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Everyone living in Lud and the Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Now in Yafo there was a talmidah named Tavita
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(which means "gazelle"); she was always doing tzedakah and other good deeds.
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It happened that just at that time, she took sick and died. After washing her, they laid her in a room upstairs.
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Lud is near Yafo, and the talmidim had heard that Kefa was there, so they sent two men to him and urged him, "Please come to us without delay."
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Kefa got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him into the upstairs room. All the widows stood by him, sobbing and showing all the dresses and coats Tavita had made them while she was still with them.
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But Kefa put them all outside, kneeled down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said, "Tavita! Get up!" She opened her eyes; and on seeing Kefa, she sat up.
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He offered her his hand and helped her to her feet; then, calling the believers and the widows, he presented her to them alive.
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This became known all over Yafo, and many people put their trust in the Lord.
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Kefa stayed on in Yafo for some time with a man named Shim'on, a leather-tanner.