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9:32-43
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As
Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the saints in
Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, a paralytic who had been
bedridden for eight years. "Aeneas," Peter said to him,
"Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and take care of your
mat." Immediately Aeneas got up. All those who lived in Lydda
and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
In
Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is
Dorcas), who was always doing good and helping the poor. About that
time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in
an upstairs room. Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard
that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him,
"Please come at once!"
Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was
taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying
and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made
while she was still with them.
Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got
down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he
said, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes, and seeing
Peter she sat up. He took her by the hand and helped her to her
feet. Then he called the believers and the widows and presented her
to them alive.
This became known all over Joppa, and many
people believed in the Lord. Peter stayed in Joppa for some time
with a tanner named Simon.
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