Acts 9:42
This became known all through Joppa, and numbers of people came to believe in the Lord.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
In Context
43And Peter stayed some days at Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
Cross References
John 11:4and, when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honor of God, in order that the Son of God may be honored through it.”
John 12:11because it was owing to him that many of the people had left them, and were becoming believers in Jesus.
Acts 9:35and all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord’s side.
Acts 19:17This incident came to the knowledge of all the Jews and Greeks living at Ephesus; they were all awe-struck, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in the highest honor.
Matthew Henry on Acts 9:37-43
Tabitha Raised to Life. 36 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 which she did. 37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. 38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. 39 Then Peter arose and… Read the whole commentary →