27. Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.
28. Saul was coming and going with them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
29. He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they attempted to kill him.
30. When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
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.
32. As Peter was traveling from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.
33. There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.
34. Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed,” and immediately he got up.
35. So all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
36. In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. She was always doing good works and acts of charity.