Moffatt(i)
32 Peter moved here and there among them all, and it happened that in the course of his tours he came down to visit the saints who stayed at Lydda.
33 There he found a man called Aeneas who had been bed-ridden for eight years with paralysis.
34 "Aeneas," said Peter, "Jesus the Christ cures you! Get up and make your bed!" He got up at once.
35 And all the inhabitants of Lydda and Saron saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
36 At Joppa there was a disciple called Tabitha (which may be translated Dorcas, or 'Gazelle'), a woman whose life was full of good actions and of charitable practices.
37 She happened to take ill and die at this time, and after washing her body they laid it in an upper room.
38 When the disciples heard that Peter was at Lydda (for Joppa is not far from Lydda), they sent two men to beg him to "Come on to us without delay."
39 So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him up to the room, where all the widows stood beside him crying as they showed him the garments and dresses that Dorcas used to make when she was with them.
40 Peter put them all outside; then he knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body said, "Tabitha, rise." She opened her eyes, and on seeing Peter she sat up.
41 Then he gave her his hand, raised her, and, after calling the saints and the widows he presented her to them alive.
42 This became known all over Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
43 In Joppa Peter stayed for some time, at the house of Simon a tanner.