But the Bible knows of another, more activist strategy—the ... Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and acts of charity. At ...

Luke lingers over one photo in the book with particular interest. It’s a picture of Tabitha, or in Greek, Dorcas, a woman whom Peter raised from the dead. The way Luke remembers it, Peter was told to ...

"The Bible, (Acts, Chapter 9), tells of a woman named Dorcas (Tabitha), a precious Christian woman, who did deeds of kindness and charity for the people of her town (Joppa). She made things ...

“36 Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity. 37 In those days she fell sick and died; and when they had washed ...