Acts 9:39 KJV
Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
Words Then and Now
- shewing to show Still heard today: show, the same word; shewn is still a British legal spelling Webster’s 1828 · Shewing
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Scofield Notes
- widowsContra, Acts 6:1.
Matthew Henry
- Dorcas raised to lifeMany are full of good words, who are empty and barren in good works; but Tabitha was a great doer, no great talker. Christians who have not property to give...
Thompson Chains
- Immediate ServiceSee the chain from 1 Kings 19:20 · 8 links
- WeepingSee the chain from Genesis 21:16 · 11 links
- ClothingLink 5 of 6 · next James 2:3
- HelpfulnessSee the chain from 2 Chronicles 28:15 · 8 links
- Industry (2)See the chain from Genesis 31:40 · 6 links
- GriefLast of 11 links
- CoatsLast of 5 links
- WidowsLast of 7 links
Cross References
- Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
- Proverbs 31:30–31 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. …
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
- 2 Samuel 1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
- Job 31:19–20 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; …
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- Matthew 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
- Matthew 25:36–39 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. …
- Matthew 26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
- Mark 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
- Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
- John 12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
- John 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
- Acts 6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
- Acts 8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
- Acts 9:36–37 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. …
- Acts 9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
- Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
- James 2:15–17 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, …
- 1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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Topics
- Damascus Paul’s experiences in
- Dead (people) Dorcas
- Dorcas A pious woman of Joppa
- Dress Sleeveless shirt, called coat
- Joppa Peter performs a miracle at
- Miracles Convincing effect of
- Peter Visits Joppa; stays with Simon, the tanner; raises Dorcas from the dead
- Tabitha Restored to life by Peter
- Women Made garments
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 34 · The Conversion of Saul
Bible Dictionary
Greek and Strong’s
- Then δὲ de δέ Conjunction
- Peter Πέτρος Petros Πέτρος Noun · nominative masculine singular
- arose Ἀναστὰς Anastas ἀνίστημι Verb · aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular
- and went with συνῆλθεν synēlthen συνέρχομαι Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
- them αὐτοῖς autois αὐτός Pronoun · third person, dative masculine plural
- When he Ὃν Hon ὅς Pronoun · accusative masculine singular
- was come παραγενόμενον paragenomenon παραγίνομαι Verb · aorist middle participle, accusative masculine singular
- they brought him ἀνήγαγον anēgagon ἀνάγω Verb · aorist active indicative, third person plural
- into εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
- the upper chamber τὸ to Article · accusative neuter singular ὑπερῷον hyperōon ὑπερῷον Noun · accusative neuter singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- all πᾶσαι pasai πᾶς Article · nominative feminine plural
- the widows αἱ hai Article · nominative feminine plural χῆραι chērai χήρα Noun · nominative feminine plural
- stood by παρέστησαν parestēsan παρίστημι Verb · aorist active indicative, third person plural
- him αὐτῷ autō αὐτός Pronoun · third person, dative masculine singular
- weeping κλαίουσαι klaiousai κλαίω Verb · present active participle, nominative feminine plural
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- shewing ἐπιδεικνύμεναι epideiknymenai ἐπιδείκνυμι Verb · present middle participle, nominative feminine plural
- the coats χιτῶνας chitōnas χιτών Noun · accusative masculine plural
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- garments ἱμάτια himatia ἱμάτιον Noun · accusative neuter plural
- which ὅσα hosa ὅσος Pronoun · accusative neuter plural
- Dorcas ἡ hē Article · nominative feminine singular Δορκάς Dorkas Δορκάς Noun · nominative feminine singular
- made ἐποίει epoiei ποιέω Verb · imperfect active indicative, third person singular
- while she was οὖσα ousa Verb · present active participle, nominative feminine singular ὤν ṓn
- with μετʼ met’ μετά Preposition
- them αὐτῶν autōn αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive feminine plural
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