Acts 9:41
And giving her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
42And it was made known throughout all Joppe; and many believed in the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:23And Elias took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber to the house below, and delivered him to his mother, and said to her: Behold thy son liveth.
Job 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.
Mark 1:31And coming to her, he lifted her up, taking her by the hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
Luke 7:15And he that was dead, sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Acts 6:1And in those days, the number of the disciples increasing, there arose a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, for that their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Matthew Henry on Acts 9:37-43
Tabitha Raised to Life. 36 Now 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. 37 And 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. 38 And 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. 39 Then Peter arose and… Read the whole commentary →