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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 9:32-35

Here we have, I. The visit Peter made to the churches that were newly planted by the dispersed preachers, Acts 9:32. 1. He passed through all quarters. As an apostle, he was not to be the resident pastor of any one church, but the itinerant visitor of many churches, to confirm the doctrine of inferior preachers, to confer the Holy Ghost on those that believed, and to ordain ministers. He passed dia panton?among them all, who pertained to the churches of Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, mentioned... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 9:36-43

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 called Japho. 2. Her name was Tabitha, a Hebrew name, the Greek for which is Dorcas, both signifying... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 9:32-43

9:32-43 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 to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Rise and make your bed." At once he stood up and all who lived at Lydda and at Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. In Joppa there was a disciple called Tabitha--Dorcas is the translation of her name. She was full of good works and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:33

And there he found a certain man ,.... In a house in that city, into which he entered: named Aeneas ; which is a Gentile name, and so might the person be; though there is mention made of this name among the Jews. We read of one R. Samuel Bar, אנייא "Aenea, or Aeneas" F12 T. Hieros. Yebamot, fol. 6. 2. & Midrash Kohelet, fol. 73. 3. ; but it was more common among the Greeks. Aeneas the Trojan is well known in history, who, after the destruction of Troy, went into Italy, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:34

And Peter said unto him, Aeneas , &c.; He called him by his name, which he might without divine revelation know, though he was a stranger to him, by the people of the house, where he was: Jesus Christ maketh thee whole ; Peter knew, by some secret impulse upon his mind, that Christ would cure this man by him as an instrument at this time, and therefore said these words; not as a prayer, as some render them, "may Jesus Christ heal thee", though was it so, it was a prayer of faith; but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:35

And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron ,.... Saron, which is here joined to Lydda, is the name of a fruitful country on the borders of the Mediterranean sea, between Joppa and Caesarea, beginning at Lydda. There were two countries in the land of Israel called Saron, as Jerom observes F14 De locis Hebraicis, fol. 94. M. ; there was one between Mount Tabor, and the lake of Tiberias; and there was another which reached from Caesarea of Palestine, to the town of Joppa; the former was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:36

Now there was at Joppa ,.... The same with Japho, Joshua 19:46 a sea port town in the tribe of Dan, said by some historians F23 Mela, l. 1. Solin. Polyhistor. c. 47. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 13. to be a very ancient one, even before the flood. It is now called Jaffa, and its name, in the Hebrew tongue, signifies beauty: some say it had its name from Jope, the daughter of Aeolus, the wife of Cepheus, the founder of it; and others derive it from the name of Japhet, because it looks... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:37

And it came to pass in those days ,.... While Peter was in those parts, and particularly at Lydda, which was near: that she was sick and died ; fell ill with some disorder, and died of it: whom, when they had washed ; as was the manner of the Jews; and this they did, even though it was on a sabbath day: for so their canon runs F6 Misn. Sabbat, c. 23. sect. 5. , "they do all the necessaries for the dead (on the sabbath), they anoint him, ומדיחין , "and they wash him";' yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:38

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 therefore it must be eight miles from thence to Joppa: and the disciples had heard that Peter was there ; and also no doubt that he had healed Aeneas of his palsy, and which might induce them to do as follows: they sent unto him two men ; very likely of their own company or church; for it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:39

Then Peter arose and went with them ,.... After the messengers had delivered their message, and made their request to Peter in the name of the brethren, he at once agreed to go with them, and accordingly did; whether he went to restore Dorcas to life, whose death the messengers had informed him of, and whether this was the view of the brethren with respect to that, is not certain. However, he might go with them on other accounts, as to comfort them under the loss of so valuable and useful a... read more

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