These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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Acts 9
Brit Hadashah 43 verses
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Now , whose every breath was a threat of destruction for the disciples of the Lord,
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- 2 went to the High Priest and begged from him letters addressed to the synagogues in , in order that if he found any believers there, either men or women, he might bring them in chains to .
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But on the journey, as he was getting near , suddenly there flashed round him a light from Heaven;
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- 4 and falling to the ground he heard a voice which said to him, “, , why are you persecuting Me?”
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“Who art thou, Lord?” he asked. “I am , whom you are persecuting,” was the reply.
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“But rise and go to the city, and you will be told what you are to do.
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Meanwhile the men who travelled with were standing dumb with amazement, hearing a sound, but seeing no one.
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Then he rose from the ground, but when he had opened his eyes, he could not see, and they led him by the arm and brought him to .
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And for two days he remained without sight, and did not eat or drink anything.
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- 10 Now in there was a of the of Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, saying, “Ananias!” “I am here, Lord,” he answered.
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“Rise,” said the Lord, “and go to Straight Street, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man called , from Tarsus, for he is actually praying.
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He has seen a man called Ananias come and lay his hands upon him so that he may recover his sight.”
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- 13 “Lord,” answered Ananias, “I have heard about that man from many, and I have heard of the great mischief he has done to Thy people in ;
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and here he is authorized by the High Priests to arrest all who call upon Thy .”
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“Go,” replied the Lord; “he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of .
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For I will let him the great sufferings which he must pass through for My sake.”
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So Ananias went and entered the house; and, laying his two hands upon , said, “, brother, the Lord—even who appeared to you on your journey—has sent me, that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy .”
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Instantly there dropped from his eyes what seemed to be scales, and he could see once more. Upon this he rose and received ;
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after which he took food and regained his strength. Then he remained some little time with the disciples in .
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- 20 And in the synagogues he began at once to proclaim as the Son of ;
- 21 and his hearers were all amazed, and began to ask one another, “Is not this the man who in tried to exterminate those who called upon that Name, and came here on purpose to carry them off in chains to the High Priests?”
- 22 , however, gained more and more influence, and as for the Jews living in , he bewildered them with his proofs that is the .
- 23 At length the Jews plotted to kill ;
- 24 but information of their intention was given to him. They even watched the gates, day and night, in order to murder him;
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but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a hamper.
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So he came to and made several attempts to associate with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, being in doubt as to whether he himself was a .
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- 27 Barnabas, however, came to his assistance. He brought to the Apostles, and related to them how, on his journey, he had seen the Lord, and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in he had fearlessly taught in the of .
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Henceforth was one of them, going in and out of the city,
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and speaking fearlessly in the of the Lord. And he often talked with the Hellenists and had discussions with them.
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But they kept trying to take his life. On learning this, the brethren brought him down to Caesarea, and then sent him by sea to Tarsus.
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The Church, however, throughout the whole of Judaea, and , had and was spiritually built up; and grew in numbers, living in the of the Lord and receiving encouragement from the Holy .
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There he found a man of the of Aeneas, who for eight years had kept his bed, through being paralysed.
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said to him, “Aeneas, the cures you. Rise and make your own bed.” He at once rose to his feet.
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And all the people of Lud and Sharon saw him; and they turned to the Lord.
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Among the disciples at Jaffa was a woman called Tabitha, or, as the may be translated, ‘Dorcas.’ Her life was wholly devoted to the good and charitable actions which she was constantly doing.
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But, as it happened, just at that time she was taken ill and died. After her body they laid it out in a room upstairs.
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Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come across to them without delay.
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So rose and went with them. On his arrival they took him upstairs, and the widow women all came and stood by his side, weeping and showing him the underclothing and cloaks and garments of all kinds which Dorcas used to make while she was still with them.
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, however, putting every one out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and then turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, rise.” Dorcas at once opened her eyes, and seeing , sat up.
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Then, giving her his hand, he raised her to her feet and, calling to him Elohim’s people and the widows, he gave her back to them alive.
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This incident became known throughout Jaffa, and many believed in the Lord;
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and remained for a considerable time at Jaffa, staying at the house of a man called Simon, a tanner.
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