PETER HEALS THE PARALYTIC AND RAISES THE DEAD

Aeneas And Dorcas

52 As Peter Traveled about the country,

He went to visit the saints in Lydda.

33 There he found a man named Aeneas,

A Paralytic who had been bedridden for eight years

34 AENEAS,' Peter said to him,

'JESUS CHRIST HEALS YOU.

GET UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR MAT.'

IMMEDIATELY AENEAS GOT UP.

35 ALL WHO LIVED IN LYDDA AND SHARON

SAW HIM AND TURNED TO THE LORD.

In Joppa there was a Disciple named Tabitha

(Which, when translated, is Dorcas),

Who was always doing Good

And helping the Poor.

37 About that time she became Sick and Died,

And her body was washed

And placed in an upstairs room.

38 Lydda was near Joppa;

So when the Disciples

Heard that Peter was in Lydda,

They sent two men to him

And urged him,

'PLEASE COME AT ONCE!'

39 Peter went with them,

And when he arrived

He was taken upstairs to the room.

All the widows stood around him,

Crying and showing him the robes

And other clothing that Dorcas had made

While she was still with them.

40 Peter sent them all out of the room;

THEN HE GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND PRAYED.

TURNING TOWARD THE DEAD WOMAN,

He said,

'TABITHA, GET UP.'

SHE OPENED HER EYES,

AND SEEING PETER SHE SAT UP.

41 HE TOOK HER BY THE HAND

AND HELPED HER TO HER FEET.

Then he called the believers and the widows

AND PRESENTED HER TO THEM ALIVE.

42 THIS BECAME KNOWN ALL OVER JOPPA,

AND MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED IN THE LORD.

43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time

With a Tanner named Simon.

(Acts 9)