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Acts 9:43
And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Peter’s location and companionship immediately after the Joppa church’s growth, placing him in a coastal city before a pivotal vision. The words — The text uses μεῖναι (meinai) for “staying” and ἱκανὰς (hikanas) for “several” or “many,” emphasizing a deliberate, extended residence rather than a brief stopover. The thread — This location and host are repeated in Acts 10:6 and Acts 10:32, where the tanner Simon’s house by the sea serves as the designated meeting point for Peter’s next commission. Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to notice how God positions a prophet in an ordinary, ritually ambiguous dwelling before delivering a paradigm-shifting command.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
Cross-references
- Acts 10:6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
- Acts 10:32 Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’