Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”

But God spoke as follows: ‘Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

About three o’clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, “Cornelius.”

When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,

When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.

When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.

The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.

From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.

When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.”