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Acts 9
³⁸ But the believers had heard that Peter was nearby at Lydda, so they sent two men to beg him, “Please come as soon as possible!”
³⁹ So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other clothes Dorcas had made for them.
⁴⁰ But Peter asked them all to leave the room; then he knelt and prayed. Turning to the body he said, “Get up, Tabitha.” And she opened her eyes! When she saw Peter, she sat up!
⁴¹ He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then he called in the widows and all the believers, and he presented her to them alive.
⁴² The news spread through the whole town, and many believed in the Lord.
⁴³ And Peter stayed a long time in Joppa, living with Simon, a tanner of hides.
Acts 10
¹ In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regiment.
² He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God.
³ One afternoon about three o’clock, he had a vision in which he saw an angel of God coming toward him. “Cornelius!” the angel said.
⁴ Cornelius stared at him in terror. “What is it, sir?” he asked the angel. And the angel replied, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering!
⁵ Now send some men to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter.