She Opened Her Eyes!! | Acts 9:31–43 Bible Study on Tabitha, Peter, Healing & the Church Breathing Again
About this episode
Pastor Jim Wilhelm explores the healing of Aeneas and the raising of Tabitha in Acts 9:31–43, highlighting themes of pastoral care and restoration in the early church.
Acts 9 does not end where most people think it does. After Saul’s dramatic conversion on the Damascus Road, after Ananias lays hands on him, after Barnabas vouches for him in Jerusalem, the church sends Saul home to Tarsus — and then Luke turns the camera away from the famous convert. Acts 9:31–43 takes us to Lydda and Joppa, where Peter is not building a platform, launching a movement, or chasing a headline. Peter is making house calls. He finds Aeneas, a paralyzed man who has been bedridden for eight years, and says, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed.” Then Peter is called to Joppa, where a beloved disciple named Tabitha, also called Dorcas, has died. The widows gather in grief, holding the garments she made for them, and Peter kneels beside the body and says, “Tabitha, get up.” She opens her eyes. This Wednesday Night Bible Study from First Christian Church in Cushing, Oklahoma walks through Acts 9:31–43 as a story of healing, resurrection, pastoral care, and restoration after trauma. Saul had gone house to house dragging believers away. Now Peter goes house to house giving people back. The Holy Spirit does not simply grow the church. The Spirit…
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