Acts 9:36-43

 

36: In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek, Docas, meaning “Gazelle”), who filled her days with acts of kindness and charity.

37: At that time she fell ill and died; and they washed her body and laid it in a room upstairs.

38: As Lyddia was near Joppa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with an urgent request, “Please come over to us without delay.”

39: At once Peter went off with them. When he arrived he was taken up to the room, and all the widows came and stood round him in tears, showing him the shirts and coats that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

40: Peter sent them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; then, turning towards the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes and saw Peter and sat up.

41: He gave her his hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called together the members of the church and the widows and showed her to them alive.

42: News of it spread all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord.

43: Peter stayed on in Joppa for some time at the house of a tanner named Simon.