Acts 9:39

And Peter arose and went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she with them.

All the widows ... And who might these have been if not members of that same class to which Dorcas belonged; and in this is a clue to the fact that "the little gazelle" might also have been a widow, and that the other widows who joined so spontaneously in the mourning were her friends and fellow-workers in the charities to which Dorcas had made such extensive contributions.

Significant in this passage is the "remembering" that features the death of every person. Death is a time of remembering the deeds, words and achievements of the departed. How happy are they whose demise is an occasion for remembering what was done on behalf of others, especially of the poor and needy, as was the case with Dorcas. For the unfaithful, death is a time of remembering things melancholy, pathetic and tragic; but, from the very times described here, the Christians sorrowed not as those who have no hope.