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

1 Thessalonians 4:13

And shewing

While

General references

Exodus 35:25

Job 31:19

Bible References

And all

And, giving her his hand, he raised her up; and, calling the saints and the widows, presented her, living.

Howbeit reverent men assisted at the burial of Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

Ye daughters of Israel! For Saul, weep ye, - who clothed you in crimson, decked with lovely things, who hung ornaments of gold on your apparel!

The memory of the righteous, yieldeth blessing, but, the name of the lawless, dieth out.

But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are falling asleep, - lest ye be sorrowing, even as the rest also, who are without hope;

And shewing

Now, in Joppa, there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which, being translated, means Dorcas a Gazelle . The same, was full of good works and alms which she was doing.

In all things, I gave you to understand, that, thus toiling, it behoves to be helping the weak, also to be keeping in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, that, he himself, said - Happy is it, rather to give than to receive!

If I saw one perishing for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised:

Naked, and ye clothed me, sick, and ye visited me, in prison, was I, and ye came unto me.

For, always, the destitute, have ye with you, - but, me, not always, have ye;

What she had, she used, - She took it beforehand to anoint my body for the burial;

For, the destitute, always, have ye with you, whereas, me, not always, have ye.

For, if the forwardness is set forth, according to what one may have, he is well approved, not according to what one hath not.

Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling, - working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have wherewith to be giving away to him that hath need;

Unceasingly, remembering - your work of faith and labour of love and endurance of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father:

If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food,

Dear children! Let us not be loving in word, nor yet with the tongue, but in deed and truth.

While

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do, - for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.

And Jesus, answering, said - O faithless and perverted generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me, here.

And he said unto them - These, are my words, which I spake unto you yet being with you: That all the things that are written in the law of Moses and the Prophets and Psalms, concerning me, must needs be fulfilled.

When I was with them, I, kept them in thy name which thou hast given me, - And I kept watch, and, none from among them, went the destruction, - save the son of destruction, that, the Scripture, might be fulfilled.

General references

And, all the women who were wise-hearted, with their hands, did spin, - and brought in that which they had spun - the blue, and the purple, the crimson, and the fine linen.

If I saw one perishing for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;