Acts 9:40

But Peter put them all forth As Christ had done (Matthew 9:25) at the raising of Jairus" daughter, on which occasion Peter had been present.

and kneeled down, and prayed Asking God that the consolation to be given to these mourners might be the restoration of the dead woman to life.

and turning him to the body When by the Spirit's admonition he knew that his prayer was heard.

said, Tabitha, arise If he spake in the Aramaic dialect, as is most probable, his utterance must have been nearly the same as that of our Lord (Mark 5:41), Talitha cumi, at the raising of the daughter of Jairus. But when both these utterances are interpreted in the places where they occur, it is astonishing to find those who would suggest that the Tabithaof this verse is an adaptation of the Talithaof the Gospel.