Acts 9:39

Acts 9:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Context of Acts 9:39

37At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room. 38Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.” So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them. 40Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. 41Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

Acts 9:39 word by word

ἀναστὰς δὲ Πέτρος συνῆλθεν αὐτοῖς· ὃν παραγενόμενον ἀνήγαγον εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον, καὶ παρέστησαν αὐτῷ πᾶσαι αἱ χῆραι κλαίουσαι καὶ ἐπιδεικνύμεναι χιτῶνας καὶ ἱμάτια ὅσα ἐποίει μετ᾽ αὐτῶν οὖσα ἡ Δορκάς.Read the interlinear

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• got upἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• went withσυνέρχομαιsunerchomai · to assembleG4905
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• On his arrivalὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• On his arrivalπαραγίνομαιparaginomai · to comeG3854
• they tookἀνάγωanagō · to leadG321
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• upper roomὑπερῷονhuperōon · upper roomG5253
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• Allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• widowsχήραchēra · widowG5503
• stood aroundπαρίστημιparistēmi paristanō · to stand byG3936
• weepingκλαίωklaiō · to weepG2799
• showingἐπιδείκνυμιepideiknumi · to show/proveG1925
• tunicsχιτώνchitōn · tunicG5509
• clothingἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440
• thatὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• DorcasΔορκάςDorkas · DorcasG1393
• had madeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• while she was stillεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326

Cross-references for Acts 9:39

• Acts 9:41Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
• Acts 8:2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
• 2 Samuel 1:24O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
• Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
• Acts 9:36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
• Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
• Job 31:19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
• Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
• Matthew 25:36I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
• Matthew 26:11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
• Mark 14:8She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
• John 12:8The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
• 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
• Ephesians 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Commentaries on Acts 9:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39Showing the coats and garments - ̔, the outer and inner garments. These, it appears, she had made for the poor, and more particularly for poor widows, in whose behalf she had incessantly labored.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Then Peter arose - See the notes on Luke 15:18. And all the widows - Whom Dorcas had benefited by her kindness. They had lost a benefactress; and it was natural that they should recall her kindness, and express their gratitude, by enumerating the proofs of her beneficence. Each one would therefore naturally dwell on the kindness which had been shown to herself.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-43Verses 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 not 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 ungrateful indeed, who have kindness shown…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-43These verses describe Peter’s traveling ministry in Judea, especially in towns along the seacoast. As he traveled, God gave him power to do miracles. Peter healed a man named Aeneas and raised a woman named Dorcas from the dead. Jesus had promised that his disciples would do such works (John 14:12). Luke often tells stories in pairs. For example, he tells of a man being healed and then a woman being healed (see Luke 13:10–17; 14:1–6). In this passage…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 36-3936-39. at Joppa--the modern Jaffa, on the Mediterranean, a very ancient city of the Philistines, afterwards and still the seaport of Jerusalem, from which it lies distant forty-five miles to the northwest. Tabitha ... Dorcas--the Syro-Chaldaic and Greek names for an antelope or gazelle, which, from its loveliness, was frequently employed as a proper name for women [Meyer, Olshausen]. Doubtless the interpretation, as here given, is but an echo of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 9:39

• Dead (People)
• Dorcas
• Dress
• Joppa
• Miracles
• Peter
• Tabitha
• Women

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Commentaries on Acts 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings