Acts 9:31-41

31 So ¹the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

Peter's Ministry

32 Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to ²the saints who lived at ³Lydda.

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

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

35 And all who lived at ⁴Lydda and ⁵Sharon saw him, and they ⁶turned to the Lord.

36 Now in ⁷Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas ); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

37 And it happened at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an ⁸upper room.

38 Since Lydda was near ⁹Joppa, ¹⁰the disciples, having heard that Peter was there *, sent two men to him, imploring him, "Do not delay in coming to us."

39 So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the ¹¹upper room; and all the ¹²widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

40 But Peter ¹³sent them all out and ¹⁴knelt * down * and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, "¹⁵Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

41 And he gave her his hand and raised her up; and calling ¹⁶the saints and ¹⁷widows, he presented her alive.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 5:11; Acts 8:1; Acts 16:5
• 2. Acts 9:13
• 3. 1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35
• 4. 1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35
• 5. 1 Chronicles 5:16; 1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 65:10
• 6. Acts 2:47; Acts 9:42; Acts 11:21
• 7. Joshua 19:46; 2 Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7; Jonah 1:3; Acts 9:38, 42; Acts 10:5, 8, 23, 32; Acts 11:5, 13
• 8. Acts 1:13; Acts 9:39
• 9. Joshua 19:46; 2 Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7; Jonah 1:3; Acts 9:36, 42; Acts 10:5, 8, 23, 32; Acts 11:5, 13
• 10. Acts 11:26
• 11. Acts 1:13; Acts 9:37
• 12. Acts 6:1
• 13. Matthew 9:25
• 14. Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60
• 15. Mark 5:41
• 16. Acts 9:13, 32
• 17. Acts 6:1

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "was having"
• [b] Or "holy ones"
• [c] OT: Lod
• [d] OT: Lod
• [e] I.e. Gazelle
• [f] Lit "in those days"
• [g] Or "inner garments"
• [h] Or "holy ones"