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Acts 9:34-36
EasyEnglish Bible
Acts 9:34-36
EasyEnglish Bible
34 Peter said to Aeneas, ‘Jesus Christ now makes you well again! So stand up and put away your mat.’ Immediately Aeneas stood up. 35 Many people who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw Aeneas. They saw that he was now well and they believed in the Lord Jesus.
36 There was a woman called Tabitha who lived in Joppa.[a] She was a believer. In the Greek language, her name was Dorcas, which means ‘deer’.[b] She was always doing good things to help people. She gave poor people the things that they needed.
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- 9:36 Joppa was a town 45 kilometres from Jerusalem. At that time, it was an important sea port in Judea. Joppa was about 20 kilometres from Lydda.
- 9:36 Tabitha was her name in the Aramaic language. Most Jews spoke the Aramaic language. They might also speak the Hebrew language. Greek is the language that people spoke in Greece, but a lot of people in other countries also spoke it.
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