Acts 9:39

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then 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.

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  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good report: but the name of the vngodly shall stincke.
  • Prov 31:30-31 : 30 As for fauour it is deceiptfull, & beautie is a vayne thyng: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, shalbe praysed. 31 Geue her of the fruite of her handes: and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But I woulde not haue you to be ignoraunt brethren, concernyng them which sleepe, that ye sorowe not euen as other, which haue no hope.
  • Jas 2:15-17 : 15 If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode, 16 And one of you say vnto them, depart in peace, be you warmed and fylled: notwithstandyng, ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to, the body, what shall it profite? 17 Euen so, fayth, yf it haue not deedes, is dead in it selfe:
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie.
  • 2 Sam 1:24 : 24 Ye daughters of Israel weepe ouer Saul, which clothed you in scarlet with pleasures, and hanged ornamentes of golde vpon your apparell.
  • Job 31:19-20 : 19 If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment: 20 If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Iesus aunswered and sayde: O faythlesse and croked nation, howe long shall I be with you? howe long shal I suffer you? bryng hym hyther to me.
  • Matt 25:36-39 : 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke? 38 When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?
  • Matt 26:11 : 11 For ye haue the poore alwayes with you: but me shall ye not haue alwayes.
  • Mark 14:8 : 8 She hath done that she coulde: she came aforehande, to annoynt my body to the burying.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he sayde vnto them: These are the wordes which I spake vnto you, whyle I was yet with you, that all must needes be fulfylled, which were written of me in the law of Moyses, and in the prophetes, and in the psalmes.
  • John 12:8 : 8 For the poore alwayes shall ye haue with you: but me haue ye not alwayes.
  • John 17:12 : 12 Whyle I was with them in ye worlde, I kept them in thy name. Those that thou gauest me, haue I kept, and none of them is lost, but that lost chylde, that the scripture myght be fulfylled.
  • Acts 6:1 : 1 And in those dayes, when the number of ye disciples grewe, there arose a grudge among the Grekes agaynst ye Hebrues, because their wydowes were despysed in the dayly ministerie.
  • Acts 8:2 : 2 And deuout men were carefull together touchyng Steuen, and made great lamentation ouer hym.
  • Acts 9:36-37 : 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. 37 And 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 9:41 : 41 And he gaue her the hande, and lyfte her vp: and when he hadde called the saintes and wydowes, he deliuered her alyue.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 I haue shewed you all thinges, howe that so labouryng ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember ye wordes of the Lorde Iesu, howe that he said, it is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there be first a wyllyng mynde, it is accepted accordyng to that a man hath, and not accordyng to that he hath not.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let hym that stole, steale no more: but let hym rather labour, workyng with his handes the thyng whiche is good, that he may geue vnto hym that needeth.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Without ceassyng, callyng to remembraunce the worke of your fayth, and labour of loue, and patient abidyng in the hope of our Lorde Iesus Christe, in the syght of God and our father.

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  • Acts 9:40-43
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    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 9:32-38
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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:

    38And 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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    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 5:9-10
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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.

    10Then fell she downe strayghtway at his feete, and yelded vp the ghost. And the young men came in, and founde her dead, and caryed her out, and buryed her by her husbande.

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

  • 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.

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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.

  • 31The Iewes then which were with her in the house & comforted her, when they sawe Marie that she rose vp hastelye, and went out, folowed her, saying: She goeth vnto the graue, to weepe there.

  • 25But when the people were put foorth, he went in, and toke her by the hande, and the mayde arose.

  • 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)

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    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:

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 12Then arose Peter, and ran vnto the sepulchre, and loked in, and sawe the linnen clothes layde by them selues, and departed, wondryng in him selfe at that which was come to passe.

  • 2And deuout men were carefull together touchyng Steuen, and made great lamentation ouer hym.

  • 6And the young rose vp, and put hym a part, and caryed hym out, and buryed hym.

  • 8And the Angel sayde vnto hym: gyrde thy selfe, & bynde on thy sandales. And so he dyd. And he sayeth vnto hym: cast thy garment about thee, and folow me.

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

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    4And when he loked on hym, he was afrayde, and sayde: What is it Lorde? And he sayde vnto hym: Thy prayers and thyne almes, are come vp into remembraunce before God.

    5And nowe sende men to Ioppa, & call for one Simo, whose sirname is Peter.

  • 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.

  • 6Then came Simon Peter folowyng hym, and went into the sepulchre, and sawe the lynnen clothes lye,

  • 12And by the handes of the Apostles, were many signes & wonders shewed among the people. (And they were all together with one accord in Solomons porche.

  • Acts 3:9-10
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    9And all the people sawe hym walke, and prayse God.

    10And they knewe hym, that it was he, which sate and begged at the beawtifull gate of the temple. And they wondred, and were sore astonyed at that which had happened vnto hym.

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

  • 10When they were past the first and the seconde watch, they came vnto the yron gate, that leadeth vnto the citie, which opened to them by the owne accorde: And they went out, and passed through one streate, and foorthwith the Angel departed from hym.

  • 16But Peter stoode at the doore without. Then went out that other disciple which was knowen vnto the hye priest, and spake vnto the damosell that kept the doore, and brought in Peter.

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

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

  • 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,

  • 13And when they were come in, they went vp into a parlour, where abode both Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrewe, Philip and Thomas, Barthelmewe and Matthewe, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, & Simo Zelotes, and Iudas the brother of Iames.

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

  • 33And they rose vp the same houre, and returned agayne to Hierusalem, and founde the eleuen gathered together, and them that were with them,

  • 3Peter therfore went foorth, and that other disciple, & came to the sepulchre.