John Gill Commentary Acts 9:42

"And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord." — Acts 9:42 (ASV)

And it was known throughout all Joppa
The report of such a miracle, and wrought upon a person of note, was soon spread all over the place, which was very large, for it was a city, as it is called, (Acts 11:5) , and it had, as Josephus ^F17 says, villages and little towns or cities round about it; all which might go by the name of Joppa, and throughout which the fame of this miracle might pass:

and many believed in the Lord ;
in the Lord Jesus Christ, whom Peter preached, and the saints in Joppa professed, and in whose name, and by whose power, this miracle was done.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F17: De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 4.