28. So he was staying with them, associating openly with them in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.
29. He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.
30. When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
31. Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
32. Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.
33. He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.
34. Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!” And immediately he got up.
35. All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
36. Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.
37. At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.