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PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCRIPTURAL SITES
Joppa
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Here Peter received the vision directing him to take the gospel to the Gentiles (see Acts 10).
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Looking northwestward over the port city of Joppa.
Significant Events:
Jonah went to Joppa to take a ship to Tarshish ( Jonah 1:1-3). Joppa was the seaport Solomon and later Zerubbabel used when bringing timbers from the cedar forests of Lebanon to build their temples ( 2 Chr. 2:16; Ezra 3:7). Here Peter raised Tabitha, also known as Dorcas, back to life ( Acts 9:36-43). Peter also had the vision of the clean and the unclean animals, revealing to him the need to begin the ministry among the Gentiles ( Acts 10). Orson Hyde arrived here to dedicate the Holy Land in 1841. (See Bible Dictionary, “ Joppa.”)
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