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Simon said to Peter and John, "Please pray to the Lord for me, so that none of these things you spoke of will happen to me."

and asked for letters of introduction to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he should find there any followers of the Way of the Lord, he would be able to arrest them, both men and women, and bring them back to Jerusalem.

For three days he was not able to see, and during that time he did not eat or drink anything.

The Lord said to him, "Get ready and go to Straight Street, and at the house of Judas ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying,

And I myself will show him all that he must suffer for my sake."

and after he had eaten, his strength came back. Saul stayed for a few days with the believers in Damascus.

All who heard him were amazed and asked, "Isn't he the one who in Jerusalem was killing those who worship that man Jesus? And didn't he come here for the very purpose of arresting those people and taking them back to the chief priests?"

And so it was that the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace. Through the help of the Holy Spirit it was strengthened and grew in numbers, as it lived in reverence for the Lord.

There he met a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had not been able to get out of bed for eight years.

Peter stayed on in Joppa for many days with a tanner of leather named Simon.

And now send some men to Joppa for a certain man whose full name is Simon Peter.

Peter was still trying to understand what the vision meant, when the Spirit said, "Listen! Three men are here looking for you.

So get ready and go down, and do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them."

So Peter went down and said to the men, "I am the man you are looking for. Why have you come?"

The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was waiting for him, together with relatives and close friends that he had invited.

And so when you sent for me, I came without any objection. I ask you, then, why did you send for me?"

Send someone to Joppa for a man whose full name is Simon Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner of leather, who lives by the sea.'

And so I sent for you at once, and you have been good enough to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God, waiting to hear anything that the Lord has instructed you to say."

You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.

For they heard them speaking in strange tongues and praising God's greatness. Peter spoke up: