Acts 9 · a question people ask
"He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank." (9:9). Why?
Acts doesn't say. It tells what happened: "Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus." (9:8), and then 9:9. The next thing it says of him is in the Lord's words to Ananias: "For behold, he is praying" (9:11). After Ananias comes, "he received his sight" (9:18), and "He took food and was strengthened." (9:19). Acts gives no reason for the three days, or for his not eating or drinking, and these notes add none and set no other three days beside them.
The verses
“Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank. Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!” He said, “Behold, it’s me, Lord.” The Lord said to him, “Arise and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,”
“Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized. He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.”