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Acts 9:36
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas; this woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.
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.
Verse 36. _NOW THERE WAS AT JOPPA_] This was a sea-port town on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, about a day's journey from Jerusalem. It is supposed to be the same which is called in the Old Testa...
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 Jerusalem. It was the principal seaport of Palestine; and h...
CHAPTER 9 __ 1. The vision of Glory on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1). 2. Instructions given to Ananias (Acts 9:10). 3. Saul filled with the Spirit, is baptized and preaches that Jesus is the Son...
DORCAS. This story is like that of the raising of Jairus-' daughter (Mark 5:22; Mark 5:35; Luke 8:41 f., Luke 8:49). Tabitha (in Gr. _Dorcas,_ Eng. Gazelle;
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
In the course of a tour of the whole area, Peter came down to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a man called Aeneas who had been bed-ridden for eight years. He was paralysed. So Peter said...
DISCIPLE. Greek. _mathetria,_ the feminine form of _mathetes._ Only here. TABITHA. Aramaic. App-94.:42. The Hebrew for roe or gazelle is Zebee. The feminine is found in 2 Kings 12:1, there spelled Zi...
Dorcas Raised to life. Peter's stay at Joppa 36. _Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple_ For an account of Joppa, one of the great seaports on the coast of Palestine, see _Dictionary of the Bible...
DORCAS RAISED TO LIFE. PETER’S STAY AT JOPPA...
ἘΝ ἸΌΠΠΗΙ, _in Joppa_. The seaport town on the coast of Palestine almost directly west from Jerusalem. For its history, see _Dict. of the Bible_. ΜΑΘΉΤΡΙΑ, _a_ (female) _disciple_. The word is only fo...
_THE RAISING OF DORCAS ACTS 9:36-42:_ In Joppa there was a Christian lady named Tabitha. Her Greek name was Dorcas. As a follower of Christ she was helpful and compassionate. Dorcas lived, like all pe...
ΜΑΘΉΤΡΙΑ (G3102) _fem. sing._ ученица. ΤΑΒΙΘΆ (G5000) Тавифа (арам. טבית серна, газель [AT, 588, 381; SA, 109; SB, 2:694]). ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΟΜΈΝΗ _praes. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΎΩ (G1329) переводит...
AT JOPPA— Another city of Phoenicia, lying upon the Mediterranean, and the nearest maritime town to Jerusalem, more than a day's journey distant from it,—about 40 miles; though some have said that Jer...
AT JOPPA. Acts 9:36-43. Acts 9:36 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. A...
36-42. From the midst of these happy and peaceful triumphs of the truth, Peter was suddenly called away to Joppa. The circumstances which led to this event are this related to Luke: (36) "_Now, in Jop...
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. NOW THERE WAS AT JOPPA - the moder...
30 Other details of Paul's stay in Jerusalem (not pertinent in this treatise) are interesting. Not only did the brethren lead him away, but the Lord Himself warned him to flee. While he was praying in...
9:36 Dorcas. (b-17) Meaning, 'a gazelle.'...
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 Christia...
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. SE. of Joppa, on the way to Jerusalem....
JOPPA] now Jaffa, the port of Jerusalem, and the only seaport ever possessed by the Jews. DORCAS] i.e. 'gazelle.'...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS APPEARS IN FRONT OF SAUL, 9:1-9 V1 Saul was still saying that he would hurt the *Lord’s *disciples. He said that he would kill them. He...
THERE WAS AT JOPPA.... — The Hebrew form of the name, _Japho_ (pronounced _Yapho_)_,_ appears in Joshua 19:46, but the English version more commonly gives the better-known Joppa, as in 2 Chronicles 2:...
Ἰόππη, on the spelling, Winer-Schmiedel, p. 56; and below on Acts 9:43. μαθήτρια : only here in N.T.: the word occurs in the Apocryphal _Gospel of Peter_ : Mary Magdalene is described as μ. τοῦ Κυρίου...
_Tabitha raised from the dead_....
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 great p...
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 t...
The Growth of the Church and Two of Peter's Miracles After Saul went to Tarsus, Luke reported that a period of peace ensued during which the church in Judea, Galilee and Samaria was strengthened, walk...
(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 almsdeeds which she did. (11) Peter clearly declares, by...
Tabitha, in Syriac, means the same as Dorcas in Greek, that is, a wild goat. (Bible de Vence) --- See here the powerful effects of good works, and alms-deeds; they reach even to the next life. (Bristo...
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 day...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
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 to a man that is sick. But Luke doth first commend the pers...
A work and a workman of another character begin now to dawn upon the scene. We have seen the inveterate opposition of the heads of Israel to the testimony of the Holy Ghost, their obstinacy in repelli...
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 one, even before the flood. It is now called Jaffa, an...
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. Ver. 36. _Full of good works and alms...
_There was at Joppa_ A noted seaport in the neighbourhood, lying on the Mediterranean sea, about forty miles from Jerusalem, and the nearest maritime town to it. It is mentioned in the Old Testament b...
JOPPA; a town on the Mediterranean about forty-five miles north-west of Jerusalem. TABITHA; a Syriac word, meaning the same as the Greek word Dorcas. Both were applied originally to the gazelle, an a...
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,...
AT JOPPA THERE WAS A CERTAIN DISCIPLE NAMED TABITHA, WHICH IS TRANSLATED DORCAS. THIS WOMAN WAS FULL OF GOOD WORKS AND CHARITABLE DEEDS WHICH SHE DID. 1. The scene now shifts to Joppa, and finds a di...
"Now there was at Joppa. certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did" "Joppa" Located on the Mediterranean,...
36-43 Many are full of good words, who are empty and barren in good works; but Tabitha was a great doer, no great talker. Christians who have not property to give in charity, may yet be able to do ac...
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, according to the Syriac dialect, then in use amongst the Je...
36-42. From the midst of these happy and peaceful triumphs of the truth, Peter was suddenly called away to Joppa. The circumstances which led to this event are this related to Luke: (36) "_ Now, in Jo...
Tertullian On Modesty And so, if it were agreed that even the blessed apostles had granted any such indulgence (to any crime) the pardon of which (comes) from God, not from man, it would be competent...
Acts 9:36 G1161 At G1722 Joppa G2445 was G2258 (G5713) certain G5100 disciple G3102 named G3686 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 charity which she performed.' In Joppa (modern Jaf...
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 people...
Acts 9:36. NOW THERE WAS AT JOPPA. Joppa (Hebrew, _Japho_). a word signifying ‘beauty,' the port of Jerusalem in the days of Solomon, as it has been ever since. It belonged to the tribe of Dan (Joshua...
AT JOPPA (Εν Ιοππη). The modern Jaffa, the port of Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 2:16).DISCIPLE (μαθητρια). Feminine form of μαθητης, a learner from μανθανω, to learn, a late word and only here in the...
DORCAS That is, gazelle....
CONTENTS: Conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Paul preaches and visits Jerusalem and returns to Tarsus. Peter heals Aeneas. Tabitha raised from the dead. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Saul, disciples, hi...
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 what i...
THERE WAS A WOMAN NAMED TABITHA. Joppa has been a seaport since the time of David. Citrus fruit is grown in the flat coastal plain. She was a Christian well known for her charity....
_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; Nehemiah 7:37;...
_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 northwest of Jerusalem, of which city it was the port in th...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:36 JOPPA (modern Jaffa/Yafa, south of Tel Aviv) was a port city on the coast, 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Lydda. ⇐...
_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, “the he...
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., is rather a...
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Disciple [μ α θ η τ ρ ι α]. A feminine form, only here in New Testament. Tabitha - Dorcas. The latter word being the Greek equivalent of the former, which is Aramaic, and meaning gazelle, which in the...
SAUL'S CONVERSION: A PATTERN AND A PROPHECY 1 Timothy 1:15; _with Acts 9:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road is as vital a pa...
Tabitha, which is by interpretation Dorcas — She was probably a Hellenist Jew, known among the Hebrews by the Syriac name Tabitha, while the Greeks called her in their own language, Dorcas. They are b...
This chapter concludes with. relation of. second miracle wrought by St. Peter at Joppa, in raising dead Dorcus to life. Where note, 1. The person upon whom this miracle was wrought, Dorcas,. woman ri...