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Acts 10:1-8

                                                                                            Acts 10:1-8 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,  a  devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.    About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.”     And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.     And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called P...

Acts 9:32-43

                                                                                  Acts 9:32-43 Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed.    And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose.   And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.  Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.    In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid ...

Acts 9:26-31

                                                                                  Acts 9:26-31 And   when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.   But   Barnabas took him and   brought him to the apostles and declared to them   how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and   how at Damascus he had   preached boldly in the name of Jesus.   So he went   in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.   And he spoke and disputed against   the Hellenists.   But   they were seeking to kill him.   And when   the brothers learned thi...

Acts 9:19-25

                                                                                       Acts 9:19-25 For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus.    And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”    And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?”    But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.  When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him, b...