Luke
Acts 9:35ESV·traditional attribution

And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

John Calvin Reformed

When Scripture says all, it means the greater part, not literally every soul. The miracle spread through the city, and many became members of the Church. Men ruin miracles when they gaze at the signs themselves and forget that these tokens point to Christ's power and grace, meant to draw us to Him alone.

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Matthew Henry Presbyterian

Peter's work was not to settle in one place but to visit many churches, confirming doctrine, conferring the Holy Ghost, and ordaining ministers. He went about doing good like his Master, always on the move, yet Jerusalem remained his head-quarters. The saints are not a few eminent ones but every sincere professor of Christ's faith.

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Commenting on Acts 9:32-35

John Gill Reformed Baptist

Now there was at Joppa,.... The same with Japho, Jos 19:46 a sea port town in the tribe of Dan, said by some historians (w) to be a very ancient one, even before the flood. It is now called Jaffa, and its name, in the Hebrew tongue, signifies beauty: some say it had its name from Jope, the daughter of Aeolus, the wife of Cepheus...