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Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus.

So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

Instantly something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.

Afterward he ate some food and regained his strength. Saul stayed with the believers in Damascus for a few days.

Saul's preaching became more and more powerful, and the Jews in Damascus couldn't refute his proofs that Jesus was indeed the Messiah.

When the believers heard about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus, his hometown.

He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then he called in the widows and all the believers, and he presented her to them alive.

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God.

As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of his personal attendants.

They said, "We were sent by Cornelius, a Roman officer. He is a devout and God-fearing man, well respected by all the Jews. A holy angel instructed him to summon you to his house so that he can hear your message."

They arrived in Caesarea the following day. Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

As Peter entered his home, Cornelius fell at his feet and worshiped him.

You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee, after John began preaching his message of baptism.

not to the general public, but to us whom God had chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We were those who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name."

He told us how an angel had appeared to him in his home and had told him, ‘Send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter.

Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter. The angel struck him on the side to awaken him and said, "Quick! Get up!" And the chains fell off his wrists.

Peter finally came to his senses. "It's really true!" he said. "The Lord has sent his angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jewish leaders had planned to do to me!"

"You're out of your mind!" they said. When she insisted, they decided, "It must be his angel."

and an appointment with Herod was granted. When the day arrived, Herod put on his royal robes, sat on his throne, and made a speech to them.