Acts 9:42
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Acts 9:42 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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World English Bible Public Domain
And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And it was knowen throughout all Ioppa, and many beleeued in the Lord.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And it was made known throughout all Joppe; and many believed in the Lord.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord;
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the LORD;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
This matter became known throughout all Joppa, and many people believed on the Lord.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And it became known throughout the whole of Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And it was known throughout all Joppa: and many believed in the Lord.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
The news spread through the whole of Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And it was knowne throwout all Ioppa and many beleved on the Lorde.
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- Appears 10× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Acts 9:36
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Case
- Genitive
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Feminine
Full Thayer's Definition
- γνωστὸν gnōstós G1110 “known” Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Neuter
- δὲ dé G1161 “but” Conjunction
- ἐγένετο gínomai G1096 “to become” Verb, Aorist, Middle deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- καθ’ katá G2596 “down” Preposition
- ὅλης hólos G3650 “all” Adjective, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- τῆς ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- Ἰόππης Ióppē G2445 “Joppa” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἐπίστευσαν pisteúō G4100 “to believe” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- πολλοὶ polýs G4183 “many” Adjective, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
- ἐπὶ epí G1909 “upon” Preposition
- τὸν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- κύριον kýrios G2962 “Lord” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 13
- words
- 12
- distinct lemmas
- Acts
- section
Cross-references
7Topical passages linked to Acts 9:42 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- John 11:45 Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.
- John 12:11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
- John 12:44 Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.
- Acts 9:35 All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
- Acts 11:21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
- John 11:4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."
- Acts 19:17–18 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Lesson kit
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Acts, in the Acts, opens this verse with 13 words (12 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Ióppē (“Joppa”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word Ióppē carries the sense “Joppa.” How does it shape the verse?
- Acts 9:36 shares the word «Joppa» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “the” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Reading how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Expositor's Greek Testament read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 1 word in this verse.
- “the” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 12 distinct Greek lemmas span 13 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Acts 9:42 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Calvin's Commentaries
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries
J. W. McGarvey
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.