Acts 9:41
And offering her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.
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In Context
42Now this became known throughout all of Joppa. And many believed in the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:23And Elijah took the boy, and he brought him down from the upper room to the lower part of the house. And he gave him to his mother. And he said to her, “See, your son lives.”
Job 29:13The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.
Mark 1:31And drawing near to her, he raised her up, taking her by the hand. And immediately the fever left her, and she ministered to them.
Luke 7:15And the dead youth sat up and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Acts 6:1In those days, as the number of disciples was increasing, there occurred a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were treated with disdain in the daily ministration.
Matthew Henry on Acts 9:37-43
Tabitha Raised to Life. 36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. 37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. 38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. 39 Then Peter arose and… Read the whole commentary →