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Joppa

Joppa (Biblical Place • 32.054°N, 34.750°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:46 , 2 Chr 2:16 , Ezra 3:7 , Jonah 1:3 , Acts 9:36 , Acts 9:38 . It is closely linked with Acts 10 ( Acts • Chapter 10 (48 verses)): There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the d... Mentions: Simon , Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Caesarea , Joppa , Galilee , Nazareth , Jerusalem .

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Joppa (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:46 , 2 Chr 2:16 , Ezra 3:7 , Jonah 1:3 , Acts 9:36 , Acts 9:38 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 9:42 : "And it was known throughout all Joppa ; and many believed in the Lord."; Acts 10:5 : "And now send men to Joppa , and call for one Simon , whose surname is Peter:"; Acts 10:8 : "And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 10 ( Acts • Chapter 10 (48 verses)), Acts 11 ( Acts • Chapter 11 (30 verses)), Jonah 1 ( Jonah • Chapter 1 (17 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Joppa
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Biblical Place • 32.054°N, 34.750°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:46 , 2 Chr 2:16 , Ezra 3:7 , Jonah 1:3 , Acts 9:36 , Acts 9:38 .

Acts 10
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Acts • Chapter 10 (48 verses)

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the d... Mentions: Simon , Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Caesarea , Joppa , Galilee , Nazareth , Jerusalem .

Acts 11
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Acts • Chapter 11 (30 verses)

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem , they that were of the circumcision contended with him, Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Saul , Jerusalem , Joppa , Caesarea , Phoenicia , Cyprus .

Jonah 1
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Jonah • Chapter 1 (17 verses)

Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh , that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa ; and he found a... Mentions: Nineveh , Tarshish , Joppa .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 13 (53 verses)

And Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a mighty host to come into the land of Judah , and destroy it utterly. And he saw that the people trembled and was in great fear; and he went up to Jerusalem , and gathered the people together; and he encouraged them, and said to t... Mentions: Simon , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Judas , Jonathan , Jerusalem , Joppa , Ptolemais , Gilead , Asia .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 11 (74 verses)

And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of the cit... Mentions: Jonathan , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Mattathias , Judas , Egypt , Syria , Ptolemais , Azotus , Joppa .

The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 12 (45 verses)

So when these covenants had been made, Lysias departed to the king, and the Jews went about their husbandry. But certain of the governors of districts, Timotheus and Apollonius the son of Gennaeus, and Hieronymus also and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus ... Mentions: Judas , Joshua , Cyprus , Joppa , Jerusalem , Jericho , Ephron 1 .

Ezra 3
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Ezra • Chapter 3 (13 verses)

And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem . Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and his brethren, and b... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zerubbabel , Shealtiel , Moses , Judah , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Tyre , Lebanon , Joppa .

2 Chronicles 2
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon se... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Dan , Tyre , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Joppa .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 14 (49 verses)

And in the hundred and seventy and second year king Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media , to get him help, that he might fight against Tryphon. And Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media , heard that Demetrius was come into his borders, and he sent one of hi... Mentions: Simon , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Judas , Mattathias , Media, Persia , Joppa , Rome , Jerusalem .

Jonah
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Old Testament • 4 Chapters

Jonah (Old Testament, 4 chapters). Key places: Nineveh , Tarshish , Joppa . Opens with: "Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,..."

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 12 (53 verses)

And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose men, and sent them to Rome , to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them. And to the Spartans, and to other places, he sent letters after the same manner. And they went to Rome , and entered into the senate hou... Mentions: Jonathan , Judah , Abram/Abraham , Simon , Jacob/Israel , Rome, Jerusalem , Hamath , Damascus , Joppa .

Acts 9
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Acts • Chapter 9 (43 verses)

And Saul , yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest , And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusale... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Damascus , Jerusalem , Straight , Tarsus , Caesarea .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 10 (89 verses)

And in the hundred and sixties year Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, went up and took possession of Ptolemais : and they received him, and he reigned there. And king Demetrius heard thereof, and he gathered together exceeding great forces, and went forth to meet him in ... Mentions: Jonathan , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Ptolemais , Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Egypt .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 15 (41 verses)

And Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon the priest and governor of the Jews, and to all the nation; and the contents thereof were after this manner: King Antiochus to Simon the chief priest and governor, and to the nation of the J... Mentions: Simon, Jerusalem , Dor , Rome , Samos , Pamphylia .

The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 4 (50 verses)

But the aforesaid Simon , he who had given information of the money, and had betrayed his country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus, and made himself the author of these evils. And him that was the benefactor of the city, and the guardian of his ... Mentions: Simon , Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , Phoenicia , Jerusalem , Antioch 1 , Tyre , Egypt .

1 Esdras 5
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1 Esdras • Chapter 5 (73 verses)

After this were the chiefs of fathers’ houses chosen to go up according to their tribes, with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their cattle. And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had brought them back to Jerusalem ... Mentions: Aaron , Yeshua the Messiah , David , Judah , Moab , Jerusalem , Persia , Babylon , Elam .

Jerusalem — Historic Jaffa Gate & Western City Walls 0:51
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Historical video footage recording the main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem from the coastal plain and Mediterranean port of Joppa .

Lumière Brothers Historical Cinema (1897) • Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of the Early Church Spread in Judea, Samaria & Antioch
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Expansion of the Gospel from Pentecost in Jerusalem through Samaria , Damascus , Joppa , Caesarea , and Antioch .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
2 Chronicles
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Old Testament • 36 Chapters

2 Chronicles (Old Testament, 36 chapters). Key figures: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Judah , Dan . Key places: Gibeon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Syria , Tyre , Lebanon . Opens with: "And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly...."

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 15 Chapters

The Second Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 15 chapters). Key figures: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Judas , Jonathan , Moses . Key places: Jerusalem , Egypt , Persia , Cyrene , Asia , Phoenicia . Opens with: "THE brethren, the Jews that are in Jerusalem and they that are in the country of Judaea, send greeting to the brethren, the Jews that are th..."

Joshua 19
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Joshua • Chapter 19 (51 verses)

And the second lot came forth to Simeon , even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah . And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, or Sheba , and Moladah , And Hazar–shual, and ... Mentions: Simeon, Judah , Zebulun , Japhia , Issachar , Sheba , Moladah , Balah , Ezem , Eltolad .

ἀκροβυστία
akrobystia (akrobystía) [ak-rob-oos-tee'-ah]
G0203 Greek noun feminine 20x
the prepuce, foreskin, uncircumcision

Primary meaning: the prepuce, foreskin, uncircumcision, the uncircumcised. Strong's: the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person. Lexical nuances: the prepuce , foreskin (LXX), hence abstr., uncircumcision : Ac 11:3 , Ro 2:25-27 3:30 4:10-12 , I Co 7:18-19 , Ga 5:6 6:15 , Col 2:13 3:11 . By meton., the uncircumcised : Ro 4:9 , Ga 2:7 , Eph 2:11 .†

Derivation: from G206 (ἄκρον) and probably a modified form of (the penis or male sexual organ);
ἔθνος
ethnos (éthnos) [eth'-nos]
G1484 Greek noun neuter 162x
a multitude, a company, a nation, people, the nations

Primary meaning: a multitude, a company, a nation, people, the nations, Gentiles. Strong's: a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan). Lexical nuances: a multitude, a company , whether of beasts or men (Hom.). a nation, people : Mt 21:43 24:7 , Mk 13:8 , Lk 22:25 , Ac 10:35 , al.; in sing., of the Jewish people, Lk 7:5 23:2 , Jo 11:48 , 50-53 18:35 , Ac 10:22 24:3 , 10 26:4 28:19 . In pl., as in OT, τὰ ἔ. (like Heb. הַגּוֹיִם ), the nations , as distinct from Israel, Gentiles : Mt 4:15 6:32 , Ac 26:17 , Ro 3:29 11:11 15:10 , Ga 2:8 , al.; of G...

Derivation: probably from G1486 (ἔθω);
Book of Jonah 9:01
Book of Jonah
Connected via Jonah VIDEO 42%
VIDEO • overview

Overview of Jonah presenting a subversive satire of a rebellious prophet fleeing God's mercy, contrasting pagan repentance with religious prejudice against God's compassion for Nineveh .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Mark 16
Connected via Acts 10 42% Chapter
Mark • Chapter 16 (20 verses)

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James , and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they said amo... Mentions: Mary, James ( Jacob ), Yeshua the Messiah , Nazareth , Galilee .

μάρτυς
martys (mártys) [mar'-toos]
G3144 Greek noun masculine 35x
a witness

Primary meaning: a witness. Strong's: a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr". Lexical nuances: a witness : Ac 10:41 , I Ti 6:12 , II Ti 2:2 , He 12:1 (Westc., in l.); in forensic sense, Mt 18:16 26:65 , Mk 14:63 , Ac 6:13 7:58 , II Co 13:1 , I Ti 5:19 , He 10:28 ; c. gen. obj., Lk 24:48 , Ac 1:22 2:32 3:15 5:32 10:39 26:16 , I Pe 5:1 ; c. gen. poss., Ac 1:8 13:31 , Re 11:3 ; c. dat. pers., Lk 11:48 , Ac 22:15 ; of Christ, Re 1:5 3:14 ; of God, Ro 1:9 , II Co 1:23 , Phl 1:8 , I Th 2:5 , 1...

Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
Acts Part 1 (Chapters 1–12) 8:16
Acts Part 1 (Chapters 1–12)
Connected via Acts 10 VIDEO 42%
VIDEO • overview

Overview of Acts 1 –12 showing the Risen Jesus empowering his followers with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost , the bold multi-ethnic community in Jerusalem , and early expansion across Judea and Samaria .

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Ἰουδαῖος
Ioudaios (Ioudaîos) [ee-oo-dah'-yos]
G2453 Greek proper noun / adjective masculine 193x
Jewish, a Jew, Judæa

Primary meaning: Jewish, a Jew, Judæa. Strong's: Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah. Lexical nuances: Jewish : ἀνήρ , Ac 10:28 22:3 ; ἄνθρωπος , Ac 21:39 ; ψευδοπροφήτης , 13:6 ; ἀσχιερεύς , 19:14 ; γυνή , 16:1 24:24 ; γῆ , Jo 3:22 ; χώρα , Mk 1:5 . Substantively, Ἰουδαῖος, ὁ , a Jew : Jo 4:9 , Ac 18:24 , Ro 2:28 ; pl., Re 2:9 3:9 ; οἱ Ἰ. , Mt 2:2 , Mk 7:3 , Jo 2:6 , al.; Ἰ. τε καὶ Ἕλληνες , Ac 14:1 , al.; κ. προσήλυτοι , Ac 2:10 ; ἔθνη τε κ. Ἰ. , Ac 14:5 ; οἱ κατὰ τὰ ἔθνη Ἰ. , Ac 21:21 ; of Je...

Derivation: from G2448 (Ἰουδά) (in the sense of G2455 (Ἰούδας) as a country);
Caesarea Maritima Aqueduct — Roman Coastal Channel
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Herodian and Hadrianic high-level aqueduct carrying fresh spring water from Mount Carmel to the port city of Caesarea .

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
προσευχή
proseuche (proseuchḗ) [pros-yoo-khay']
G4335 Greek noun feminine 36x
prayer, prayer to God, a place of prayer

Primary meaning: prayer, prayer to God, a place of prayer. Strong's: prayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel). Lexical nuances: prayer to God: Mt 17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.) 21:22 , Mk 9:29 , Lk 22:45 , Ac 3:1 6:4 10:31 , Ro 12:12 , I Co 7:5 , Col 4:2 ; pl., Ac 2:42 10:4 , Ro 1:10 , Eph 1:16 , Col 4:12 , I Th 1:2 , Phm 4 , 22 , I Pe 3:7 4:7 , Re 5:8 8:3 , 4 ; οἶκος προσευχῆς , Mt 21:13 , Mk 11:17 , Lk 19:46 (LXX); π. καὶ δέησις , Eph 6:18 , Phl 4:6 ; pl., I Ti 2:1 5:5 ; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ , prayer to God (cf. Wi 16:28 ), Lk 6:1...

Derivation: from G4336 (προσεύχομαι);
μαρτυρέω
martyreo (martyréō) [mar-too-reh'-o]
G3140 Greek verb 76x
to be a witness, bear witness, testify

Primary meaning: to be a witness, bear witness, testify, to witness favourably. Strong's: to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: prop., to be a witness , bear witness , testify : absol. (Pind., al.), Jo 15:27 , Ac 26:5 ; parenthetical (Bl., § 79, 7; MM, xvi), II Co 8:3 ; c. dat. pers. (comm. et incomm.; Bl., § 37, 2), Ac 22:5 , He 10:15 ; id. seq. ὅτι , Mt 23:31 , Ro 10:2 , al.; acc. et inf., Ac 10:43 ; c. acc. rei (cl.), Jo 3:11 , Re 22:16 , 20 ; c. acc. cogn., seq. περί , Jo 5:32 , I Jo 5:10 ; c. dat. rei, Jo 5:33 , Ac...

Derivation: from G3144 (μάρτυς);
Luke 4
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Luke • Chapter 4 (44 verses)

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan , and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the So... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Joseph , Jacob/Israel , Naaman , Simon , Jordan , Jerusalem , Galilee , Nazareth , Capernaum .

διακονία
diakonia (diakonía) [dee-ak-on-ee'-ah]
G1248 Greek noun feminine 34x
the office and work of a

Primary meaning: the office and work of a. Strong's: attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate). Lexical nuances: the office and work of a διάκονος , service, ministry ;

Derivation: from G1249 (διάκονος);
θύω
thyo (thýō) [thoo'-o]
G2380 Greek verb 14x
to offer, to sacrifice, offer sacrifice

Primary meaning: to offer, to sacrifice, offer sacrifice, to slay. Strong's: properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e. (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose). Lexical nuances: to offer first fruits to a god.

Derivation: a primary verb;

Scripture Passages (13)

And it was known throughout all Joppa ; and many believed in the Lord.

Acts 10:5 (KJV)
Acts 10 KJV

And now send men to Joppa , and call for one Simon , whose surname is Peter:

Acts 10:8 (KJV)
Acts 10 KJV

And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa .

And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

Acts 10:23 (KJV)
Acts 10 KJV

Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

Acts 11:13 (KJV)
Acts 11 KJV

And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa , and call for Simon , whose surname is Peter;

And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa , and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

Acts 10:32 (KJV)
Acts 10 KJV

Send therefore to Joppa , and call hither Simon , whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

And we will cut wood out of Lebanon , as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa ; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem .

Acts 11:5 (KJV)
Acts 11 KJV

I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre , to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa , according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia .

Jonah 1:3 (KJV)
Jonah 1 KJV

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa ; and he found a ship going to Tarshish : so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

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