Acts 9:39

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Summary

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

And all

Acts 9:41

Acts 8:2

1 Thessalonians 4:13

And shewing

While

Matthew 17:17

Luke 24:44

John 17:12

Bible References

And all

And he gave her his hand, and raised her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.

But devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

But concerning those who have fallen asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that you may not grieve, as others who have no hope.

And shewing

Now there was in Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which name, when translated, is Dorcas. She was full of good works and deeds of charity which she did.

In all things I have taught you by ex ample, that by thus laboring, you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus; for he himself said, It is more blessed to give, than to receive.

naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.

For you have the poor always with you, but me you have not always.

She has done what she could; she has come beforehand to anoint my body for its burial.

For the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always.

For if there is a readiness of mind, one is accepted according to what he has, not according to what he has not.

Let him that steals, steal no more: but rather let labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that has need.

remembering unceasingly your work, which is the result of faith, your labor, the cause of which is love, and your patience, which springs from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father:

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

While

Jesus answered and said: faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him hither to me.

And he said to them: These are the words that I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled that are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me, I have kept; and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture may be fulfilled.