“ And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. ”
And many believed ... - A similar effect followed when Jesus raised up Lazarus. See John 12:11 . This was the first miracle of this kind that was performed by the apostles. The effect was that...
Dorcas. This story is like that of the raising of Jairus-' daughter ( Mark 5:22-24 ; Mark 5:35-43 ; Luke 8:41 f., Luke 8:49-56 ). Tabitha (in Gr. Dorcas, Eng. Gazelle; though the Gr. equiva...
it was . it came to be. known . Greek. gnostos. See note on Acts 1:19 . believed in. App-150.
42. And many believed. Now appear manifold fruits of the miracle, for God comforted the poor, a godly matron was restored to the Church, in whose death it suffered great loss, and many are c...
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. Many believed in the Lord - That is, in Christ Jesus, in whose name and through whose power they understood this miracle to be wr...
And it was known throughout all Joppa;— The report of this miracle swiftly spread throughout all Joppa: upon which Simon, the son of Jonas, became more famous there than Jonas himself had bee...
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord - the Lord Jesus; unable to resist the living eviden...
Saul Becomes a Christian 1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The way for it may have been prepared by Stephen's speech, by the spectacle of the constancy of the Chri...
Many believed in the Lord. — Here the word is obviously used definitely for the Lord Jesus as the specific object of their faith.
Strength and Life through Christ Acts 9:32-43 Peter was now free for a visit of apostolic inspection, of which the two incidents here preserved are the only record. Lydda was a village on the g...
Opposition, the leader of which seems to have been Saul, continued. Armed with letters from the high priest, he attempted to put an end to the Nazarene heresy. It was on his journey with this intent...
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. (37) And it came to pass in those da...
And it was known throughout all Joppa ,.... The report of such a miracle, and wrought upon a person of note, was soon spread all over the place, which was very large, for it was a city, as it is cal...
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. Ver. 42. And many believed ] So when Lazarus was raised, John 11:45 . See Trapp on " Joh 11:45 "
And it was known , &c. The report of this wonderful miracle was immediately spread throughout all Joppa And it being a town of seafaring men, the story of it would soon be carried from thence...
Philip the evangelist is now put in the background, as the Spirit of God begins a work of another kind, using a most unexpected workman. Saul was filled with strongest animosity toward the disciples,...
Tabitha Raised to Life. 36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this...
This cure was wrought, and all the other miracles were done, to be a means to make the gospel to be believed, which he published, and was an undeniable proof that this doctrine was from heaven; for n...
Peter Raises the Dead and Ministers In Joppa (9:36-43). But the new ministry offered not only healing but life. In the bringing of the Good News the life of God has been made available for the peo...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 9:36 . Joppa , or Japho ( Jonah 1:3 ), in Assyrian inscriptions Ja-ap-pu; at the present day, Jaffa or Jâfa, meaning “the beautiful,” or, according to another derivation,...
Acts 9:1 . Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. Not less than two thousand of them, who fell in this storm, were massacred indiscriminately. If wha...
And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. Lydda The Lud of the Old Testament ( 1 Chronicles 8:12 ; Ezra 2:33 ; Nehemi...
EXPOSITION Acts 9:1 But for and, A.V.; breathing for breathing out, A.V.; threatening for threatenings, A.V. Threatening and slaughter. The phrase ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς κ.τ.λ.,...
The miracle at Joppa:
Acts 11:21 ; Acts 19:17 ; Acts 19:18 ; Acts 9:35 ; John 11:4 ; John 11:45 ; John 12:11 ; John 12:44
Saul's Conversion: A Pattern and a Prophecy 1 Timothy 1:15-16 ; with Acts 9:1-43 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road i...