Acts 9:38

Plain English Version

Joppa was near Lydda, and the Christians in Joppa heard that Peter was in Lydda. So they sent 2 men to Lydda, and those men asked Peter, “Please come to Joppa with us right now.”

Cross References

Acts 10:5

So send some men to Joppa to find a man called Peter.

Acts 10:8

Cornelius told them everything that happened, and then he told them to go to Joppa and get Peter.

Acts 11:13

That man told us that he saw an angel in his house, a few days ago. The angel said to him, ‘Peter has a message for you, so send somebody to Joppa to get him. He will tell you how God can save you, and your family, and everyone else in your house too.’

Acts 11:26

He found Saul there, and he took him back to Antioch. They both stayed there for a year, and they met with the Christians in the church there, and they kept on teaching them. A lot of people in Antioch followed Jesus, and that was the place where people first used the name Christians for the people that followed Jesus Christ.

Acts 11:5

He said, “I was in the town called Joppa, and I was praying, and I had something like a dream, but I was still awake. I saw something like a big sheet with things in it. Somebody was holding on to the 4 corners, and they let it come down from the sky to me.

Acts 9:19

Then he ate some food, and he got strong again. Saul stayed in Damascus for a few days with the people that followed Jesus.

Acts 9:32

After that, Peter went around visiting God’s people that lived in Judea country, and he went to the town called Lydda.

Acts 9:36

There was a Christian woman that lived in a town called Joppa. Her name was Tabitha. Her name in the Greek language was Dorcas. She always did good things and helped poor people.

Acts 9:42

Those people that saw her alive, they started telling other people about it, and soon everybody in Joppa heard that story, and a lot of people believed in our leader Jesus.

Acts 9:43

Peter stayed in Joppa for a long time. He lived with a man called Simon. Simon was a leather worker.