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"But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his countrymen, the sons of Israel.

"And he thought that his brothers understood that God was granting them deliverance through him; but they did not understand.

"But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND JUDGE OVER US?

Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" Having said this, he fell asleep.

And they were paying attention to him because for a long time he had astounded them with his magic arts.

and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading Isaiah the prophet.

Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "HE WAS LED LIKE A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND LIKE A LAMB THAT IS SILENT BEFORE ITS SHEARER, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH.

"IN HUMILIATION HIS JUSTICE WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO WILL DESCRIBE HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE EARTH."

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him.

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

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

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight."

So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

And immediately something like fish scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;

but his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket.

And he gave her his hand and raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and made many charitable contributions to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.

When the angel who spoke to him left, he summoned two of his servants and a devout soldier from his personal attendants,

They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you."

On the following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.