Dorcas
That is, gazelle.
At Joppa - This was a seaport town situated on the Mediterranean, in the tribe of Dan, about 30 miles south of Caesarea, and 45 northwest of Jeru...
(11) Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdee...
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 G...
disciple . Greek. mathetria, the feminine form of mathetes. Only here. Tabitha . Aramaic. App-94.:42. The Hebrew for roe or gazelle is Zebee....
36. There followeth a more famous token of Christ’s power, by how much it is more hard to restore life to a dead body, than to restore health t...
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds wh...
At Joppa— Another city of Phoenicia, lying upon the Mediterranean, and the nearest maritime town to Jerusalem, more than a day's journey distant fr...
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeed...
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 spe...
Activity of Peter at Lydda and Joppa. 32. Throughout all quarters ] or, 'throughout all the saints.' Lydda ] in the plain of Sharon, about 10 m....
Joppa ] now Jaffa, the port of Jerusalem, and the only seaport ever possessed by the Jews. Dorcas ] i.e. 'gazelle.'
There was at Joppa.... — The Hebrew form of the name, Japho (pronounced Yapho ) , appears in Joshua 19:46 , but the English version more commo...
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...
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 Nazare...
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 w...
Now there was at Joppa ,.... The same with Japho, Joshua 19:46 a sea port town in the tribe of Dan, said by some historians w to be a very ancient...
There was at Joppa A noted seaport in the neighbourhood, lying on the Mediterranean sea, about forty miles from Jerusalem, and the nearest maritime...
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 fil...
Tabitha Raised to Life. 36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabith...
Joppa, a post town: see Acts 10:5 . These circumstances of places and persons are set down to evidence the certainty of the history. Tabitha,...
‘Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, (which by interpretation is called Dorcas). This woman was full of good works and works of...
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 t...
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 “th...
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 t...
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 Te...
Now there was at Joppa. Joppa or Yafa means beauty The modern name is Jaffa or Yafa. It is a seaport town of Palestine, about forty miles north...
EXPOSITION Acts 9:1 But for and, A.V.; breathing for breathing out, A.V.; threatening for threatenings, A.V. Threatening and s...
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...
The miracle at Joppa:
1 Thessalonians 4:10 ; 1 Timothy 2:10 ; 1 Timothy 2:9 ; 1 Timothy 5:10 ; 2 Chronicles 2:16 ; Acts 10:31 ; Acts 10:4 ; Acts 10:5 ; Colossians...
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 w...
Tabitha, which is by interpretation Dorcas — She was probably a Hellenist Jew, known among the Hebrews by the Syriac name Tabitha, while the Greeks...
36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas:b this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.