Acts 9:43 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. ”

Acts 9:43 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 9:43 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

tarried . abode. Greek. meno. See note on p. 1511. one . a certain. Greek. tis. App-123. tanner . Greek. burseus. Only here and Acts 10:6 ; Acts 10:32 . Perhaps no one else would receive...
Acts 9:43 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

43. When as he saith that Peter dwelt with a tanner, we may hereby gather of what manner of men the church of Joppa did consist, for if the chieftains of the city had been converted to Christ,...
Acts 9:43 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. He tarried many days in Joppa - Taking advantage of the good impression made on the people's minds by the miracle, he...
Acts 9:43 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Acts 9:43 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa - no doubt taking advantage of the opening for His Mas...
Acts 9:43 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 9:43 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. — Either as bringing with it, through contact with the carcases and hides of dead beasts, the risks of ceremonial defilement, or being generally a repuls...
Acts 9:43 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Acts 9:43 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Acts 9:43 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Acts 9:43 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass ,.... Or so it was; that he tarried many days in Joppa ; conversing with the saints, confirming the disciples, and preaching the Gospel, to the conversion of sinners; and his a...
Acts 9:43 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. Ver. 43. With one Simon a tanner ] Of mean rank and despicable, but religious and hospitable. Of such, and not of...
Acts 9:43 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 9:43 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Acts 9:43 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Tabitha Raised to Life. 36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this...
Acts 9:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The miracle had only prepared them to receive his doctrine, which Peter tarried some time with them to instruct them in: the miracle had prepared the ground, and now he takes this season to sow the s...
Acts 9:43 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 9:43 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 9:43 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 9:43 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Acts 9:43 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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.,...
Acts 9:43 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The miracle at Joppa:
Acts 9:43 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:32 ; Acts 10:6
Acts 9:43 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

Acts 9:43 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:43 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 9:43 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:43 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 9:43 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:43 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:43 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:43 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 9:43 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 9:43 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:43 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 9:43 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 9:43 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 9:43 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:43 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:43 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 9:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:43 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:43 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 9:43 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:43 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 9:43 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 9:43 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 9:43 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 9:43 - Wells of Living Water Commentary