徒09
使徒行傳第9章
1掃羅仍然向主的門徒口吐威嚇凶煞的話，去見大祭司，
2求文書給大馬士革的各會堂，若是找著信奉這道的人，無論男女，都准他捆綁帶到耶路撒冷。
3掃羅行路，將到大馬士革，忽然從天上發光，四面照著他；
Pieter Bruegel the Elder – The Conversion of Paul(1567)Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Luca Giordano – La conversion de Saint Paul(vers 1690)Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Jan Rombouts – The Conversion of St. Paul(c.1522~30)Museum M – Leuven, Belgium(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. photo by Daderot, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – The Conversion of Saint Paul(15th century)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)
4他就仆倒在地，聽見有聲音對他說：「掃羅！掃羅！你為甚麼逼迫我？」
Matthaeus Merian – Saul’s Conversion(before 1650)Biblia : Das ist die gantze Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments(Public Domain, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University)
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Domenico Morelli – Conversione di san Paolo(1876)Cattedrale di Altamura(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Michelangelo – The Conversion of Saul(1542)Cappella Paolina(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Jean Fouquet – Saint Paul sur la route de Damas, miniature extraite des Heures d’Étienne Chevalier(c.1452~60)Condé Museum, Chantilly, France(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – The Conversion of St. Paul(16th century)the Prado in the Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication., Wikimedia Commons)
Melchior Bocksberger – The Conversion of Saint Paul(16th century)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication., Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Fleuron from book:Sunday reading. The conversion of St. Paul the apostle.(1797)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Weigel, Christoph – Saul’s Conversion(before 1725)Biblia ectypa : Bildnussen auss Heiliger Schrifft Alt und Neuen Testaments in welchen alle Geschichte und Erscheinungen deutlich und schrifftmässig zu Gottes Ehre und andächtiger Seelen erbaulicher Beschauung vorgestellet werden.(Public Domain, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University)
5他說：「主啊！你是誰？」主說：「我就是你所逼迫的耶穌。
6起來！進城去，你所當做的事，必有人告訴你。」
Francisco Camilo – Conversión de San Pablo(1667)Museo de Segovia, Spain(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Taddeo Zuccari, Conversione di San Paolo, church of San Marcello al Corso, Rome, 1564–1566(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Veronse’s School – Conversion of St. Paul. Abbey of Santa Giustina, 1st chapel from the entrance right nave(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons)
Daniel Villafruela. – The Conversion of Saint Paul(18th century)classé Monument Historique in the base Palissy(Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)
Cornelis Cort, Giulio Clovio – The Conversion of St Paul(1576)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)
7同行的人站在那裡，說不出話來，聽見聲音，卻看不見人。
Caravaggio – Conversion on the Way to Damascus(1600)Cappella Cerasi, Santa Maria del popolo, Roma(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Paolo Veronese – The Conversion of St Paul(before 1588)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
8掃羅從地上起來，睜開眼睛，竟不能看見甚麼。有人拉他的手，領他進了大馬士革；
Caravaggio – The Conversion of Saint Paul(c.1600)Odescalchi Balbi Collection(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Unknown from Kraków – Conversion of St. Paul – section of the Trinity Altar.(1467)Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Tyrwhitt, Walter S.S. – Panoramic View of Damascus大馬士革.(1907)Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license., Wikimedia Commons)
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Elmendorf, Dwight Lathrop – Damascus 1912 大馬士革(1912)A camera crusade through the Holy Land C. Scribner’s Sons New York(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Howson, J. S. (John Saul) – Scenes from the life of St. Paul and their religious lessons..(1909)Harold B. Lee Library(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
9三日不能看見，也不吃也不喝。
10當下，在大馬士革有一個門徒，名叫亞拿尼亞。主在異象中對他說：「亞拿尼亞。」他說：「主，我在這裡。」
Anonymous – Saint Ananias(1719)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
11主對他說：「起來！往直街去，在猶大的家裡，訪問一個大數人，名叫掃羅。他正禱告，
12又看見了一個人，名叫亞拿尼亞，進來按手在他身上，叫他能看見。」
13亞拿尼亞回答說：「主啊，我聽見許多人說：這人怎樣在耶路撒冷多多苦害你的聖徒，
14並且他在這裡有從祭司長得來的權柄捆綁一切求告你名的人。」
15主對亞拿尼亞說：「你只管去！他是我所揀選的器皿，要在外邦人和君王，並以色列人面前宣揚我的名。
16我也要指示他，為我的名必須受許多的苦難。」
17亞拿尼亞就去了，進入那家，把手按在掃羅身上，說：「兄弟掃羅，在你來的路上向你顯現的主，就是耶穌，打發我來，叫你能看見，又被聖靈充滿。」
Pietro da Cortona – A splendid canvas: Ananias restoring the sight of St Paul (c.1631)Capuchin church of S. Maria della Concezione.(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license., photo by Anthony M. from Rome, Italy Wikimedia Commons)
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Weigel, Christoph – Ananias and Saul(before 1725)Biblia ectypa : Bildnussen auss Heiliger Schrifft Alt und Neuen Testaments in welchen alle Geschichte und Erscheinungen deutlich und schrifftmässig zu Gottes Ehre und andächtiger Seelen erbaulicher Beschauung vorgestellet werden.(Public Domain, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University)
18掃羅的眼睛上，好像有鱗立刻掉下來，他就能看見。於是起來受了洗；
Jean II Restout – Ananias Restoring the Sight of St Paul(1719)Louvre Museum, Paris(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
José Luiz – Baptism of St Paul – Capela Palatina(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, Wikimedia Commons)
19吃過飯就健壯了。
Benjamin West – The Conversion of St. Paul(c.1786)Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
掃羅在大馬士革傳道
掃羅和大馬士革的門徒同住了些日子，
20就在各會堂裡宣傳耶穌，說他是 神的兒子。
Jim Padgett – Biblical illustration of Acts of the Apostles Chapter 9(1984)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Distant Shores Media/Sweet Publishing, Wikimedia Commons)
21凡聽見的人都驚奇，說：「在耶路撒冷殘害求告這名的，不是這人嗎？並且他到這裡來，特要捆綁他們，帶到祭司長那裡。」
22但掃羅越發有能力，駁倒住大馬士革的猶太人，證明耶穌是基督。
未受猶太人的謀害
23過了好些日子，猶太人商議要殺掃羅，
24但他們的計謀被掃羅知道了。他們又晝夜在城門守候，要殺他。
25他的門徒就在夜間用筐子把他從城牆上縋下去。
Jim Padgett – Biblical illustration of Acts of the Apostles Chapter 9(1984)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Distant Shores Media/Sweet Publishing, Wikimedia Commons)
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Matthias Gerung – The Escape of Paul(c.1530)Ottheinrich Bible (Ottheinrich Bibel)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Saul’s escape from Damascus. German. Acts 9. BX.60 – from “The Bible and its Story” book, authored by Charles Horne, 1909(Public Domain, St-Takla.org)
Weigel, Christoph – Saul Leaves Damascus(before 1725)Biblia ectypa : Bildnussen auss Heiliger Schrifft Alt und Neuen Testaments in welchen alle Geschichte und Erscheinungen deutlich und schrifftmässig zu Gottes Ehre und andächtiger Seelen erbaulicher Beschauung vorgestellet werden.(Public Domain, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University)
掃羅在耶路撒冷
26掃羅到了耶路撒冷，想與門徒結交，他們卻都怕他，不信他是門徒。
Elmendorf, Dwight Lathrop – Jerualem 1912. A camera crusade through the Holy Land C. Scribner’s Sons New York 耶路撒冷1912 (Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
27惟有巴拿巴接待他，領去見使徒，把他在路上怎麼看見主，主怎麼向他說話，他在大馬士革怎麼奉耶穌的名放膽傳道，都述說出來。
Mosaic of the Apostles Paul and Barnaba above the front door of the church “Agios Panteleimon” in Nicosia, Cyprus(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Молли, Wikimedia Commons)
28於是掃羅在耶路撒冷和門徒出入來往，
29奉主的名放膽傳道，並與說希臘話的猶太人講論辯駁；他們卻想法子要殺他。
30弟兄們知道了就送他下凱撒利亞，打發他往大數去。
John Carne. Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated. In a series of views, drawn from nature by W.H. Bartlett, William Purser, &c., London, Fisher, Son & Co., 1836-1838. 大數(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
31那時，猶太、加利利、撒馬利亞各處的教會都得平安，被建立；凡事敬畏主，蒙聖靈的安慰，人數就增多了。
以尼雅得醫治
32彼得周流四方的時候，也到了居住呂大的聖徒那裡；
G.E. Franklin – 呂大 Lydda (Lod) circa 1910.(1911)Palestine depicted and described with 350 illustrations(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
33遇見一個人，名叫以尼雅，得了癱瘓，在褥子上躺臥八年。
34彼得對他說：「以尼雅，耶穌基督醫好你了，起來！收拾你的褥子。」他就立刻起來了。
Matthias Gerung – Page 238v: St. Peter heals Aeneas / St. Peter raised Tabitha from the dead, Act 5:12-18(1530~2)Ottheinrich-Bibel, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
35凡住呂大和沙崙的人都看見了他，就歸服主。
Weigel, Christoph – Peter Heals Aeneas(before 1725)Biblia ectypa : Bildnussen auss Heiliger Schrifft Alt und Neuen Testaments in welchen alle Geschichte und Erscheinungen deutlich und schrifftmässig zu Gottes Ehre und andächtiger Seelen erbaulicher Beschauung vorgestellet werden.(Public Domain, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University)
多加復活
36在約帕有一個女徒，名叫大比大，翻希臘話就是多加（就是羚羊的意思）；她廣行善事，多施賙濟。
Dorcas, Saint Tabitha in Eastern tradition(2016)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Wolfymoza, Wikimedia Commons)
37當時，她患病而死，有人把她洗了，停在樓上。
38呂大原與約帕相近；門徒聽見彼得在那裡，就打發兩個人去見他，央求他說：「快到我們那裡去，不要耽延。」
39彼得就起身和他們同去；到了，便有人領他上樓。眾寡婦都站在彼得旁邊哭，拿多加與她們同在時所做的裡衣外衣給他看。
J.H. Robinson after E. Le Sueur – St Peter resuscitates Tabitha (Dorcas)(1873)Wellcome Images(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Peter raises Dorcas to life.(1873)The story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
40彼得叫她們都出去，就跪下禱告，轉身對著死人說：「大比大，起來！」她就睜開眼睛，見了彼得，便坐起來。
Pierre-Jacques Cazes – Saint Pierre ressuscitant Tabithe(1732)Louvre Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
41彼得伸手扶她起來，叫眾聖徒和寡婦進去，把多加活活地交給他們。
Fabrizio Santafede – Saint Peter raises Tabitha(1611)Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Alexandre Laemlein – Tabitha raised from the dead by Saint Peter(1843)the church Saint-Pierre de Gaubert in Boé (Lot-et-Garonne, France)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Weigel, Christoph – Tabitha(before 1725)Biblia ectypa : Bildnussen auss Heiliger Schrifft Alt und Neuen Testaments in welchen alle Geschichte und Erscheinungen deutlich und schrifftmässig zu Gottes Ehre und andächtiger Seelen erbaulicher Beschauung vorgestellet werden.(Public Domain, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University)
42這事傳遍了約帕，就有許多人信了主。
Masolino da Panicale – The Healing of Tabitha(1420s)Masolino at the Brancacci Chapel(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
43此後，彼得在約帕一個硝皮匠西門的家裡住了多日。
Icon of Saint Simon the Tanner from the Church of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. photo by Ytrottier, Wikimedia Commons)
Matson Collection – Jaffa (Joppa) and environs. House of Simon the Tanner 硝皮匠西門的家(1898~1914)(Public Domain, United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID matpc.06523)