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

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

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

and having given her his hand, he lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,

Then, giving her his hand, he raised her to her feet and, calling to him God's people and the widows, he gave her back to them alive.

And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

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

Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ's people, presented her to them alive.

Luke repeateth, again, in the end that she was showed openly to the disciples; whence we gather that she was raised again, rather for other men's sake than for her own. Brain-sick fellows, [1] who dream that the soul of man is only a blast which vanisheth away until the day of the resurrection, snatch at this place to prove their doting withal. To what end was it (say they) to call back the soul of Tabitha into the prison of the body, where it should suffer such misery, if it were received into blessed rest? As if it were not lawful for God to have respect of his glory as well in death as in life; and as if this were not the true felicity of the godly to live and die to him, yea, as if Christ were not to us a vantage, as well by living as dying, (Philippians 1:21,) when we dedicate ourselves to him. Therefore, there shall no inconvenience follow, if the Lord had greater respect to his own glory than to Tabitha, although, as the commodity [2] of the faithful is always annexed to the glory of God, this turned to her greater good that she revived, that she might be a more excellent instrument of God's goodness and power.

Footnotes

1 - "Fanatici quidam," certain fanatics.

2 - "Utilitas," advantage, interest.

He presented her alive - He exhibited, or showed her to them alive. Compare 1-Kings 17:23.

Saints and widows - In primitive times the widows formed a distinct part of the Christian Church.

And he gave her his hand, and lift her up,.... 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 1-Timothy 5:10
presented her alive; as Christ did the widow's son of Naam to her, 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.

he gave her his hand, and lifted her up--as his Lord had done to his own mother-in-law (Mark 1:31).