Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
Parallel translations
- WEB Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- KJV But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- NKJV But Peter put them all out, and knelt down and prayed. And turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.
- NASB But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- NLT But Peter asked them all to leave the room; then he knelt and prayed. Turning to the body he said, “Get up, Tabitha.” And she opened her eyes! When she saw Peter, she sat up!
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Quick answer
Peter prayed, commanded Tabitha to rise, and she came back to life. God's power over death is shown through prayer.
Overview
Peter sends out the mourners and kneels in prayer, depending wholly on God rather than his own power. His command echoes Jesus' own raising of the dead, yet Peter acts as a servant calling on the Lord. The raising of Tabitha bears witness to the resurrection life that Christ brings to his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Matt 9:25After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
- Mark 5:40–42And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.
- Luke 8:54But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
- 2 Kgs 4:32–36When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
- Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- John 11:43–44After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
- 1 Kgs 17:19–23But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
- Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
- Acts 20:36When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
- Luke 22:41And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
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