Verse Acts 9:42. Many believed in the Lord.] That is, in Christ Jesus, in whose name and through whose power they understood this miracle to be wrought. This miracle, as well as that at Lydda, was not only the means of strengthening the faith of the disciples, and gaining credit to the cause of Christianity, but also of bringing many sincere converts to the Lord, so that the Church was thereby both builded up and multiplied.
ACTS 9:42 th/j The word th/j is absent from î53 B C* but present in apparently all other Greek witnesses. Should the acknowledged excellence of codex Vaticanus and the early age of î53 (third century...
AND MANY BELIEVED ... - A similar effect followed when Jesus raised up Lazarus. See John 12:11. This was the first miracle of this kind that was performed by the apostles. The effect was that many bel...
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;
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...
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
IT WAS. it came to be. KNOWN. Greek. _gnostos._ See note on Acts 1:19. BELIEVED IN. App-150....
_and many believed in the Lord_ There seems to be intended by these words a fuller acceptance of the faith of Jesus than when it is said "they turned to the Lord" (see above, Acts 9:35). The belief he...
DORCAS RAISED TO LIFE. PETER’S STAY AT JOPPA...
ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ ΠΟΛΛΟῚ with אABCE. _Vulg_. ‘crediderunt multi.’ 42. ΚΑΘ' ὍΛΗΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ἸΌΠΠΗΣ. See above, Acts 9:31, note. ΚΑῚ ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ ΠΟΛΛΟῚ ἘΠῚ ΤῸΝ ΚΎΡΙΟΝ, _and many believed on the Lord_. There seems to...
_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...
ΓΝΩΣΤΌΣ (G1110) известный, ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 9:3. ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 9:26. Inch, _aor._, "многие уверовали"....
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;...
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 it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. AND IT WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT ALL JOPPA; AND MANY BELIEVED IN THE LORD - the Lord Jesus; unable to resist the living evidence of...
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...
9:42 on (c-13) _ Epi_ . this goes on to the idea of confidence. I rest my faith on him, yet with the more general idea of looking to him with confidence. As in chs. 11.17; 16.31; 22.19; Romans 4:5 ,R...
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....
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...
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...
MANY BELIEVED IN THE LORD. — Here the word is obviously used definitely for the Lord Jesus as the specific object of their faith....
καθʼ ὅλης, see above on Acts 9:31....
_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...
42._And many believed. _Now appear manifold fruits of the miracle, for God comforted the poor, a godly matron was restored to the Church, in whose death it suffered great loss, and many are called unt...
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 IT WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT ALL JOPPA,.... The report of such a miracle, and wrought upon a person of note, was soon spread all over the place, which was very large, for it was a city, as it is called...
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. Ver. 42. _And many believed_] So when Lazarus was raised, John 11:45. _See Trapp on "_ Joh 11:45 _"_...
_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...
BELIEVED IN THE LORD; the Lord Jesus, whom Peter preached, and by whose power he wrought this miracle....
AND IT WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT ALL JOPPA; AND MANY BELIEVED IN THE LORD....
The miracle at Joppa:...
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 IT BECAME KNOWN THROUGHOUT ALL JOPPA, AND MANY BELIEVED ON THE LORD. 1. The miracle became known - and many believed on the Lord. 2. Again - they saw (or heard about) the miracle and believed in...
"And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord" Again, the purpose for the miracles was to confirm the truthfulness of the gospel message....
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...
This cure was wrought, and all the other miracles were done, to be a means to make the gospel to be believed, which he published, and was an undeniable proof that this doctrine was from heaven; for no...
Acts 9:42 And G1161 became G1096 (G5633) known G1110 throughout G2596 all G3650 Joppa G2445 and G2532 many...
‘And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.' This mighty work could hardly fail in its effect, and it became known throughout Joppa, resulting in the fact that many beli...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
Acts 11:21; Acts 19:17; Acts 19:18; Acts 9:35; John 11:4;...
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...