Acts 9:32–43

Peter’s Ministry

³²Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to ^athe ¹saints who lived at ^2bLydda.

³³There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for he was paralyzed.

³⁴Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed.” Immediately he got up.

³⁵And all who lived at ^1aLydda and ^bSharon saw him, and they ^cturned to the Lord.

³⁶Now in ^aJoppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called ¹Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

³⁷And it happened ¹at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an ^aupper room.

³⁸Since Lydda was near ^aJoppa, ^bthe disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, “Do not delay in coming to us.”

³⁹So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the ^aupper room; and all the ^bwidows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the ¹tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

⁴⁰But Peter ^asent them all out and ^bknelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, “^cTabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

⁴¹And he gave her his hand and raised her up; and calling ^athe ¹saints and ^bwidows, he presented her alive.

⁴²It became known all over ^aJoppa, and ^bmany believed in the Lord.

⁴³And Peter stayed many days in ^aJoppa with ^ba tanner named Simon.