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Acts 9:22-43

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22 But their suspicions didn't slow Saul down for even a minute. His momentum was up now and he plowed straight into the opposition, disarming the Damascus Jews and trying to show them that this Jesus was the Messiah.
22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.
23 After this had gone on quite a long time, some Jews conspired to kill him,
23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,
24 but Saul got wind of it. They were watching the city gates around the clock so they could 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.
25 Then one night the disciples engineered his escape by lowering him over the wall in a basket.
25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
26 Back in Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him. They didn't trust him one bit.
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 Then Barnabas took him under his wing. He introduced him to the apostles and stood up for him, told them how Saul had seen and spoken to the Master on the Damascus Road and how in Damascus itself he had laid his life on the line with his bold preaching in Jesus' name.
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.
28 After that he was accepted as one of them, going in and out of Jerusalem with no questions asked, uninhibited as he preached in the Master's name.
28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
29 But then he ran afoul of a group called Hellenists - he had been engaged in a running argument with them - who plotted his murder.
29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him.
30 When his friends learned of the plot, they got him out of town, took him to Caesarea, and then shipped him off to Tarsus.
30 When the believers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
31 Things calmed down after that and the church had smooth sailing for a while. All over the country - Judea, Samaria, Galilee - the church grew. They were permeated with a deep sense of reverence for God. The Holy Spirit was with them, strengthening them. They prospered wonderfully.
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.
32 Peter went off on a mission to visit all the churches. In the course of his travels he arrived in Lydda and met with the believers there.
32 As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people who lived in Lydda.
33 He came across a man - his name was Aeneas - who had been in bed eight years paralyzed.
33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.
34 Peter said, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!" And he did it - jumped right out of bed.
34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up.
35 Everybody who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him walking around and woke up to the fact that God was alive and active among them.
35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
36 Down the road a way in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, "Gazelle" in our language. She was well-known for doing good and helping out.
36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor.
37 During the time Peter was in the area she became sick and died. Her friends prepared her body for burial and put her in a cool room.
37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.
38 Some of the disciples had heard that Peter was visiting in nearby Lydda and sent two men to ask if he would be so kind as to come over.
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 got right up and went with them. They took him into the room where Tabitha's body was laid out. Her old friends, most of them widows, were in the room mourning. They showed Peter pieces of clothing the Gazelle had made while she was with them.
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.
40 Peter put the widows all out of the room. He knelt and prayed. Then he spoke directly to the body: "Tabitha, get up."
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.
41 He took her hand and helped her up. Then he called in the believers and widows, and presented her to them alive.
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 When this became known all over Joppa, many put their trust in the Master.
42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
43 Peter stayed on a long time in Joppa as a guest of Simon the Tanner.
43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.
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