Acts 9:32
As Peter passed throughout all [quarters]. Visiting the churches of Judea.At Lydda. A town in the seacoast plain, now called Ludd, not far from Joppa. Here he healed a cripple of eight years.Acts 9:36
There was at Joppa. The seaport of Jerusalem from the times of David (2Ch 2:16) to the present day, situated in a fertile plain now celebrated for its fine oranges, of which vast quantities are shipped from the port. Here named as the home ofTabitha, or Dorcas in the Greek (meaning "gazelle"), a saintly Christian noted for her deeds of love.
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