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37 In those days, she became ill and died. After they had washed her body, they laid her out in an upper room.[a] 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, on hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, “Please come to us without delay.”

39 Peter immediately set out with them, and when he arrived, they escorted him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

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  1. Acts 9:37 The body was washed in preparation for burial.