Acts:9-10
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And Saul ,
yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord ,
went unto the high priest ,
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And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues ,
that if he found any of this way ,
whether they were men or women ,
he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem .
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And as he journeyed ,
he came near Damascus :
and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven :
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And he fell to the earth ,
and heard a voice saying unto him ,
Saul ,
Saul ,
why persecutest thou me ?
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And he said ,
Who art thou ,
Lord ?
And the Lord said ,
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest :
it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks .
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And he trembling and astonished said ,
Lord ,
what wilt thou have me to do ?
And the Lord said unto him ,
Arise ,
and go into the city ,
and it shall be told thee what thou must do .
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And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless ,
hearing a voice ,
but seeing no man .
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And Saul arose from the earth ;
and when his eyes were opened ,
he saw no man :
but they led him by the hand ,
and brought him into Damascus .
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And he was three days without sight ,
and neither did eat nor drink .
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And there was a certain disciple at Damascus ,
named Ananias ;
and to him said the Lord in a vision ,
Ananias .
And he said ,
Behold ,
I am here ,
Lord .
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And the Lord said unto him ,
Arise ,
and go into the street which is called Straight ,
and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul ,
of Tarsus :
for ,
behold ,
he prayeth ,
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And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in ,
and putting his hand on him ,
that he might receive his sight .
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Then Ananias answered ,
Lord ,
I have heard by many of this man ,
how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem :
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And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name .
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But the Lord said unto him ,
Go thy way :
for he is a chosen vessel unto me ,
to bear my name before the Gentiles ,
and kings ,
and the children of Israel :
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For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name '
s sake .
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And Ananias went his way ,
and entered into the house ;
and putting his hands on him said ,
Brother Saul ,
the Lord ,
even Jesus ,
that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest ,
hath sent me ,
that thou mightest receive thy sight ,
and be filled with the Holy Ghost .
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And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales :
and he received sight forthwith ,
and arose ,
and was baptized .
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And when he had received meat ,
he was strengthened .
Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus .
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And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues ,
that he is the Son of God .
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But all that heard him were amazed ,
and said ;
Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem ,
and came hither for that intent ,
that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests ?
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But Saul increased the more in strength ,
and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus ,
proving that this is very Christ .
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And after that many days were fulfilled ,
the Jews took counsel to kill him :
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But their laying await was known of Saul .
And they watched the gates day and night to kill him .
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Then the disciples took him by night ,
and let him down by the wall in a basket .
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And when Saul was come to Jerusalem ,
he assayed to join himself to the disciples :
but they were all afraid of him ,
and believed not that he was a disciple .
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But Barnabas took him ,
and brought him to the apostles ,
and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way ,
and that he had spoken to him ,
and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus .
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And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem .
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And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus ,
and disputed against the Grecians :
but they went about to slay him .
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Which when the brethren knew ,
they brought him down to Caesarea ,
and sent him forth to Tarsus .
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Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria ,
and were edified ;
and walking in the fear of the Lord ,
and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost ,
were multiplied .
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And it came to pass ,
as Peter passed throughout all quarters ,
he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda .
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And there he found a certain man named Aeneas ,
which had kept his bed eight years ,
and was sick of the palsy .
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And Peter said unto him ,
Aeneas ,
Jesus Christ maketh thee whole :
arise ,
and make thy bed .
And he arose immediately .
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And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him ,
and turned to the Lord .
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Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha ,
which by interpretation is called Dorcas :
this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did .
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And it came to pass in those days ,
that she was sick ,
and died :
whom when they had washed ,
they laid her in an upper chamber .
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And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa ,
and the disciples had heard that Peter was there ,
they sent unto him two men ,
desiring him that he would not delay to come to them .
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Then Peter arose and went with them .
When he was come ,
they brought him into the upper chamber :
and all the widows stood by him weeping ,
and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made ,
while she was with them .
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But Peter put them all forth ,
and kneeled down ,
and prayed ;
and turning him to the body said ,
Tabitha ,
arise .
And she opened her eyes :
and when she saw Peter ,
she sat up .
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And he gave her his hand ,
and lifted her up ,
and when he had called the saints and widows ,
presented her alive .
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And it was known throughout all Joppa ;
and many believed in the Lord .
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And it came to pass ,
that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner .
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There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius ,
a centurion of the band called the Italian band ,
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A devout man ,
and one that feared God with all his house ,
which gave much alms to the people ,
and prayed to God alway .
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He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him ,
and saying unto him ,
Cornelius .
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And when he looked on him ,
he was afraid ,
and said ,
What is it ,
Lord ?
And he said unto him ,
Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God .
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And now send men to Joppa ,
and call for one Simon ,
whose surname is Peter :
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He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner ,
whose house is by the sea side :
he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do .
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And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed ,
he called two of his household servants ,
and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually ;
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And when he had declared all these things unto them ,
he sent them to Joppa .
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On the morrow ,
as they went on their journey ,
and drew nigh unto the city ,
Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour :
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And he became very hungry ,
and would have eaten :
but while they made ready ,
he fell into a trance ,
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And saw heaven opened ,
and a certain vessel descending unto him ,
as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners ,
and let down to the earth :
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Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth ,
and wild beasts ,
and creeping things ,
and fowls of the air .
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And there came a voice to him ,
Rise ,
Peter ;
kill ,
and eat .
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But Peter said ,
Not so ,
Lord ;
for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean .
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And the voice spake unto him again the second time ,
What God hath cleansed ,
that call not thou common .
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This was done thrice :
and the vessel was received up again into heaven .
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Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean ,
behold ,
the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon '
s house ,
and stood before the gate ,
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And called ,
and asked whether Simon ,
which was surnamed Peter ,
were lodged there .
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While Peter thought on the vision ,
the Spirit said unto him ,
Behold ,
three men seek thee .
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Arise therefore ,
and get thee down ,
and go with them ,
doubting nothing :
for I have sent them .
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Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius ;
and said ,
Behold ,
I am he whom ye seek :
what is the cause wherefore ye are come ?
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And they said ,
Cornelius the centurion ,
a just man ,
and one that feareth God ,
and of good report among all the nation of the Jews ,
was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house ,
and to hear words of thee .
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Then called he them in ,
and lodged them .
And on the morrow Peter went away with them ,
and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him .
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And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea .
And Cornelius waited for them ,
and had called together his kinsmen and near friends .
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And as Peter was coming in ,
Cornelius met him ,
and fell down at his feet ,
and worshipped him .
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But Peter took him up ,
saying ,
Stand up ;
I myself also am a man .
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And as he talked with him ,
he went in ,
and found many that were come together .
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And he said unto them ,
Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company ,
or come unto one of another nation ;
but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean .
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Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying ,
as soon as I was sent for :
I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me ?
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And Cornelius said ,
Four days ago I was fasting until this hour ;
and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house ,
and ,
behold ,
a man stood before me in bright clothing ,
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And said ,
Cornelius ,
thy prayer is heard ,
and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God .
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Send therefore to Joppa ,
and call hither Simon ,
whose surname is Peter ;
he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side :
who ,
when he cometh ,
shall speak unto thee .
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Immediately therefore I sent to thee ;
and thou hast well done that thou art come .
Now therefore are we all here present before God ,
to hear all things that are commanded thee of God .
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Then Peter opened his mouth ,
and said ,
Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons :
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But in every nation he that feareth him ,
and worketh righteousness ,
is accepted with him .
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The word which God sent unto the children of Israel ,
preaching peace by Jesus Christ : (
he is Lord of all :)
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That word ,
I say ,
ye know ,
which was published throughout all Judaea ,
and began from Galilee ,
after the baptism which John preached ;
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How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power :
who went about doing good ,
and healing all that were oppressed of the devil ;
for God was with him .
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And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews ,
and in Jerusalem ;
whom they slew and hanged on a tree :
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Him God raised up the third day ,
and shewed him openly ;
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Not to all the people ,
but unto witnesses chosen before of God ,
even to us ,
who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead .
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And he commanded us to preach unto the people ,
and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead .
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To him give all the prophets witness ,
that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins .
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While Peter yet spake these words ,
the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word .
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And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished ,
as many as came with Peter ,
because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost .
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For they heard them speak with tongues ,
and magnify God .
Then answered Peter ,
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Can any man forbid water ,
that these should not be baptized ,
which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we ?
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And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord .
Then prayed they him to tarry certain days .
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And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God .
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