Acts 9:41

Plain English Version

Peter held out his hand for her and helped her to stand up. Then he called out to the widows and to all God’s people there, and he told them to come. Then he showed them that Tabitha was alive.

Cross References

Genesis 45:26

They said to Jacob, “Joseph is not dead. No, he is still alive, and he is in charge of all of Egypt country.” Jacob got a big shock, and he didn’t believe those things that his sons said. You see, he thought that Joseph was dead.

Mark 1:31

So he held her hand and started to lift her up. Straight away, she got better. Then she got up, and she gave them some food to eat.

Luke 7:12

Just before that, a young man died in that town. He was the only son of his mother, and her husband was already dead, so she had nobody left to look after her. A big mob of people were with that mother, and they had the young man’s body on a stretcher. They were taking it along the road out of the town, to bury it. And at that same time, Jesus was going into that town on that same road.

Luke 7:15

Then the dead man sat up and started to talk. And Jesus told him to go back to his mother.

Acts 20:12

Then everyone went home, and they took the young man home too. He was alive again, so everyone was happy.

Acts 3:7

Then Peter held the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Straight away the man’s feet and ankles got strong.

Acts 6:1

At that time, a lot of people believed in Jesus and started to follow him. Some of them talked in the Greek language, and some of them talked in the Jewish language, called Hebrew. The Christians that talked Greek complained about the Christians that talked Hebrew. They said that the people that looked after the widows didn’t give enough food or money to the widows that talked Greek.

Acts 9:13

But Ananias said, “But sir, people have told me about that man Saul. He’s a properly cheeky man. He hurt your people in Jerusalem, and he did a lot of bad things to them.

Acts 9:32

After that, Peter went around visiting God’s people that lived in Judea country, and he went to the town called Lydda.

1 Timothy 5:3

If there are any widows in the church that haven’t got any family to look after them, then the church has to look after them.

1 Timothy 5:5

But some widows are all alone and haven’t got any family to look after them. Some of those widows trust God to take care of them. They keep on praying and asking God for whatever they need.