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Acts 9

Acts 9 ( Acts • Chapter 9 (43 verses)): And Saul , yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest , And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusale... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Damascus , Jerusalem , Straight , Tarsus , Caesarea . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles—Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Macedonia (region. Referenced in Acts 16:9 , Acts 16:10 , Acts 16:12 , Acts 18:5 , Acts 19:21 .) Asia (region. Referenced in Acts 2:9 , Acts 6:9 , Acts 16:6 , Acts 19:10 , Acts 19:22 .) Caesarea (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 10:1 , Acts 10:24 , Acts 11:11 , Acts 12:19 .) Joppa (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:46 , 2 Chr 2:16 , Ezra 3:7 , Jonah 1:3 , Acts 9:36 , Acts 9:38 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 2:35 : "Until I make thy foes thy footstool."; Acts 13:30 : "But God raised him from the dead:"; Acts 13:37 : "But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 9 ( Acts • Chapter 9 (43 verses)), Acts (New Testament • 28 Chapters), 2 Chronicles 9 ( 2 Chronicles • Chapter 9 (31 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Acts 9
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Acts • Chapter 9 (43 verses)

And Saul , yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest , And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusale... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Damascus , Jerusalem , Straight , Tarsus , Caesarea .

Acts
99% New Testament
New Testament • 28 Chapters

Acts (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Mary . Key places: Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet , Mesopotamia , Cappadocia . Opens with: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,..."

Acts 9:3
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Acts Chapter 9, Verse 3

Scripture passage in Acts 9:3

Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah

Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Map of Paul's Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36–18:22)
IMAGE • maps

Cilicia , Galatia , Troas (Macedonian Call), Philippi , Thessalonica , Berea , Athens , and Corinth .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Acts 16:9
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Acts Chapter 16, Verse 9

Scripture passage in Acts 16:9

Caravaggio — The Conversion of Saint Paul (1601)
IMAGE • artwork

Saul fallen from his horse on the road to Damascus , overcome by the radiant heavenly light of Christ .

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) • Galleria Borghese / Roman Churches Public Domain Mark 1.0
Messiah Theme Video 5:45
VIDEO • theme

Trace the thread of the Promised Messiah from the seed of the woman in Genesis 3 and the Davidic King to the surprise of the suffering Servant King dying to defeat death.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Acts Part 1 (Chapters 1–12) 8:15
VIDEO • overview

Overview of Acts 1 –12 showing the Risen Jesus empowering his followers with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost , the bold multi-ethnic community in Jerusalem , and early expansion across Judea and Samaria .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Macedonia
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Biblical Place • Thessalonica • 40.632°N, 22.932°E

region. Referenced in Acts 16:9 , Acts 16:10 , Acts 16:12 , Acts 18:5 , Acts 19:21 .

Pool of Siloam — Excavations of the Lower Byzantine & Herodian Pool
IMAGE • archaeology

Monumental stone steps and promenade where Jesus sent the man born blind to wash in John 9:7 .

Second Temple Jerusalem Engineers • Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Megiddo Solomonic City Gate — Six-Chambered Iron Age Gateway
IMAGE • archaeology

Monumental six-chambered ashlar gate matching royal engineering at Hazor and Gezer ( 1 Kings 9:15 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Asia
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Biblical Place • 39.230°N, 32.730°E

region. Referenced in Acts 2:9 , Acts 6:9 , Acts 16:6 , Acts 19:10 , Acts 19:22 .

Caesarea
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Biblical Place • 32.500°N, 34.892°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 10:1 , Acts 10:24 , Acts 11:11 , Acts 12:19 .

Joppa
83% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.054°N, 34.750°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:46 , 2 Chr 2:16 , Ezra 3:7 , Jonah 1:3 , Acts 9:36 , Acts 9:38 .

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III — King Jehu of Israel
IMAGE • archaeology

Neo-Assyrian bas-relief (825 BCE) showing King Jehu bowing before the Assyrian monarch, the only contemporary depiction of an Israelite king.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Stepped Stone Structure — Citadel of David / Millo
IMAGE • archaeology

Colossal 12-story high terraced retaining wall supporting the royal palace acropolis of the City of David .

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Cilicia
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Biblical Place • Tarsus • 36.918°N, 34.892°E

region. Referenced in Acts 6:9 , Acts 15:23 , Acts 15:41 , Acts 21:39 , Acts 22:3 .

Codex Alexandrinus (A, 02) — Acts of the Apostles 1
IMAGE • manuscripts

Uncial folio depicting Christ 's ascension and the waiting apostles in Jerusalem .

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Pilate Stone — Pontius Pilatus Inscription from Caesarea
IMAGE • archaeology

Limestone block discovered in Caesarea Maritima bearing a Latin dedicatory inscription naming 'Pontius Pilatus, Prefect of Judea ', confirming his historical governorship.

Roman Imperial Masons • Israel Museum / Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Gallio Inscription at Delphi — Proconsul of Achaia (Acts 18:12)
IMAGE • archaeology

Rescript of Emperor Claudius dating the proconsulship of Gallio in Corinth to 51–52 CE, the chronological anchor of Pauline chronology.

Roman Imperial Chancellery (Claudius) / Delphi Excavation • Delphi Archaeological Museum / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Temple Warning Inscription — Greek Soreg Warning to Gentiles
IMAGE • archaeology

Limestone slab warning non-Jews on pain of death not to enter past the balustrade (soreg) into the inner Temple courts ( Acts 21:28 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Caesarea Maritima Aqueduct — Roman Coastal Channel
IMAGE • archaeology

Herodian and Hadrianic high-level aqueduct carrying fresh spring water from Mount Carmel to the port city of Caesarea .

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Map of the Early Church Spread in Judea, Samaria & Antioch
IMAGE • maps

Expansion of the Gospel from Pentecost in Jerusalem through Samaria , Damascus , Joppa , Caesarea , and Antioch .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of Paul's First Missionary Journey (Acts 13–14)
IMAGE • maps

Antioch to Cyprus ( Salamis , Paphos ), Perga , Pisidian Antioch , Iconium , Lystra , and Derbe .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of Paul's Third Missionary Journey (Acts 18:23–21:16)
IMAGE • maps

Extended 3-year ministry in Ephesus , visit to Macedonia and Greece , and journey to Jerusalem .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of Paul's Voyage to Rome (Acts 27–28)
IMAGE • maps

Sea voyage from Caesarea through Sidon , Myra , Fair Havens ( Crete ), shipwreck at Malta , and arrival in Rome .

Townsend MacCoun (1899) • The Holy Land in Geography and in History / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
2 Chronicles 9
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 9 (31 verses)

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon , she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem , with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all... Mentions: Solomon, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Nathan , Iddo , Sheba , Jerusalem , Ophir , Arabia , Lebanon .

Raphael — Saint Paul Preaching in Athens (1515)
IMAGE • artwork

The Apostle Paul proclaiming the Unknown God and the resurrection to the philosophers of the Areopagus .

Raphael Sanzio • Vatican Museums / Victoria and Albert Museum Public Domain Mark 1.0
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PDF • monographs

Landmark scholarly monograph demonstrating that New Testament Greek is the living vernacular (Koine) of the Greco-Roman world.

Adolf Deissmann / R. C. Trench • Internet Archive / Public Domain Public Domain Mark 1.0
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AUDIO • historical

Byzantine modal troparion celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost ( Acts 2:1-4 ).

David W Solomons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY 3.0
Holy Spirit (Ruakh) Theme Video 4:11
VIDEO • theme

Discover the biblical meaning of God's Spirit (Hebrew Ruakh)—God's personal, animating energy hovering over creation, empowering leaders, and indwelling Christ 's body.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Witness: Martus Word Study 4:45
VIDEO • word-study

Trace the Greek word Martus (μάρτυς)—originally meaning a courtroom witness who testifies to truth, evolving in early Christian history to mean those who testify to Jesus even unto death.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Greece
75% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Athens • 37.983°N, 23.733°E

region. Referenced in Dan 8:21 , Dan 10:20 , Dan 11:2 , Zech 9:13 , Acts 20:2 .

Acts Part 2 (Chapters 13–28) 8:00
VIDEO • overview

Overview of Acts 13 –28 following Paul's missionary journeys across the Greco-Roman world, the Jerusalem Council uniting Jewish and Gentile believers, trials, and unhindered proclamation in Rome .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Tarsus
75% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 36.918°N, 34.892°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 9:11 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 11:25 , Acts 21:39 , Acts 22:3 .

Scripture Passages (24)

Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Acts 13:30 (KJV)
Acts 13 KJV

But God raised him from the dead:

Acts 13:37 (KJV)
Acts 13 KJV

But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

Acts 28:12 (KJV)
Acts 28 KJV

And landing at Syracuse , we tarried there three days.

Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

But Solomon built him an house.

And there they preached the gospel.

So Paul departed from among them.

And all the men were about twelve.

Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph .

Hath not my hand made all these things?

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel ;

And there was great joy in that city.

This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

But the word of God grew and multiplied.

And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

And he drave them from the judgment seat.

These going before tarried for us at Troas .

And he wrote a letter after this manner:

Then said the high priest , Are these things so?

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus , for to seek Saul :

And there they abode long time with the disciples.

And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas .

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