42;
42 This became known all over
Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. (6)
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43 Peter
stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon. (7)
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34 “Aeneas,”
Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.”
Immediately Aeneas got up. (7)
35 All those who lived
in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
36 In Joppa there was
a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name
is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping
the poor.
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25 But
his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening
in the wall. (7)
26 When he came to
Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not
believing that he really was a disciple.
27 But Barnabas took him and brought
him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and
that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly
in the name of Jesus.
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16 I will show him how much he
must suffer for My name.” (7)
17 Then Ananias went
to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul,
the Lord—Jesus, who appeared
to you on the road as you were coming here—Has sent me so that you may see
again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
18 Immediately,
something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up
and was baptized,
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7 The
men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did
not see anyone.
(7)
8 Saul got up from
the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him
by the hand into Damascus.
9 For three days he was blind, and did not
eat or drink anything.
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40 Peter
sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed.
Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she
sat up. (4)
41 He took her by the
hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially
the widows, and presented her to them alive.
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31 Then the church throughout Judea,
Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the
fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers. (4)
Aeneas and Dorcas
32 As Peter traveled
about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people who lived in Lydda.
33 There he found a
man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed
and had been bedridden for eight
years.
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22 Yet Saul grew more and more
powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the
Messiah. (4)
23 After many days had
gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,
24 but Saul learned of
their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to
kill him.
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13 “Lord,”
Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he
has done to Your
holy people in Jerusalem.
(4)
14 And he has come
here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen
instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the
people of Israel.
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4 He
fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
(4)
5 “Who are You,
Lord?” Saul asked. “I
am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be
told what you must do.”
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37 About
that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an
upstairs room.
(1)
38 Lydda was near
Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men
to him and urged him, “Please come at
once!”
39 Peter went with
them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows
stood around him, crying
and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was
still with them.
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28 So
Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in
the name of the Lord.
(1)
29 He talked and debated with the
Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him.
30 When the believers
learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
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19 and
after taking some food, he regained his strength.
Saul in Damascus
and Jerusalem
Saul spent several days with
the disciples in Damascus.
(1)
20 At once he began to
preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.
21 All those who heard
him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those
who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the
chief priests?”
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10 In
Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a
vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.
(1)
11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on
Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
12 In a vision he has seen a man
named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”
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Saul’s Conversion
9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats
against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest
(1)
2 and asked him for letters
to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to
the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
3 As he neared Damascus on his
journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
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