Now at Joppa [Note: This was also a town on the west coast of Palestine, today called "Jaffa," and is now a part of Tel Aviv] there was a certain disciple named Tabitha (she was also called Dorcas, which means "Gazelle"). She practiced many good deeds and always gave money to poor people.
Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon [Note: These were seaport cities not under his jurisdiction]. They came to him as a group, having befriended Blastus, an officer of the king [Herod], and tried to arrange a peaceful relationship [with him] because the country was dependant on him for their food supply.
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.
Joppa joppa, now jaffa or yaffa, one of the most ancient sea-ports in the world, is situated in a fine plain on the shore of the mediterranean, between jamnia south and caesarea of palestine north, 150 stadia from antipatris, according to josephus, 30 miles south of caesarea, 12 miles north of ashdod, 9 miles west of ramla, and 40 miles west of jerusalem, according to modern authorities; and in lat
Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon [Note: These were seaport cities not under his jurisdiction]. They came to him as a group, having befriended Blastus, an officer of the king [Herod], and tried to arrange a peaceful relationship [with him] because the country was dependant on him for their food supply.
Joppa joppa, now jaffa or yaffa, one of the most ancient sea-ports in the world, is situated in a fine plain on the shore of the mediterranean, between jamnia south and caesarea of palestine north, 150 stadia from antipatris, according to josephus, 30 miles south of caesarea, 12 miles north of ashdod, 9 miles west of ramla, and 40 miles west of jerusalem, according to modern authorities; and in lat
Now at Joppa [Note: This was also a town on the west coast of Palestine, today called "Jaffa," and is now a part of Tel Aviv] there was a certain disciple named Tabitha (she was also called Dorcas, which means "Gazelle"). She practiced many good deeds and always gave money to poor people.