Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 9:40

40 Bǐdé jiào tāmen dōu chū qù , jiù guì xià dǎogào , zhuǎn shēn duì zhe sǐ rén shuō , dà bǐ dà , qǐlai , tā jiù zhēng kāi yǎnjing , jiàn le Bǐdé , biàn zuò qǐlai .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 9:40 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:40

But Peter put them all forth
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.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 9:40 In-Context

38 Lǚ dà yuán yǔ yuē pà xiāng jìn . méntǔ tīngjian Bǐdé zaì nàli , jiù dǎfa liǎng gèrén qù jiàn tā , yāngqiú tā shuō , kuaì dào wǒmen nàli qù , búyào dān yán .

39 Bǐdé jiù qǐshēn hé tāmen tóng qù . dào le , biàn yǒu rén lǐng tā shàng lóu . zhòng guǎfu dōu zhàn zaì Bǐdé pángbiān kū , ná duō jiā yǔ tāmen tóng zaì shí , suǒ zuò de lǐ yǐ waìyī gĕi tā kàn .

40 Bǐdé jiào tāmen dōu chū qù , jiù guì xià dǎogào , zhuǎn shēn duì zhe sǐ rén shuō , dà bǐ dà , qǐlai , tā jiù zhēng kāi yǎnjing , jiàn le Bǐdé , biàn zuò qǐlai .

41 Bǐdé shēnshǒu fú tā qǐlai , jiào shèngtú hé guǎfu jìn qù , bǎ duō jiā huó huó de jiāo gĕi tāmen .

42 Zhè shì chuán biàn le yuē pà , jiù yǒu xǔduō rén xìn le zhǔ .