Neville Goddard on Acts 9:36-38 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 9 in context

Scripture Focus

36Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

37And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

38And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

Acts 9:36-38

Biblical Context

Tabitha, a disciple famed for good works and almsdeeds, dies and is laid in an upper chamber; the disciples seek Peter to come.

Neville's Inner Vision

Tabitha’s story is not a literal tale only; it is the inner drama of your own consciousness. Tabitha, 'full of good works and almsdeeds,' represents a living state of mercy active in your being. When that state seems to die, you are invited to recognize that death as a belief, not a fact. The washing of her body and laying in an upper chamber signify a cleansing of perception and the lifting of that noble state into a higher awareness. The call to Peter—the disciples sending two men to fetch him—corresponds to the inner invitation to the Christ within, the I AM that awakens your true life. Peter's arrival is not external power; it is your own recognition that God within is aware of you and your neighbor. The revival occurs as you stop seeking outside events and instead assume the state: I am the Tabitha who loves and serves, and the I AM within me now revives this work. Feel it real; awaken the inner Peter, and let mercy move through you again.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume the feeling: I am Tabitha, full of good works and almsdeeds; see yourself washed, revived, and seated in an upper chamber. Then invite Peter within, the I AM, to awaken your compassionate life now.