Acts 9:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

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  • Acts 1:13 : 13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.
  • Acts 20:8 : 8 And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.
  • Acts 9:39 : 39 And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
  • Mark 14:15 : 15 And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.
  • John 11:3-4 : 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill. 4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.
  • John 11:36-37 : 36 So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him! 37 But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

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  • Acts 9:38-43
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    38 And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.

    39 And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

    40 But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.

    41 And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

    42 And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

    43 And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.

  • Acts 9:32-36
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    32 And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

    33 And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving.

    34 And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well: get up and make your bed. And straight away he got up.

    35 And all those living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and were turned to the Lord.

    36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.

  • Acts 5:6-11
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    6 And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

    7 And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.

    8 And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.

    9 But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

    10 And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

    11 Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

  • Luke 8:51-54
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    51 And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.

    52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

    53 And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

    54 But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

  • Matt 9:24-25
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    24 He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

    25 But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.

  • 9 Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

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    31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

    32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

  • Mark 1:30-31
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    30 Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:

    31 And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

  • 23 So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

  • Mark 5:38-39
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    38 And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.

    39 And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

  • 18 While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

  • 21 Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God, shutting the door on him, and went out.

  • 35 And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.

  • John 11:1-2
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    1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

    2 (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.)

  • Matt 8:14-15
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    14 And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

    15 And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.

  • 23 And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

  • 32 Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.

  • 12 Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

  • 13 And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

  • 32 And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed.

  • 14 And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.

  • 38 And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her

  • 29 And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

  • 42 For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

  • 2 And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.

  • 15 And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.

  • 32 And last of all, the woman came to her end.