Acts 9:36-39

Dorcas Restored to Life

36 Now there was in ¹Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas.^[a] She was full of ²good works and acts of charity.

37 In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in ³an upper room.

38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, ⁴"Please come to us without delay."

39 So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to ⁵the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics^[b] and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

Cross References

• 1. See Joshua 19:46
• 2. 1 Timothy 2:10
• 3. ver. 39; Acts 1:13; Acts 20:8
• 4. Numbers 22:16 (Heb.; Gk.)
• 5. ver. 37

Footnotes

• [a]. The Aramaic name Tabitha and the Greek name Dorcas both mean gazelle
• [b]. Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin