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Acts 9:38

Weymouth NT

Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come across to them without delay.

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And now send to Jaffa and fetch Simon, surnamed Peter.

and, after telling them everything, he sent them to Jaffa.

Then he described to us how he had seen the angel come and enter his house and say, »`Send to Jaffa and fetch Simon, surnamed Peter.

He succeeded, and brought him to Antioch; and for a whole year they attended the meetings of the Church, and taught a large number of people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of `Christians.'

»While I was in the town of Jaffa, offering prayer,« he said, »in a trance I saw a vision. There descended what seemed to be an enormous sail, being let down from the sky by ropes at the four corners, and it came close to me.

after which he took food and regained his strength. Then he remained some little time with the disciples in Damascus.

Now Peter, as he went to town after town, came down also to God's people at Lud.

Among the disciples at Jaffa was a woman called Tabitha, or, as the name may be translated, `Dorcas.' Her life was wholly devoted to the good and charitable actions which she was constantly doing.

This incident became known throughout Jaffa, and many believed in the Lord;

and Peter remained for a considerable time at Jaffa, staying at the house of a man called Simon, a tanner.




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