Acts 9:23-43

23When many days had passed, these Jewish people plotted to kill him—

24but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him.

25But the disciples took Saul by night and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.

26When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he made attempts to join up with the disciples—but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

27But Barnabas took him in and brought him to the emissaries. He described to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and the Lord had spoken to him, and how he had spoken boldly in the name of Yeshua.

28So Saul was with them, going in and out in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

29He was speaking and arguing with the Hellenists, but they were trying to kill him.

30When the brothers found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

31So Messiah’s community throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had shalom and was built up. Walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Ruach ha-Kodesh, it kept multiplying.

32Peter went here and there among them all. He came down as well to the kedoshim living in Lydda.

33There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years—he was paralyzed.

34Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Messiah Yeshua heals you. Get up and pack up your bed.” Immediately, he got up!

35All who lived in Lydda and the Plain of Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

36In Joppa, there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translates as Dorcas). She was full of mitzvot and tzadakah, which she continually did.

37In those days, she became ill and died. When they had washed her for burial, they placed her in an upstairs room.

38Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples—hearing that Peter was there—sent two men to him, begging him, “Please come to us without delay!”

39So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. All the widows were crying, showing all the tunics and other clothing Dorcas had made while she was with them.

40But Peter sent them all outside, and he got down on his knees and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

41He gave her his hand and raised her up. Then he called the kedoshim and widows and presented her alive.

42It became known throughout Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord.

43So it happened that Peter stayed on in Joppa for several days with Simon, a tanner.