Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 9:38
The disciples sent to him — Probably none of those at Joppa had the gift of miracles. Nor is it certain that they expected a miracle from him.
The disciples sent to him — Probably none of those at Joppa had the gift of miracles. Nor is it certain that they expected a miracle from him.
ACTS 9:38 du,o a;ndraj The sending of two messengers (du,o a;ndraj, read by î45, 74 a A B C E and most minuscules) is in accord with Near Eastern customs. 190 The omission of the wor...
Verse 38. _SENT UNTO HIM - DESIRING - THAT HE WOULD NOT DELAY TO_ _come_] Tabitha died at Joppa, and Peter was at Lydda, about four leagues distant. But why did they send for Peter? We cannot tell. I...
WAS NEIGH TO JOPPA - See the notes on Acts 9:32. THEY SENT UNTO HIM ... - Why they sent is not affirmed. It is probable that they desired his presence to comfort and sustain them in their affliction....
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...
FORASMUCH AS LYDDA WAS NIGH. Literally Lydda being near. THERE. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) it. DESIRING. entreating. Greek. _parakaleo._ App-134. DELAY. Greek. _okneo._ Only here. TO. as far as. G...
_desiring him that he would not delay to come to them_ The best MSS. give a more graphic form to the sentence by the use of the direct entreaty. Read, "intreating him, Delay not to come on to us." It...
ΜῊ ὈΚΝΉΣΗΙΣ with אABCE. _Vulg_. ‘Ne pigriteris.’ ἩΜΩ͂Ν for αὐτῶν with אABCE. _Vulg_. ‘nos.’ 38. ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ, ΜῊ ὈΚΝΉΣΗΙΣ ΔΙΕΛΘΕΙ͂Ν ἝΩΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν, _entreating him, Delay not to come on to us_. Thus δι...
DORCAS RAISED TO LIFE. PETER’S STAY AT JOPPA...
_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...
ΟΎΣΗΣ _praes. act. part._ (причины) _gen. fem. sing. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. _Gen. abs._ Лидда находилась на расстоянии примерно 16 км от Иоппии, то есть из одного пункта в другой можно было дойти пешк...
DESIRING HIM THAT HE WOULD NOT DELAY, &C.— We can hardly imagine that they urged his coming merely to comfort them under this loss: but if they had any view to what followed, it was a remarkable insta...
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...
See notes on verse 36...
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. AND FORASMUCH AS LYDDA...
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...
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....
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...
DESIRING HIM THAT HE WOULD NOT DELAY. — The better MSS. give the message somewhat more dramatically, “_Delay not,_” and “_Be not reluctant_ to come.” It was, of course, necessary that he should come a...
Λύδδης, on the form see above on Acts 9:35; nine miles from Joppa. παρακαλοῦντες; the only passage in which the _oratio recta_ follows if we read μὴ ὀκνήσῃς, see critical notes; this also best represe...
_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...
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...
38._The disciples, which had heard, _The washing of the corpse showeth that the disciples knew not what would come to pass, for by this means they make the corpse ready to be buried. Yet this is some...
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...
AND FORASMUCH AS LYDDA WAS NIGH TO JOPPA,.... Some say it was six miles distant, but it must be eight; since from Jerusalem to Joppa were forty miles, and from Jerusalem to Lydda thirty two, and there...
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. Ver. 38. _They sent unt...
_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...
The miracle at Joppa:...
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....
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,...
AND SINCE LYDDA WAS NEAR JOPPA, AND THE DISCIPLES HAD HEARD THAT PETER WAS THERE, THEY SENT TWO MEN TO HIM, IMPLORING _HIM_ NOT TO DELAY IN COMING TO THEM. 1. Since Peter is near, they sent messenger...
DELAY: Or, be grieved...
"And as Lydda was nigh unto Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men unto him, entreating him, Delay not to come on unto us" The towns were about 10-12 miles apart. 'A walk of...
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...
They sent for Peter, that he might come to comfort those that were concerned in the great loss of so good a woman, and, it may be, not without some hopes of her recovery by a miracle from St. Peter; w...
Acts 9:38 And G1161 since G5607 (G5752) Lydda G3069 near G1451 Joppa G2445 disciples G3101 heard G191 ...
‘And as Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, begging him, “Do not delay from coming to us.” So when the followers of Christ in Joppa learned that Pet...
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 9:38. LYDDA WAS NIGH TO JOPPA. About nine or ten miles was the distance of Lydda from Joopa....
DELAY NOT (μη οκνησηις). Ingressive aorist active subjunctive in prohibition. Direct discourse and not indirect as late MSS. have (aorist active infinitive, οκνησα). Possibly the two messengers star...
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...
THEY SENT TWO MEN TO HIM. His fame suggests he may restore her to life. ALL THE WIDOWS CROWDED AROUND HIM. It was a bitter experience to be a widow in the first century, and it was very often necessar...
_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...
_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;...
_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...
When Alexander the Great conquered the world, he left pockets of Greek culture throughout the world. So these pockets of Greek culture became very influential. And even though the Roman Empire conquer...
2 Kings 4:28; Acts 9:32; Acts 9:36...
That he would not delay [μ η ο κ ν η σ α ι]. The best texts read ojknhshv, putting the request in the form of a direct address, Delay not. To come [δ ι ε λ θ ε ι ν]. Lit., to come through. Rev., come...
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...