and kneeled: Acts 7:60, Acts 20:36, Acts 21:5
and prayed: 1 Kings 17:19-23; 2 Kings 4:32-36; Matthew 9:25
she opened: Mark 5:41-42; John 11:43-44
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Acts 9:40
Acts 9:40
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