³⁶Now in Joppa there was a certain female disciple named^o Tabitha (which translated means “Dorcas”).^p She was full of good deeds and charitable giving which she was constantly doing.^* ³⁷Now it happened that in those days after^* becoming sick, she died. And after^* washing her,^* they placed her in an upstairs room. ³⁸And because^* Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, when they^* heard that Peter was in Lydda,^q sent two men to him, urging, “Do not delay to come to us!” ³⁹So Peter got up and^* accompanied them. When he^* arrived, they brought him^* up to the upstairs room, and all the widows came to him, weeping and showing him^* tunics and other clothing that Dorcas used to make while she^* was with them. ⁴⁰But Peter sent them all outside, and, falling to his^* knees, he prayed. And turning toward the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” And she opened her eyes, and when she^* saw Peter, she sat up. ⁴¹And he gave her his hand and^* raised her up. And he called the saints and the widows and^* presented her alive. ⁴²And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. ⁴³And it happened that he stayed many days in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner.^r

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Footnotes

oLiterally “by name”
p“Dorcas” is the Greek translation of the Aramaic name “Tabitha” which means “deer” or “gazelle”
*Here the imperfect verb is translated as a customary imperfect (“was constantly doing”)
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“becoming sick”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“washing”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as causal
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
qLiterally “in it”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got up”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrived”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“gave”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“called”) has been translated as a finite verb
rOr “with a certain Simon Berseus”; most modern English versions treat the word as Simon’s profession (“Simon the tanner”), but the word may actually be a surname (“Simon Berseus” or “Simon Tanner”)