Acts 9:23-43 — Legacy Standard Bible

²³And when ^amany days had elapsed, ^bthe Jews plotted together to put him to death, ²⁴but ^atheir plot became known to Saul. ^bThey were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death; ²⁵but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a large basket.

²⁶^aAnd when he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to associate with the disciples, ¹but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. ²⁷But ^aBarnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and recounted to them how he had ^bseen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how ^cat Damascus he had ^dspoken out boldly in the name of Jesus. ²⁸So he was with them, ¹moving about freely in Jerusalem, ^aspeaking out boldly in the name of the Lord. ²⁹And he was talking and arguing with the ¹^,^aHellenistic Jews, but they were attempting to put him to death. ³⁰But when ^athe brothers learned of it, they brought him down to ^bCaesarea and ^csent him away to ^dTarsus.

³¹So ^athe church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria was having peace, being built up. And going on in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it continued to multiply.

Peter Heals Aeneas

³²Now it happened that as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to ^athe ¹saints who lived at ²^,^bLydda. ³³And there he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for he was paralyzed. ³⁴And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Rise up and make your bed.” Immediately he rose up. ³⁵And all who lived at ¹^,^aLydda and ^bSharon saw him, and they ^cturned to the Lord.

Peter Raises Tabitha to Life

³⁶Now in ^aJoppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated is called ¹Dorcas). This woman was full of good works and charity which she continually did. ³⁷And it happened ¹at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an ^aupper room. ³⁸Now since Lydda was near ^aJoppa, ^bthe disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, pleading with him, “Do not delay in coming to us.” ³⁹So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the ^aupper room; and all the ^bwidows stood beside him, crying and showing all the ¹tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them. ⁴⁰But Peter ^asent them all out and ^bknelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, “^cTabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. ⁴¹And he gave her his hand and raised her up. And calling ^athe ¹saints and ^bwidows, he presented her alive. ⁴²And it became known all over ^aJoppa, and ^bmany believed in the Lord. ⁴³And it happened that he stayed many days in ^aJoppa with ^ba tanner named Simon.