Study Desk

He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, 'Who made you ruler and judge over us?

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers-

Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, "This man is the divine power called the Great Power."

They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.

So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

and on his return was sitting in his chariot, reading Isaiah the prophet.

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth."

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight."

So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. "Brother Saul," he said, "the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.