Acts 9

36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which when translated means *9:36 I.e., Gr for GazelleDorcas); this woman was *9:36 Lit full ofexcelling in acts of kindness and charity which she did habitually.37 But it happened *9:37 Lit in those daysat that time that she became sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upstairs room. 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, "Do not delay in coming to us." 39 So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the room upstairs; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the *9:39 A long shirt worn next to the skintunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.