Acts 9:42
in Acts 9This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
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ASV
And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord.
KJV
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
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This verse in Acts 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verseMany 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.
This site's exposition
many believed in the Lord
on Acts 9:42-43
It was known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord, the miracle again serving the word rather than standing alone as a display, the pattern Luke keeps across every sign in this book. Peter tarries many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner, a trade Jewish custom treated as ritually questionable work because it handled dead animal skins, and Peter's willingness to lodge there already shows a man whose boundaries are loosening before the next chapter's vision makes the point explicit. The detail is easy to read past, yet the bench notes it as Luke's own quiet preparation for what Peter is about to be shown on that same rooftop.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord." Mark the gain, mark the fruit, that it was not for display.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
In other respects he was well enough, as touching the righteousness which is of the law, blameless, a man of no ill morals, but a blasphemer of Christ, a persecutor of Christians, and injurious to both, 1 Tim. i. And so ill informed was his conscience that he thought he ought to do what he did against the name of Christ ( ch. xxvi.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And many believed ... - A similar effect followed when Jesus raised up Lazarus. See Joh 12:11. This was the first miracle of this kind that was performed by the apostles. The effect was that many believed. It was not merely a work of benevolence, in restoring to life one who contributed largely to the comfort of the poor, but it was a means of extending and establishing, as it was designed doubtless to do, the kingdom of the Saviour.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| γνωστὸν | gnoston | Known | G1110 → | 15 times |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| ἐγένετο | egeneto | it became | G1096 → | 667 times |
| καθ᾽ | kath᾽ | throughout | G2596 → | 468 times |
| ὅλης | holes | all | G3650 → | 109 times |
| τῆς | tes | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Ἰόππης, | ioppes | of Joppa, | G2445 → | 10 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐπίστευσαν | episteusan | believed | G4100 → | 237 times |
| πολλοὶ | polloi | many | G4183 → | 367 times |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 → | 883 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κύριον. | kurion | Lord. | G2962 → | 711 times |
γνωστὸνKnown
gnostonG1110 →15 times
δὲthen
deG1161 →2765 times
ἐγένετοit became
egenetoG1096 →667 times
καθ᾽throughout
kath᾽G2596 →468 times
ὅληςall
holesG3650 →109 times
τῆς<the>
tesG3588 →19766 times
Ἰόππης,of Joppa,
ioppesG2445 →10 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐπίστευσανbelieved
episteusanG4100 →237 times
πολλοὶmany
polloiG4183 →367 times
ἐπὶon
epiG1909 →883 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
κύριον.Lord.
kurionG2962 →711 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 12:44Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
it leads to
- Matthew 10:40
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
- John 5:24
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.
- John 13:20
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
- Mark 9:37
“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.”
- Matthew 10:40
Through
Acts 9:35and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
it leads to
- Acts 11:21
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
- Acts 11:21
Through
John 12:11for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
it leads to
- John 11:45
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
- John 12:18
That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
- John 11:45
Through
Acts 11:21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
it leads to
- Acts 2:47
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
- Acts 2:47
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on Acts; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 21; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.