One Year Bible New Testament Sampler, Floral Paradise - Flipbook - Page 22
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ACT S 9:26-43
When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid
of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer! 27Then Barnabas brought him to
the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the
Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus
in Damascus.
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So Saul stayed with the apostles and went all around Jerusalem with them, preaching boldly
in the name of the Lord. 29He debated with some Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to murder
him. 30When the believers heard about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away
to Tarsus, his hometown.
31
The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger
as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it
also grew in numbers.
32
Meanwhile, Peter traveled from place to place, and he came down to visit the believers in the
town of Lydda. 33There he met a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for
eight years. 34Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up, and roll up your sleeping
mat!” And he was healed instantly. 35Then the whole population of Lydda and Sharon saw Aeneas
walking around, and they turned to the Lord.
36
There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas). She was always
doing kind things for others and helping the poor. 37About this time she became ill and died.
Her body was washed for burial and laid in an upstairs room. 38But the believers had heard that
Peter was nearby at Lydda, so they sent two men to beg him, “Please come as soon as possible!”
39
So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room.
The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other
clothes Dorcas had made for them. 40But Peter asked them all to leave the room; then he knelt
and prayed. Turning to the body he said, “Get up, Tabitha.” And she opened her eyes! When she
saw Peter, she sat up! 41He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then he called in the widows
and all the believers, and he presented her to them alive.
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The news spread through the whole town, and many believed in the Lord. 43And Peter stayed
a long time in Joppa, living with Simon, a tanner of hides.
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