At the end of Acts 9, we see “Peter’s smaller miracles.” Like healing a lame man and then raising a woman from the dead. In light of Jesus’ words in John 14, those are the smaller miracles, which show God’s compassion and draw people’s attention to Him. The “greater works” of Peter’s ministry are about to expand as he and Israel shine Christ as a light to the gentiles and people are saved and given eternal life. In this Acts 9 passage, we see the stage set for those events in a way that teaches and motivates us to seek a summer of greater works.