Acts 9:36-41 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 9:36-43

Here we have another miracle wrought by Peter, for the confirming of the gospel, and which exceeded the former?the raising of Tabitha to life when she had been for some time dead. Here is, I. The life, and death, and character of Tabitha, on whom this miracle was wrought, Acts 9:36, 37. 1. She lived at Joppa, a sea-port town in the tribe of Dan, where Jonah took shipping to go to Tarshish, now called Japho. 2. Her name was Tabitha, a Hebrew name, the Greek for which is Dorcas, both signifying... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 9:32-43

9:32-43 In the course of a tour of the whole area, Peter came down to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a man called Aeneas who had been bed-ridden for eight years. He was paralysed. So Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Rise and make your bed." At once he stood up and all who lived at Lydda and at Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. In Joppa there was a disciple called Tabitha--Dorcas is the translation of her name. She was full of good works and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:36

Now there was at Joppa ,.... The same with Japho, Joshua 19:46 a sea port town in the tribe of Dan, said by some historians F23 Mela, l. 1. Solin. Polyhistor. c. 47. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 13. to be a very ancient one, even before the flood. It is now called Jaffa, and its name, in the Hebrew tongue, signifies beauty: some say it had its name from Jope, the daughter of Aeolus, the wife of Cepheus, the founder of it; and others derive it from the name of Japhet, because it looks... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:37

And it came to pass in those days ,.... While Peter was in those parts, and particularly at Lydda, which was near: that she was sick and died ; fell ill with some disorder, and died of it: whom, when they had washed ; as was the manner of the Jews; and this they did, even though it was on a sabbath day: for so their canon runs F6 Misn. Sabbat, c. 23. sect. 5. , "they do all the necessaries for the dead (on the sabbath), they anoint him, ומדיחין , "and they wash him";' yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:38

And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa ,.... Some say it was six miles distant, but it must be eight; since from Jerusalem to Joppa were forty miles, and from Jerusalem to Lydda thirty two, and therefore it must be eight miles from thence to Joppa: and the disciples had heard that Peter was there ; and also no doubt that he had healed Aeneas of his palsy, and which might induce them to do as follows: they sent unto him two men ; very likely of their own company or church; for it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:39

Then Peter arose and went with them ,.... After the messengers had delivered their message, and made their request to Peter in the name of the brethren, he at once agreed to go with them, and accordingly did; whether he went to restore Dorcas to life, whose death the messengers had informed him of, and whether this was the view of the brethren with respect to that, is not certain. However, he might go with them on other accounts, as to comfort them under the loss of so valuable and useful a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:40

But Peter put them all forth ,.... As he had seen his Lord and Master do, when he raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead, Luke 8:54 and kneeled down and prayed ; it may be, as yet, he had not the mind of God in this matter, and therefore betook himself to prayer, in which he chose to be private and alone: and turning him to the body ; the corpse of Dorcas, after he had prayed, and was well assured that the power of Christ would be exerted in raising of it: said, Tabitha,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:41

And he gave her his hand, and lift her up ,.... Off of the bed or bier where she was: and when he had called the saints and widows ; the disciples, brethren and sisters, who were come together on this occasion, as well as the poor widows she had been kind to; the Ethiopic version reads without a copulative, "the holy widows"; and so might these widows be, even such as are described in 1 Timothy 5:10 presented her alive ; as Christ did the widow's son of Naam to her, Luke 7:15 and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:36

Now there was at Joppa - This was a sea-port town on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about a day's journey from Jerusalem. It is supposed to be the same which is called in the Old Testament Japho, which belonged to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 19:46 . It is at present called Jaffa, and is still a place of considerable note. A certain disciple named Tabitha - This word is more properly Syriac than Hebrew. Tebitho is the word in the Syriac version, and is their manner of writing the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:37

She was sick, and died - Even her holiness and usefulness could not prevent her from sickness and death. Dust thou art, and to dust thou shalt return, is a decree that must be fulfilled, even on the saints; for the body is dead, sentenced to death, because of sin, though the spirit be life because of righteousness. Whom when they had washed - Having the fullest proof that she was dead, they prepared for her interment. In most nations of the world it was customary to wash their dead... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 9:36-43

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 9:32-43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:41

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:37

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