Among all those who had embraced the faith there was but one heart and soul, so that none of them claimed any of his possessions as his own, but everything they had was common property;

Saul's fellow-travelers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could not see anyone.

Immediately something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized;

Saul's influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.

but their plot became known to Saul. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,

which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, lowering the sail, so they were borne along.