Acts 9:38

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And forasmuch as Lydda was nye to Ioppa, and the disciples hadde hearde that Peter was there, they sent vnto hym two men, desyryng hym that he woulde not be greeued to come vnto them.

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  • Acts 9:36 : 36 There was also at Ioppa a certayne woman, a disciple, named Tabitha, which by interpretatio is called Dorcas: the same was full of good workes and almes deedes, which she dyd.
  • Acts 11:26 : 26 And when he had founde hym, he brought hym vnto Antioche. And it came to passe, that a whole yere they had their couersation with the Church there, & taught much people: in so much, that the disciples of Antioche, were the first that were called Christians.
  • 2 Kgs 4:28-30 : 28 Then she saide: Did I desire a sonne of my Lorde? did I not require thee that thou shouldest not deceaue me? 29 Then he saide to Gehezi: Girde vp thy loynes, and take my staffe in thyne hande, and go thy way: If thou meete any man salute him not: And if any salute thee, aunswere him not againe: And lay my staffe vpon the face of the childe. 30 And the mother of the childe said: As the Lorde lyueth, and as thy soule lyueth, I wyll not leaue thee. And he arose, and folowed her.
  • Acts 9:32 : 32 And it came to passe, as Peter walked throughout all quarters, he came also to the Saintes which dwelt at Lydda.

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  • Acts 9:39-43
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    39Then Peter arose, & came with them, and when he was come, they brought hym into the vpper chamber: And all the wydowes stoode rounde about him weepyng, and shewyng the coates and garmentes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them.

    40And Peter put them all foorth, and kneled downe, and prayed, and turned hym to the body, and sayde: Tabitha aryse. And she opened her eyes, and when she sawe Peter, she sate vp.

    41And he gaue her the hande, and lyfte her vp: and when he hadde called the saintes and wydowes, he deliuered her alyue.

    42And it was knowen throughout all Ioppa, & many beleued in the Lorde.

    43And it came to passe, that he taryed many dayes in Ioppa, with one Simo a tanner.

  • Acts 9:32-37
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    32And it came to passe, as Peter walked throughout all quarters, he came also to the Saintes which dwelt at Lydda.

    33And there he founde a certayne man, named Eneas, which had kept his bed eyght yeres, & was sicke of the paulsie.

    34And Peter sayde vnto hym, Eneas, Iesus Christe make thee whole: aryse, and make thy bedde. And he arose immediatly.

    35And all that dwelt at Lydda, and Saron sawe hym, and turned to the Lorde.

    36There was also at Ioppa a certayne woman, a disciple, named Tabitha, which by interpretatio is called Dorcas: the same was full of good workes and almes deedes, which she dyd.

    37And it came to passe in those dayes that she was sicke, and dyed: Whom when they had wasshed, they layde her in an vpper chamber:

  • Acts 10:5-6
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    5And nowe sende men to Ioppa, & call for one Simo, whose sirname is Peter.

    6He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea syde: He shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

  • Acts 10:17-24
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    17Nowe whyle Peter doubted in hym selfe, what this vision whiche he hadde seene meant: beholde, the men whiche were sent from Cornelius, had made inquiraunce for Simons house, & stoode before the doore,

    18And called, and asked whether Simo which was sirnamed Peter, were lodged there.

    19Whyle Peter thought on the vision, the spirite said vnto hym: beholde, three men seke thee.

    20Arise therfore, and get the downe, and go with them, & doubt not, for I haue sent them.

    21Then Peter went downe to the men which were set vnto him fro Cornelius, & said: Behold, I am he who ye seeke, what is the cause wherfore ye are come?

    22And they sayde: Cornelius the capitayne, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the people of the Iewes, was warned by an holy Angel to sende for thee into his house, and to heare wordes of thee.

    23Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morowe, Peter went away with them, and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied hym.

    24And the thirde day after, entred they into Cesarea: And Cornelius wayted for them, and hadde called together his kinsemen and speciall friendes.

  • Acts 10:32-33
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    32Sende therfore to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose sirname is Peter: He is lodged in the house of one Simo, a tanner, by the sea syde, who when he commeth, shall speake vnto thee.

    33Then sent I for thee immediatly, and thou hast well done that thou art come. Nowe therfore are we all here present before God, to heare all thynges that are commaunded vnto thee of God.

  • Acts 10:8-9
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    8And tolde them all the matter, & sent them to Ioppa.

    9On the morowe as they went on their iourney, and drewe nye vnto the citie, Peter went vp vnto the highest part of the house to pray, about the sixth houre.

  • Acts 11:11-13
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    11And beholde, immediatly there were three men, alredy come vnto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea vnto me.

    12And the spirite sayde vnto me, that I shoulde go with the, without doubting. Moreouer, these sixe brethren accompanyed me, & we entred into the mans house:

    13And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and sayde vnto hym: Sende men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose sirname is Peter:

  • Acts 12:16
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    16But Peter continued knockyng: And when they had opened the doore, and sawe hym, they were astonyed.

  • Acts 5:9
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    9Then Peter sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the spirite of the Lorde? Beholde, the feete of the which haue buried thy husbande, are at the doore, and shall cary thee out.

  • Acts 10:29-30
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    29Therefore came I vnto you without delay, assoone as I was sent for: I aske therfore, for what intent ye haue sent for me?

    30And Cornelius sayde: This day nowe foure dayes, about this houre, I sate fasting, and at the ninth houre, I prayed in my house: And beholde, a man stoode before me in bryght clothyng,

  • Acts 12:13-14
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    13As Peter knocked at the entrie doore, a damsell came foorth to hearken, named Rhoda.

    14And when she knewe Peters voyce, she opened not the doore for gladnesse, but ran in, and tolde howe Peter stoode before the doore.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14But Peter standyng foorth with the eleuen, lyft vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iurie, and all ye that dwell at Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and with your eares heare my wordes.

  • Acts 10:27
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    27And as he talked with him, he came in, & found many that were come together.

  • Acts 11:4-5
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    4But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynnyng, and expounded it by order vnto them, saying:

    5I was in the citie of Ioppa praying, and in a traunce I sawe a vision, a certayne vessell descende, as it had ben a great sheete, let downe from heauen by the foure corners, and it came to me.

  • Acts 8:14
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    14When the apostles whiche were at Hierusalem, hearde say that Samaria hadde receaued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn.

  • Luke 9:32
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    32But Peter, and they that were with him, were heauie with sleepe: and whe they awoke, they sawe his maiestie, and two men standyng with hym.

  • Acts 11:2
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    2And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym,

  • Acts 1:15
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    15And in those dayes, Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and said (The number of names together, were about an hundred and twentie)

  • Acts 12:18
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    18Nowe assoone as it was day, there was no litle adoe among the souldiers, what was become of Peter.

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    22Then tydynges of these thinges came vnto the cares of the Churche, which was in Hierusale: And they sent foorth Barnabas, that he shoulde go vnto Antioche.

  • Acts 12:11
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    11And when Peter was come to hym selfe, he sayde: Nowe I knowe of a suertie, that the Lorde hath sent his Angel, and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytyng for, of the people of the Iewes.

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    1Nowe Peter and Iohn went vp together into the temple at the nynth houre of prayer.

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    46For they hearde them speake with tounges, & magnifie God. Then aunswered Peter:

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    39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired the to depart out of the citie.

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    3When he sawe Peter and Iohn that they woulde go into the temple, he desired to receaue an almes.

  • Acts 2:37
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    37Nowe when they hearde this, they were pricked in their heartes, and sayde vnto Peter, & vnto the other Apostles: Ye men & brethren, what shall we do?