Acts 9:1-31
POY! SKIT GUIDELINES:
- In a small group, participants might simply read their lines, or glance at their lines to get the idea so they can speak in their own words.
- Most POY! skits require no practice in advance.
- Have any small children play a brief part. Most scripts have an optional part for children, listed last under Participants.
- Most scripts have a Narrator who should read the script beforehand to see how to keep moving the story along.
- It is not necessary to employ costumes and objects, unless the skit recommends such.
- It is not required to have an audience watch the skit. All present may participate.
- Scripture and paraphrases, if any, usually appear in bold.
PARTICIPANTS:
Saul (also serves as Narrator)
Voice (of Jesus) Stand to one side, read slowly and loudly.
Ananias
Prompter (Optional). Prompter shouts a brief line and Companions repeat it.
Companions (Optional): children and all adults who want to take part. Make sure Companions know who the Prompter is, and that they are to repeat Prompter’s words.
SCRIPT:
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Saul |
I am Saul, later called Paul. Let me tell you how God changed me from being a cruel and bloodthirsty persecutor, to become an apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ. I was breathing threats and murder against disciples of the Lord, and requested letters from the high priest to the synagogues in Damascus, so that when I found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, I could bring them bound to Jerusalem. While traveling to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed aroundmy fellow travelers and me. |
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Prompter & Companions |
Blinding light! Blinding light! |
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Saul |
(Walk, cry out and fall.) I fell to the ground and heard a voice. |
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Voice |
Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? |
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Saul |
(Groan, hold an arm over your eyes to shield them.) Who…? Who are You, Lord? |
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Voice |
I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But get up and enter the city, and someone will tell you what you must do. |
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Saul |
(Rise, staggering.) The men traveling with me stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. That voice! It was awesome! Awesome! |
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Prompter & Companions |
Awesome! Awesome! |
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Saul |
I rose, but could see nothing. So they led me by the hand, and brought me into Damascus. I went three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. Then someone else heard that Voice. |
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Voice |
Ananias! Ananias! |
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Ananias |
(Act surprised) Here I am, Lord. |
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Voice |
Go to the street called Straight to the house of Judas, and ask for Saul, from Tarsus.He is praying, and has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and laid his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight. |
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Ananias |
Who? Saul of Tarsus! Whoa! Oh, Lord, I’ve heard about this man! He’s done much harm to Your saints at Jerusalem! He’s come with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name. |
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Voice |
Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine. He will bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel. I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake. |
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Saul |
Ananias came, entered the house, and laid his hands on me. |
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Ananias |
Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road when you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. |
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Saul |
Immediately there fell from my eyes something like scales, and I regained his sight. I got up and was baptized. After that, I ate and was strengthened. |
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Ananias |
For several days, Saul stayed with us disciples in Damascus, proclaiming in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. All those hearing him were amazed. They asked, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and came here to bring them bound before the chief priests?†|
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Saul |
Then some Jews plotted to do away with me. However, I heard about their plot. They were watching the gates day and night to put me to death; but the disciples took me by night and lowered me from the city’s high wall in a large basket. |
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Ananias |
Thus, the church in all Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace and grew strong. It moved forward and grew in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit. Thank You, God, for Your marvelous mercy! |
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Prompter & Companions |
Marvelous mercy! Marvelous mercy! |
DISCUSS:
To whom did Jesus tell Paul he would go, to bear the name of Christ before them?
(Good answer:To the nations, meaningGentiles or non-Jews)
What can your church do to send more workers to neglected peoples, near and far?
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