Quotes About Transformation

The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.

Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.

“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

At that instant, something like scales fell from Saulís eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isnít this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasnít he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

Then I heard a voice saying to me, ëGet up, Peter, kill and eat.í

ëNo, Lord,í I said, ëfor nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.í