Acts 9:32-43

1. Peter’s ministry in Lydda and Joppa 9:32-43

Luke now returned to Peter’s continuing ministry in Judea. Luke apparently recorded the healing of Aeneas and the raising of Tabitha to show that the gospel was being preached effectively in a region of Palestine that both Jews and Gentiles occupied. Peter, the apostle to the Jews, was responsible for its advancing farther into Gentile territory. Luke thereby helped his readers see the equality of Gentiles and Jews in the church as it continued to expand (cf. Ephesians 2:11 to Ephesians 3:12).