Peter stayed in Joppa at the home of Simon the Tanner – the reputed site of which can still be visited today. Today it has been superceded as a port by the larger artificial docks at Ashkelon, but the old harbour area of Joppa has become a popular retreat for holiday crowds spilling over from the crowded sandy beaches of Tel Aviv immediately to the north. It was an important commercial centre that would have been bustling with life when Peter visited it in 35AD. Joppa (modern-day Jaffa) was the only natural harbour on the coast between Egypt and Phoenicia (see Map 19). Peter prays for her, and the dead woman comes back to life. Lod, today, is the site of Tel Aviv’s international airport.Īcts 9:36-43 Peter is called to the port of Joppa where Tabitha (‘Dorcas’ in Greek, meaning a ‘gazelle’), one of the believers, has died. He heals Aeneas who has been bedridden for eight years. He and John are arrested by the temple guards and told not to preach.Īcts 5:1-16 As the leader of the church in Jerusalem over the next few years, Peter rebukes Ananias and Sapphira when they lie about the money they have received from selling some land.Īcts 5:17-42 Peter is the spokesperson when he and another apostle are arrested in Jerusalem.Īcts 8:14-24 Peter and John go to Sebaste in Samaria in 35AD and pray for the new Samaritan believers to be filled with the Holy Spirit (see 1 on Map 19).Īcts 8:25 They return to Jerusalem, sharing their message en route in many villages in Samaria.Īcts 9:32-35 Later in the year, Peter visits the believers in Lydda (called Lod in the Old Testament) (see 2 on Map 19). Three thousand who hear his message become believers.Īcts 3:1-4:22 Peter heals a lame man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple (see Map 12). Acts 2:14-41 Peter spreads the Good News in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost in 30AD.