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Acts 9:36-43

Peter Raises Tabitha

May 7, 2028

The Raising of Tabitha, Masolino da Panicale
The Raising of Tabitha, Masolino da Panicale, c. 1424–1425Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
In the Brancacci chapel. The miracle happens at one end of a Florentine square while two fashionable young men stroll across the middle, entirely uninterested.Peter put all of them outside, and knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, Tabitha, get up. Then he gave her his hand and helped her up.Masolino da PanicaleA Florentine painter of the older, more graceful generation who worked beside the revolutionary Masaccio and is always compared to him.Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, FlorenceA small chapel that generations of Florentine painters, Michelangelo included, came to copy as their training.Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelJohn 10:22-30Jn 10:22-30
EpistleRev. 7:9-17Rev 7:9-17
Old TestamentActs 9:36-43
PsalterPs. 23Ps 23

Overview & Insights

"Tabitha, get up." (Acts 9:40)

In Joppa, the disciple Tabitha, known for her charity and good works, dies, and the believers send for Peter, who kneels and prays before commanding her to rise. Word of the miracle spreads through Joppa and many come to believe in the Lord.

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Commentary

Commentary on Acts 9:36-43 Working Preacher

Exegesis of Tabitha's charity, death, and restoration through Peter's prayer.

Acts 9:36-43 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary on Peter continuing the pattern of the risen Jesus's works.

Acts 9 Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical commentary covering the whole chapter.

Acts 9 Commentary Precept Austin

A collated verse-by-verse study with word notes on Tabitha's raising in Joppa.

Acts 9:36 BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries verse by verse on the disciple full of good works.

Background & Word Study

Acts 9:36 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek interlinear text for Tabitha's good works and Peter's command to rise.

Book of Acts Summary: Overview Video (Part 1) BibleProject

Animated overview of Acts chapters 1 to 12, placing Peter's Joppa ministry in its arc.

The Church Fathers

Acts 9, patristic commentary Catena

Early church commentary gathered verse by verse, covering Tabitha's raising in this chapter.

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