Acts 9:35 NIV

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

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 9:35

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:35

All that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him - Saron was that champaign country that lay between Joppa and Lydda. The long affliction of this man had been well known; and his cure, consequently, became a subject of general examination: it was found to be real. It was known to have been performed by the grace and mercy of Christ; and the consequence of all this conviction was that all these people became Christians. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:35

Verse 35 35.And all those. His meaning is, that the miracle was published abroad, and was known throughout the whole city. For when the Scripture saith all, it doth not comprehend every one how many so ever it noteth; but it putteth all for the more part, or for many, or for the common sort of men. Therefore, the sense is, that whereas there was but a small number of godly men there, a great part of the people became members of the Church. And in this clause is expressed the fruit of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:31-43

Works of peace. It is a bright picture of happy and prosperous Church life that here opens. Peace "lay like a shaft of light athwart the land" of Judaea, Galilee, and Samaria. The work of edification, ever silent and sure like the growth of the tall palm, went on. There was the spirit of reverence and the sense of comfort and of joy in the presence of the Holy Spirit. That nation is happy whose life contributes few incidents that startle, changes that dismay, revolutions and wars that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:32-35

Wonderful ministry of the Apostle Peter. Introduction to what is about to be described—the extension of the apostolic ministry to the Gentiles. "Peter went through all quarters," i.e. where there were already Churches of believers. The general superintendence of the apostles was not in the way of despotic rule, but brotherly guidance. Situation of Lydda on the way to Joppa and so to Caesarea. But Peter's intention went no further than Joppa, i.e. not beyond the limits of present... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:32-35

One specimen of Christian activity. The history has for some little while veiled the Apostle Peter from view. He now appears again in an episode that catches our attention the more because of the things it leaves unsaid. Let us notice— I. THE MORE REMARKABLE FEATURES OF THE BRIEF NARRATIVE . 1. The picture is put before our eye, by the mere touch of the sacred pen, of the full measure of activity that characterizes Peter. He is not at home. He is "not slothful" and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:32-43

The fisher of men. "The Church had rest," we read in Acts 9:31 , "throughout all Judaea and Galilee." Not so the primate of the Church. The Church's rest from persecution was his season of work. A brief glimpse of his work may be edifying to us. We saw something of his ministry at Jerusalem in the earlier chapters of this book—preaching, praying, praising, healing, protesting, resisting, suffering, perplexing his enemies, exhorting and comforting the saints. We saw him carefully building... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:32-43

The miraculous and the supernatural. In these verses we have two instances of the miraculous; and we may consider what was the worth of that element then, and why it has passed away; we may also consider the truth that the supernatural—the directly though not visibly Divine—still abides and will continually endure. I. THE RATIONALE OF THE CHRISTIAN MIRACLE , wrought in the apostolic age. Then it was (or seems to us to have been) necessary. 1. It was regarded as of the... read more

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:35

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:35

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:31-43

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:32-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:32-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:32-43

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:32-43

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