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When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples. They were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
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But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
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He was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem,
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preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. He spoke and disputed against the Grecian Jews, but they were seeking to kill him.
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When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him out to Tarsus.
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So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
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It happened, as Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
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There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
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Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!" Immediately he arose.
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All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
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Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.