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Acts 9:22-43
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Acts 9:22-43
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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.(A)
23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,(B) 24 but Saul learned of their plan.(C) Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. 25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.(D)
26 When he came to Jerusalem,(E) he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas(F) 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,(G) and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.(H) 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews,[a](I) but they tried to kill him.(J) 30 When the believers(K) learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea(L) and sent him off to Tarsus.(M)
31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria(N) 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.(O)
Aeneas and Dorcas
32 As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people(P) who lived in Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. 34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you.(Q) Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up. 35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon(R) saw him and turned to the Lord.(S)
36 In Joppa(T) there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good(U) and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.(V) 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples(W) 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(X) stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
40 Peter sent them all out of the room;(Y) then he got down on his knees(Z) and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.”(AA) She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 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. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.(AB) 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.(AC)
Footnotes
- Acts 9:29 That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture
Acts 9:22-43
King James Version
Acts 9:22-43
King James Version
22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.
39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
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Psalm 78:40-55
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Psalm 78:40-55
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40 How often they rebelled(A) against him in the wilderness(B)
and grieved him(C) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(D)
they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(E)
42 They did not remember(F) his power—
the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(G)
43 the day he displayed his signs(H) in Egypt,
his wonders(I) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(J)
they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(K) that devoured them,
and frogs(L) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(M)
their produce to the locust.(N)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(O)
and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
their livestock(P) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(Q)
his wrath, indignation and hostility—
a band of destroying angels.(R)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death
but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(S)
the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(T)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(U)
he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but the sea engulfed(V) their enemies.(W)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
to the hill country his right hand(X) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(Y) before them
and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(Z)
he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
Psalm 78:40-55
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Psalm 78:40-55
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40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
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