Acts 9:36
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.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
35And all that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
Cross References
Joshua 19:46and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
Ezra 3:7They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Song of Solomon 2:9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in at the windows, he sheweth himself through the lattice.
Song of Solomon 8:14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Matthew 25:17In like manner he also that received the two gained other two.
John 15:8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.
Matthew Henry on Acts 9:33-36
The Cure of Æneas. 32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. 33 And there he found a certain man named Æneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. 34 And Peter said unto him, Æneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord. Here we have, I. The visit Peter made to the churches that were newly planted… Read the whole commentary →