使徒行傳9:32-43

 

9:32 彼得周流四方的時候，也到了居住呂大的聖徒那裡；
9:33 遇見一個人，名叫以尼雅，得了癱瘓，在褥子上躺臥八年。
9:34 彼得對他說：「以尼雅，耶穌基督醫好你了，起來！收拾你的褥子。」他就立刻起來了。
9:35 凡住呂大和沙崙的人都看見了他，就歸服主。
9:36 在約帕有一個女徒，名叫大比大，翻希臘話就是多加（就是羚羊的意思）；她廣行善事，多施賙濟。
9:37 當時，她患病而死，有人把她洗了，停在樓上。
9:38 呂大原與約帕相近；門徒聽見彼得在那裡，就打發兩個人去見他，央求他說：「快到我們那裡去，不要耽延。」
9:39 彼得就起身和他們同去；到了，便有人領他上樓。眾寡婦都站在彼得旁邊哭，拿多加與她們同在時所做的裡衣外衣給他看。
9:40 彼得叫她們都出去，就跪下禱告，轉身對著死人說：「大比大，起來！」她就睜開眼睛，見了彼得，便坐起來。
9:41 彼得伸手扶她起來，叫眾聖徒和寡婦進去，把多加活活地交給他們。
9:42 這事傳遍了約帕，就有許多人信了主。
9:43 此後，彼得在約帕一個硝皮匠西門的家裡住了多日。

 

³² As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people who lived in Lydda. ³³ There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. ³⁴ “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up. ³⁵ All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

³⁶ In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. ³⁷ About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. ³⁸ Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!”

³⁹ Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

⁴⁰ Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. ⁴¹ He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. ⁴² This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. ⁴³ Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.

 

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    彼得在這裡又出現了，他開始向外邦傳福音。而在這裡的記載，讓我們看見主和彼得同在，因為有醫治的能力從他而出。

 

    雖然這一段經文有點像「橋段」一樣，把我們從保羅引到彼得，也藉此宣告上帝的宣教要臨到外邦人，使主耶穌大使命可以實現！

 

    彼得是將福音傳給外邦人的開始，在這之後由保羅和巴拿巴接棒，因為他們進行旅行佈道，福音就由猶太地傳到歐洲，甚至後來傳到全世界各角落，這一切都是上帝藉由聖靈來運行的！