Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 9:37

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 9:37 - 9:37

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 9:37 - 9:37

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37. ἀσθενήσασαν αὐτὴν ἀποθανεῖν, that she fell sick and died. The proceedings which followed on her death are evidence of its reality. The probable reason for deferring the burial was the knowledge that Peter was close at hand, and the hope of the disciples that the power of Jesus might be exercised through him for the restoration to life of so eminent a disciple as Dorcas.

λούσαντες δέ, and when they had washed her. No doubt it was the women who prepared the body for burial, but the historian, speaking generally, writes not λούσασαι but the masculine.