“And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.”
'Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.'—the command moves Saul from passivity (fallen, blinded) to obedience, establishing a pattern: the risen Christ issues a commission through an intermediary (Ananias). The future passive 'you will be told' (lalēthēsetai soi) emphasizes that Saul enters into a community-mediated relationship with Christ, not isolated individualism.
Church Fathers on Acts 9:6
But arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do. Acts 9:6 Observe, how He does not immediately add all, but first softens his mind. In the same way He called the disciples also a second time. It shall be told you, etc.: He gives him good hopes, and (intimates) that he shall recover his sight also. And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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