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1. Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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1. And G1161 Saul G4569 , yet G2089 breathing out G1709 threatenings G547 and G2532 slaughter G5408 against G1519 the G3588 disciples G3101 of the G3588 Lord G2962 , went G4334 unto the G3588 high priest G749 ,
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2. and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
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2. And desired G154 of G3844 him G846 letters G1992 to G1519 Damascus G1154 to G4314 the G3588 synagogues G4864 , that G3704 if G1437 he found G2147 any G5100 of this G5607 way G3598 , whether G5037 they were men G435 or G2532 women G1135 , he might bring G71 them bound G1210 unto G1519 Jerusalem G2419 .
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3. As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.
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3. And G1161 as he journeyed G4198 , he G846 came near G1448 Damascus G1154 : and G2532 suddenly G1810 there shined round about G4015 him G846 a light G5457 from G575 heaven G3772 :
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4. Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
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4. And G2532 he fell G4098 to G1909 the G3588 earth G1093 , and heard G191 a voice G5456 saying G3004 unto him G848 , Saul G4549 , Saul G4549 , why G5101 persecutest G1377 thou me G3165 ?
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5. "Who are You, Lord?" he said. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," He replied.
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5. And G1161 he said G2036 , Who G5101 art G1488 thou, Lord G2962 ? And G1161 the G3588 Lord G2962 said G2036 , I G1473 am G1510 Jesus G2424 whom G3739 thou G4771 persecutest G1377 : it is hard G4642 for thee G4671 to kick G2979 against G4314 the pricks G2759 .
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6. "But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
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6. And G5037 he trembling G5141 and G2532 astonished G2284 said G2036 , Lord G2962 , what G5101 wilt G2309 thou have me G3165 to do G4160 ? And G2532 the G3588 Lord G2962 said unto G4314 him G846 , Arise G450 , and G2532 go G1525 into G1519 the G3588 city G4172 , and G2532 it shall be told G2980 thee G4671 what G5101 thou must G1163 do G4160 .
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7. The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the sound but seeing no one.
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7. And G1161 the G3588 men G435 which journeyed with G4922 him G846 stood G2476 speechless G1769 , hearing G191 a G3303 voice G5456 , but G1161 seeing G2334 no man G3367 .
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8. Then 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.
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8. And G1161 Saul G4569 arose G1453 from G575 the G3588 earth G1093 ; and G1161 when his G848 eyes G3788 were opened G455 , he saw G991 no man G3762 : but G1161 they led him by the hand G5496 G846 , and brought G1521 him into G1519 Damascus G1154 .
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9. He was unable to see for three days, and did not eat or drink.
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9. And G2532 he was G2258 three G5140 days G2250 without G3361 sight G991 , and G2532 neither G3756 did eat G5315 nor G3761 drink G4095 .
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10. Now in Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" "Here I am, Lord!" he said.
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10. And G1161 there was G2258 a certain G5100 disciple G3101 at G1722 Damascus G1154 named G3686 Ananias G367 ; and G2532 to G4314 him G846 said G2036 the G3588 Lord G2962 in G1722 a vision G3705 , Ananias G367 . And G1161 he G3588 said G2036 , Behold G2400 , I G1473 am here , Lord G2962 .
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11. "Get up and go to the street called Straight," the Lord said to him, "to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there.
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11. And G1161 the G3588 Lord G2962 said unto G4314 him G846 , Arise G450 , and go G4198 into G1909 the G3588 street G4505 which is called G2564 Straight G2117 , and G2532 inquire G2212 in G1722 the house G3614 of Judas G2455 for one called G3686 Saul G4569 of Tarsus G5018 : for G1063 , behold G2400 , he prayeth G4336 ,
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12. In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so he may regain his sight."
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12. And G2532 hath seen G1492 in G1722 a vision G3705 a man G435 named G3686 Ananias G367 coming in G1525 , and G2532 putting G2007 his hand G5495 on him G846 , that G3704 he might receive his sight G308 .
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13. "Lord," Ananias answered, "I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
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13. Then G1161 Ananias G367 answered G611 , Lord G2962 , I have heard G191 by G575 many G4183 of G4012 this G5127 man G435 , how much G3745 evil G2556 he hath done G4160 to thy G4675 saints G40 at G1722 Jerusalem G2419 :
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14. And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name."
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14. And G2532 here G5602 he hath G2192 authority G1849 from G3844 the G3588 chief priests G749 to bind G1210 all G3956 that call on G1941 thy G4675 name G3686 .
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15. But the Lord said to him, "Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.
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15. But G1161 the G3588 Lord G2962 said G2036 unto G4314 him G846 , Go thy way G4198 : for G3754 he G3778 is G2076 a chosen G1589 vessel G4632 unto me G3427 , to bear G941 my G3450 name G3686 before G1799 the Gentiles G1484 , and G2532 kings G935 , and G5037 the children G5207 of Israel G2474 :
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16. I will certainly show him how much he must suffer for My name!"
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16. For G1063 I G1473 will show G5263 him G846 how great things G3745 he G846 must G1163 suffer G3958 for G5228 my name's sake G3450 G3686 .
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17. So Ananias left and entered the house. Then he placed his hands on him and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
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17. And G1161 Ananias G367 went his way G565 , and G2532 entered G1525 into G1519 the G3588 house G3614 ; and G2532 putting G2007 his hands G5495 on G1909 him G846 said G2036 , Brother G80 Saul G4549 , the G3588 Lord G2962 , even Jesus G2424 , that appeared G3700 unto thee G4671 in G1722 the G3588 way G3598 as G3739 thou camest G2064 , hath sent G649 me G3165 , that G3704 thou mightest receive thy sight G308 , and G2532 be filled G4130 with the Holy G40 Ghost G4151 .
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18. At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.
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18. And G2532 immediately G2112 there fell G634 from G575 his G846 eyes G3778 as it had been G5616 scales G3013 : and G5037 he received sight G308 forthwith G3916 , and G2532 arose G450 , and was baptized G907 .
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19. And after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul was with the disciples in Damascus for some days.
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19. And G2532 when he had received G2983 meat G5160 , he was strengthened G1765 . Then G1161 was G1096 Saul G4569 certain G5100 days G2250 with G3326 the G3588 disciples G3101 which were at G1722 Damascus G1154 .
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20. Immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues: "He is the Son of God."
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20. And G2532 straightway G2112 he preached G2784 Christ G5547 in G1722 the G3588 synagogues G4864 , that G3754 he G3778 is G2076 the G3588 Son G5207 of God G2316 .
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21. But all who heard him were astounded and said, "Isn't this the man who, in Jerusalem, was destroying those who called on this name, and then came here for the purpose of taking them as prisoners to the chief priests?"
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21. But G1161 all G3956 that heard G191 him were amazed G1839 , and G2532 said G3004 ; Is G2076 not G3756 this G3778 he that destroyed G4199 them which called on G1941 this G5124 name G3686 in G1722 Jerusalem G2419 , and G2532 came G2064 hither G5602 for G1519 that intent G5124 , that G2443 he might bring G71 them G846 bound G1210 unto G1909 the G3588 chief priests G749 ?
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22. But Saul grew more capable, and kept confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this One is the Messiah.
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22. But G1161 Saul G4569 increased the more in strength G1743 G3123 , and G2532 confounded G4797 the G3588 Jews G2453 which dwelt G2730 at G1722 Damascus G1154 , proving G4822 that G3754 this G3778 is G2076 very Christ G5547 .
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23. After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
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23. And G1161 after that G5613 many G2425 days G2250 were fulfilled G4137 , the G3588 Jews G2453 took counsel G4823 to kill G337 him G846 :
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24. but their plot became known to Saul. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,
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24. But G1161 their G846 laying await G1917 was known G1097 of Saul G4569 . And G5037 they watched G3906 the G3588 gates G4439 G5037 day G2250 and G2532 night G3571 to G3704 kill G337 him G846 .
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25. but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the wall.
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25. Then G1161 the G3588 disciples G3101 took G2983 him G846 by night G3571 , and let him down G2524 G5465 by G1223 the G3588 wall G5038 in G1722 a basket G4711 .
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26. When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to associate with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, since they did not believe he was a disciple.
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26. And G1161 when Saul G4569 was come G3854 to G1519 Jerusalem G2419 , he attempted G3987 to join himself G2853 to the G3588 disciples G3101 : but G2532 they were all afraid G5399 G3956 of him G846 , and believed G4100 not G3361 that G3754 he was G2076 a disciple G3101 .
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27. Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how, on the road, Saul had seen the Lord, and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.
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27. But G1161 Barnabas G921 took G1949 him G846 , and brought G71 him to G4314 the G3588 apostles G652 , and G2532 declared G1334 unto them G846 how G4459 he had seen G1492 the G3588 Lord G2962 in G1722 the G3588 way G3598 , and G2532 that G3754 he had spoken G2980 to him G846 , and G2532 how G4459 he had preached boldly G3955 at G1722 Damascus G1154 in G1722 the G3588 name G3686 of Jesus G2424 .
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28. Saul was coming and going with them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
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28. And G2532 he was G2258 with G3326 them G846 coming in G1531 and G2532 going out G1607 at G1722 Jerusalem G2419 .
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29. He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they attempted to kill him.
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29. And G2532 he spake boldly G3955 in G1722 the G3588 name G3686 of the G3588 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 , and G5037 disputed G2980 G4802 against G4314 the G3588 Grecians G1675 : but G1161 they G3588 went about G2021 to slay G337 him G846 .
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30. When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
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30. Which when G1161 the G3588 brethren G80 knew G1921 , they brought him down G2609 G846 to G1519 Caesarea G2542 , and G2532 sent him forth G1821 G846 to G1519 Tarsus G5019 .
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31. So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, being built up and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, and it increased in numbers.
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31. Then G3767 G3303 had G2192 the G3588 churches G1577 rest G1515 throughout G2596 all G3650 Judea G2449 and G2532 Galilee G1056 and G2532 Samaria G4540 , and were edified G3618 ; and G2532 walking G4198 in the G3588 fear G5401 of the G3588 Lord G2962 , and G2532 in the G3588 comfort G3874 of the G3588 Holy G40 Ghost G4151 , were multiplied G4129 .
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32. As Peter was traveling from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.
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32. And G1161 it came to pass G1096 , as Peter G4074 passed G1330 throughout G1223 all G3956 quarters, he came down G2718 also G2532 to G4314 the G3588 saints G40 which dwelt G2730 at Lydda G3069 .
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33. There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.
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33. And G1161 there G1563 he found G2147 a certain G5100 man G444 named G3686 Aeneas G132 , which had kept his bed G2621 G1909 G2895 G1537 eight G3638 years G2094 , and G3739 was G2258 sick of the palsy G3886 .
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34. Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed," and immediately he got up.
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34. And G2532 Peter G4074 said G2036 unto him G846 , Aeneas G132 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 maketh thee whole G2390 G4571 : arise G450 , and G2532 make thy bed G4766 G4572 . And G2532 he arose G450 immediately G2112 .
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35. So all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
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35. And G2532 all G3956 that dwelt G2730 at Lydda G3069 and G2532 Sharon G4565 saw G1492 him G846 , and G3748 turned G1994 to G1909 the G3588 Lord G2962 .
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36. In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. She was always doing good works and acts of charity.
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36. Now G1161 there was G2258 at G1722 Joppa G2445 a certain G5100 disciple G3102 named G3686 Tabitha G5000 , which G3739 by interpretation G1329 is called G3004 Dorcas G1393 : this woman G3778 was G2258 full G4134 of good G18 works G2041 and G2532 almsdeeds G1654 which G3739 she did G4160 .
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37. In those days she became sick and died. After washing her, they placed her in a room upstairs.
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37. And G1161 it came to pass G1096 in G1722 those G1565 days G2250 , that she G846 was sick G770 , and died G599 : whom when G1161 they had washed G3068 , they G846 laid G5087 her in G1722 an upper chamber G5253 .
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38. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him who begged him, "Don't delay in coming with us."
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38. And G1161 forasmuch as Lydda G3069 was G5607 nigh to G1451 Joppa G2445 , and the G3588 disciples G3101 had heard G191 that G3754 Peter G4074 was G2076 there G1722 G846 , they sent G649 unto G4314 him G846 two G1417 men G435 , desiring G3870 him that he would not G3361 delay G3635 to come G1330 to G2193 them G846 .
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39. So 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.
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39. Then G1161 Peter G4074 arose G450 and went with G4905 them G846 . When G3739 he was come G3854 , they brought G321 him into G1519 the G3588 upper chamber G5253 : and G2532 all G3956 the G3588 widows G5503 stood by G3936 him G846 weeping G2799 , and G2532 showing G1925 the coats G5509 and G2532 garments G2440 which G3745 Dorcas G1393 made G4160 , while she was G5607 with G3326 them G846 .
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40. Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.
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40. But G1161 Peter G4074 put G1544 them all G3956 forth G1854 , and kneeled down G5087 G1119 , and prayed G4336 ; and G2532 turning G1994 him to G4314 the G3588 body G4983 said G2036 , Tabitha G5000 , arise G450 . And G1161 she G3588 opened G455 her G848 eyes G3788 : and G2532 when she saw G1492 Peter G4074 , she sat up G339 .
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41. He gave her his hand and helped her stand up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.
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41. And G1161 he gave G1325 her G846 his hand G5495 , and lifted her up G450 G846 , and G1161 when he had called G5455 the G3588 saints G40 and G2532 widows G5503 , presented G3936 her G846 alive G2198 .
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42. This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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42. And G1161 it was G1096 known G1110 throughout G2596 all G3650 Joppa G2445 ; and G2532 many G4183 believed G4100 in G1909 the G3588 Lord G2962 .
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43. And Peter stayed on many days in Joppa with Simon, a leather tanner.
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43. And G1161 it came to pass G1096 , that he G846 tarried G3306 many G2425 days G2250 in G1722 Joppa G2445 with G3844 one G5100 Simon G4613 a tanner G1038 .
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