ACT 5:1 But a
certain man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira,
sold a piece of property,
ACT 5:2 and kept back some of the price for
himself, with his wife's full knowledge, and bringing
a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles' feet.
ACT 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan
filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to
keep back some of the price of the land?
ACT 5:4 "While it remained unsold, did it not
remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not
under your control? Why is it that you have conceived
this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but
to God."
ACT 5:5 And as he heard these words, Ananias
fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came
upon all who heard of it.
ACT 5:6 And the young men arose and covered him
up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.
ACT 5:7 Now there elapsed an interval of about
three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what
had happened.
ACT 5:8 And Peter responded to her, "Tell me
whether you sold the land for such and such a price?"
And she said, "Yes, that was the price."
ACT 5:9 Then Peter said to her, "Why is it that
you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord
to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried
your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you
out as well."
ACT 5:10 And she fell immediately at his feet,
and breathed her last; and the young men came in and
found her dead, and they carried her out and buried
her beside her husband.
ACT 5:11 And great fear came upon the whole
church, and upon all who heard of these things.
ACT 5:12 And at the hands of the apostles many
signs and wonders were taking place among the people;
and they were all with one accord in Solomon's
portico.
ACT 5:13 But none of the rest dared to
associate with them; however, the people held them in
high esteem.
ACT 5:14 And all the more believers in the
Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly
added to their number;
ACT 5:15 to such an extent that they even
carried the sick out into the streets, and laid them
on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by, at
least his shadow might fall on any one of them.
ACT 5:16 And also the people from the cities in
the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together,
bringing people who were sick or afflicted with
unclean spirits; and they were all being healed.
ACT 5:17 But the high priest rose up, along
with all his associates (that is the sect of the
Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy;
ACT 5:18 and they laid hands on the apostles,
and put them in a public jail.
ACT 5:19 But an angel of the Lord during the
night opened the gates of the prison, and taking them
out he said,
ACT 5:20 "Go your way, stand and speak to the
people in the temple the whole message of this Life."
ACT 5:21 And upon hearing this, they entered
into the temple about daybreak, and began to teach.
Now when the high priest and his associates had come,
they called the Council together, even all the Senate
of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison
house for them to be brought.
ACT 5:22 But the officers who came did not find
them in the prison; and they returned, and reported
back,
ACT 5:23 saying, "We found the prison house
locked quite securely and the guards standing at the
doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one
inside."
ACT 5:24 Now when the captain of the temple
guard and the chief priests heard these words, they
were greatly perplexed about them as to what would
come of this.
ACT 5:25 But someone came and reported to them,
"Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing
in the temple and teaching the people!"
ACT 5:26 Then the captain went along with the
officers and proceeded to bring them back without
violence (for they were afraid of the people, lest
they should be stoned).
ACT 5:27 And when they had brought them, they
stood them before the Council. And the high priest
questioned them,
ACT 5:28 saying, "We gave you strict orders not
to continue teaching in this name, and behold, you
have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend
to bring this man's blood upon us."
ACT 5:29 But Peter and the apostles answered
and said, "We must obey God rather than men.
ACT 5:30 "The God of our fathers raised up
Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a
cross.
ACT 5:31 "He is the one whom God exalted to His
right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant
repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
ACT 5:32 "And we are witnesses of these things;
and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those
who obey Him."
ACT 5:33 But when they heard this, they were
cut to the quick and were intending to slay them.
ACT 5:34 But a certain Pharisee named Gamaliel,
a teacher of the Law, respected by all the people,
stood up in the Council and gave orders to put the men
outside for a short time.
ACT 5:35 And he said to them, "Men of Israel,
take care what you propose to do with these men.
ACT 5:36 "For some time ago Theudas rose up,
claiming to be somebody; and a group of about four
hundred men joined up with him. And he was slain; and
all who followed him were dispersed and came to
nothing.
ACT 5:37 "After this man Judas of Galilee rose
up in the days of the census, and drew away some
people after him, he too perished, and all those who
followed him were scattered.
ACT 5:38 "And so in the present case, I say to
you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for
if this plan or action should be of men, it will be
overthrown;
ACT 5:39 but if it is of God, you will not be
able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found
fighting against God."
ACT 5:40 And they took his advice; and after
calling the apostles in, they flogged them and ordered
them to speak no more in the name of Jesus, and then
released them.
ACT 5:41 So they went on their way from the
presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been
considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.
ACT 5:42 And every day, in the temple and from
house to house, they kept right on teaching and
preaching Jesus as the Christ.
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ACT 6:1 Now at this
time while the disciples were increasing in number, a
complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews
against the native Hebrews, because their widows were
being overlooked in the daily serving of food.
ACT 6:2 And the twelve summoned the
congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not
desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order
to serve tables.
ACT 6:3 "But select from among you, brethren,
seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and
of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.
ACT 6:4 "But we will devote ourselves to
prayer, and to the ministry of the word."
ACT 6:5 And the statement found approval with
the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man
full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip,
Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a
proselyte from Antioch.
ACT 6:6 And these they brought before the
apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on
them.
ACT 6:7 And the word of God kept on spreading;
and the number of the disciples continued to increase
greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests
were becoming obedient to the faith.
ACT 6:8 And Stephen, full of grace and power,
was performing great wonders and signs among the
people.
ACT 6:9 But some men from what was called the
Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians
and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose
up and argued with Stephen.
ACT 6:10 And yet they were unable to cope with
the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
ACT 6:11 Then they secretly induced men to say,
"We have heard him speak blasphemous words against
Moses and against God."
ACT 6:12 And they stirred up the people, the
elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and
dragged him away, and brought him before the Council.
ACT 6:13 And they put forward false witnesses
who said, "This man incessantly speaks against this
holy place, and the Law;
ACT 6:14 for we have heard him say that this
Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the
customs which Moses handed down to us."
ACT 6:15 And fixing their gaze on him, all who
were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face
of an angel.
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ACT 7:1 And the
high priest said, "Are these things so?"
ACT 7:2 And he said, "Hear me, brethren and
fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father
Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in
Haran,
ACT 7:3 and said to him,' Depart from your
country and your relatives, and come into the land
that I will show you.'
ACT 7:4 "Then he departed from the land of the
Chaldeans, and settled in Haran. And from there, after
his father died, God removed him into this country in
which you are now living.
ACT 7:5 "And He gave him no inheritance in it,
not even a foot of ground; and yet, even when he had
no child, He promised that He would give it to him as
a possession, and to his offspring after him.
ACT 7:6 "But God spoke to this effect, that his
offspring would be aliens in a foreign land, and that
they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred
years.
ACT 7:7 "'And whatever nation to which they
shall be in bondage I Myself will judge,' said God,
'and after that they will come out and serve Me in
this place.'
ACT 7:8 "And He gave him the covenant of
circumcision; and so Abraham became the father of
Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and
Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the
twelve patriarchs.
ACT 7:9 "And the patriarchs became jealous of
Joseph and sold him into Egypt. And yet God was with
him,
ACT 7:10 and rescued him from all his
afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the
sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him
governor over Egypt and all his household.
ACT 7:11 "Now a famine came over all Egypt and
Canaan, and great affliction with it; and our fathers
could find no food.
ACT 7:12 "But when Jacob heard that there was
grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first
time.
ACT 7:13 "And on the second visit Joseph made
himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was
disclosed to Pharaoh.
ACT 7:14 "And Joseph sent word and invited
Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him,
seventy-five persons in all.
ACT 7:15 "And Jacob went down to Egypt and
there passed away, he and our fathers.
ACT 7:16 "And from there they were removed to
Shechem, and laid in the tomb which Abraham had
purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in
Shechem.
ACT 7:17 "But as the time of the promise was
approaching which God had assured to Abraham, the
people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
ACT 7:18 until there arose another king over
Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.
ACT 7:19 "It was he who took shrewd advantage
of our race, and mistreated our fathers so that they
would expose their infants and they would not survive.
ACT 7:20 "And it was at this time that Moses
was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God; and
he was nurtured three months in his father's home.
ACT 7:21 "And after he had been exposed,
Pharaoh's daughter took him away, and nurtured him as
her own son.
ACT 7:22 "And Moses was educated in all the
learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power
in words and deeds.
ACT 7:23 "But when he was approaching the age
of forty, it entered his mind to visit his brethren,
the sons of Israel.
ACT 7:24 "And when he saw one of them being
treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance
for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.
ACT 7:25 "And he supposed that his brethren
understood that God was granting them deliverance
through him; but they did not understand.
ACT 7:26 "And on the following day he appeared
to them as they were fighting together, and he tried
to reconcile them in peace, saying, 'Men, you are
brethren, why do you injure one another?'
ACT 7:27 "But the one who was injuring his
neighbor pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a
ruler and judge over us?
ACT 7:28 'You do not mean to kill me as you
killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?'
ACT 7:29 "And at this remark Moses fled, and
became an alien in the land of Midian, where he became
the father of two sons.
ACT 7:30 "And after forty years had passed, an
angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount
Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn bush.
ACT 7:31 "And when Moses saw it, he began to
marvel at the sight; and as he approached to look more
closely, there came the voice of the Lord:
ACT 7:32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God
of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.' And Moses shook with
fear and would not venture to look.
ACT 7:33 "But the Lord said to him, 'Take off
the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you
are standing is holy ground.
ACT 7:34 'I have certainly seen the oppression
of My people in Egypt, and have heard their groans,
and I have come down to deliver them; come now, and I
will send you to Egypt.'
ACT 7:35 "This Moses whom they disowned,
saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?' is the one
whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with
the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn
bush.
ACT 7:36 "This man led them out, performing
wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red
Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
ACT 7:37 "This is the Moses who said to the
sons of Israel, 'God shall raise up for you a prophet
like me from your brethren.'
ACT 7:38 "This is the one who was in the
congregation in the wilderness together with the angel
who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was
with our fathers; and he received living oracles to
pass on to you.
ACT 7:39 "And our fathers were unwilling to be
obedient to him, but repudiated him and in their
hearts turned back to Egypt,
ACT 7:40 saying to Aaron,' Make for us gods who
will go before us; for this Moses who led us out of
the land of Egypt - - we do not know what happened to
him.'
ACT 7:41 "And at that time they made a calf and
brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in
the works of their hands.
ACT 7:42 "But God turned away and delivered
them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written
in the book of the prophets, 'It was not to Me that
you offered victims and sacrifices forty years in the
wilderness, was it, O house of Israel?
ACT 7:43 'You also took along the tabernacle of
Moloch and the star of the god Rompha, the images
which you made to worship them. I also will remove you
beyond Babylon.'
ACT 7:44 "Our fathers had the tabernacle of
testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to
Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern
which he had seen.
ACT 7:45 "And having received it in their turn,
our fathers brought it in with Joshua upon
dispossessing the nations whom God drove out before
our fathers, until the time of David.
ACT 7:46 "And David found favor in God's sight,
and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the
God of Jacob.
ACT 7:47 "But it was Solomon who built a house
for Him.
ACT 7:48 "However, the Most High does not dwell
in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:
ACT 7:49 'Heaven is My throne, And earth is the
footstool of My feet; What kind of house will you
build for Me?' says the Lord;' Or what place is there
for My repose?
ACT 7:50 'Was it not My hand which made all
these things?'
ACT 7:51 "You men who are stiff-necked and
uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting
the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers
did.
ACT 7:52 "Which one of the prophets did your
fathers not persecute? And they killed those who had
previously announced the coming of the Righteous One,
whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;
ACT 7:53 you who received the law as ordained
by angels, and yet did not keep it."
ACT 7:54 Now when they heard this, they were
cut to the quick, and they began gnashing their teeth
at him.
ACT 7:55 But being full of the Holy Spirit, he
gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God,
and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;
ACT 7:56 and he said, "Behold, I see the
heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the
right hand of God."
ACT 7:57 But they cried out with a loud voice,
and covered their ears, and they rushed upon him with
one impulse.
ACT 7:58 And when they had driven him out of
the city, they began stoning him, and the witnesses
laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man
named Saul.
ACT 7:59 And they went on stoning Stephen as he
called upon the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit!"
ACT 7:60 And falling on his knees, he cried out
with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against
them!" And having said this, he fell asleep.
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ACT 8:1 And Saul
was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And
on that day a great persecution arose against the
church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered
throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except
the apostles.
ACT 8:2 And some devout men buried Stephen, and
made loud lamentation over him.
ACT 8:3 But Saul began ravaging the church,
entering house after house; and dragging off men and
women, he would put them in prison.
ACT 8:4 Therefore, those who had been scattered
went about preaching the word.
ACT 8:5 And Philip went down to the city of
Samaria and began proclaiming Christ to them.
ACT 8:6 And the multitudes with one accord were
giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they
heard and saw the signs which he was performing.
ACT 8:7 For in the case of many who had unclean
spirits, they were coming out of them shouting with a
loud voice; and many who had been paralyzed and lame
were healed.
ACT 8:8 And there was much rejoicing in that
city.
ACT 8:9 Now there was a certain man named
Simon, who f
ormerly was practicing magic in the city, and
astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be
someone great ACT 8:10 and they all, from
smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him,
saying, "This man is what is called the Great Power of
God."
ACT 8:11 And they were giving him attention
because he had for a long time astonished them with
his magic arts.
ACT 8:12 But when they believed Philip
preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and
the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized,
men and women alike.
ACT 8:13 And even Simon himself believed; and
after being baptized, he continued on with Philip; and
as he observed signs and great miracles taking place,
he was constantly amazed.
ACT 8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem
heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they
sent them Peter and John,
ACT 8:15 who came down and prayed for them,
that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
ACT 8:16 For He had not yet fallen upon any of
them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the
Lord Jesus.
ACT 8:17 Then they began laying their hands on
them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
ACT 8:18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was
bestowed through the laying on of the apostles' hands,
he offered them money,
ACT 8:19 saying, "Give this authority to me as
well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may
receive the Holy Spirit."
ACT 8:20 But Peter said to him, "May your
silver perish with you, because you thought you could
obtain the gift of God with money!
ACT 8:21 "You have no part or portion in this
matter, for your heart is not right before God.
ACT 8:22 "Therefore repent of this wickedness
of yours, and pray the Lord that if possible, the
intention of your heart may be forgiven you.
ACT 8:23 "For I see that you are in the gall of
bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
ACT 8:24 But Simon answered and said, "Pray to
the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what
you have said may come upon me."
ACT 8:25 And so, when they had solemnly
testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they
started back to Jerusalem, and were preaching the
gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
ACT 8:26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to
Philip saying, "Arise and go south to the road that
descends from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert
road.)
ACT 8:27 And he arose and went; and behold,
there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of
Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of
all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to
worship.
ACT 8:28 And he was returning and sitting in
his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
ACT 8:29 And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up
and join this chariot."
ACT 8:30 And when Philip had run up, he heard
him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you
understand what you are reading?"
ACT 8:31 And he said, "Well, how could I,
unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to
come up and sit with him.
ACT 8:32 Now the passage of Scripture which he
was reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to
slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He does not open His mouth.
ACT 8:33 "In humiliation His judgment was taken
away; Who shall relate His generation? For His life is
removed from the earth."
ACT 8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip and
said, "Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say
this? Of himself, or of someone else?"
ACT 8:35 And Philip opened his mouth, and
beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to
him.
ACT 8:36 And as they went along the road they
came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look! Water!
What prevents me from being baptized?"
ACT 8:37 And Philip said, "If you believe with
all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
ACT 8:38 And he ordered the chariot to stop;
and they both went down into the water, Philip as well
as the eunuch; and he baptized him.
ACT 8:39 And when they came up out of the
water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away;
and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way
rejoicing.
ACT 8:40 But Philip found himself at Azotus;
and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel
to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
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ACT 9:1 Now Saul,
still breathing threats and murder against the
disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
ACT 9:2 and asked for letters from him to the
synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any
belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might
bring them bound to Jerusalem.
ACT 9:3 And it came about that as he journeyed,
he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from
heaven flashed around him;
ACT 9:4 and he fell to the ground, and heard a
voice saying to him, "Saul,
Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
ACT 9:5 And he said, "Who art Thou, Lord?" And
He said, "I am Jesus whom you
are persecuting,
ACT 9:6 but rise, and
enter the city, and it shall be told you what you must
do."
ACT 9:7 And the men who traveled with him stood
speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no one.
ACT 9:8 And Saul got up from the ground, and
though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and
leading him by the hand, they brought him into
Damascus.
ACT 9:9 And he was three days without sight,
and neither ate nor drank.
ACT 9:10 Now there was a certain disciple at
Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a
vision, "Ananias." And he
said, "Behold, here am I, Lord."
ACT 9:11 And the Lord said to him,
"Arise and go to the street
called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for
a man from Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is
praying,
ACT 9:12 and he has seen
in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his
hands on him, so that he might regain his sight."
ACT 9:13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have
heard from many about this man, how much harm he did
to Thy saints at Jerusalem;
ACT 9:14 and here he has authority from the
chief priests to bind all who call upon Thy name."
ACT 9:15 But the Lord said to him,
"Go, for he is a chosen
instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the
Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;
ACT 9:16 for I will show
him how much he must suffer for My name's sake."
ACT 9:17 And Ananias departed and entered the
house, and after laying his hands on him said,
"Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on
the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that
you may regain your sight, and be filled with the Holy
Spirit."
ACT 9:18 And immediately there fell from his
eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight,
and he arose and was baptized;
ACT 9:19 and he took food and was strengthened.
Now for several days he was with the disciples who
were at Damascus,
ACT 9:20 and immediately he began to proclaim
Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of
God."
ACT 9:21 And all those hearing him continued to
be amazed, and were saying, "Is this not he who in
Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and
who had come here for the purpose of bringing them
bound before the chief priests?"
ACT 9:22 But Saul kept increasing in strength
and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by
proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
ACT 9:23 And when many days had elapsed, the
Jews plotted together to do away with him,
ACT 9:24 but their plot became known to Saul.
And they were also watching the gates day and night so
that they might put him to death;
ACT 9:25 but his disciples took him by night,
and let him down through an opening in the wall,
lowering him in a large basket.
ACT 9:26 And when he had come to Jerusalem, he
was trying to associate with the disciples; and they
were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a
disciple.
ACT 9:27 But Barnabas took hold of him and
brought him to the apostles and described to them how
he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had
talked to him, and how at Damascus he had spoken out
boldly in the name of Jesus.
ACT 9:28 And he was with them moving about
freely in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name
of the Lord.
ACT 9:29 And he was talking and arguing with
the Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put
him to death.
ACT 9:30 But when the brethren learned of it,
they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to
Tarsus.
ACT 9:31 So the church throughout all Judea and
Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up;
and, going on in the fear of the Lord and in the
comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.
ACT 9:32 Now it came about that as Peter was
traveling through all those parts, he came down also
to the saints who lived at Lydda.
ACT 9:33 And there he found a certain man named
Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for he was
paralyzed.
ACT 9:34 And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus
Christ heals you; arise, and make your bed." And
immediately he arose.
ACT 9:35 And all who lived at Lydda and Sharon
saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
ACT 9:36 Now in Joppa there was a certain
disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is
called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of
kindness and charity, which she continually did.
ACT 9:37 And it came about at that time that
she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her
body, they laid it in an upper room.
ACT 9:38 And since Lydda was near Joppa, the
disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two
men to him, entreating him, "Do not delay to come to
us."
ACT 9:39 And Peter arose and went with them.
And when he had come, they brought him into the upper
room; and all the widows stood beside him weeping, and
showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used
to make while she was with them.
ACT 9:40 But Peter sent them all out and knelt
down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said,
"Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when
she saw Peter, she sat up.
ACT 9:41 And he gave her his hand and raised
her up; and calling the saints and widows, he
presented her alive.
ACT 9:42 And it became known all over Joppa,
and many believed in the Lord.
ACT 9:43 And it came about that he stayed many
days in Joppa with a certain tanner, Simon.
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ACT 10:1 Now there
was a certain man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a
centurion of what was called the Italian cohort,
ACT 10:2 a devout man, and one who feared God
with all his household, and gave many alms to the
Jewish people, and prayed to God continually.
ACT 10:3 About the ninth hour of the day he
clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just
come in to him, and said to him, "Cornelius!"
ACT 10:4 And fixing his gaze upon him and being
much alarmed, he said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said
to him, "Your prayers and alms have ascended as a
memorial before God.
ACT 10:5 "And now dispatch some men to Joppa,
and send for a man named Simon, who is also called
Peter;
ACT 10:6 he is staying with a certain tanner