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Then the Messianic community throughout Y'hudah, the Galil and Shomron enjoyed peace and was built up. They lived in the fear of the Lord, with the counsel of the Ruach HaKodesh; and their numbers kept multiplying.
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As Kefa traveled around the countryside, he came down to the believers in Lud.
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There he found a man named Aeneas who had lain bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
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Kefa said to him, "Aeneas! Yeshua the Messiah is healing you! Get up, and make your bed!"
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Everyone living in Lud and the Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Now in Yafo there was a talmidah named Tavita
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(which means "gazelle"); she was always doing tzedakah and other good deeds.
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It happened that just at that time, she took sick and died. After washing her, they laid her in a room upstairs.
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Lud is near Yafo, and the talmidim had heard that Kefa was there, so they sent two men to him and urged him, "Please come to us without delay."
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Kefa got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him into the upstairs room. All the widows stood by him, sobbing and showing all the dresses and coats Tavita had made them while she was still with them.
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But Kefa put them all outside, kneeled down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said, "Tavita! Get up!" She opened her eyes; and on seeing Kefa, she sat up.
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He offered her his hand and helped her to her feet; then, calling the believers and the widows, he presented her to them alive.