Acts 9:38
Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, "Come to us without delay."
Acts 9:36
Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.
2 Kings 4:28-30
She said, "Did I ask my master for a son? Didn't I say, 'Don't mislead me?'"
Acts 9:32
Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.
Acts 11:26
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.