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BIBL 104 Name: B IBLE S TUDY P ROJECT : I NTERPRETATION T EMPLATE Passage: Acts 9:36-43 A. Summarize: Determine the author’s main point. In 1-2 paragraphs (200-400 words) explain what you think the author is trying to communicate in this passage. Remember two things. First, this passage is made up of both action and dialogue. Thus, this passage is both showing and telling us something. Second, words like “I,” “We,” “Us,” and “Our” are application words and not interpretation words. Thus, they should not be used in your answer for this question. Interpretation is about “then and there” and not “here and now.” We were not there so the passage is not about us. Our “part” in the passage is the application or how we will respond to God’s Word. The passage shows great kindness and being a strong follower of the Lord, as Tabitha had been a woman to care and show kindness to all the less fortunate in Joppa. In the scripture the author tries to depict the importance of being kind, as kindness shown to others will always have its reward. In 1 Peter 4:10, it reads “10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace”. Tabitha’s gift was to be a kind and caring woman and in being a believer of the Lord, in all that she did, she never expected anything in return. All that she did, was from her heart and that she would care for God’s people. Therefore, Peter witnessing the widows crying and showing clothing that Tabitha had made them, he realized that people were moved by the woman that she was and also that she deserved to be on earth to continue all her good deeds in the grace of God. The passage demonstrates the power of being kind and caring for one another and in doing so Tabitha’s reward was her restoration to life. In conclusion, from the restoration of Tabitha to life, many started to believe in the Lord. Many realized that in the little acts of kindness shown to others, that it is more a blessing to give than it is to receive. B. Identify: Based on your answer above, write out one principle from this passage. You should be able to express this principle in 1-3 sentences. Please remember that words like “I,” “We,” “Us,” and “Our” are application words and not interpretation words. Tabitha the disciple learned from Jesus, a giving way of life. Tabitha had become one with the Lord as being a follower and believer of His, that relationship showed in how she lived, how she cared and showed kindness for others and how she directed her resources. Her life had already been transformed by Jesus . Page 1 of 3

BIBL 104 C. Check: Consult at least one scholarly resource in order to offer support for the principle that you believe the passage is teaching. In 1-2 paragraphs (200-400 words), cite and interact with this scholarly resource in order to demonstrate that it supports your interpretive conclusion. Please consult the “Commentaries” as well as the “Bible Dictionaries & Handbooks” tabs found on the research guide provided by the Jerry Falwell Library in order to access academic and scholarly resources. The research guide can be found by following the link below: https://libguides.liberty.edu/c.php?g=564126&p=3884087 In the Mathew Henry’s Concise Commentary clarifies the actions of Tabitha living the life of giving. The author states that Many are full of good words, who are empty and barren in good works; but Tabitha was a great doer, no great talker. Christians who have not property to give in charity, may yet be able to do acts of charity, working with their hands, or walking with their feet, for the good of others. Those are certainly best praised whose own works praise them, whether the words of others do so or not. But such are ungrateful indeed, who have kindness shown them, and will not acknowledge it, by showing the kindness that is done them. While we live upon the fulness of Christ for our whole salvation, we should desire to be full of good works, for the honor of his name, and for the benefit of his saints. Such characters as Dorcas are useful where they dwell, as showing the excellency of the word of truth by their lives. How mean then the cares of the numerous females who seek no distinction but outward decoration, and who waste their lives in the trifling pursuits of dress and vanity! Power went along with the word, and Dorcas came to life. Thus, in the raising of dead souls to spiritual life, the first sign of life is the opening of the eyes of the mind. Here we see that the Lord can make up every loss; that he overrules every event for the good of those who trust in him, and for the glory of his name. Page 2 of 3

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