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 all these women out of the room. He went down on his knees and he prayed to God. Then he turned his head towards the dead woman and he said, ‘Tabitha, stand up!’ She opened her eyes. When she saw Peter, she sat up. 41Peter held her hand and he helped her to stand up. Then he told the widows and all the believers to come into the room. He showed them that Dorcas was alive again. People everywhere in Joppa heard what had happened. As a result, many more people believed in the Lord Jesus. 43Peter stayed in Joppa for many days. He stayed with a man called Simon, who was a 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 9:35Many people who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw Aeneas. They saw that he was now well and they believed in the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 11:21The Lord God helped these men with his power. Very many people believed their message and they trusted in the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 19:17All the Jews and Gentiles who lived in Ephesus heard about this. They became very afraid. Now they respected the name of the Lord Jesus very much. They knew that he was very powerful.
• John 11:4Jesus heard the message. Then he said, ‘This illness will not finish with Lazarus's death. No, its purpose is to show how great God is. Because of this, people will see how great God's Son is.’
• John 12:11They wanted to do that because many Jews now refused to obey them. Instead, these Jews believed in Jesus because of what he had done for Lazarus.

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