Acts 13:37 - Exposition

Raised up for raised again, A.V. , ἤγειρεν , "raised from the death of sleep, as Acts 5:30 ; 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 ; 2 Corinthians 4:14 ; Ephesians 5:14 , etc. The two words ( ἀνίστημι and ἐγείρω ) are combined in Acts 12:7 . ἐγείρω is "to arouse," or "awaken;" ἀνίστημι , to "make to get up." Or in the passive ἐγείρομαι to be "awakened," and in the neuter, ἀνέστην , to get.