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Acts 9:9

where he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blindness;   Converts;   Fasting;   Heart;   Jesus, the Christ;   Paul;   Persecution;   Regeneration;   Syria;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fasting;   Self-Indulgence-Self-Denial;   Soul;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Joppa;   Stephen;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Syria;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ascension of Jesus Christ;   Disease;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ascension of Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Damascus;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Blindness;   Joshua;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Ascension;   Ascension of Christ;   Fasting;   Paul;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ;   Syria;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Damascus;   Joppa;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abstinence;   Arts;   Damascus, Damascenes;   Numbers;   Paul;   Synagogue;   Voice;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Numbers as Symbols;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - paul, saint evangelist;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fasting;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Damascus;   Synagogue;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Damas'cus,;   Paul;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Number;   Trance;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Blindness;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 8;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
He stayed there three days without eating or drinking anything.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Bible in Basic English
And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.
Darby Translation
And he was three days without seeing, and neither ate nor drank.
New King James Version
And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Christian Standard Bible®
He was unable to see for three days and did not eat or drink.
World English Bible
He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Weymouth's New Testament
And for two days he remained without sight, and did not eat or drink anything.
King James Version (1611)
And he was three dayes without sight, and neither did eate, nor drinke.
Literal Translation
And he was three days not seeing, and did not eat or drink.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and he was thre dayes without sighte, and nether ate ner dranke.
Amplified Bible
And he was unable to see for three days, and he neither ate nor drank.
American Standard Version
And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.
Revised Standard Version
And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he was .iii. dayes with out syght and nether ate nor dranke.
Update Bible Version
And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Young's Literal Translation
and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.
New Century Version
For three days Saul could not see and did not eat or drink.
New English Translation
For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.
Berean Standard Bible
For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.
Contemporary English Version
and for three days he was blind and did not eat or drink.
Complete Jewish Bible
For three days he remained unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.
English Standard Version
And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Where he was three dayes without sight, and neither ate nor dranke.
George Lamsa Translation
And he was unable to see for three days during which he neither ate nor drank.
Hebrew Names Version
He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.
International Standard Version
For three days he couldn't see, and he didn't eat or drink anything.
Etheridge Translation
and he saw not for three days, neither did he eat or drink.
Murdock Translation
And he had no sight for three days; and he neither ate nor drank.
New Living Translation
He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink.
New Life Bible
He could not see for three days. During that time he did not eat or drink.
English Revised Version
And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.
New Revised Standard
For three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he was three days without seeing, and did neither eat nor drink.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he was there three days without sight: and he did neither eat nor drink.
King James Version
And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
Lexham English Bible
And he was unable to see for three days, and he did not eat or drink.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he was three dayes without syght, and neither dyd eate nor drynke.
Easy-to-Read Version
For three days, Saul could not see; he did not eat or drink.
New American Standard Bible
And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Good News Translation
For three days he was not able to see, and during that time he did not eat or drink anything.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he was thre daies not seynge; `and he eete not, nether drank.

Contextual Overview

1 Saul still breathing out nothing but threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, 2 went to the high priest, and demanded letters for the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any of this sect, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he was on his journey, and near Damascus, on a sudden, a light from heaven surrounded him, 4 and he fell to the ground, and heard a voice which said to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 and he said, who art thou, Lord? and the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is hard for thee to kick against the goad. 6 then trembling with the fright Saul said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? and the Lord said to him,]  but rise, and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do. 7 the mean while the men who accompany'd him, remain'd astonish'd, hearing a voice, but seeing no one. 8 at length Saul rose from the ground; and when he opened his eyes, he could not see: so that they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus, 9 where he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 9:11, Acts 9:12, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, 2 Chronicles 33:18, 2 Chronicles 33:19, Esther 4:16, Jonah 3:6-8

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:12 - horror 2 Samuel 12:16 - fasted Psalms 102:4 - so that Luke 6:42 - cast Acts 9:17 - that thou Acts 13:11 - thou Acts 22:11 - when

Cross-References

Romans 1:3
with relation to his son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was of the lineage of David as to his body,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he was three days without sight,.... Without bodily sight; for otherwise all this while his spiritual sight was increasing, and Christ was giving him by his Spirit a full view of himself, his state and case, and where his salvation was; and a clear insight into the doctrines of the Gospel, which he is said to have by the revelation of Christ, whereby he was fitted for the immediate preaching of it:

and neither did eat nor drink; having no regard unto, or time for either; being filled with grief and sorrow, and true repentance for sin, and taken up in prayer to God, and employed in attending to, and receiving the doctrines of grace, he was afterwards to publish.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And neither did eat nor drink - Probably because he was overwhelmed with a view of his sins, and was thus indisposed to eat. All the circumstances would contribute to this. His past life; his great sins; the sudden change in his views; his total absorption in the vision; perhaps also his grief at the loss of his sight, would all fill his mind, and indispose him to partake of food. Great grief always produces this effect. And it is not uncommon now for an awakened and convicted sinner, in view of his past sins and danger, to be so pained as to destroy his inclination for food, and to produce involuntary fasting. We are to remember also that Paul had yet no assurance of forgiveness. He was arrested, alarmed, convinced that Jesus was the Messiah, and humbled, but he had not found comfort. He was brought to the dust, and left to three painful days of darkness and suspense, before it was told him what he was to do. In this painful and perplexing state, it was natural that he should abstain from food. This case should not be brought now, however, to prove that convicted sinners must remain in darkness and under conviction. Sail’s case was extraordinary. His blindness was literal. This state of darkness was necessary to humble him and fit him for his work. But the moment a sinner will give his heart to Christ, he may find peace. If he resists, and rebels longer, it will be his own fault. By the nature of the ease, as well as by the promises of the Bible, if a sinner will yield himself at once to the Lord Jesus, he will obtain peace. That sinners do not sooner obtain peace is because they do not sooner submit themselves to God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 9:9. Neither did eat nor drink. — The anxiety of his mind and the anguish of his heart were so great that he had no appetite for food; and he continued in total darkness and without food for three days, till Ananias proclaimed salvation to him in the name of the Lord Jesus.


 
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