Acts 9:23–43

^23*And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: ²⁴But their ^olaying await was known of Saul. ^pAnd they watched the gates day and night to kill him. ²⁵Then the disciples took him by night, and ^qlet him down by the wall in a ^rbasket. ²⁶And ^swhen 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. ²⁷But ^tBarnabas took him, and brought him ^uto the apostles, and declared unto them ^xhow he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and ^yhow he had ^zpreached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. ²⁸And ^uhe was with them ^acoming in and going out at Jerusalem. ²⁹And he ^zspake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the ^bGrecians: but ^cthey went about to slay him. ³⁰Which when ^dthe brethren knew, they brought him down to ^eCaesarea, and sent him forth to ^fTarsus. ³¹Then had ^gthe churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and ^hSamaria, and were ⁱedified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the ^kcomfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

^32*And it came to pass, as ^lPeter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to ^mthe saints which dwelt at ⁿLydda. ³³And there he found a certain man named Æneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. ³⁴And Peter said unto him, Æneas, ^oJesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. ³⁵And all that dwelt at ⁿLydda and ^pSaron saw him, and ^qturned to the Lord.

³⁶Now there was at ^rJoppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called ^||Dorcas: this woman was full of ^sgood works and almsdeeds which she did. ³⁷And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an ^tupper chamber. ³⁸And forasmuch as ⁿLydda 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 ^||udelay to come to them. ³⁹Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the ^tupper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. ⁴⁰But Peter ^xput them all forth, and ^ykneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body ^zsaid, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. ⁴¹And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called ^athe saints and widows, presented her alive. ⁴²And it was known throughout all ^rJoppa; and ^bmany believed in the Lord. ⁴³And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one ^cSimon a tanner.