Acts 9:41

Modern

Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

Traditional

And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

Literal

And having given her his hand, he raised her up. And having called the saints and the widows, he presented her being alive.

Latin

Dans autem illi manum, erexit eam. Et cum vocasset sanctos et viduas, assignavit eam vivam.

Greek

English

Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

These 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, Peter heals both a man and a woman.
The people in that area were deeply affected by these miracles. Many people turned to the Lord and believed (Acts 9:35, 42).

Theme notes and profiles

Mark 1:31
So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.
Acts 6:1
In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
Acts 20:12
And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.
1 Kings 17:23
Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
Acts 3:7
Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
Luke 7:12
As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
Genesis 45:26
“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
Psalm 146:9
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Job 29:13
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
Luke 7:15
And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.