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But when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

So, after they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any longer but went on his way rejoicing.

Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

but Saul learned of their plot. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,

He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him.

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

About that time she became sick and died. After washing her, they placed her in a room upstairs.

Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the roof about noon.

He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing something, he fell into a trance.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

We ourselves are witnesses of everything he did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem, and yet they killed him by hanging him on a tree.

For they heard them speaking in other tongues and declaring the greatness of God.

When they heard this they became silent. And they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has given repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles.”

News about them reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.

and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.