Acts 9:42

This incident became known throughout Jaffa, and many believed in the Lord;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

In Context

41Then, giving her his hand, he raised her to her feet and, calling to him God's people and the widows, he 7 gave her back to them alive.

43and Peter remained for a considerable time at Jaffa, staying at the house of a man called Simon, a tanner.

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Cross References

John 11:4Jesus received the message and said, "This illness is not to end in death, but is to promote the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified by it."

John 12:11for because of him many of the Jews left them and became believers in Jesus.

Acts 9:35And all the people of Lud and Sharon saw him; and they turned to the Lord.

Acts 19:17All the people of Ephesus, Jews as well as Greeks, came to know of this. There was widespread terror, and they began to hold the name of the Lord Jesus in high honour.

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 →

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