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Acts 9:39

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.

KJV

ἀναστὰς δὲ Πέτρος συνῆλθεν αὐτοῖς· ὃν παραγενόμενον ἀνήγαγον εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον, καὶ παρέστησαν αὐτῷ πᾶσαι αἱ χῆραι κλαίουσαι καὶ ἐπιδεικνύμεναι χιτῶνας καὶ ἱμάτια ὅσα ἐποίει μετ’ αὐτῶν οὖσα ἡ Δορκάς.

Greek NT

Exsurgens autem Petrus, venit cum illis. Et cum advenisset, duxerunt illum in cœnaculum : et circumsteterunt illum omnes viduæ flentes, et ostendentes ei tunicas et vestes quas faciebat illis Dorcas.

Vulgate

And Peter arose and went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

ASV

And Peter rising up went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood about him, weeping and shewing him the coats and garments which Dorcas made them.

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In this verse

People PeterDorcas

In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δορκάς
dorkas
noun · 2×
Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλαίω
klaio
verb · 40×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
παρίστημι
paristemi
verb · 41×
παραγίνομαι
paraginomai
verb · 38×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
συνέρχομαι
sunerchomai
verb · 31×
χήρα
chera
noun · 26×
χιτών
chiton
noun · 11×
ἀνάγω
anago
verb · 23×
ἀνίστημι
anistemi
verb · 107×
ἐπιδείκνυμι
epideiknumi
verb · 7×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
ὑπερῷον
uperoon
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Successes have terrible power to cast down or draw aside those who take not heed. Thus the Jews, who at first enjoyed the influence of God, sought the law of royalty from the Gentiles, and in the wilderness after the manna remembered the onions. In the same way here, refusing the Kingdom of Christ, they invited to themselves that of Cæsar. Wherefore God set a king over…

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 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;
  • 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
  • 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.
  • Eph 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.
  • Exod 35:25 — And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
  • Prov 10:7 — The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
  • Prov 31:13 — She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
  • Prov 31:20 — She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
  • Prov 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
  • Prov 31:31 — Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
  • Titus 2:5 — To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.