Acts 9:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.”
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“Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Peter having put them all forth without, having bowed the knees, did pray, and having turned unto the body said, `Tabitha, arise;' and she opened her eyes, and having seen Peter, she sat up,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 9:40 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 17:19But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
- 2 Kings 4:32When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
- 2 Kings 20:11So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
- Matthew 9:25After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
- Mark 5:40And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.
- Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
- Luke 8:54But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
- Luke 22:41And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- John 11:43After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
- Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Acts 20:36When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
- Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
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