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Acts 9:38 KJV
Acts · chapter 9 · verse 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.Acts 9:38 · King James Version
Acts 9:38 in context
36Now 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.
37And 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.
38And 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.
39Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- desiringparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- LyddalyddaLydda = " strife" , a town is 9 miles from Joppa, and is the first town on the…G3069 →
- JoppaioppēJoppa or Japho = " beautiful" , a city of Palestine on the Mediterranean, lying…G2445 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- PeterpetrosPeter = " a rock or a stone" , one of the twelve disciples of JesusG4074 →
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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, Act 9:36, Act 9:37. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 36-43