Dorcas died unexpectedly. Lacking medical options and having heard stories, a couple members of the small faith community went to a nearby town where Peter was staying. They asked him to come to her.

He came, he prayed, he told her to get up.

And she did.

We focus on the healing part, wanting people to be raised from the dead.

The story teller gives us the details of a woman embedded in her community, who lived for the support of others. She was known for always doing good, for helping the poor, for being habitually helpful. When Peter arrived in the room where her body was laid out, all the widows were in the room, holding all the things she had sewn. When she died, her body was washed by women who were acquainted with death and grief, who knew her and respected her.

In her brief time of death, I suppose it’s possible that Jesus said, “Hi Dorcas. Do I look familiar? When I was sick, you visited. When I was naked, you clothed me.” And she said, “When were you in Joppa?”

And he said, “You thought you made that cloak for Hannah? Just a way to help her because she was cold now that she was alone?”

We do know that she opened her eyes and saw Peter.

We don’t know what she with the bonus time. It’s likely that she went back to sewing and helping the poor and always doing good, since that was her habit.