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.
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And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
Then 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.
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! …
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 c…
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