He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
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He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
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And he gave her the honde and lyft her up and called the sainctes and wydowes and shewed her alyve.
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Then he gaue her the hand and lift her vp, and called the Saints and widowes, and restored her aliue.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to Acts 9:41 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 1:31 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them.
- Acts 6:1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.
- Genesis 45:26 They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t believe them.
- 1 Kings 17:23 Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.”
- Job 29:13 the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
- Psalms 146:9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
- Luke 7:12 Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.
- Luke 7:15 He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
- Acts 3:7 He took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
- Acts 20:12 They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 41. Luke repeateth, again, in the end that she…
41. Luke repeateth, again, in the end that she was showed openly to the disciples; whence we gather that she was raised again, rather for other men’s sake than for her own. Brain-sick fellows, who dream that the soul of man is only a blast which vanisheth away until the day of the resurrection, snatch at this place to prove their doting withal. To what end was it (say they) to call back the soul of Tabitha into the prison of the body, where it should suffer such misery, if it were received into blessed rest? As if it were not lawful for God to have respect of his glory as well in death as in life; and as if this were not the true felicity of the godly to live and die to him, yea, as if Christ were not to us a vantage, as well by living as dying, (Philippians 1:21,) when we dedicate ourselves to him. Therefore, there shall no inconvenience follow, if the Lord had greater respect to his own glory than to Tabitha, although, as the commodity of the faithful is always annexed to the glory of God, this turned to her greater good that she revived, that she might be a more excellent instrument of God’s goodness and power.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted…
41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
Ver. 41. Presented her alive] To her own loss for a little while; but so God might be glorified and the Church gratified, she was well contented.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The saints and widows; such who had sent for…
The saints and widows; such who had sent for him, and now were gathered together to see what effects his prayers might have.
Presented her alive, and in perfect health, as all were that were miraculously cured; for the Lord’s works are perfect, Deu 32:4.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it was known throughout all Joppa,.... The report…
And it was known throughout all Joppa,.... The report of such a miracle, and wrought upon a person of note, was soon spread all over the place, which was very large, for it was a city, as it is called, Act 11:5, and it had, as Josephus (q) says, villages and little towns or cities round about it; all which might go by the name of Joppa, and throughout which the fame of this miracle might pass:
and many believed in the Lord; in the Lord Jesus Christ, whom Peter preached, and the saints in Joppa professed, and in whose name, and by whose power, this miracle was done.
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(q) De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 4.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 41. Saints and widows] In primitive times the…
Verse 41. Saints and widows] In primitive times the widows formed a distinct part of the Christian Church.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He presented her alive - He exhibited, or showed…
He presented her alive - He exhibited, or showed her to them alive. Compare 1Ki 17:23.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Raising the dead to life can only be the…
Raising the dead to life can only be the work of God. This woman was raised to life for the comfort of the faithful, and the conversion of others. She herself might likewise have an opportunity of acquiring greater merit, otherwise the repose of another life is preferable to a return to the miseries of this world. (Denis the Carthusian)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he gave her his hand, and lifted her up--as…
he gave her his hand, and lifted her up--as his Lord had done to his own mother-in-law (Mar 1:31).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 41. Presented her alive—In the manner of performing the…
41. Presented her alive—In the manner of performing the miracle Peter follows the example of Jesus in raising Jairus’ daughter, at which miracle he was one of the admitted spectators; just as if our Lord expected that they might be empowered and required to perform the same great deed.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 41. when he had called the saints and widows]…
41. when he had called the saints and widows] These words make it evident that the petition sent to Peter had been the supplication of the whole Christian Church of Joppa, “Come on unto us and help us.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (41) And when he had called the saints.—See Note…
(41) And when he had called the saints.—See Note on Act_9:13.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Raised for lifted, A.V.; calling for when he had…
Raised for lifted, A.V.; calling for when he had called, A.V.; he presented for presented, A.V. The saints and widows; by which we learn that others of the Christians of Joppa besides the widows had come to meet Peter, as was to be expected.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 36
See notes on verse 36
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