Acts 9:38

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Joppa wasn't far from Lydda, and the followers heard that Peter was there. They sent two men to say to him, “Please come with us as quickly as you can!”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:16

I will tell them to start cutting down trees in Lebanon. They will cut as many as you need, then tie them together into rafts, and float them down along the coast to Joppa. Your workers can take them to Jerusalem from there.

Ezra 3:7

King Cyrus of Persia had said the Israelites could have cedar trees brought from Lebanon to Joppa by sea. So they sent grain, wine, and olive oil to the cities of Tyre and Sidon as payment for these trees, and they gave money to the stoneworkers and carpenters.

Jonah 1:3

Instead, Jonah ran from the LORD. He went to the seaport of Joppa and bought a ticket on a ship that was going to Spain. Then he got on the ship and sailed away to escape.

Acts 10:5

Now send some men to Joppa for a man named Simon Peter.

Acts 10:8

He explained everything to them and sent them off to Joppa.

Acts 11:13

who told us that an angel had appeared to him. The angel had ordered him to send to Joppa for someone named Simon Peter.

Acts 11:26

He found Saul and brought him to Antioch, where they met with the church for a whole year and taught many of its people. There in Antioch the Lord's followers were first called Christians.

Acts 11:5

I was in the town of Joppa and was praying when I fell sound asleep and had a vision. I saw heaven open, and something like a huge sheet held by its four corners came down to me.

Acts 9:19

Then he ate and felt much better. For several days Saul stayed with the Lord's followers in Damascus.

Acts 9:32

While Peter was travelling from place to place, he visited the Lord's followers who lived in the town of Lydda.

Acts 9:36

In Joppa there was a follower named Tabitha. Her Greek name was Dorcas, which means “deer”. She was always doing good things for people and had given much to the poor.

Acts 9:42

Everyone in Joppa heard what had happened, and many of them put their faith in the Lord.

Acts 9:43

Peter stayed on for a while in Joppa in the house of a man named Simon, who made leather.