Acts 9:42 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 9:42

This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
γνωστὸν	gnōston	Known	G1110 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	it became	G1096 →
καθ᾽	kath᾽	throughout	G2596 →
ὅλης	holēs	all	G3650 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰόππης,	Ioppēs	of Joppa,	G2445 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπίστευσαν	episteusan	believed	G4100 →
πολλοὶ	polloi	many	G4183 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
κύριον.	kurion	Lord.	G2962 →

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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Where the connections lead

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.

Through
John 12:44
Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
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.”
Through
Acts 9:35
and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
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.
Through
John 12:11
for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
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.
Through
Acts 11:21
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
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.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts