Acts 9:42

Acts 9:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.

Context of Acts 9:42

40Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up. 41He gave her his hand and helped her stand up. He called the saints and widows and presented her alive. This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. 43Peter stayed for some time in Joppa with Simon, a leather tanner.

Acts 9:42 word by word

γνωστὸν δὲ ἐγένετο καθ᾽ ὅλης τῆς Ἰόππης, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν πολλοὶ ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• it wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• knownγνωστός, γνώριμοςgnōstos · acquainted withG1110
• throughoutκατάkata · according toG2596
• allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• Joppaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JoppaἸόππηIoppē · JoppaG2445
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• believedπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for Acts 9:42

• Acts 9:35So all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
• Acts 11:21The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
• Acts 19:17When this became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, they became afraid, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high esteem.
• John 11:4When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
• John 12:11because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.

Commentaries on Acts 9:42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42Many 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42And many believed … - A similar effect followed when Jesus raised up Lazarus. See John 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-43Verses 36-43 Many are full of good words, who are empty and barren in good works; but Tabitha was a great doer, no great talker. Christians who have not property to give in charity, may yet be able to do acts of charity, working with their hands, or walking with their feet, for the good of others. Those are certainly best praised whose own works praise them, whether the words of others do so or not. But such are ungrateful indeed, who have kindness shown…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-43These verses describe Peter’s traveling ministry in Judea, especially in towns along the seacoast. As he traveled, God gave him power to do miracles. Peter healed a man named Aeneas and raised a woman named Dorcas from the dead. Jesus had promised that his disciples would do such works (John 14:12). Luke often tells stories in pairs. For example, he tells of a man being healed and then a woman being healed (see Luke 13:10–17; 14:1–6). In this passage…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4340-43. Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down--the one in imitation of his Master's way (Lu 8:54; and compare 2Ki 4:33); the other, in striking contrast with it. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 9:42

• Church
• Dorcas
• Faith
• Joppa
• Miracles
• Peter

In the dictionaries

• Joppa
• Joppa, or Japho
• In the Lord
• Authority
• Confound
• Forthwith
• Kick
• Peter
• Tabitha
• Acts of the Apostles

Commentaries on Acts 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings