Peter Raises the Dead and Ministers In Joppa (9:36-43).

But the new ministry offered not only healing but life. In the bringing of the Good News the life of God has been made available for the people of God (Acts 2:1), and here this is now depicted in the raising of the dead. The Spirit of life was active through Peter. It is a reminder of Pentecost, and that the Spirit's work there continues. But it is also a pointer to what is to come. Just as Peter is here urgently called to raise the dead, so will he be urgently called to a seeking centurion who is also longing for life (Acts 9:43 to Acts 10:48), and is himself symbolic of a whole Gentile world lying in darkness and awaiting life.

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