IzEnzo 9:32-43

Kwathi uPetru ebhoda ezindaweni zonke, wehlela nakwabangcwele abakhe eLida. Wafumana khona umuntu othiwa ngu-Eneya, owayeselele iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili efe uhlangothi. UPetru wathi kuye: “Eneya, uJesu Kristu uyakuphilisa; Wasesukuma masinyane. Bonke abakhileyo eLida naseSaroni bambona, baphendukela eNkosini. EJopha kwakukhona umfundikazi othile ogama lakhe linguThabitha, okungukuthi uDorka ngokuhunyushwa; Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku wagula, wafa; sebemgezile, bambeka ekamelweni eliphezulu. Ngokuba iLida laliseduze neJopha, nabafundi bezwile ukuthi uPetru ukhona, bathuma kuye amadoda amabili, bemcela ukuba angalibali ukuza kubo. UPetro wasesukuma wahamba labo. Esefikile bamyisa ekamelweni eliphezulu; Kepha uPetru wabakhiphela phandle bonke, waguqa, wakhuleka; waphendukela esidunjini, wathi: Thabitha, vuka. Yasivula amehlo ayo, yathi ibona uPetro yavuka yavuka. Wambamba ngesandla, wamsukumisa; wayesebabiza abangcwele nabafelokazi, wamethula ephilile. Kwase kwaziwa kuyo yonke iJopha; abaningi bakholwa yiNkosi. Kwathi wahlala izinsuku eziningi eJopha noSimoni othile, umshuki.