42And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
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Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-43)Here we have another miracle wrought by Peter, for the confirming of the gospel, and which exceeded the former—the raising of Tabitha to life when she had been for some time dead. Here is, I. The life, and death, and character of Tabitha, on whom this miracle was wrought, Acts 9:36 , 37 . 1. She lived at Joppa, a sea-port town in the tribe of Dan, where Jonah took shipping to go to Tarshish, now c…
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