Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 9:37
They washed the dead, and anointed them, to fit them for their burying, and especially to show their hope of the resurrection; which some think St. Paul alludes unto, 1 Corinthians 15:29.
They washed the dead, and anointed them, to fit them for their burying, and especially to show their hope of the resurrection; which some think St. Paul alludes unto, 1 Corinthians 15:29.
Verse 37. _SHE WAS SICK, AND DIED_] Even her holiness and usefulness could not prevent her from sickness and death. _Dust_ _thou art, and to dust thou shalt return_, is a decree that must be fulfilled...
WHOM, WHEN THEY HAD WASHED - Among most people it has been customary to wash the body before it is buried or burned. They prepared her in the usual manner for interment. IN AN UPPER CHAMBER - See the...
CHAPTER 9 __ 1. The vision of Glory on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1). 2. Instructions given to Ananias (Acts 9:10). 3. Saul filled with the Spirit, is baptized and preaches that Jesus is the Son...
DORCAS. This story is like that of the raising of Jairus-' daughter (Mark 5:22; Mark 5:35; Luke 8:41 f., Luke 8:49). Tabitha (in Gr. _Dorcas,_ Eng. Gazelle;
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
In the course of a tour of the whole area, Peter came down to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a man called Aeneas who had been bed-ridden for eight years. He was paralysed. So Peter said...
WAS SICK. fell sick. Greek. _astheneo._ Frequent in the Gospels. In Acts, here, Acts 19:12; Acts 20:35. WASHED. bathed. Greek. _louo._ App-136. UPPER CHAMBER. upper room. See note on Acts 1:13....
_that she was_[FELL] _sick, and died_ The proceedings which followed on her death are evidence of its reality. The probable reason for deferring the burial was the knowledge that Peter was close at ha...
DORCAS RAISED TO LIFE. PETER’S STAY AT JOPPA...
ἈΣΘΕΝΉΣΑΣΑΝ ΑΥ̓ΤῊΝ�, _that she fell sick and died_. The proceedings which followed on her death are evidence of its reality. The probable reason for deferring the burial was the knowledge that Peter w...
_THE RAISING OF DORCAS ACTS 9:36-42:_ In Joppa there was a Christian lady named Tabitha. Her Greek name was Dorcas. As a follower of Christ she was helpful and compassionate. Dorcas lived, like all pe...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 9:3, 32. ΆΣΘΕΝΉΣΑΣΑΝ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) acc. fem. sing. от_ ΆΣΘΕΝΈΟ> (G770) быть слабым, болеть, ΆΠΟΘΑΝΕΪΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΑΠΟΘΝΉΣΚΩ (G599) ум...
WHOM WHEN THEY HAD WASHED,— This custom prevailed both among the Hebrews, Greeks, and Latins, and is still in use among us. See Mark 14:8. John 12:7; John 19:38....
AT JOPPA. Acts 9:36-43. Acts 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. A...
See notes on verse 36...
And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS, THAT SHE WAS SICK, AND DIED: WHOM WH...
30 Other details of Paul's stay in Jerusalem (not pertinent in this treatise) are interesting. Not only did the brethren lead him away, but the Lord Himself warned him to flee. While he was praying in...
Activity of Peter at Lydda and Joppa. 32. Throughout all _quarters_] or, 'throughout all the saints.' LYDDA] in the plain of Sharon, about 10 m. SE. of Joppa, on the way to Jerusalem....
SAUL BECOMES A CHRISTIAN 1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The way for it may have been prepared by Stephen's speech, by the spectacle of the constancy of the Christia...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS APPEARS IN FRONT OF SAUL, 9:1-9 V1 Saul was still saying that he would hurt the *Lord’s *disciples. He said that he would kill them. He...
THEY LAID HER IN AN UPPER CHAMBER. — This implies some little delay in the usual rapidity of Eastern funerals. As Lydda was only nine miles from Joppa, the report of Æneas’s recovery might well have t...
ἐγέν. δὲ : on the frequency of the formula in Luke see above p. 124, and Plummer, _St. Luke_, p. 45, on the use of ἐγένετο. ἀσθενήσασαν : aorist, marking the time when she fell sick (Weiss). λούσαντες...
_Tabitha raised from the dead_....
STRENGTH AND LIFE THROUGH CHRIST Acts 9:32-43 Peter was now free for a visit of apostolic inspection, of which the two incidents here preserved are the only record. Lydda was a village on the great p...
Opposition, the leader of which seems to have been Saul, continued. Armed with letters from the high priest, he attempted to put an end to the Nazarene heresy. It was on his journey with this intent t...
The Growth of the Church and Two of Peter's Miracles After Saul went to Tarsus, Luke reported that a period of peace ensued during which the church in Judea, Galilee and Samaria was strengthened, walk...
_Washed. This custom of washing the dead was observed among the Greeks, Romans, Hebrews, and most other nations. It is still practised in monasteries, and formerly was observed with much ceremony. St....
... _“and washing her they placed her in an upper chamber.”_ Pursuant to the beautiful symbolism of the Jewish dispensation, they invariably washed a corpse with great care before depositing it in the...
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. (37) And it came to pass in those day...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
37._It happened that she was sick. _He saith in plain words that she was sick, that he may the more plainly express her death which followed. To the same end he saith that the corpse was washed and la...
A work and a workman of another character begin now to dawn upon the scene. We have seen the inveterate opposition of the heads of Israel to the testimony of the Holy Ghost, their obstinacy in repelli...
AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS,.... While Peter was in those parts, and particularly at Lydda, which was near: THAT SHE WAS SICK AND DIED; fell ill with some disorder, and died of it: WHOM, WHEN...
And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid _her_ in an upper chamber. Ver. 37. _When they had washed_] This they did to show their hope of a...
_There was at Joppa_ A noted seaport in the neighbourhood, lying on the Mediterranean sea, about forty miles from Jerusalem, and the nearest maritime town to it. It is mentioned in the Old Testament b...
AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS THAT SHE WAS SICK AND DIED; WHOM WHEN THEY HAD WASHED, THEY LAID HER IN AN UPPER CHAMBER....
The miracle at Joppa:...
Philip the evangelist is now put in the background, as the Spirit of God begins a work of another kind, using a most unexpected workman. Saul was filled with strongest animosity toward the disciples,...
BUT IT HAPPENED IN THOSE DAYS THAT SHE BECAME SICK AND DIED. WHEN THEY HAD WASHED HER, THEY LAID _HER_ IN AN UPPER ROOM. 1. We do not know the cause, but she became sick, and in a short time had died...
"And it came to pass in those days, that she fell sick, and died: and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber" It was customary to wash the body before burial, and the upper chambe...
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 ac...
Acts 9:37 But G1161 happened G1096 (G5633) in G1722 those G1565 days G2250 sick G770 (G5660) died...
‘And it came about in those days, that she fell sick, and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.' But Tabitha fell sick, and died. They did all they could for her. They...
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...
Acts 9:37. WHOM WHEN THEY HAD WASHED. Maimonides, quoted by Gloag, says: ‘It is the custom in Israel, about the dead and their burial, that when any one is dead, they shut his eyes and wash his body.'...
IN AN UPPER CHAMBER (εν υπερωιω). See on Acts 1:13. Also in verse Acts 9:39. In that house. This service was rendered by the women, though Luke has λουσαντες (masculine plural aorist active particip...
CONTENTS: Conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Paul preaches and visits Jerusalem and returns to Tarsus. Peter heals Aeneas. Tabitha raised from the dead. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Saul, disciples, hi...
Acts 9:1. _Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord._ Not less than two thousand of them, who fell in this storm, were massacred indiscriminately. If what i...
HER BODY WAS WASHED. Eastern houses often had a large upstairs room. Bodies were washed to prepare them for burial. [Note the symbolism in Romans 6:3-4]...
_Now there was at Joppa._ JOPPA OR YAFA MEANS BEAUTY The modern name is Jaffa or Yafa. It is a seaport town of Palestine, about forty miles northwest of Jerusalem, of which city it was the port in th...
_And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda._ LYDDA The Lud of the Old Testament (1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37;...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 9:36. JOPPA, or _Japho_ (Jonah 1:3), in Assyrian inscriptions Ja-ap-pu; at the present day, Jaffa or Jâfa, meaning “the beautiful,” or, according to another derivation, “the he...
EXPOSITION ACTS 9:1 _But _for _and, _A.V.; _breathing _for _breathing out, _A.V.; _threatening _for _threatenings, _A.V. THREATENING AND SLAUGHTER. The phrase ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς κ.τ.λ., is rather a...
When Alexander the Great conquered the world, he left pockets of Greek culture throughout the world. So these pockets of Greek culture became very influential. And even though the Roman Empire conquer...
Acts 1:13; Acts 20:8; John 11:3; John 11:36; John 11:37;...
Upper chamber. See on ch. Acts 1:13....
SAUL'S CONVERSION: A PATTERN AND A PROPHECY 1 Timothy 1:15; _with Acts 9:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road is as vital a pa...