Acts 9:43

43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

Ver. 43. With one Simon a tanner ] Of mean rank and despicable, but religious and hospitable. Of such, and not of great ones, consisted this Church of Christ at Joppa. The poor are gospellized, ευαγγελιζονται , Matthew 11:5 . The lesser fishes bite soonest. Grandior solet esse Deus in parvulis, quam in magnis. See Trapp on " Act 10:6 "