Acts 9:39

Weymouth NT

So Peter rose and went with them. On his arrival they took him upstairs, and the widow women all came and stood by his side, weeping and showing him the underclothing and cloaks and garments of all kinds which Dorcas used to make while she was still with them.

Cross References

Matthew 17:17

»O unbelieving and perverse generation!« replied Jesus; »how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? Bring him to me.«

Matthew 26:11

The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.

Mark 14:8

What she could she did: she has perfumed my body in preparation for my burial.

Luke 24:44

And He said to them, »This is what I told you while I was still with you–that everything must be fulfilled that is written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me.«

John 12:8

For the poor you always have with you, but you have not me always.«

John 17:12

While I was with them, I kept them true to Thy name –the name Thou hast given me to bear– and I kept watch over them, and not one of them is lost but only he who is doomed to destruction–that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

Acts 1:13

They entered the city, and they went up to the upper room which was now their fixed place for meeting. Their names were Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James.

Acts 20:35

In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, »`It is more blessed to give than to receive.'«

Acts 6:1

About this time, as the number of disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were habitually overlooked in the daily ministration.

Acts 8:2

A party of devout men, however, buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him.

Acts 9:41

Then, giving her his hand, he raised her to her feet and, calling to him God's people and the widows, he gave her back to them alive.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For, assuming the earnest willingness, the gift is acceptable according to whatever a man has, and not according to what he has not.

Ephesians 4:28

He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that, should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have something of which he can give the needy a share.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Now, concerning those who from time to time pass away, we would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, lest you should mourn as others do who have no hope.

1 Timothy 5:3

Honour widows who are really in need.

1 Timothy 5:5

A widow who is really in need, friendless and desolate, has her hopes fixed on God, and continues at her supplications and prayers, night and day;

1 John 3:18

Dear children, let us not love in words only nor with the lips, but in deed and in truth.