John Gill's Exposition on Acts 9:41

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he gave her his hand, and lift her up, etc.] Off of the bed or bier where she was: and when he had called the saints and widows; the disciples, brethren and sisters, who were come together on this occasion, as well as the poor widows she had been kind to; the Ethiopic version reads without a copulative, “the holy widows”; and so might these widows be, even such as are described in (<540510>1 Timothy 5:10) presented her alive; as Christ did the widow’s son of Naam to her, (<420715>Luke 7:15) and which no doubt was matter of great joy as well as astonishment to all the saints, and especially to the poor widows.

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