Lexicon :: Strong's G5100 - tis

They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need.

A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.

So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them.

Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

For there was not a needy person among them because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of what was sold,

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property.

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

Someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple and teaching the people.”

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered the men[fn] to be taken outside for a little while.

“Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and came to nothing.

Opposition arose, however, from some members of the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, and they began to argue with Stephen.

“When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and amazed the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me? ” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

The eunuch said to Philip, “I ask you, who is the prophet saying this about ​— ​himself or someone else? ”

As they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, “Look, there’s water. What would keep me from being baptized? ”[fn]

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.”

“Here I am, Lord,” he replied.

And after taking some food, he regained his strength.

Saul was with the disciples in Damascus for some time.

There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated Dorcas). She was always doing good works and acts of charity.

Peter stayed for some time in Joppa with Simon, a leather tanner.

There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment.

“He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

Peter then invited them in and gave them lodging.

The next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.

“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? ”

“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a trance, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks[fn] also, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers and sisters who lived in Judea.

About that time King Herod violently attacked some who belonged to the church,

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

When they had traveled the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

“Look, you scoffers,

marvel and vanish away,

because I am doing a work in your days,

a work that you will never believe,

even if someone were to explain it to you.”

In Lystra a man was sitting who was without strength in his feet, had never walked, and had been lame from birth.

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

“Since we have heard that some without our authorization went out from us and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,[fn]

After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers and sisters in every town where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they’re doing.”

Paul went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but his father was a Greek.

During the night Paul had a vision in which a Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia and help us! ”

and from there to Philippi, a Roman colony and a leading city of the district of Macedonia. We stayed in that city for several days.

A God-fearing woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women.