A Comparison of the Healing Accounts in Acts 9:32-43

  

I was looking through some of my files and came upon this table I created several years back. Maybe it will be of interest to someone.

   

SOME DIFFERENCES
Acts 9:32–35	Acts 9:36–43
Peter comes to Lydda on his own	Peter asked to come to Joppa
Miracle occurs in Lydda	Miracle occurs in Joppa
A certain man	A certain female disciple
Nature of the problem: paralysis	Nature of the problem: death
No prayer mentioned	Prayer mentioned
SOME SIMILARITIES
Both miracles involve Peter
Peter addresses both people by name
Peter tells both people to arise
Both are restored immediately
Both miracles result in people being converted