Read Acts 9:32-43 (Free Bible Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Acts 9.32-43, Acts 9v32-43, Ac. 9:32-43. Peter was traveling around and went to visit the believers who lived in Lydda. There he met a man called Aeneas who was paralyzed and had been confined to his bed f…
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32 Peter was traveling around and went to visit the believers who lived in Lydda.
33 There he met a man called Aeneas who was paralyzed and had been confined to his bed for eight years.
34 Peter told him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and pick up your mat!” Immediately Aeneas got up.
35 Everyone living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and became believers in the Lord.
36 In Joppa lived a follower called Tabitha (Dorcas in Greek). She was always doing good and helping the poor.
37 However, about this time she became sick, and died. After washing her body, they laid her out in an upstairs room.
38 Lydda was near Joppa, so the disciples in Joppa, hearing that Peter was in Lydda, sent two men to him with the message, “Please come to us right away.”
39 So Peter got ready and left with them. When he arrived they took him upstairs. All the widows were there crying, and they showed him the coats and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
40 Peter told them all to leave, kneeled down, and prayed. He turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.
41 He took her by the hand and lifted her up. He called in the believers and the widows, and presented her to them alive.
42 The news spread through the whole of Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
43 Peter spent a long time in Joppa, staying at the house of Simon the tanner.
Author: Luc · Written: ~ 65 et 80 ap. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 2h40 · Characters: Etienne, Barnabas, Philippe, Pierre, Paul, Corneille, Prisca (Priscille) et Aquilas, Lydie, Silas (Sylvain), Timothée, Jean Marc