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 believed. It was not merely a work of benevolence, in restoring to life one who contributed largely to the comfort of the poor, but it was a means of extending and establishing, as it was designed doubtless to do, the kingdom of the Saviour. read more
Acts 9:42-43. 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 many other countries; and though some would not regard it, many, there is reason to suppose, would be influenced by it so as to make those inquiries which would issue in their conversion to the true God, and the true religion. Accordingly it is here said, many believed in the... read more
9:32-12:25 JERUSALEM AND THE GENTILESPeter in Lydda and Joppa (9:32-43)While God was preparing Paul for the Gentile mission ahead, he was also broadening the vision of Peter and other church leaders. Peter moved out from Jerusalem and visited some of the Christian groups that had sprung up in the semi-Gentile coastal plain area where Philip had preached earlier (cf. 8:40). At Lydda he healed a paralyzed man (32-35) and at nearby Joppa he raised a woman to life. In both places news of the... read more
it was = it came to be. known . Greek. gnostos. See note on Acts 1:19 . believed in. App-150 . read more
And it became known throughout all Joppa; and many believed on the Lord.The result of the raising of Dorcas was exactly the result of the raising of Lazarus, of which the Pharisees said, "Behold ... the world is gone after him" (John 12:11,19). The Lord was working with his apostles as he had promised in Mark 16:17ff. read more
Acts 9:42-43. 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; for the ancient prophet Jonas, after he had taken ship at Joppa, was raised only from the belly of the fish; but Simon, the son of Jonas, raised the pious and charitable Tabitha from the dead, and thereby promoted a religion of greater and more extensive usefulness, than even the beneficent... read more
40-43. Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down—the one in imitation of his Master's way ( :-; and compare 2 Kings 4:33); the other, in striking contrast with it. The kneeling became the lowly servant, but not the Lord Himself, of whom it is never once recorded that he knelt in the performance of a miracle. opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up—The graphic minuteness of detail here imparts to the narrative an air of charming reality. read more
1. Peter’s ministry in Lydda and Joppa 9:32-43Luke now returned to Peter’s continuing ministry in Judea. Luke apparently recorded the healing of Aeneas and the raising of Tabitha to show that the gospel was being preached effectively in a region of Palestine that both Jews and Gentiles occupied. Peter, the apostle to the Jews, was responsible for its advancing farther into Gentile territory. Luke thereby helped his readers see the equality of Gentiles and Jews in the church as it continued to... read more
The raising of Tabitha at Joppa 9:36-43 read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:42
It became known for it was known, A.V.; on for in, A.V. As in Acts 9:35 , the result of the healing of the palsied man at Lydda was that very many "turned to the Lord," so here the like effect was produced at Joppa by the restoration of Dorcas to life. Many believed on the Lord . And St. John tells us ( John 20:31 ) that the very purpose of the record which he wrote of the miracles of Christ is "that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ... read more