Acts 9:43
in Acts 9And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, that he abode many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
KJV
And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
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This verse in Acts 9
Commentary
9 notes on this verseNotice the complete absence of arrogance in Peter. Having performed such a great miracle, he seeks lodging not with her nor with any other notable person, but with Simon the tanner; he is not ashamed of lowly people and does not give the great occasion …
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 Fathers2 voices
Peter does not remain attached to any one of the notable men, but to the tanner, leading us through all things into humility, neither letting the lowly be ashamed nor the great be proud. For those who believed through the miracles desired his teaching concerning …
"And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner." Mark the unassuming conduct, mark the moderation of Peter, how he does not make his abode with this lady, or some other person of distinction, but with a tanner: by all his acts leading men to humility, neither suffering the mean to be ashamed, nor the great to be elated! "Many days;" for they needed his instruction, who had believed through the miracles.
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 Century1 voice
He tarried many days in Joppa - Taking advantage of the good impression made on the people’s minds by the miracle, he preached to them the great truths of Christianity, and thus established them in the faith. Simon a tanner - Whether the original word βυρσευς signifies a tanner or a currier, is of little consequence. The person who dealt in the hides, whether of clean or unclean animals, could not be in high repute among the Jews. Even in Joppa, the trade appears to have been reputed unclean; and therefore this Simon had his house by the sea side.
2 more voices on this verse
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
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
with one Simon a tanner--a trade regarded by the Jews as half unclean, and consequently disreputable, from the contact with dead animals and blood which was connected with it. For this reason, even by other nations, it is usually carried on at some distance from towns; accordingly, Simon's house was "by the seaside" (Ac 10:6).
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The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐγένετο | egeneto | It came to pass | G1096 → | 667 times |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| ἡμέρας | hemeras | days | G2250 → | 389 times |
| ἱκανὰς | hikanas | many | G2425 → | 39 times |
| μεῖναι | meinai | staying | G3306 → | 118 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| Ἰόππῃ | ioppe | Joppa | G2445 → | 10 times |
| παρά | para | with | G3844 → | 192 times |
| τινι | tini | a certain | G5100 → | 528 times |
| Σίμωνι | simoni | Simon | G4613 → | 75 times |
| βυρσεῖ.¶ | bursei | a tanner. | G1038 → | 3 times |
ἐγένετοIt came to pass
egenetoG1096 →667 times
δὲthen
deG1161 →2765 times
ἡμέραςdays
hemerasG2250 →389 times
ἱκανὰςmany
hikanasG2425 →39 times
μεῖναιstaying
meinaiG3306 →118 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
ἸόππῃJoppa
ioppeG2445 →10 times
παράwith
paraG3844 →192 times
τινιa certain
tiniG5100 →528 times
ΣίμωνιSimon
simoniG4613 →75 times
βυρσεῖ.¶a tanner.
burseiG1038 →3 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Acts 10:6He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
it leads to
- Romans 10:14–17
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without…
- Ephesians 4:8–12
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
- Acts 11:13–14
He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
- John 7:17
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- Acts 9:6
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Romans 10:14–17
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on Acts; 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); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.