<t /><p class="bodytext">Now in Joppa<n id="1" /> there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means<n id="2" /> Dorcas).<n id="3" /> She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.<n id="4" />

Peter<n id="1" /> went out<n id="2" /> and followed him;<n id="3" /> he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real,<n id="4" /> but thought he was seeing a vision.

So after sending<n id="1" /> two of his assistants,<n id="2" /> Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia,<n id="3" /> he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.<n id="4" />p>

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he<n id="1" /> was taken up from us &#8211; one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.&#8221;

But God spoke as follows: &#8216;Your<n id="1" /> <b><i>descendants will be foreignersi>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred yearsi>b>.<n id="3" />

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites,<n id="1" /> &#8216;<b><i>God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothersi>b>.&#8217;<n id="2" />

He<n id="1" /> was a devout, God-fearing man,<n id="2" /> as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people<n id="3" /> and prayed to God regularly.

About three o&#8217;clock one afternoon<n id="1" /> he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God<n id="2" /> who came in<n id="3" /> and said to him, &#8220;Cornelius.&#8221;

When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius<n id="1" /> called two of his personal servants<n id="2" /> and a devout soldier from among those who served him,<n id="3" />

When the centurion<n id="1" /> heard this,<n id="2" /> he went to the commanding officer<n id="3" /> and reported it,<n id="4" /> saying, &#8220;What are you about to do?<n id="5" /> For this man is a Roman citizen.&#8221;<n id="6" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When morning came,<n id="1" /> the Jews formed<n id="2" /> a conspiracy<n id="3" /> and bound themselves with an oath<n id="4" /> not to eat or drink anything<n id="5" /> until they had killed Paul.

about noon along the road, Your Majesty,<n id="1" /> I saw a light from heaven,<n id="2" /> brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around<n id="3" /> me and those traveling with me.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When it was decided we<n id="1" /> would sail to Italy,<n id="2" /> they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion<n id="3" /> of the Augustan Cohort<n id="4" /> named Julius.

The local inhabitants<n id="1" /> showed us extraordinary<n id="2" /> kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain<n id="3" /> and was cold.

From Miletus<n id="1" /> he sent a message<n id="2" /> to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.<n id="3" />p>

When the man said this,<n id="1" /> Moses fled and became a foreigner<n id="2" /> in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.p>

The word of God continued to spread,<n id="1" /> the number of disciples in Jerusalem<n id="2" /> increased greatly, and a large group<n id="3" /> of priests became obedient to the faith.p>

We<n id="1" /> are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea<n id="2" /> and in Jerusalem.<n id="3" /> They<n id="4" /> killed him by hanging him on a tree,<n id="5" />

When they had accomplished<n id="1" /> everything that was written<n id="2" /> about him, they took him down<n id="3" /> from the cross<n id="4" /> and placed him<n id="5" /> in a tomb.

Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important<n id="1" /> for your survival.<n id="2" /> For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.&#8221;