Back to all lyrics
Artwork for Saul, Saul

Acts 9:1-31

Saul, Saul

Lyrics · Acts

Saul, Saul

Acts 9:1-31

Lyrics

Now playing

Saul, Saul

Acts 9:1-31

Playing next

  1. Lyrics and song details
  2. Lyrics and song details
  3. Lyrics and song details
  4. Lyrics and song details
  5. Lyrics and song details
  6. Lyrics and song details
  7. Lyrics and song details
  8. Lyrics and song details

About this song

About this song

This song belongs to the Acts collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book
Acts
Collection
Acts
[Verse 1] Saul breathed threatenings and slaughter, Letters sealed for Damascus gates. Men and women bound for prison Filled the purpose that he chased. At midday light above the sunlight Flashed and drove him to the ground. A voice asked why he persecuted The Lord whose people he had bound. [Refrain] Saul, Saul, The hunter lost his sight. Saul, Saul, Three days without the light. Led by hands into the city, No food, no drink, no plan: Saul, Saul, The persecutor met the Son of Man. [Verse 2] Ananias heard instruction, Named the danger he had known. Yet he entered, called him brother, Laid his hands where grace was shown. Scales fell off; the blind man saw. He rose, was washed, and ate. Then in synagogues the hunter Preached the Christ he came to hate. [Bridge] Plots arose to kill the convert; A basket lowered him by night. Barnabas stood and told the apostles How the foe had met the light. [Final Refrain] Saul, Saul, The road reversed his breath. Saul, Saul, The witness once marked for death Became the chosen vessel For nations, kings, and kin. The persecutor entered grace, And Christ was preached by him.

Named in this songSaulDamascusAnaniasBarnabas

About the passage

Acts 9: The pursuer is led by the hand

Saul leaves for Damascus intending to bind believers and arrives there unable to see, led by the hand. The voice that stops him identifies the people he attacks with Jesus himself, overturning Saul's understanding of whom he has been opposing. His calling then proceeds through people he would previously have threatened. Ananias knows the reports and does not pretend they are false, yet he enters the house, calls him “Brother Saul,” restores his sight, and receives him into the company he came to persecute. Saul's preaching immediately astonishes hearers, but changed allegiance does not create instant trust. Enemies plot to kill him, disciples lower him in a basket, and Jerusalem believers remain afraid until Barnabas vouches for him. After another threat sends Saul toward Tarsus, the account shifts back to Peter. Aeneas rises from an eight-year bed, and Tabitha rises among widows holding the garments that show why her life mattered to them.

Study Acts 9 in depth