because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption;

for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'

And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;

pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

wherefore also in another place he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

'And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings,