³⁸ Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, ^(A)“Please come to us without delay.”

Dorcas Restored to Life

³⁶ Now there was in ^(A)Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas.^[a] She was full of ^(B)good works and acts of charity.

²⁶ and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called ^(A)Christians.

The Healing of Aeneas

³² Now ^(A)as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

²⁸ Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? ^(A)Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me?’” ²⁹ He said to Gehazi, ^(B)“Tie up your garment and ^(C)take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, ^(D)do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And ^(E)lay my staff on the face of the child.” ³⁰ Then the mother of the child said, ^(F)“As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.