Acts 9:40 - Exposition

Turning for turning him, A.V.; he said for said, A.V. Peter's action in putting them all forth seems to have been framed on the model of that scene at which he had been present when Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus. Privacy for the more earnest concentrated prayer was doubtless what he sought. Kneeled down; θεὶς τὰ γόνατα . The same expression as in Acts 7:60 ; Acts 20:36 ; Acts 21:5 ; Luke 22:41 . It occurs also in Mark 15:19 . Tabitha, arise . Exactly the same address as our Lord's "Talitha cumi" ( Mark 5:40 ), but, as Lange observes, with this difference, that in the case of Peter it was preceded by prayer; comp. also Luke 7:14 (where the Aramean address was probably in the same form); John 11:43 .