³⁸ And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.

³⁶ Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.

²⁸ Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?

²⁹ Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.

³⁰ But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

³² And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

²⁶ And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.