Acts 9:39

“Then Peter arose and went with them, etc.] After the messengers had delivered their message, and made their request to Peter in the name of the brethren, he at once agreed to go with them, and accordingly did; whether he went to restore Dorcas to life, whose death the messengers had informed him of, and whether this was the view of the brethren with respect to that, is not certain. However, he might go with them on other accounts, as to comfort them under the loss of so valuable and useful a person, and to strengthen and establish them in the faith, and to exhort and animate them to the discharge of their duty. When he was come; that is, to Joppa, and to Dorcas’s house there: they brought…”

“all the widows--whom she had clad or fed. stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made--that is, (as the tense implies), showing these as specimens only of what she was in the habit of making.”

“Then Peter arose - See the notes on Luke 15:18. And all the widows - Whom Dorcas had benefited by her kindness. They had lost a benefactress; and it was natural that they should recall her kindness, and express their gratitude, by enumerating the proofs of her beneficence. Each one would therefore naturally dwell on the kindness which had been shown to herself. return to 'Top of Page'”

“While she was with the in - That is, before she died. Acts 9:40”

“and all: Act 9:41, Act 8:2; Sa2 1:24; Pro 10:7; Th1 4:13 and showing: Act 9:36, Act 20:35; Job 31:19, Job 31:20; Pro 31:30, Pro 31:31; Mat 25:36-39, Mat 26:11; Mar 14:8; Joh 12:8; Co2 8:12; Eph 4:28; Th1 1:3; Jam 2:15-17; Jo1 3:18 while: Ecc 9:10; Mat 17:17; Luk 24:44; Joh 17:12 Acts 9:40”