Acts 9:36

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 9:36-43

The raising of Tabitha at Joppa 9:36-43 read more

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 9:36

9:36 Dorcas. (b-17) Meaning, 'a gazelle.' read more

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:1-43

Saul Becomes a Christian1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The way for it may have been prepared by Stephen’s speech, by the spectacle of the constancy of the Christian martyrs, and by Saul’s own consciousness of the imperfections of the Law (Romans 7:7 to Romans 8:11). Yet there is no indication that he was anything but a violent enemy of Christianity until the moment of his conversion. His own language on this point is quite clear (1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:36

(36) There was at Joppa. . . .—The Hebrew form of the name, Japho (pronounced Yapho), appears in Joshua 19:46, but the English version more commonly gives the better-known Joppa, as in 2 Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7; Jonah 1:3). It was famous in Greek legends as the spot where Andromeda had been bound when she was delivered by Perseus (Strabo, xvi., p. 759; Jos. Wars, i. 6, § 2). The town stood on a hill so high that it was said (though this is not in conformity with the fact) that Jerusalem could... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 9:1-43

Acts 9:0 Dr. Marcus Dods wrote at the age of sixteen to his sister Marcia: 'Do you ever get any Greek read now? I can tell you what I think a most beautiful passage Saul's conversion in the Acts; you should read it, and also "Your old men shall dream dreams, etc."' Early Letters, p. 30. Reference. IX. 1, 2. F. D. Maurice, The Acts of the Apostles, p. 120. The Making of an Apostle (The Conversion of St. Paul) Acts 9:1-9 This is the story of one of those profoundly significant events in... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 9:1-43

CHAPTER 9 1. The vision of Glory on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-9 ). 2. Instructions given to Ananias (Acts 9:10-16 ). 3. Saul filled with the Spirit, is baptized and preaches that Jesus is the Son of God (Acts 9:17-22 ). 4. Saul persecuted and back in Jerusalem (Acts 9:23-31 ). 5. Further Acts of Peter (Acts 9:32-43 ). The previous chapter must be looked upon in its main part as a parenthesis. The record now leads us back to the close of the seventh, and the person who was connected... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 9:36

9:36 {11} 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.(11) Peter clearly declares, by raising up a dead body through the name of Christ, that he preaches the glad tidings of life. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:1-43

Philip the evangelist is now put in the background, as the Spirit of God begins a work of another kind, using a most unexpected workman. Saul was filled with strongest animosity toward the disciples, determined to crush Christianity out of existence. He secured authority from the high priest to go to Damascus, in Syria, with the object of taking prisoner any Jews who had embraced Christianity, and bringing them to Jerusalem to face imprisonment or martyrdom. He was not deterred by the fact... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Acts 9:31-43

DOOR OPENED TO GENTILES The closing of chapter 9 shows Peter on a tour of visitation, and the instrument of two great miracles, it being significant that the greater of the two was in answer to prayer (Acts 9:40 ). Almost all the commentators regard these miracles as having a bearing on the crisis of the church recorded in the next chapter. In that chapter Peter is again to use the “keys,” this time in opening the door of the gospel to the Gentiles. Indeed, since the occupation of a tanner... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Acts 9:32-43

Chapter 27 Prayer Almighty God, we have come through rugged places that we might enter into thy house. The week has been as a wilderness, and all its days have been stony places, yet all the while we have been set in the direction of God's house, and today we feel its holy peace. Give us rest in thy house, thou God of saints. Here may we know the mystery of completeness, which is the mystery of peace. Make us whole in Christ; complete in him; wanting in nothing, so that we may stand before... read more

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