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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...
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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...
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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....
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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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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...
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_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...
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DORCAS RAISED TO LIFE. PETER’S STAY AT JOPPA...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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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See notes on verse 36...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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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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...
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DELAY:
Or, be grieved...
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"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...
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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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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...
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Acts 9:38 And G1161 since G5607 (G5752) Lydda G3069 near G1451 Joppa
G2445 disciples G3101 heard G191 ...
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‘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...
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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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Acts 9:38. LYDDA WAS NIGH TO JOPPA. About nine or ten miles was the
distance of Lydda from Joopa....
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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...
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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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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...
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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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2 Kings 4:28; Acts 9:32; Acts 9:36...
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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...
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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...
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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....