41And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
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And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
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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