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So during the night, some of the other believers lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the city wall.
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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!
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Then 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.
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He debated with some Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to murder him.
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When the believers heard about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus, his hometown.
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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.
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Meanwhile, Peter traveled from place to place, and he came down to visit the believers in the town of Lydda.
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There he met a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
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Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up, and roll up your sleeping mat!” And he was healed instantly.
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Then the whole population of Lydda and Sharon saw Aeneas walking around, and they turned to the Lord.