill him.

³⁰Quod cum cognovissent fratres,And when the brothers had realized this,deduxerunt eum Cæsaream,they brought him to Caesareaet dimiserunt Tarsum.and sent him away to Tarsus.

³⁰Quod cum cognovissent fratres,And when the brothers had realized this,deduxerunt eum Cæsaream,they brought him to Caesareaet dimiserunt Tarsum.and sent him away to Tarsus.

³¹Ecclesia quidem per totam Judæam,Certainly,et Galilæam,the Church had peace throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria,et Samariam habebat pacem,and it was being built up,et ædificabatur ambulans in timore Domini,while walking in the fear of the Lord,et consolatione Sancti Spiritus replebatur.and it was being filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.

³¹Ecclesia quidem per totam Judæam,Certainly,et Galilæam,the Church had peace throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria,et Samariam habebat pacem,and it was being built up,et ædificabatur ambulans in timore Domini,while walking in the fear of the Lord,et consolatione Sancti Spiritus replebatur.and it was being filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.

³²Factum est autem,Then it happened that Peter,ut Petrus dum pertransiret universos,as he traveled around everywhere,deveniret ad sanctos qui habitabant Lyddæ.came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

³²Factum est autem,Then it happened that Peter,ut Petrus dum pertransiret universos,as he traveled around everywhere,deveniret ad sanctos qui habitabant Lyddæ.came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

³³Invenit autem ibi hominem quemdam,But he found there a certain man,nomine Æneam,named Aeneas,ab annis octo jacentem in grabato,who was a paralytic,qui erat paralyticus.who had lain in bed for eight years.

³³Invenit autem ibi hominem quemdam,But he found there a certain man,nomine Æneam,named Aeneas,ab annis octo jacentem in grabato,who was a paralytic,qui erat paralyticus.who had lain in bed for eight years.

³⁴Et ait illi Petrus:And Peter said to him:Ænea,“Aeneas,sanat te Dominus Jesus Christus:the Lord Jesus Christ heals you.surge,Rise upet sterne tibi.and arrange your bed.”Et continuo surrexit.And immediately he rose up.

³⁴Et ait illi Petrus:And Peter said to him:Ænea,“Aeneas,sanat te Dominus Jesus Christus:the Lord Jesus Christ heals you.surge,Rise upet sterne tibi.and arrange your bed.”Et continuo surrexit.And immediately he rose up.

³⁵Et viderunt eum omnes qui habitabant Lyddæ et Saronæ:And all who were living in Lydda and Sharon saw him,qui conversi sunt ad Dominum.and they were converted to the Lord.

³⁵Et viderunt eum omnes qui habitabant Lyddæ et Saronæ:And all who were living in Lydda and Sharon saw him,qui conversi sunt ad Dominum.and they were converted to the Lord.

³⁶In Joppe autem fuit quædam discipula,Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha,nomine Tabitha,which in translation is called Dorcas.quæ interpretata dicitur Dorcas.She was filled with the good worksHæc erat plena operibus bonis et eleemosynis quas faciebat.and almsgiving that she was accomplishing.

³⁶In Joppe autem fuit quædam discipula,Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha,nomine Tabitha,which in translation is called Dorcas.quæ interpretata dicitur Dorcas.She was filled with the good worksHæc erat plena operibus bonis et eleemosynis quas faciebat.and almsgiving that she was accomplishing.

³⁷Factum est autem in diebus illis ut infirmata moreretur.And it happened that, in those days, she became ill and died.Quam cum lavissent,And when they had washed her,posuerunt eam in cœnaculo.they laid her in an upper room.

³⁷Factum est autem in diebus illis ut infirmata moreretur.And it happened that, in those days, she became ill and died.Quam cum lavissent,And when they had washed her,posuerunt eam in cœnaculo.they laid her in an upper room.

³⁸Cum autem prope esset Lydda ad Joppen,Now since Lydda was close to Joppa,discipuli,the disciples,audientes quia Petrus esset in ea,upon hearing that Peter was there,miserunt duos viros ad eum,sent two men to him,rogantes:asking him:Ne pigriteris venire ad nos.“Do not be slow in coming to us.”

³⁸Cum autem prope esset Lydda ad Joppen,Now since Lydda was close to Joppa,discipuli,the disciples,audientes quia Petrus esset in ea,upon hearing that Peter was there,miserunt duos viros ad eum,sent two men to him,rogantes:asking him:Ne pigriteris venire ad nos.“Do not be slow in coming to us.”

³⁹Exsurgens autem Petrus,Then Peter,venit cum illis.rising up,Et cum advenisset,went with them.duxerunt illum in cœnaculum:And when he had arrived,et circumsteterunt illum omnes viduæ flentes,they led him to an upper room.et ostendentes ei tunicasAnd all the widows were standing around him,et vestes quas faciebat illis Dorcas.weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.

³⁹Exsurgens autem Petrus,Then Peter,venit cum illis.rising up,Et cum advenisset,went with them.duxerunt illum in cœnaculum:And when he had arrived,et circumsteterunt illum omnes viduæ flentes,they led him to an upper room.et ostendentes ei tunicasAnd all the widows were standing around him,et vestes quas faciebat illis Dorcas.weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.

⁴⁰Ejectis autem omnibus foras,And when they had all been sent outside,Petrus ponens genua oravit:Peter, kneeling down, prayed.et conversus ad corpus,And turning to the body,dixit:he said:Tabitha,“Tabitha,surge.arise.”At illa aperuit oculos suos:And she opened her eyes and,et viso Petro,upon seeing Peter,resedit.sat up again.

⁴⁰Ejectis autem omnibus foras,And when they had all been sent outside,Petrus ponens genua oravit:Peter, kneeling down, prayed.et conversus ad corpus,And turning to the body,dixit:he said:Tabitha,“Tabitha,surge.arise.”At illa aperuit oculos suos:And she opened her eyes and,et viso Petro,upon seeing Peter,resedit.sat up again.

⁴¹Dans autem illi manum,And offering her his hand,erexit eam.he lifted her up.Et cum vocasset sanctos et viduas,And when he had called in the saints and the widows,assignavit eam vivam.he presented her alive.

⁴¹Dans autem illi manum,And offering her his hand,erexit eam.he lifted her up.Et cum vocasset sanctos et viduas,And when he had called in the saints and the widows,assignavit eam vivam.he presented her alive.

⁴²Notum autem factum est per universam Joppen:Now this became known throughout all of Joppa.et crediderunt multi in Domino.And many believed in the Lord.

⁴²Notum autem factum est per universam Joppen:Now this became known throughout all of Joppa.et crediderunt multi in Domino.And many believed in the Lord.

⁴³Factum est autem ut dies multos moraretur in Joppe,And it happened that he resided for many days in Joppa,apud Simonem quemdam coriarium.with a certain Simon, a tanner.

⁴³Factum est autem ut dies multos moraretur in Joppe,And it happened that he resided for many days in Joppa,apud Simonem quemdam coriarium.with a certain Simon, a tanner.