Simon

When the emissaries in Yerushalayim heard that Shomron had received the Word of God, they sent them Kefa and Yochanan,

But Kefa said to him, “Your silver go to ruin — and you with it, for thinking the free gift of God can be bought!

As Kefa traveled around the countryside, he came down to the believers in Lud.

Kefa said to him, “Aeneas! Yeshua the Messiah is healing you! Get up, and make your bed!”

Lud is near Yafo, and the talmidim had heard that Kefa was there, so they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come to us without delay.”

Kefa got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him into the upstairs room. All the widows stood by him, sobbing and showing all the dresses and coats Tavita had made them while she was still with them.

But Kefa put them all outside, kneeled down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said, “Tavita! Get up!” She opened her eyes; and on seeing Kefa, she sat up.

Now send some men to Yafo to bring back a man named Shim‘on, also called Kefa.

The next day about noon, while they were still on their way and approaching the city, Kefa went up onto the roof of the house to pray.

Then a voice came to him, “Get up, Kefa, slaughter and eat!”

But Kefa said, “No, sir! Absolutely not! I have never eaten food that was unclean or treif.”

Kefa was still puzzling over the meaning of the vision he had seen, when the men Cornelius had sent, having inquired for Shim‘on’s house, stood at the gate

and called out to ask if the Shim‘on known as Kefa was staying there.

While Kefa’s mind was still on the vision, the Spirit said, “Three men are looking for you.

So Kefa went down and said to the men, “You were looking for me? Here I am. What brings you here?”

So Kefa invited them to be his guests. The next day, he got up and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Yafo;

As Kefa entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell prostrate at his feet.

But Kefa pulled him to his feet and said, “Stand up! I myself am just a man.”

Now send to Yafo and ask for Shim‘on, known as Kefa; he is staying in the house of Shim‘on, a leather-tanner, by the sea.’

Then Kefa addressed them: “I now understand that God does not play favorites,

Kefa was still saying these things when the Ruach HaKodesh fell on all who were hearing the message.

All the believers from the Circumcision faction who had accompanied Kefa were amazed that the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh was also being poured out

on the Goyim, for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Kefa’s response was,

but when Kefa went up to Yerushalayim, the members of the Circumcision faction criticized him,

In reply, Kefa began explaining in detail what had actually happened: