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ACTS 9:43 h`me,raj i`kana.j mei/nai
There are three variant readings: h`me,raj i`kana.j mei/nai (î53 a* B
3 209* 216 1175 1739 geo), auvto.n h`me,raj i`kana.j mei/nai (î74...
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Verse Acts 9:43. _HE TARRIED MANY DAYS IN JOPPA_] Taking advantage of
the good impression made on the people's minds by the miracle, he
preached to them the great truths of Christianity, and thus
esta...
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CHAPTER 9
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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...
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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;
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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...
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SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
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TARRIED. abode. Greek. _meno._ See note on p. 1511.
ONE. a certain. Greek. _tis._ App-123.
TANNER. Greek. _burseus._ Only here and Acts 10:6; Acts 10:32. Perhaps
no one else would receive him....
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_he tarried many days_ On the indefinite nature of the time indicated
here see above, Acts 9:23, note.
_with one Simon a tanner_ The trade of a tanner was held as abominable
by the Jews. A wife, it is...
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ἩΜΈΡΑΣ ἹΚΑΝΆΣ. On the indefinite nature of the length of
time indicated here, see Acts 9:23, note.
ΠΑΡΆ ΤΙΝΙ ΣΊΜΩΝΙ ΒΥΡΣΕΙ͂, _with one Simon a
tanner_. The trade of a tanner was held as abominable by...
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DORCAS RAISED TO LIFE. PETER’S STAY AT JOPPA...
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ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 9:3; о
семитском обороте _см._ Acts 9:32.
ΜΕΪ́ΝΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306)
оставаться. _Inf._ с гл. ΒΥΡΣΕΪ́ _dat. sing.
от_ ΒΥΡΣΕΎΣ (G1038) кожевни...
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AND IT WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT ALL JOPPA;— The report of this miracle
swiftly spread throughout all Joppa: upon which _Simon,_ the _son of
Jonas,_ became more famous there than _Jonas_ himself had been;...
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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...
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43. Peter was engaged, at this time, in general evangelizing among the
Jews, adapting his stay at a given point, and his change of place, to
the exigencies of the cause. The restoration of Dorcas, dou...
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And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one
Simon a tanner.
AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT HE TARRIED MANY DAYS IN JOPPA - no doubt
taking advantage of the opening for His Master's...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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MANY DAYS IN JOPPA WITH ONE SIMON A TANNER. — Either as bringing
with it, through contact with the carcases and hides of dead beasts,
the risks of ceremonial defilement, or being generally a repulsive...
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ἐγένετο δὲ, see on Acts 9:37, Plummer, _St. Luke_, p. 45,
on the use of ἐγένετο. The phrase also marks (as often in
Luke) a transition to the following narrative (Nösgen). ἡμέρας
ἱκανὰς, see on Acts 8...
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_Tabitha raised from the dead_....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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In the Greek is added: _instructing the new converts, and fortifying
them in the faith they had just embraced._...
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REFLECTIONS
Pause, my soul, over the several miracles recorded in this chapter,
and behold the wonders connected with the event of Christ tabernacling
in the flesh! All, and every circumstance, which...
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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...
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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...
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43.When as he saith that Peter dwelt with a tanner, we may hereby
gather of what manner of men the church of Joppa did consist, for if
the chieftains of the city had been converted to Christ, some one...
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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...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS,.... Or so it was;
THAT HE TARRIED MANY DAYS IN JOPPA; conversing with the saints,
confirming the disciples, and preaching the Gospel, to the conversion
of sinners; and his abode...
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And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon
a tanner.
Ver. 43. _With one Simon a tanner_] Of mean rank and despicable, but
religious and hospitable. Of such, and not of gre...
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_And it was known_, &c. The report of this wonderful miracle was
immediately spread _throughout all Joppa_ And it being a town of
seafaring men, the story of it would soon be carried from thence to
ma...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT HE TARRIED MANY DAYS IN JOPPA WITH ONE SIMON,
A TANNER.
Peter may well have stayed at Lydda for some time, confirming the
disciples and establishing the congregation. But he w...
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The miracle at Joppa:...
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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,...
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SO IT WAS THAT HE STAYED MANY DAYS IN JOPPA WITH SIMON, A TANNER.
1. Peter remains now with the saints in Joppa.
2. He stays with a leather tanner, named Simon.
3. NOTE : Simon (Hebrew) and Peter ...
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Therefore Stand. pp. 413,414.
Acts 9:1 Bakers Bible Atlas p. 202...
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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...
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The miracle had only prepared them to receive his doctrine, which
Peter tarried some time with them to instruct them in: the miracle had
prepared the ground, and now he takes this season to sow the se...
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43. Peter was engaged, at this time, in general evangelizing among the
Jews, adapting his stay at a given point, and his change of place, to
the exigencies of the cause. The restoration of Dorcas, dou...
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Acts 9:43 So G1161 was G1096 (G5633) he G846 stayed G3306 (G5658) many
G2425 days G2250 in...
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PETER AND CORNELIUS (9:43-10:48).
It is difficult for us to appreciate the huge step that is now about
to be described. To us it may all seem like a great fuss about
nothing. But it was bringing abou...
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‘And it came about that he abode many days in Joppa with one Simon a
tanner.'
The account is introduced by this indication of the whereabouts of
Peter. It is significant in itself. No tanner would be...
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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...
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MANY DAYS
(ημερας ικανας). See on verse Acts 9:23. Luke is fond of
the phrase and uses it for time, number, size. It might be "ten days,
ten months, or ten years" (Page).WITH ONE SIMON A TANNER
(π...
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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...
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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...
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THE NEWS ABOUT THIS. This sort of thing "advertised" Christianity!
PETER STAYED ON IN JOPPA. For perhaps a year. Joppa was a large city,
and there were many people to hear the Good News. Peter is at t...
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_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...
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_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;...
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_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...
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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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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...
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Acts 10:32; Acts 10:6...
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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...