Acts 9

Dorcas Raised

36 Now in Joppa there was a certain female disciple named*Literally "by name" Tabitha (which translated means "Dorcas").*"Dorcas" is the Greek translation of the Aramaic name "Tabitha" which means "deer" or "gazelle" She was full of good deeds and charitable giving which she was constantly doing.**Here the imperfect verb is translated as a customary imperfect ("was constantly doing")37 Now it happened that in those days after**Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("becoming sick") which is understood as temporal becoming sick, she died. And after**Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("washing") which is understood as temporal washing her,**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation they placed her in an upstairs room. 38 And because**Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as causal Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, when they**Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal heard that Peter was in Lydda,*Literally "in it" sent two men to him, urging, "Do not delay to come to us!" 39 So Peter got up and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("got up") has been translated as a finite verb accompanied them. When he**Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrived") which is understood as temporal arrived, they brought him**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation up to the upstairs room, and all the widows came to him, weeping and showing him**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation tunics and other clothing that Dorcas used to make while she**Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as temporal was with them.