Acts 9:37
At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.
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- Acts 1:13 : 13 When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.
- Acts 20:8 : 8 (Now there were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.)
- Acts 9:39 : 39 So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
- Mark 14:15 : 15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”
- John 11:3-4 : 3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus,“Lord, look, the one you love is sick.” 4 When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- John 11:36-37 : 36 Thus the people who had come to mourn said,“Look how much he loved him!” 37 But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?”
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- Acts 9:38-436 verses85%
38Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him,“Come to us without delay.”
39So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
40But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said,“Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.
42This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
43So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner.
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32Peter Heals Aeneas Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.
33He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.
34Peter said to him,“Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!” And immediately he got up.
35All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
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- Acts 5:6-116 verses75%
6So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.
7After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.
8Peter said to her,“Tell me, were the two of you paid this amount for the land?” Sapphira said,“Yes, that much.”
9Peter then told her,“Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”
10At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
11Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.
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51Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother.
52Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!”
53And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.
54But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said,“Child, get up.”
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24he said,“Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep!” And they began making fun of him.
25But when the crowd had been forced outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up.
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9About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
- John 11:31-322 verses69%
31Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
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30Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.
31He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.
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23So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests.On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
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38They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.
39When he entered he said to them,“Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”
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- John 11:1-22 verses67%
1The Death of Lazarus Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
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38After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her.
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32Finally the woman died too.