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40. ἐκβαλὼν δὲ … ὁ Πέτρος, but Peter put them all forth. Cf. Christ’s action (Mat 9:25) at the raising of Jaïrus’ daughter, on which occasion Peter had been present.
καὶ θεὶς τὰ γόνατα προσηύξατο, and kneeled down and prayed. For the first part of the phrase, cf. Act 7:60. St Peter’s request no doubt here was that the consolation to be given to these mourners might be the restoration of the dead woman to life.
καὶ ἐπιστρέψας πρὸς τὸ σῶμα, and turning him to the body. When he felt within him that his prayer would be answered.
Ταβιθὰ ἀνάστηθι, Tabitha, arise. If St Peter spake in the Aramaic dialect, as is most probable, his utterance Tabitha cumi must have been nearly the same as that of our Lord (Mar 5:41), Talitha cumi, at the raising of the daughter of Jaïrus. But when we find both these utterances interpreted in the places where they occur, it is astonishing that some should suggest that the Tabitha of this verse is an adaptation of the Talitha of the Gospel.