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Acts 9:1 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Baptism

"the Nazarene" to be "the Lord, the Son of God."[143]

Acts 9:2 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Prayer

, to be sure, at that time (for elsewhere our Discipline is called "the Way"[74]

Acts 9:3 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

Indeed, when I hear that this man was chosen by the Lord after He had attained His rest in heaven, I feel that a kind of improvidence is imputable to Christ, for not knowing before that this man was necessary to Him; and because He thought that he must be added to the apostolic body in the way of a fortuitous encounter[10]

Acts 9:4 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book I

And as a consequence of this we see that every one who betrays the disciples of Jesus is reckoned as betraying Jesus Himself. To Saul,[62]

Acts 9:5 - NIV, NAB - in Pseudo-Cyprian On the Glory of Martyrdom

is drawn away with the rent portions of the flesh; still he stands immoveable, the stronger for his sufferings, revolving only this in his mind, that in that brutality of the executioners Christ Himself is suffering[4]

Acts 9:5 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII

that the subordinate persons should tyrannically assume to themselves the functions belonging to their superiors, forming a new scheme of laws to their own mischief, not knowing that "it is hard for them to kick against the pricks; "[212]

Acts 9:11 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Baptism

, being requested, is taken to sit beside him; the Lord is pointed out; faith lingers not; water needs no waiting for; the work is completed, and the apostle snatched away. "But Paul too was, in fact, `speedily' baptized: "for Simon,[187]

Acts 9:11 - NIV, NAB - in The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew

And when, after thirty days occupied in going back, they were now near at hand, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Anna, who was standing and praying, and said:[14]

Acts 9:15 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

Ye are initiated into the mysteries of the Gospel with Paul, the holy, the martyred, inasmuch as he was "a chosen vessel; "[91]

Acts 9:15 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

and then to Ananias, saying regarding him: "Go thy way; for he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name among the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. For I will show him, from this time, how great things he must suffer for My name's sake."[258]

Acts 9:15 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

the "vessel of election,"[153]

Acts 9:15 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book III

For I am of opinion that there is a certain limit to the powers of human nature, although there may be a Paul, of whom it is said, "He is a chosen vessel unto Me; "[303]

Acts 9:15 - NIV, NAB - in Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

and as that Spirit could not abide upon all men, but only on Him who was born of Mary the mother of God, so that Spirit, the Paraclete, could not come into any other, but could only come upon the apostles and the sainted Paul. "For he is a chosen vessel," He says, "unto me, to bear my name before kings and the Gentiles."[331]

Acts 9:20 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

Paul himself also-after that the Lord spoke to him out of heaven, and showed him that, in persecuting His disciples, he persecuted his own Lord, and sent Ananias to him that he might recover his sight, and be baptized-"preached," it is said, "Jesus in the synagogues at Damascus, with all freedom of speech, that this is the Son of God, the Christ."[196]

Acts 9:36 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

And so, if it were agreed that even the blessed apostles had granted any such indulgence (to any crime) the pardon of which (comes) from God, not from man, it would be competent (for them) to have done so, not in the exercise of discipline, but of power. For they both raised the dead,[270]

Acts 9:36 - NIV, NAB - in The History of Joseph the Carpenter

And we said: O our Lord, our God and Saviour, who are those four whom Thou hast said Antichrist will cut off from the reproach they bring upon him? The Lord answered: They are Enoch, Elias, Schila, and Tabitha.[32]

Acts 9:40 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms

he said, "Tabitha, in the name of Jesus Christ, arise!"[21]

Acts 9:40 - NIV, NAB - in Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

why do you honour Peter, who raised Tabitha to life,[709]

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