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



Ver. 43. With one Simon a tanner] Of mean rank and despicable, but religious and hospitable. Of such, and not of great ones, consisted this Church of Christ at Joppa. The poor are gospellized, åõáããåëéæïíôáé , Mat_11:5. The lesser fishes bite soonest. Grandior solet esse Deus in parvulis, quam in magnis. {See Trapp on "Act_10:6"}