Acts 9:41
He grasped one of her hands and helped her to stand up. After he had summoned the believers and especially the widows among them to come back in, he showed them that Tabitha was alive again.
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1 Kings 17:23Elijah carried the boy down the steps and gave him to his mother. He said, “Look, your son is alive!”
Job 29:13Those who were suffering and about to die praised [PRS] me, and I caused widows [SYN] to sing joyfully, because of my helping them.
Mark 1:31He went to her, and helped her up by taking hold of her hand. She recovered at once from the fever, and then she got up and served them some food.
Luke 7:15The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother to care for her.
Acts 6:1During that time, many more people were becoming believers. Some of them were from other countries and spoke only the Greek language, but most of them had always lived in Israel and spoke the Hebrew language. Those who spoke Greek began to complain about those who spoke Hebrew. They were saying. “When you Hebrew-speaking believers distribute food or money to widows every day, you are not giving fair amounts to the widows who speak Greek!”
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 →