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Acts 9:39

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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.
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  1. 1 Thessalonians 1:3Rank 1 from verse 39
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    3Remembering 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;

  2. Ephesians 4:28Rank 2 from verse 39
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    28Let 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.

  3. Proverbs 10:7Rank 3 from verse 39
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    7The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

  4. Proverbs 31:30–31Rank 4 from verse 39
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    30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

    31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

  5. 1 John 3:18Rank 5 from verse 39
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    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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Acts 9:39

COMBINED MEANING

arose

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1. Rose, stood up, got up, or moved upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. Began, emerged, appeared, came into being, or came forward. 3. Took action, intervened, or undertook the stated work. 4. Rose from death; returned to life.

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upper

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Situated above another, higher in place, or belonging to the higher part.

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shewing

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Showing, revealing, displaying, demonstrating, declaring, telling, proving, making known, or actively presenting something to view or understanding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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9:36¶ 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.

9:37And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

9:38And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

9:39Then 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.

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9:40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

9:41And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

9:42And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

9:43And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

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