<p>9:40 <i>But Peter sent them out, and kneeled down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, rise. And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up</i>- When Peter resurrects Dorcas, he asked the weeping crowd to depart before he raised her- exactly repeating the Lord&rsquo;s procedure when He raised Jairus&rsquo; daughter. Note how she is laid in a chamber, she is spoken to by Peter, she opens her eyes and sits up, and Peter presents her alive and asks for her to be given food. All this was evidently parallel to what Peter had been especially invited by Jesus to come and witness when He raised the girl during His ministry. The events Peter had been witnessed had been especially arranged so that when they repeated themselves in his future life, he was able to see the similarities and act as a true follower and mimicker of his Lord.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>The way he put everyone out of the room, turned to the body and said &ldquo;Tabitha, arise&rdquo;, and she rose up, is exactly the way the Lord acted (Acts 9:40 cp. Lk. 8:54).&nbsp;Consciously or unconsciously, his very body language and words reflected those of the Lord.</p>