Acts 9:36

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:36-43

The emphatic mark of Divine approbation which Christianity puts upon womanly kindness, in what may seem an humble sphere, and upon genuinely felt gratitude for it. The narrative is the more interesting as being the first subsequent to the Ascension, and among the Acts of the Apostles, which brings the deeds, the character, and the fame of a Christian woman into prominence. The share that Christianity has contributed in honoring women, and in raising them to occupy their own proper place,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 9:36

At Joppa - This was a seaport town situated on the Mediterranean, in the tribe of Dan, about 30 miles south of Caesarea, and 45 northwest of Jerusalem. It was the principal seaport of Palestine; and hence, though the harbor was poor, it hind considerable celebrity. It was occupied by Solomon to receive the timber brought for the building of the temple from Tyre 2 Chronicles 2:16, and was used for a similar purpose in the time of Ezra, Ezra 3:7. The present name of the town is Jaffa. It is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 9:36-38

Acts 9:36-38. There was at Joppa A noted seaport in the neighbourhood, lying on the Mediterranean sea, about forty miles from Jerusalem, and the nearest maritime town to it. It is mentioned in the Old Testament by the name of Japho, (see Joshua 19:46,) and was the place to which the materials for building Solomon’s temple were brought in floats by sea, and carried from thence by land to Jerusalem. It was here that Jonah took ship for Tarshish, (Jonah 1:3,) and, as it lay between Azotus... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 9:32-43

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 9:36

disciple . Greek. mathetria, the feminine form of mathetes. Only here. Tabitha . Aramaic. App-94 .:42. The Hebrew for roe or gazelle is Zebee. The feminine is found in 2 Kings 12:1 , there spelled Zibiah. by interpretation = being interpreted. Greek. diermeneuo. Here, Luk 24:27 . 1 Corinthians 12:30 ; 1 Corinthians 14:5 , 1Co 14:13 , 1 Corinthians 14:27 . Dorcas . Greek. for antelope, or gazelle. almsdeeds = alms. Greek. eleemosune, as in Acts 3:2 , read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 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.Joppa ... This city too belonged to the group mentioned under the preceding verse, being in fact the nearest thing to a good natural seaport belonging to Palestine; but its importance had been eclipsed by Caesarea. The Christian community here had doubtless begun in the same way as that of Lydda.Dorcas ... This is the Greek form of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 9:36

Acts 9:36. At Joppa— Another city of Phoenicia, lying upon the Mediterranean, and the nearest maritime town to Jerusalem, more than a day's journey distant from it,—about 40 miles; though some have said that Jerusalem might be seen from thence. We find it mentioned in the Old Testament by the name of Japho, as belonging to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 19:46. It was the place to which the materials for building Solomon's temple were brought in floats by sea, and carried thence by land to Jerusalem;... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 9:36

36-39. at Joppa—the modern Jaffa, on the Mediterranean, a very ancient city of the Philistines, afterwards and still the seaport of Jerusalem, from which it lies distant forty-five miles to the northwest. Tabitha . . . Dorcas—the Syro-Chaldaic and Greek names for an antelope or gazelle, which, from its loveliness, was frequently employed as a proper name for women [MEYER, OLSHAUSEN]. Doubtless the interpretation, as here given, is but an echo of the remarks made by the Christians regarding... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 9:32-43

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 9:36

The site of Joppa (modern Yafo, a suburb of Tel Aviv) was on the Mediterranean coast 10 miles west and a little north of Lydda. It was the ancient seaport for Jerusalem (cf. 2 Chronicles 2:16; Jonah 1:3). Tabitha (lit. "Gazelle") was a Jewish Christian, and she was a "disciple" (Gr. mathetria). This is the only place in the New Testament where the feminine form of the Greek word translated "disciple" appears. Her name Tabitha is Aramaic, but Dorcas is Greek. She had a marvelous reputation for... read more

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