Acts 9:36 KJV

Acts · chapter 9 · verse 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.Acts 9:36 · King James Version

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Acts 9:36 in context

34And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

35And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

36Now 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.

37And 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.

38And 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.

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Commentary

Here we have another miracle wrought by Peter, for the confirming of the gospel, and which exceeded the former - the raising of Tabitha to life when she had been for some time dead. Here is, I. The life, and death, and character of Tabitha, on whom this miracle was wrought, Act 9:36, Act 9:37. 1.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 36-43

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Key words (Strong's)

interpretationdiermēneuōto unfold the meaning of what is said, explain, expound, to translate into one s native…G1329 →
disciplemathētriaa female disciple, a Christian woman Ac. 9 36G3102 →
certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
TabithatabithaTabitha = &quot female gazelle&quot , the name of the woman that Peter raised from the…G5000 →
calledlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
DorcasdorkasDorcas = &quot gazelle&quot , the name of a woman Peter raised from the deadG1393 →

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