Acts 9:39 Cross References - Worsley

³⁹ Then Peter arose, and went with them: and when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood round him weeping, and shewing him the coats and garments which Dorcas made when she was with them.

¹⁷ Then Jesus answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you?

³⁶ I was naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye took care of me; I was in prison, and ye visited me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ and when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? ³⁹ or naked, and clothed thee? and when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and visited thee?

¹¹ (seeing ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always:) for in pouring this ointment on my body,

⁸ She has done what she could: she has embalmed my body beforehand against the burial.

⁴⁴ And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all the things must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and Psalms, concerning me.

⁸ For the poor ye have always with you, but me ye have not always.

¹² While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name; I have preserved those whom Thou gavest me, and none of them is lost; except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

¹ Now in those days, as the number of disciples increased, there rose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.

² And some pious men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation for him.

³⁶ And there was at Joppa a certain female disciple named Tabitha, who by interpretation is called in Greek Dorcas: and she was full of good works and alms-deeds. ³⁷ And it happened, about the same time, that she fell sick and died: and when they had washed her they laid her out in an upper chamber.

⁴¹ And giving her his hand he raised her up, and calling the saints and widows he presented her alive.

³⁵ I have shewed you in all things, that by labouring thus ye ought to support the infirm; and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

¹² For if there be first a willing mind, any me is accepted according to what he hath, not according to what he hath not.

²⁸ Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, doing some good with his hands, that he may have something to bestow on him that hath need of it.

³ Incessantly remembering your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father:

¹³ But I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, concerning those that are fallen asleep, that ye may not be grieved like others who have no hope:

¹⁵ If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food; ¹⁶ and one of you say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and be ye filled: but ye give them not the necessaries of life, what profit is it to them? ¹⁷ so faith, if it have not works, being alone, is dead.

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue only, but in deed and in truth.