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Ananias Baptizes Saul

Acts 9:18

In 9 translations

BSB
At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,
KJV
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
WEB
Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.
ASV
And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized;
LSV
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he also saw again instantly, and having risen, was immersed,
YLT
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized,
DBY
And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he saw, and rising up was baptised;
DRC
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and rising up, he was baptized.
GNV
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales, and suddenly he receiued sight, and arose, and was baptized,

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὡς (“as”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὡσεὶ (“like”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include παραχρῆμα (“immediately”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Spelling of ἀπέπεσαν: Textus Receptus: ἀπέπεσον.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αὐτοῦ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ.
  • SBLGNT: ὡς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὡς; Robinson–Pierpont read ὡσεὶ.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέπεσαν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὡς λεπίδες, ἀνέβλεψέν τε καὶ ἀναστὰς ἐβαπτίσθη,
RP2018
Καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέπεσον ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ λεπίδες, ἀνέβλεψέν τε καὶ ἀναστὰς ἐβαπτίσθη,
TR-Boyd
Καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέπεσον ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ λεπίδες, ἀνέβλεψέ τε παραχρῆμα, καὶ ἀναστὰς ἐβαπτίσθη,
SCR1894
και ευθεως απεπεσον απο των οφθαλμων αυτου ωσει λεπιδες ανεβλεψεν τε παραχρημα και αναστας εβαπτισθη

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◆ Saul is converted

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
  • 2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
  • Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 13:37–38But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay. Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
  • Acts 13:12–13When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord. After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to…
  • Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

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