Acts 9:35-37

Expanded Bible

³⁵ All the people living in Lydda and on ·the Plain of Sharon [^LSharon; ^Cthe coastal plain] saw him and turned to the Lord.

Peter Heals Tabitha

³⁶ In the city of Joppa [^Con the Mediterranean coast, 35 miles northwest of Jerusalem; present-day Jaffa] there was a ·follower [disciple] named Tabitha (whose Greek name was Dorcas [^Cboth mean “gazelle”]). She was always doing good deeds and ·kind acts [acts of charity; ^Lgiving alms]. ³⁷ ·While Peter was in Lydda [^LIn those days], Tabitha became sick and died. Her body was washed [^Ca custom of preparation for burial] and put in a room upstairs.