Cornelius replied, Four days ago I was praying at this hour. It was the ninth hour and I prayed in my house. A man dressed in bright clothing stood before me.

I looked to Jehovah God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

When you abstain from food, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces to be seen by men. They have received their reward.

The disciples of John asked: Why do your disciples not fast? They frequently fasted, and so did the Pharisees.

She had been a widow eighty-four years. She never left the temple. She worshipped and fasted with supplications day and night.

Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent for a time. That way you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. Then come together again, that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watching, in fasting;

In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.

The holy

While Peter thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold, three men seek you.

The Holy Spirit did not let them preach the message in the province of Asia. So they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.

But in all these the same Spirit works, making a distribution to each one as he (God) wills.

Separate

The Lord said: 'Go! I will send you far away to the people of the nations.'

Aaron will present the Levites to Jehovah as an offering from the Israelites. Then they will be ready to do Jehovah's work.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed (set apart) for the good news of God,

How will they preach unless they have been sent? Just as it is written: How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace and who bring good tidings of good things! For they proclaim salvation and say to Zion: Your God reigns as king! (Hebrew: Elohiym' malak': God rules!) (Isaiah 52:7)

It pleased God to separate me even from my mother's womb and call me through his grace.

The one who made Peter an apostle to the Jewish people (who are circumcised) also made me an apostle to the people of the nations (who are not circumcised).

What you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.

The work

The Lord said to him: Be on your way. This man is a chosen vessel to bear my name to the people of the nations, and kings and the children of Israel.

They sailed to Antioch, where they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work they completed.

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will send out workers into his harvest.

The Lord appointed seventy disciples and sent them in groups of two into every city and place where he was about to go.

I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace that was given me according to the working of his power.

Because of this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle. What I say is true, not false, and I am a teacher of the nations in the true faith.

I was appointed to be a messenger of this good news, an apostle, and a teacher.

No one takes this honor upon himself. He is called by God, even as Aaron was.

General references

Then bring the Levites into Jehovah's presence, and the Israelites will place their hands on them.

The Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and climb on this chariot.