Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
at Joppa—the modern Jaffa, on the Mediterranean, a very ancient city of the Philistines, afterwards and still the seaport of Jerusalem, from which it lies distant forty-five miles to the northwest.
Tabitha . . . Dorcas—the Syro-Chaldaic and Greek names for an antelope or gazelle, which, from its loveliness, was frequently employed as a proper name for women [MEYER, OLSHAUSEN]. Doubtless the interpretation, as here given, is but an echo of the remarks made by the Christians regarding her—how well her character answered to her name.
full of good works and alms-deeds—eminent for the activities and generosities of the Christian character.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 9:36:
Acts 9:32-35
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