Acts 9:37

Webster's Bible (1833)

It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.

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  • Acts 1:13 : 13 When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
  • Acts 20:8 : 8 There were many lights in the upper chamber where we{TR reads "they" instead of "we"} were gathered together.
  • Acts 9:39 : 39 Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
  • Mark 14:15 : 15 He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make ready for us there."
  • John 11:3-4 : 3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick." 4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."
  • John 11:36-37 : 36 The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!" 37 Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"

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