27 But Barnabas accepted Saul and took him to the apostles. Barnabas explained to them that Saul had seen the Lord on the road and the Lord had spoken to Saul. Then he told them how boldly Saul had preached in the name of Jesus in Damascus.
28 And so Saul stayed with the followers, going everywhere in Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.
29 He would often talk and argue with the Jewish people who spoke Greek, but they were trying to kill him.
30 When the followers learned about this, they took Saul to Caesarea and from there sent him to Tarsus.
31 The church everywhere in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace and became stronger. Respecting the Lord by the way they lived, and being encouraged by the Holy Spirit, the group of believers continued to grow.
32 As Peter was traveling through all the area, he visited God’s people who lived in Lydda.
33 There he met a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had not been able to leave his bed for the past eight years.