And Cornelius said, "Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing

Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

"And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;

in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

The holy

And while Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men are looking for you.

And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

Separate

And he said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD.

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"

But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,

(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),

and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

The work

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.

and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.

therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.

For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.

General references

When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,

And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot."