When they entered the city they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. There were Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

There was a man named Simon in the town, who had been amazing the Samaritan people by practicing magic there, and who made great pretensions.

Even Simon himself believed and after his baptism devoted himself to Philip, and he was amazed at seeing such signs and great wonders taking place.

But when Simon saw that the holy Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

Simon answered, "You must pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things you have said may happen to me!"

So it came about that Peter stayed for some time in Joppa, at the house of a tanner named Simon.

Now send men to Joppa, for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter.

He is being entertained at the house of a tanner named Simon, which is close to the sea."

While Peter was still wondering what the vision he had had could mean, the men whom Cornelius had sent had asked the way to Simon's house and reached the door,

and they called out to ask if Simon who was called Peter was staying there.

So send to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter to come here. He is staying at the house of a tanner named Simon, close to the sea.'

Then he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for a man named Simon who is also called Peter,

There were at Antioch in the church there a number of prophets and teachers??arnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the governor, and Saul.

Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name.