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So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

So Peter went down to the men and said, "I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for your coming?"

So Peter invited them in and gave them lodging. The next day he got up and went with them, and some of the believers from Joppa accompanied him.

So when I was sent for, I came without objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?"

Therefore I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. So now all of us are here in the presence of God to listen to all that the Lord has commanded you to say."

So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days.

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him,

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for an entire year they met with the church and taught a great many people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called "Christians."

The angel said to him, "Fasten your belt and put on your sandals." He did so. Then he said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me."

On recognizing Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that, instead of opening the gate, she ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gate.

They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."

Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him in a body; and after winning over Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for a reconciliation, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

So Paul stood up and with a gesture began to speak: "You Israelites, and others who fear God, listen.

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, and went to Iconium.

So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through them.

So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they reported the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the believers.

so that all other peoples may seek the Lord— even all the Gentiles over whom my name has been called. Thus says the Lord, who has been making these things

So they were sent off and went down to Antioch. When they gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.