And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord.
and it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord;
And it became known throughout the whole of Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.
Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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John 12:44Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
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He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”
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Acts 9:35and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
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The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
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John 12:11for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
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Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
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Acts 11:21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
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praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
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And it was known throughout all Joppa,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Many believed in the Lord - That is, in Christ Jesus, in whose name and through whose power they understood this miracle to be wrought. This miracle, as well as that at Lydda, was not only the means of strengthening the faith of the disciples, and gaining credit to the cause of Christianity, but also of bringing many sincere converts to the Lord, so that the Church was thereby both builded up and multiplied.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
The kneeling became the lowly servant, but not the Lord Himself, of whom it is never once recorded that he knelt in the performance of a miracle. opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up--The graphic minuteness of detail here imparts to the narrative an air of charming reality.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
