SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:40
Entonces echados fuera todos, Pedro puesto de rodillas, or; y vuelto al cuerpo, dijo: Tabita, levntate. Y ella abri los ojos, y viendo a Pedro, se incorpor.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 9:40
Verse 40. Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down and prayed] It was not even known to Peter that God would work this miracle: therefore he put all the people out, that he might seek the will of God by fervent prayer, and during his supplications be liable neither to distraction nor interruption, which he must have experienced had he permitted this company of weeping widows to remain in the chamber. And turning-to the body] swma, The lifeless body, for the spirit had already departed.
Said, Tabitha, arose.] During his wrestling with God, he had, undoubtedly, received confidence that she would be raised at his word.
And when she saw Peter, she sat up.] As Dorcas was a woman so eminently holy, her happy soul had doubtless gone to the paradise of God.
Must she not therefore be filled with regret to find herself thus called back to earth again? And must not the remembrance of the glories she had now lost fill her with dislike to all the goods of earth? No: for, 1. As a saint of God, her Maker's will must be hers; because she knew that this will must be ever best. 2. It is very likely that, in the case of the revivescence of saint or sinner, God mercifully draws a veil over all they have seen or known, so that they have no recollection of what they have either seen or heard. Even St. Paul found it impossible to tell what he had heard in the third heaven, though he was probably not in the state of the dead. Of the economy of the invisible world God will reveal nothing. We walk here by faith, and not by sight.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 40. But Peter put them all forth , etc.] As he had seen his Lord and Master do, when he raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead, ( Luke 8:54) and kneeled down and prayed ; it may be, as yet, he had not the mind of God in this matter, and therefore betook himself to prayer, in which he chose to be private and alone: and turning him to the body ; the corpse of Dorcas, after he had prayed, and was well assured that the power of Christ would be exerted in raising of it: said, Tabitha, arise ; which words were spoken in the name and faith of Christ, and were all one as, if Christ himself had spoken them; for to his power, and not to the apostles, is the following miracle to be ascribed: and she opened her eyes; which, upon her death, had been closed by her friends; and perhaps the napkin was not yet bound about her face: or if it was, she must remove it ere she could open her eyes and see Peter: and when she saw Peter ; whom she might know: she sat up ; upon the bed or bier on which she lay.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 36-43 - Many are full of good words, who are empty and barren in good works but Tabitha was a great doer, no great talker. Christians who have no property to give in charity, may yet be able to do acts of charity working with their hands, or walking with their feet, for the good of others. Those are certainly best praised whose own works praise them whether the words of others do so or not. But such are ungratefu indeed, who have kindness shown them, and will not acknowledge it, by showing the kindness that is done them. While we live upon the fulnes of Christ for our whole salvation, we should desire to be full of goo works, for the honour of his name, and for the benefit of his saints Such characters as Dorcas are useful where they dwell, as showing the excellency of the word of truth by their lives. How mean then the care of the numerous females who seek no distinction but outward decoration and who waste their lives in the trifling pursuits of dress and vanity Power went along with the word, and Dorcas came to life. Thus in the raising of dead souls to spiritual life, the first sign of life is the opening of the eyes of the mind. Here we see that the Lord can make u every loss; that he overrules every event for the good of those wh trust in him, and for the glory of his name __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
εκβαλων 1544 5631 V-2AAP-NSM δε 1161 CONJ εξω 1854 ADV παντας 3956 A-APM ο 3588 T-NSM πετρος 4074 N-NSM θεις 5087 5631 V-2AAP-NSM τα 3588 T-APN γονατα 1119 N-APN προσηυξατο 4336 5662 V-ADI-3S και 2532 CONJ επιστρεψας 1994 5660 V-AAP-NSM προς 4314 PREP το 3588 T-ASN σωμα 4983 N-ASN ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S ταβιθα 5000 N-PRI αναστηθι 450 5628 V-2AAM-2S η 3588 T-NSF δε 1161 CONJ ηνοιξεν 455 5656 V-AAI-3S τους 3588 T-APM οφθαλμους 3788 N-APM αυτης 846 P-GSF και 2532 CONJ ιδουσα 1492 5631 V-2AAP-NSF τον 3588 T-ASM πετρον 4074 N-ASM ανεκαθισεν 339 5656 V-AAI-3S
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:40 {Put them all forth} (ekbalwn exw pantas). Second aorist (effective) active participle of ekballw, a rather strong word, perhaps with some difficulty. Cf. #Mr 5:40 which incident Peter may have recalled. The words are not genuine in #Lu 8:54. Peter's praying alone reminds one of Elijah (#1Ki 17:20) and the widow's son and Elisha for the Shunammite's son (#2Ki 4:33). {Tabitha, arise} (tabeiqa, anasteqi). With sublime faith like taleiqa koum of Jesus in #Mr 5:41. {She sat up} (anekaqisen). Effective aorist active indicative of anakaqizw. Often in medical writers, only here in the N.T. and #Lu 7:15 where Westcott and Hort have in the margin the uncompounded form ekaqisen. Vivid picture.
